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 :)

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 :)

  

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 :)

Photo Inspiration Challenge over at Our Creative Corner

Hi Everyone!

This week over at Our Creative Corner they are having a Photo Inspiration Challenge! Oh My Gosh! Check out the yummy photo we had to be inspired by! Doesn't it just look delicious! Needless to say, getting inspired by something so yummy was pretty easy!

The guidelines were - 
1. Use the photo as inspiration.
2. Use 2 or more buttons.
3. Use polka dots somewhere.

And here is the Kirra's Korner take on the challenge!

You can't see it in the photo but all 3 of the Rosettes have polka dots on them, so it is a very dotty card :)

All Supplies used were Stampin' Up! although all supplies, except the buttons, are retired stock. And upon inspection of a few previous catalogues, Im not sure if the ribbon was Stampin' Up! or not, I can't find it in the catalogues but thought I received it as a hostess gift but I mustn't have. 

Designer Buttons - Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery and More Mustard.
Designer Series Paper Patterns Pack - Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait.

As you can see I was inspired by the soft pastel colours of the cake photo.

I hope you like the card, I am pretty happy with my end result, I can tell because I can't stop looking at it hehe. 

Leave a message if you dropped by!

Until next time,
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 :)

Team Swaps

Team Swap time and this month's theme was 'Male Cards'.  Unlike most people I find male cards quite easy to make, sometimes alot easier than female cards. Shocking I know! But when this challenge for team swaps came up I was loaded with Ideas of all the fantastic Male Cards I could make....... Then I hit a wall when I realised that all the stamp sets I love to use for my male cards are either retired Stampin' Up Stamp Sets or NOT Stampin' Up Stamp Sets. Both these are NO-NOs for teams swaps... All swaps need to be made using current Stampin' Up Stamp Sets and Card stock and Accessories. Back to the drawing board I went.  After looking through my Idea Book & Catalogue about 50 trillion times I finally decided Id CASE and alter one of the cards shown in the Catalogue. This is what I came up with

My 8 swaps all together... only needed to make 6 to swap but I couldn't decide which base colour I liked better so I made myself 2 to keep for my folder.

Surf's Up on 'Not Quite Navy' Card Stock

Surf's Up on 'Night of Navy' Cardstock

Close up of the embossed waves

So what do you think?? Does it resemble the card on Page 61 at all?? Do you prefer it on the 'Not Quite Navy' or the 'Night of Navy' better??

BLOG THAT I LOVE

Once again, a shout out to a Blog That I Love - Today's Blog is one that I love visiting time and time again, I'm always gaining inspiration from Melissa's Blog (Bee Devine Designs)  and just love seeing what she's been creating! Thanks for an inspirational Blog Melissa!

SUPPLY LIST - 

All Stampin' Up Supplies - 

Stamp Set - 

Just Surfing

Card Stock - 

Whisper White

Confetti White

Night of Navy

Not Quite Navy

Ink - 

Versamark

Peach Parfait

Pumpkin Pie

Pacific Point

Pear Pizzazz

Basic Black

Early Espresso

Tools & Accessories - 

Big Shot

Lattice Embossing Folder

1-1/4" Square Punch

Heat Tool

Clear Embossing Powder

Embossing Buddy

Sponge Daubers

Scissors

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 :)

Naming Ceremony Invitations & Proud Mummy Moment

Hi everyone!


Today I finally finished the invitations for my baby girl's Naming Ceremony. They took me a while to make them, I think I spanned the process across a week, but that was on and off, maybe 1-3 hours a day, with 2 small children finding a block to sit and create can be quite hard.


So here are the 24 invites all together -

And a close up of an individual invite -

I am quite pleased with my efforts, I think they turned out pretty well, especially since it was nothing like I was originally planning, everything had to change when I received the photos from the photographer as they were all  the wrong direction, but in the end everything worked perfectly!a


PROUD MUMMY MOMENT - 


Sorry to be all mushy but Miss I said 'Mumma' for the 1st time last night. I was sooooo proud of her, well I still am! She's 6 months and 2 weeks old! She's gonna be a smart little cookie just like her big sister! And she's going to be a little 'Have-A-Chat' just like Mummy was, when I was little my Pop nicknamed me just that! Isn't she just the cutest little teddy bear!!

