Dynamic Duo Swaps

Hello!

Today I am here to share my Dynamic Duo Card I made for our recent Card Swap within the Artfull Stampers (my wider network of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators).

A Card Swap is where X amount of people say they will participate, they then make the X amount of the same card based on the specified theme, and post of X-1 cards to the Card Swap organiser, who then returns one of each of the swaps to you (minus your own which you kept and didnt post), so you then have X amount of DIFFERENT cards for the same theme to inspire you and so you can inspire your customers with different ways to use various products!
(I hope I didn't loose you with the Algebra in there hehe)

So as I said above the theme for this Swap was a Dynamic Duo (which is a set of 2 colours which work well together and can be found on the Stampin' Up! Colour Coach Cards) - My Dynamic Duo was Pool Party and Island Indigo and I featured the Stamp Set 'Just Believe'.

To order any of the products I have used, please contact me at kirraleighbrooks@gmail.com

Until next time,
Keep Smiling and Happy Creating!
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 :) 

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 :)