Merry Christmas!

Just a quick  pop in to wish you all a Merry Christmas 

and a very creative and happy New Year!

Getting a nice photo of these two together is quite a process! Here are some of my favourites of the Girls in their Christmas Outfits before we headed out to get Santa Photos done :) 

By now we would have opened all our presents and would be eatting our special Christmas Breakfast (a tradition I like to do).

Hope Santa was great to you all!

Merry Christmas!

Love Kirra, Mr S, Miss M and Miss I xx

Happy Holidays From Stampin' Up!

Just a quick pop in to share with you all this great Stampin' Up! version of the 12 days of Christmas!

Today I am with my Dad and Sisters and all our partners and children celebrating our family Christmas. 

Hope you all have a magical Christmas Eve and hope you all get the presents out undetected :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNX9fa227Pw

Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!

Kirra :)

Quick Christmas Cards

Hi All!

Here are some quick and very basic and simple Christmas Cards! I CASEd the design from Marelle, however hers are some much better and most likely not a last second rush job like mine were haha.

All Supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise advised:

Stamp Set - More Merry Messages

Card Stock - Whisper White

Designer Series Paper - Be of Good Cheer

Ribbon - Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

Ink Colour - Staz On Jet Black

Tools - Bow Easy Template (Non Stampin' Up!)

Until next time,

Keep Smiling!

Kirra :) 

Ornament Keepsake Card

Hi Everyone!

Here are a couple very quick and simple Christmas Cards I made for some friends for our Christmas Party we had on Saturday!

Nice and simple! One I actually pierced the ornaments, both I faux stitched (I will do a tutorial on this in the New Year) the cord the Ornaments are hanging from.

All Supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise specified:

Stamp Sets - Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations

Card Stock - Whisper White

Ink Colours - Real Red Wild Wasabi, Staz On Jet Black

Tools - Paper Piercing Tool, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack

Until Next Time, 

Keep Smiling

Kirra :) 

Back ONLINE! Woop!

Hey Everyone! 

Im finally back online!
I handed the keys back to the Real Estate this morning for our rented house, now I can focus 150% on OUR house and unpacking and STAMPIN' UP! YAY!!!!

OK, I better show something creative since this is a creative blog! 

This set of 6 cards was my very first customer order for a pack of cards! She saw my Team Swap card that I uploaded onto my Facebook page and she loved it that much she asked me to make her 6 of them for 6 special friends and family members. I also made the envelopes to fit the cards (as the cards are smaller than the normal card size. Making the envelopes was also a first for me, I bought the Diagonal Scoring Plate for the Simply Scoring Tool some time ago, but have never taken the time to work it out and give it a go. One lesson I did learn though.... Check the card will fit the envelope before proceeding to make 6 of them. Yes that is correct, I made 6 envelopes and they were far too small, but now I have custom envelopes for custom made cards that are smaller :P

All supplies Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated:

Stamp Set: Snowflake Soiree

Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Pool Party Whisper White

Ink Colours: Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Tempting Turquoise

Ribbons: Island Indigo Bakers Twine

Embellishments: Rhinestones

Tools Used: Simply Scoring Tool, Diagonal Scoring Plate

Until Next Time

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

Moving House

Hi Everyone!
Kirra's Korner has been moving house! We have just purchased our first home so things around here has been a little crazy!
My sincere apologies for not blogging lately. I am still trying to bond clean our rented house and unpack our new house plus all my other jobs as mummy and wife (well girlfriend haha)and make the million cards Im behind by!

I will try my best to get back online as soon as I can to blog some more cards :)

Until next time
Keep Smiling & Crafting
Kirra :)

August Team Swaps

Ok, so these are a little late, but better late then never right! Over the next 3 days I'll be showing you our team swaps for 'The Lasting INKpressions', my upline's team that I'm stoked to be a part of! 

Each month we have a theme to base our swaps around, and the theme for August was 'Weddings'.

Here is my take on a Wedding Card for our swaps :) - (supply list at the end of the post).

