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 :)

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 :)