Henry Says in Monocrome

How adorable is this little guy? This is Henry from 'Henry Says', he is so versatile, so I'm sure you'll see me use him a few more time before the end of the Seasonal Catalogue.

This card was made for a 'Monocromatic' Swap (Monocrome is using 1 colour or colour palette {blues, pinks etc} and 1 Neutral colour).

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

128090 - (Wood) Henry Says Stamp Set
128093 - (Clear) Henry Says Stamp Set
123128 - Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
124262 - Whisper White Baker's Twine
106549 - Whisper White Card Stock
127546 - Midnight Muse Card Stock
124391 - Pool Party Card Stock
126860 - Midnight Muse Classic Stampin' Ink Pad

Retired - Sycamore Street DSP

All the items above with codes can be purchased  by clicking on the shopping trolley link in the side bar or by visiting here.

Until next time,
Happy stamping!
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 :) 

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 :)

Ships Ahoy!

One of my best friends had her birthday the other day. She is NOT a fan of flowers and all the other girly girly things, so I had to ask her what Stamp Set she would like her card made out of, at least then I knew I couldn't get it wrong :P 

She chose The Open Sea Stamp Set. So here is the card I created for her, which she loved :) 

There was lots of layering and some fun scrunching. 

The following Stampin' Up! Products were used - The Open Sea Stamp Set, Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper (Retired), Wacky Wishes, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Color Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Write Markers (Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake), Sponge Daubers, Adhesives (Tombow Glue, SNAIL Adhesive, Sticky Strip), and Card Stock (Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White)

To purchase any of these products, email me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com or phone me on 0402 906 605.

Let me know you popped in!

Until Next Time,

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

Circus Party Invites

I'm sorry for those who came back last week to see my Circus Party Invites. I have been flat out with the girls, house hunting and keeping house while trying to make calls and organise quotes etc to buy a house. Fingers crossed all works in our favour though! Kirra's Korner might have a new home before Christmas!

Ok so without further ado, here are the much awaited INVITES!!

Incase you were wondering, yes, every one of those circus tents has been fussy cut and the white bits in the canopy were cut out using a pen knife.... Lesson learnt, sooooo much work!

Nothing on these come from Stampin' Up! because I am trying to use up all my non-Stampin' Up! product so I only have the good Stampin' Up! Products in my craft room!

Hope you liked these, let me know your thoughts :)

Until next time,
Keep Smiling
Kirra :)

Birthday Preparation For My Soon To Be 1 Year Old!

Hello!

Well the count down is on and party preparations are in full swing for Miss I's 1st birthday! I can't believe its been nearly a year since she entered the world on Rememberance Day last year!

As soon as I saw the 2011-2012 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalogue last year I fell in love with the 'Under The Big Top' suite. So after deciding at that very point in time that no matter what gender Miss I was going to be, the 1st birthday party would be CIRCUS Themed!!!!
So here are some of my preparations so far.... I havn't done much and will post what I have done as it comes together put at the moment here are the sneak peeks of her party prep!

Ok so the first 3 photos of the 1 3/4" Circles with the 'Under The Big Top' characters on them are for cupcake toppers and party bag favours, I still need to colour them all in! That's going to take me some time haha, I am the worst colouring-inner haha.
The last 2 photos are embossed circus tents. This embossing folder (not a Stampin' Up! one) I happened to stumble across at our local craft market last month and for $7.00 I couldn't leave it there when it matched so perfectly with Miss I's party theme, so I got home and rethought her Invitations. These are the embossed tents on Red Cardstock. Tomorrow I will post a picture of the invites completed, the camera battery is on the charger at the moment.

Well Ill catch you back here tomorrow!
Until then!
Keep Smiling
Kirra :)

Birthday Card for a 1yo

Hey everyone!

Sorry I havnt posted in a while, I forgot how fast a 10 month old moves, so I havnt had a chance to get online for a while.

Here is a cute card I made for our Nephews 1st Birthday coming up next weekend (I'm actually ahead in my cards at the moment, very rare for me, I'm usually rushing to make them the night before or morning of the event haha).

I am loving the 'Moving Forward' Stamp Set at the moment (the little bike is part of the set), its very verastile and works great for little boys cards! Of course it also works great of other cards aswell, I just love it for little boys!

I used the following Stampin' Up! Supplies - 
Moving Forward Stamp Set, Wacky Wishes Stamp Set (Hostess), Whisper White & Pacific Point Card Stock, Real Red, Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green Stampin Write Markers.