MATERIAL LIST FOR INVITES - 

• 'Blushing Bride' cardstock (Stampin' Up)
• White cardstock (Officeworks)
• 'Sweet Shoppe Lower Alphabet' Stamp Set (Stampin' Up)
• 'Blushing Bride' Ink (Stampin' Up)
• 'Baby Pink' Grosgrain Ribbon (Spotlight)
• Rhinestones (Flash Harrys)
• Photo (printed at Officeworks)
• 'Beautiful Wings' Sizzix Die (Stampin' Up)
• 3/4" Circle Punch (Stampin' Up)
• 3 Dimensional Mounting Tape (Flash Harrys)
• Double Sided Tape (Art and Craft Superstore)
• Tombow Glue (Stampin' Up) 

BLOG THAT I LOVE -

A new thing I am going to start doing is a shout out to a Blog That I Love! Todays Blog That I Love is My Little Creative Nook. Head over and check out Anna's work! She's my local Stampin' Up demonstrator and I love seeing all the creative things she gets up to!

That's all from me today!

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!)

Engagement Card

Hello!!


Today for you I am showing off an Engagement Card I made for our best friends and godparents of our daughters.  I can't take credit for the design as I took the design off Google Image search, I will find the blogger who created it and link them :)
Thank you Janet from Remarkably Created for this card idea!

Engagement Card for our best friends

For this card I have used:

• Blue Card Stock (just from Office Works)
• White Card Stock (Also from Office Works)
• Tempting Turquoise Ink (Stampin' Up)
• Summer Splash Stamp Set (Stampin' Up Summer Mini - Retired)
• Marry Me Stamp Set (Stampin' Up Summer Mini - Retired)
• 2 - 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch - Halved (Stampin' Up)
• Elegant Lines Embossing Folder (Stampin' Up)
• Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (Stampin' Up)
• Big Shot
• Twine (I pinched from my darling Mr S)
• Glitzin' Glamour - Crystalina (I brought at a Craft Expo, but available at most craft stores) - This is on the shells and on every visible line of the Elegant Lines Embossing.
• Sanding Blocks (Stampin Up) - The Polka Dot Embossing has been sanded to show the lighter blue under the surface

I really enjoyed making this card and I still think it is one of my all time favourites!

Happy Engagement to our friends Brad & Aly - we wish you all the best as you embark on the next journey of life together. The night was beautiful and you did a fantastic job! Love you guys!

Until next time

Keep Smiling

Kirra :)

A Gift for A Naming Day

Wow, 2 posts in 1 day, I'm on a roll here!


My niece's Naming Ceremony is on the weekend, and instead of the traditional gifts that many give at a Naming/Christening/Baptism of the pewter that just sits and collects dust and no-one wants when they're a teenager, I decided to make my little niece something special that can be used in 2 different ways, adapting as she gets older.


A Hair Clip Holder / Memo Board.

 The whole board, I think my niece will get plenty of use out of it

 A close up of the fabric I used, it will match in with her pink/purple room with butterflies and flowers

And a picture of the Brads I used on the cross section.

I could have done the ribbon just vertical or horizontal like I have seen done many times, but I figured by criss crossing it, my niece can use this after she has finished wearing hair clips and put up photos and notes etc.

This was a really simple project, the longest part was choosing the fabric and hot gluing the ribbon on. 

Does your family have Naming Ceremonies to welcome little ones into the world?

Do you like to make gifts for your relatives for special occasions, birthdays, christmas?

Until next time, keep smiling,

Kirra :)

Gifts for the Baby

So I said in my last post that I like sewing and have my own business, and that I was expecting baby number 2.  Well since we live in QLD and its extreme heat, especially at Christmas Time, I have decided to attempt to make our little kicker some Nappy Covers in Christmas Material with matching Appliqued Singlets (since its far too hot for anything else in December). 
I really hope they are a success, as I have a nephew due not long before our baby (7 weeks) and Im sure my sister-in-law would think it'd look extremely adorable aswell. I also have a niece due soon, but Im not sure if my sister would put them on her daughter, but if I am successful, I might check with her and see if she'd like a set aswell. 
I feel so sorry for babies in Summer, its just far too hot for them. 
Well its just a short one this time, Ill have to let you know how I go and see if I can work out how to upload photos if I do succeed :P
Until next time, Keep Smiling :)