This card could also be made into an engagement or even a birthday card! Just a simple change of the sentiment and its anything you want it to be!

And tomorrow I will show you the swaps I received in return. 

I just love being a Stampin' Up Demonstrator and surrounding myself with lost wonderful talented crafty women!  Not only that but I also get a great discount on the products that I already love to buy! That sounds like a win-win to me! Plus there are so many other GREAT incentives and benefits of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! If you would love to hear some more then just comment below with your email address or email me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com for more information and how to join this fantastic company!

Card Supplies
All supplies are Stampin' Up!

• Whisper White Card Stock
• Basic Black Card Stock
• Teeny Tiny Sentiments Stamp Set
• Big Shot
• Elegant Lines Embossing Folder
• Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die
• Word Window Punch
• Modern Label Punch
• Pearls
• Adhesives (I used sticky strip, tombow glue and dimensionals)

Until Tomorrow

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

Quick and Simple Birthday

Today I have a card that I made, using inspiration I saw somewhere on the Internet (if I find the link I will add it after). This card is a Quick and Simple yet oh so effective card for anyone - male, female or child. 

I love it and will definitely use it again!

Card Ingredients - 

(All Stampin' Up! Supplies used)

Stamp Set- Delightful Dozen

Cardstock- Naturals White

Stampin' Write Markers- Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple

Accessories- 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon (Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple), Dimensionals

To order any of the supplies I have used today, just email me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com

Until next time

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

Circus Party Photos Revealed!

Ok so as you all know, my littlest princess turned 1 over the weekend. And I showed off a couple of sneak peaks at different things I made for her Circus Party! Well without further ado, here are the piccies from her party. 

The Birthday Girl in her custom made outfit from Yazhi Lulu as an 'Acrobat'

The Loot Bag Table :)

The Food Table (with Mini Hotdogs, Cupcakes and Marshmellow Pops)

The Cupcakes!

The Marshmellow Pops!

The Cake and The Smash Cake!

My beautiful little family (getting a photo where all 4 of us are looking the same way and all smiling is a VERY VERY Rare thing, as you can see)

And the family tradition of a cake smash for the special 1 year old

The Birthday Girl after her Cake Smash haha

The poor cake when she was done haha

We had the whole party planned for outside, but the weather in 'Sunny' Queensland decided it was going to be nice and rainy and stormy so we cleared the house out (which was quite easy as half the house is packed) and had it inside. All the kids had a great time with their game cards and each got a sticker on their cards once they participated in the game (ring toss, ball toss, ring of fire, pluck-a-duck, can knock and stilt walking). Then then got a lollipop once their card was completed. 

If you want to know anything about the party, games, food etc, just leave a comment and Ill be happy to share my ideas with you :) 

Until next time,

Keep Smiling

Kirra :) 

Circus Party Progress

Ok so its not a whole lot of progress but its a little!

Here are the Cupcake Toppers coloured in.

As in my last post on soon to be Miss 1's birthday, the stamp set used is the now retired Under The Big Top and was punched out using the 1-3/4" Circle Punch. I coloured all the characters in with the Stampin' Up Watercolour Pencils (but didnt water colour them, just coloured them in). I have since mounted them on some red 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punches, but I wont do a whole new blog post just about mounting them haha. 

I still have a fair bit to do for her party and its now only 3 weeks away!! Eeeek!!! I better pull my finger out and get working! So much to do, so little time!

This afternoon I am holding my first paid Class! We are making 2 Christmas Cards and 2 Bottle Tags! Stay tuned and Ill post these over the few days following the class!

Until next time,
Keep Smiling
Kirra :) 

2012-2014 In Colour Team Swaps

As the title suggests, my team decided that the 2012-2014 In-Colours would be a great theme for our October Swaps! 

I am just in love with my 5 brand new colours, and their co-ordinating Stitched Satin ribbon! And even better is every $60 order placed this month gets you a spool of that ribbon! Spend $120 (before p&h) and get 2 free spools of Stitched Satin Ribbon! Spend $300 (before p&h) and get all 5 spools of In Colour Stitched Satin Ribbon FOR FREE!!!! I think this is a FANTASTIC special from Stampin' Up! At the bottom of my email will be my email address, if you would like to take advantage of this special offer, just send me an email and Ill pop your order in for you!

