• Handy Hints,  Video

    Tip of the week – Sticky Stamps

    April 17, 2021 /

    In this Tip of the Week, I’ll show you how to make your cling mount stamps easier to remove from the case and from the acrylic block.

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    Happy stamping,

    Angela

  • 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
  • Handy Hints,  Resources,  Video

    Tip of the week – Convert to Cling Mount

    February 26, 2021 /

    Todays short video explains how to convert Clear Mount stamps into Cling Mount stamps to stop your stamps falling off your blocks.

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    Happy stamping,

    Angela

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