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Stamping with aMac October 2022 Craft Retreat
We had our very first three night retreat!
There was a choice of two or three nights and my crafters loved having an extra day night and day to enjoy!
Thanks so much to all of the wonderful crafters who were able to join us! We had a very creative and fun filled event where we shared ideas, hugs, fun, food, drinks and laughter.
To be honest, I’m exhausted but it was worth every minute to create a place for friends to connect and forget about the other ‘stuff’ that we have happening in life.
We had great weather other than the hail storm… but thank God no cars were damaged!
This was a very much needed, and welcome, weekend of fun for many at beautiful Bornhoffen PCYC in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Have a look at what we got up to…
Here’s a glimpse of the beautiful scenery which we are surrounded by at Bornhoffen…
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Now we are ready for a weekend of crafty fun!!!
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Thank you for sharing Jackie.
This Retreat we fundraised for You Have a Friend.
This is a local charity who are 100% not for profit, supporting the homeless, marginalised and single parents/children in the Coolangatta/Tweed district.
We raised an amazing total of $800
The prizes were donated by Stampin’ Up!, Jackie McGee, Jan Howly, Belinda Seaton, Robyn Cavuoto, Marnie P and myself.
Apologies if I missed someone and thank you so much to all of the contributors of the prizes!
There were so many prizes to choose from!!!
I also collected donation cards which I’ll drop of to their Op Shop and they can either donate them or sell them to raise more funds.
My amazing Dazzling Divas Team member Jan Howley, generously created some projects to add to the fundraiser and raised $164, which is included in the tally above.
Thank you Jan.
You are awesome!
I always like to surprise my crafters with little pllow gifts in cute packaging. Here’s what I did for this retreat…
Here’s a few photos of our happy Crafters!
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The Stampin’ Up! mug was a bonus gift to my team members who attended.
Our awesome Dazzling Divas team member Robyn made these special gifts for all of our team who attended.
Thank you Robyn, you are a gem!
How cool is this!!!
One of our crafters was so excited about the retreat that she went the extra mile and found some AMAZING special craft shoes!
Now that’s dedication to ‘card making’…
Here’s just some of the wonderful meals we had. There is always plenty of good food and so many crafters tell me they’ll have to diet after the retreat!
Stamping with aMac Craft Retreat October 2022Breakfast...PXL_20221030_004828966Morning tea...Stamping with aMac Craft Retreat October 2022Dinner...Stamping with aMac Craft Retreat October 2022Dessert...Stamping with aMac Craft Retreat October 2022Dessert...PXL_20221030_030350999Dessert...I had many helpers behind the scenes and with the set up and clean up!
Thank you Laura and Jackie for designing and prepping the bonus make and take projects.
Thank you Maree, Adriana, Elaine and Robyn for behind the scenes prep too!
Thanks Robyn for transporting a heaps of stuff and helping to set up along with Teresa.
Thanks Karen for selling the Raffle tickets.
Thank you so much to ALL of you helping with pack up and clean up!
So much was going on, special shout out for extra help to Anita, Deb, Janet, Denise, Leanne, Robyn, Annette M – you went above and beyond!
Here are some of the thank you gifts I received.
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Save the date for the next retreat which will be happening in 9-12 March 2023… stay tuned for details
Happy stamping,
Angela
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Happy stamping,
Angela
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This new kit is available from today, Tuesday 4 October
Kit includes:
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Happy stamping,
Angela
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Tearing/Ripping technique
Welcome to our Totally Techniques Blog Hop for September! I’m Angela McFarlane from Gold Coast, Australia.
Each month our team chooses a different technique to feature and this month we will be showcasing the Tearing/Ripping Techniques.
This is an easy and effective technique and there’s a lot of things you can create.
This month I thought it would be easier to describe it via a video demonstration for you.
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At the end of my blog please ‘hop along’ to see all the different ideas our talented team have to share with you.
I created this card for a Charity Day event where we showcased the Bottled Happiness stamp set.
◄ Here are the PDF instructions
Click the image to download instructions for this project – measurements for this project are included.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this fun technique and try it soon!
Please click on the next link and have a look at what the rest of our talented team has created for this month’s hop and enjoy!
Product used to create this card
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Happy Stamping,
Angela
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Charity Day Workshop – August 2022
We held our inaugural Dazzling Divas and Creative Gems Charity Day on the weekend.
What a day of crafty fun we had!
I joined forces with my friend and fellow Demonstrator Laura Stranks. Together with our teams we held a wonderful event with 42 in attendance.
We were fundraising for Heart Kids and had Tiffany, Claude and their gorgeous baby Zara with us. Tiffany shared their miraculous story with us.
We raised an amazing $860 which has been donated to Tiffany’s Heart Kids – Two Feet and a Heart Beat fundraising campaign.
The raffle prizes were kindly donated by Stampin’ Up and we had a few extra donations from our lovely crafters.
Thank you all so much for your generosity!
We made nine projects in total using the Stampin’ Up! Bottle Happiness bundle.
There was lots of inky fingers at the end of the day.
There were bonus prizes given away throughout the day too!
Laura and Jackie supplied a beautiful display for us for the day.
We had morning tea and snacks prepared for us by my wonderful friend and fellow demonstrator Maree.
The urn was constantly topped up for us and there was plenty to enjoy.
The fabulous Dazzling Divas / Creative Gems team…
Thanks so much Robyn for our beautiful flowers…
I would like to give special thanks to Laura, Maree, Robyn, Elaine and Loretta for help prepping for the event.
Also, thanks to Robyn, Danielle, Elaine, Jackie, Annette and Hazel for running our tables and all of our other helpers who helped set up and pack up on the day.
All-in-all it was a wonderful day crafting with a wonderful bunch of ladies for a fabulous cause.
Thank you all so much.
Happy stamping,
Angela
