• 2021 Craft Retreat,  Card-making Classes,  Fundraising,  Video

    Stamping with aMac July 2021 Craft Retreat

    August 1, 2021 /

    Apologies for the lateness of this Craft Retreat post – my website had been down for a bit over a week but is back on deck now.

    What a wonderful weekend getaway we had. We were so very fortunate to enjoy it given the current COVID-19 circumstances.

    I arrived early to set up the room with the help of Maree, Robyn and Theresa 😘
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    At this retreat, we were fundraising for Bornhoffen PCYC to buy flyscreens for the windows of the hall. This will benefit us greatly in the warmer months when moths and beetles are attracted to the lights at night.

    We raised an amazing $630 and I’ve been informed that the screens are getting installed in 2 weeks’ time! 

    Thanks so much to everyone’s generosity!

    Our raffle prizes...
    Donation receipt...

    We had some wonderful displays…

    We also celebrated Toni’s birthday with a lovely fresh cake!

    Happy Birthday Toni!

    Here’s our wonderful groups of crafters who had a great time with good fun being had by all!

    Here’s just some of the MANY projects that were created over the weekend. Some ladies were very productive!

    A huge THANKYOU to all you who came and extra thanks to all those who helped out in various ways. I really appreciate you. 😘

    Looking forward to our next retreat 12-15 November. Let me know if you want to join us!

    Happy Stamping,

    Angela 😊x

  • 2021 Craft Retreat,  Card-making Classes,  Fundraising,  Video

    Stamping with aMac March 2021 Craft Retreat

    March 15, 2021 /

    What a wonderful weekend we had at our Sale-A-Bration retreat! We had loads of craftalicious fun, laughs, crafting and sharing at Bornhoffen.

    I had 31 beautiful ladies join me for the weekend in this beautiful setting. The food was amazing too! Apparently everyone is going on a diet when they got home.

    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.

    I arrived early to set up the room with the help of Teresa and Meg 😘

    I was fundraising for Breast Cancer Research. I combined my online Pink Run fundraiser with my retreat. I completed a 5 km walk on the day because I wasn’t able to run but I’ll be able to do that soon…

    The donations from the retreat attendees came to an amazing $1167.50!!!

    Other online donations received from my Stampin’ Up! Family totalled another $265 and the over all total of donations received is $1781.50!

    First prize was the Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine! Congratulations Belinda!

    There were lots of other prizes generously donated by several people attending and others who weren’t at the retreat. Thank you Anna, Peta, Jackie M, Laura, Meg, Jenny S and Maureen for donating to the prize pool.

    I am humbled by your generosity. Thank you for supporting a worth cause. 100% of money raised is going to Breast Cancer Research.
    Mater Receipt for $1,786. Thank you so much 😘

    We had a wonderful display and it was set up by my team member Meg. Thanks so much for your help.

    I also had Jackie McGee provide a lovely display board for me.

    We even got to celebrate a Birthday on Saturday – Happy Birthday to Colleen!

    Chef Donna made a special cake for the special occasion.

    Here’s our wonderful groups of crafters who had a great time with good fun being had by all!

    I loved walking around and chatting to everyone and seeing what they had been creating.

    The talent is 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. Some ladies were very productive!

    On the other hand… I managed to complete 2 cards 🤷

    Pillow gifts…

    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 with setting up and pack down and clean up.

    Thanks to everyone chipping in with the meal time clean up duties.

    Thank you so much to Maree, Teresa and Deanne for your prep and help behind the scenes ahead of the event, Teresa and Meg with the set up of the room, Meg for transporting all the Goodie bags, Raffle prizes and more and Laura for your beautiful make and take.

    Thanks to my husband Wade for the many hours you help behind the scenes, the IT stuff, spreadsheets, patience and much more. As well as putting up with a house full of ‘boxes’ for months at a time… 

    Huge THANKS to everyone who helped with the pack down and clean up, especially Teresa and Danielle!!! I really appreciate all of your help and support.

    I am blessed to have such wonderful friends in my life.

    Thank you for my beautiful Thank you cards and gifts! It’s so unexpected but very much appreciated.
    My heart is full knowing that you all thoroughly enjoyed your weekend away.

    Due to popular demand, there’s been requests to extend the retreat an extra day and night.

    More to come once I speak to Bornhoffen about dates…

    Happy stamping,

    Angela xox

    EDIT: Exciting News!

    I’ve had lots of requests over this weekend to extend the retreat an extra day and night… due to popular demand… I have great news!

    I’ve spoken with Jenna from Bornhoffen and we are able to extend our stay for Sunday nights! 

    There will be a price adjustment to allow for an additional nights accommodation and extra 3 meals. There will also be the option to leave on Sunday afternoon if you have to work on Monday.

    Here are the dates for our future three night retreats.

    Save the dates:

    • 16-19 July 2021
    • 12-15 November 2021
    • 11-14 March 2022
    • 22-25 July 2022
    • 28-31 October 2022
  • 2020 Craft Retreat,  Card-making Classes,  Fundraising

    Stamping with aMac November 2020 Craft Retreat

    November 30, 2020 /

    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

  • 2020 Craft Retreat,  Fundraising,  Sale-A-Bration,  Video

    SAB Craft Retreat 2020

    January 22, 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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