OK, so here is my October Swap!

I used the Block E from the Clear-Mount Blocks,  and applied the Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin' Pad Ink directly to the block (no stamp mounted) and stamped it onto Whisper White Cardstock.  I then silhouetted Just Believe onto it in StazOn Black Ink as well as the Thank you sentiment from the Delightful Dozen Set.  I mounted the cut out Acrylic Block Print and rounded the corners with the 3/16" Corner Punch. The ribbon is Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon, which has just been knotted off to the opposite side to the sentiment to balance the card out. All of this has been mounted on Midnight Muse Card Stock to give a border and that was then 3D mounted onto Naturals White Card Stock which has been stamped with the Woodgrain Background Stamp in Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad Ink.  

A nice simple card that is quite effective and gender neutral for a Thank You Card, or with a quick change of the sentiment would make a beautiful Get Well Card or Sympathy Card. 

To order any of the products used on my October In Colour Swap Card or to take advantage of the FREE Spool of Stitched Satin Ribbon (as seen on my Card Swap) you can email me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com or phone me on 0402 906 605.

Until Next Time
Keep Smiling
Kirra :) 

Spring Time!

As we all know September always means Spring in our beautiful Country. So to celebrate Spring my Stampin' Up! Team decided to make our Team Swaps Spring Themed! This could be interrupted in any way, whether it ment colours, stamp sets or paper, so long as it was 'Spring' to us it counted!

Here is my Swaps :) 

Stampin' Up Supplies used are as follows - Betsy's Blossoms Stamp Set, 2012-2014 In Colours Classic Stampin' Pads (Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, and Gumball Green), Modern Label Punch, and Whisper White Card Stock.

When I receive my Swap back from my team member I'll be sure to feature it! I've had a sneak peek and its GORGEOUS! And uses a set in a completely different way to what it was intended to be used as!

All of these products can be ordered by simply dropping me a line on 0402 906 605 or by emailing me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com

Make sure you leave a comment to let me know you popped in!

Until next time,

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

  

Making use of Retired Products

I'm a bit of a hoarder, I hate using my pretty papers, so I have so many unopened Retired packs of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper. As we may be shifting house in the near future, I figured I should really start using my papers and stop keeping them for a rainy day.

Here is a card I CASEd from here. 

The Stampin' Up! Supplies used are - Fresh Vintage Stamp Set (Retired), Teeny Tiny Sentiments Stamp Set, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (Retired), Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Pearl Basic Jewels, Decorative Label Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin' Pad and Card Stock (Whisper White and Lucky Limeade).

All of these items (except the retired paper and stamp set) can be purchased through me from Stampin' Up! Contact me today if you would like to place an order at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com.

Until next time

Keep Smiling

Kirra :) 

Calling All Monsters!

A few weeks back you might remember a post about me sewing something special for my Godson's 2nd birthday?? Well his party was last Saturday so now I can FINALLY reveal his special gift!

A MONSTER!!! His Mummy and Daddy call him a Little Monster so they found it fitting to have a Monster Party for him! So Aunty Kirra decided a Monster Teddy would be the perfect present for a Little Monster :D

I kinda tought it looks like a frog, and one of the Birthday Boy's Cousin's said when he opened it "Wow! Froggy!" haha. So I guess it does look like a frog, but it's meant to be a Monster :P

And here is the special card I made for him :) 

Isn't the Monster on the front groovy! I used the following Stampin' Up! Punches to create him - Small Heart, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 2 1/2" (6.4cm) Circle, 3/4" (1.9cm) Circle and 1 3/4" (4.4cm) Circle. As well as the Wacky Wishes Hostess Stamp Set. 

All of these Punches can be purchased through me, if you would like to place an order, you can contact me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com or on 0402 906 605.

Let me know you popped in!

Until next time,
Keep Smiling
Kirra :)