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Stamping with aMac November 2020 Craft Retreat
We had a wonderful weekend retreat of craftalicious fun at Bornhoffen!
I had 26 beautiful ladies join me for a weekend filled with friendship, craft, fun, laughter and sharing.
Bornhoffen PCYC is situated in the Gold Coast hinterland, a few km south of Natural Bridge. It’s surrounded by rolling hills and is such a tranquil setting.
We held a fundraising raffle for Kidney Health Australia where prizes were donated by Stampin’ Up! as well as a few additions from a few ladies who attended and myself.
We raised a whopping $540 in total – just amazing!
It will be my pleasure to pass this donation on in honour of my dad, Franjo Jakupec, who passed away recently.
The wonderful displays created by Caroline…
Check out the big smiles of our wonderful groups of crafters.
A great time and good fun was had by all!
Oh, and we have some celebrity news…
Paula and Jennifer had an exciting start to the retreat when they stopped for a cuppa on the way… they saw the ‘Honey Badger’.
Paula was soooo excited to get a few photos with him and it made for an exciting start to her weekend!
I loved walking around and chatting to everyone and checking out what they had been working on.
The talent in amazing!
I also love the generous nature of everyone, willing to share their ideas and projects, and help each other out. Here’s just some of the many projects that were created over the weekend.
I want to say another big THANK YOU to all of you who came. Thank you to all of my wonderful helpers behind the scenes, before the event, and with set up and pack down.
Thank you Maree, Teresa, Mel, Bree, Caroline, Lindsey and Gemma for your prep ahead of the event, Bree and Robyn with the set up, Bree and Mel for taking care of the raffle for me, Caroline for your wonderful display, and for your make and take, and Laura for your make and take.
Huge thanks to everyone who helped with the pack down and clean up, especially Robyn and Maree!!!
I really appreciate all of your help and support. I am blessed to have such wonderful friends in my life.
My heart 💖💖 is full knowing that you all thoroughly enjoyed your weekend away.
I’m looking forward to start planning our next retreat – Stamping with aMac Sale-A-Bration Retreat which will be held 12-14 March 2021.
Places are strictly limited and are filling fast. If you want to join us, please contact me asap.
Happy Stamping,
Angela x
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Virtual Retreat Finished Projects
I recently held a Virtual Retreat over a weekend and we made the following projects.
Each project came with an instructional video as well as a set of instructions with all the dimensions needed to make the card.
Joyfold Card
In this project we made this beautiful Joy Fold Card using the fabulous Prized Peony stamp set.
Project 02 - Quilted Card
This faux Quilted Card was made up of squares of DSP which were then stuck down and embossed to add extra texture.
Project 03 - Box With Four Note Cards
Four note cards fit perfectly into this mini Paper Pumpkin Box which decorated using the Prized Peony stamp set and dies.
Project 04 - Impossible Card
This card certainly had a ‘twist’… we created the Impossible Card!
Project 05 - Never-ending Card
The Never Ending Card will have its receiver enthralled. It was actually easier to make than it looked. It just took a while to cut all the pieces we needed…
Project 06 - Scrappy Strip Card
The Scrappy Strip Card was the perfect way to use up those bits and pieces we tend to ‘keep’. We created this simple but effective card.
Project 07 - Tri-Fold Card
I added my twist to this Tri- Fold Card 🙂
Project 08 - Pop Out Panels Card
This card gives you a lovely surprise when you open it and see the Pop Out Panels.
In all, 25 ladies attended my Virtual Retreat to make these fabulous eight projects.
I am planning another for October 2020 so contact me if you’d like to join us.
Happy stamping,
Angela
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SAB Craft Retreat 2020
I held my first craft retreat last weekend and I just wanted to share some photos of the fabulous time we had, the beautiful scenery and some projects that were created.
How beautiful are the surrounds at Bornhoffen? There are several decks to enjoy the stunning scenery…
This is a bit of a look behind the scenes to show you some of the prep that went into the retreat…
I arrived early to set the room up…
Everyone was so excited to get away for the weekend – the smiles say it all.
I managed to take photos of a few projects that were created over the weekend. That’s a lot of very talented crafters!!
Our main fundraiser was a raffle to raise money for Buy-a-Bale. I am thrilled to say we raised an amazing $610.
A direct deposit was made so no money would be lost to PayPal or CC fees. Please see the receipt below. Thanks again for supporting this amazing cause!
Thank you so much (also) to everyone who came to our retreat this weekend and generously donated over 200L of drinking water to Deb and Sharee to take back to Stanthorpe!
They were extremely grateful
The third amazing contribution were cards that were donated and made over the weekend. As you may or may not know, I volunteer at Ronald McDonald House in Brisbane and take a bunch of ready made cards for the kid’s families to use.
This collection will hopefully stock the box for several months to come.
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Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your generosity in supporting these three causes.
My heart is full 💜
I was so touched to receive this beautiful gift and gorgeous card from everyone who attended my retreat on the weekend! Thanks again to everyone who came. I’m so glad you enjoyed the weekend.
I am so happy with my first retreat and am looking forward to planning many more.
Happy stamping,
Angela
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Sale-A-Bration Craft Retreat
Do you want to run away for a weekend of fun and crafting? You’re invited to my Craft retreat in January 2020!
What a great way to unwind post-Christmas!
Here’s a short video where I show and tell you a little more about it.
I really hope you can join us!
Please share this post with friends who you think may be interested.
Happy Stamping
Angela 😀