Ribbon is not Stampin Up, I just had it sitting on my desk and thought it would work well as 'grass'.

If you would like any of the Stampin' Up! Supplies used in this project, just email me and Ill be happy to help out :)

Leave a message and let me know what you think!

Until Next Time, 
Keep Smiling,
Kirra :)

Today's Challenge

Today's Challenge for me is to create a pattern for my Godson's birthday gift.  I can't say what his gift is, just in case his mummy is reading this blog, but I think he's going to love it! 

Its very boyish and something that he can take with him and love for a long time.

I went to the quilting shop in town this morning and found some adorable fabric for it, spent more than I thought but for my special little guy's birthday, money is not an issue.... Plus all the extra love that goes in makes so much more special!

His party isn't until October 6th, so check back after then to see what the special little item I made him is! For now Ill give you a sneak peek at the fabric and the appliqués I got for it!  Can't do that because Mr S must have the camera, it seems to have gone AWOL haha. So I will leave you all in suspense until after TJ's party!

Until next time,
Keep Smiling!
Kirra :)

Happy Birthday Mr 3

Today is our nephew's birthday, he's a big 3 year old today!

This is the card I made for him :) I'm sure he's going to love it! I love the 'film strip' look, and its very versatile and can be adapted easily to a large number of card themes!

Material List:

Animal Stories Stamp Set (Stampin' Up - Retired)

Hello Again Stamp Set (Stampin' Up - Retired)

Happiest Birthday Wishes (Stampin' Up - Hostess)

Black Card Stock

White Card Stock

Pear Pizzazz Card Stock (Stampin' Up)

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin Pad (Stampin' Up)

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin Pad (Stampin' Up)

Tempting Turquiose Classic Stampin Pad (Stampin'  Up)

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin Pad (Stampin' Up)

Peach Parfait Classic Stampin Pad (Stampin' Up)

Spiral Punch (Stampin' Up - Retired)

Snail Adhesive

Dimensionals

Until next time

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

Happy Birthday To My Special Man

Yesterday was Mr S's birthday, a big 24!!! He had a great day and I believe we spoilt him :)
I made him a nice card (supply list at the end) - 

And Miss M drew this beautiful picture on the inside of his card of our little family - 
Daddy is the square looking one, baby us that tiny little circle next to daddy, Miss M is the middle one with the big piece of hair out her head and Mummy is upside down (I hope lol) on the end. For a 2y 9m old I thought it was very very good but I am a very proud mummy who thinks her babies are the smartest around haha.

And since Mr S is a big Bundaberg Rum fan, we brought him the new bottle of Master's Distiller's Rum from the Bondstore in Bundaberg. This one is 'Golden Reserve' and adds to his collection he has going on, I'll upload his display that is always growing!!

Miss M, Miss I and myself then took Mr S out to dinner at our local Hogs Breath Cafe, and being Hogs Breath Virgins, we were amazed at the food and service they provided!  We learnt a couple of lessons, we dont need to buy an entree next time, Mr S said he'll only be getting the Lite Cut next time and 1 desert feeds 2 adults and a 2yo!  It was all delicious though! The food was fantastic, the steak just melts in your mouth! The service was unbelievable! We've never had service that fantastic anywhere and we've eatten at a fair few places but Hogs Breath outdone every where else! The even came out and sung Mr S Happy Birthday with sparklers and everything! We will definately be dining at our local Hogs Breath again!


We hope you had a great day babe! And next year, 25, is going to be bigger and better!


Now on another note! Look what Miss Anna delivered to me this morning! I feel like its MY birthday again! hahaha. Thank you Anna for being a great Consultant for Stampin' Up! I can't wait to get stuck into everything and get creative on Miss I's Naming Ceremony invites! 

Until Next Time
Keep Smiling
Kirra :)




Supplies used for Male Birthday Card - 

• White Cardstock (Office Works)
• Early Espresso Ink (Stampin' Up)
• Occasional Greetings Stamp Set (Stampin' Up - Retired)
• Tools Background Stamp (Unsure of brand, I purchased it off eBay)
• Handyman Stamp (from a Clear Mount set that was $6.99 from Lincraft, unsure of the brand name)
• Sponge Daubers
• Silver Brads (for 'nails')
• Foam Tape/Dimensionals
• (I dont have alot of coloured cardstock, so for this card I coloured white cardstock for the mount behind the 'handyman' picture with the early espresso ink and a make up removal pad, miss means it matches the ink exactly since it is just ink!)