Charity card-making event for Phillipine orphanages

The Paper Angels team of Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators recently held an all-day charity card making event at Carina Leagues club. We raised money for Quota International and their programme to help the orphanages in the Phillipines. It was a busy day, everyone that came made 20 cards, four each of five designs. Here are three of my favourites:

Products used: Gingham Garden Designer Washi tape; Curly Label, Extra-large oval and Pansy punches; Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Midnight Muse inks; Papillon Potpourri, Flower Shop, Perfect Pennants, Blooming with Kindness, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets.
Some of the ladies from my table won raffle prizes too! Stampin' Up! generously donated a box of products for us to raffle at the event, I am so lucky to work for such a great company!
Here are the lucky winners:

Thanks to everyone for making the day so enjoyable, and thanks to my bestie for helping come and set up my table x

Paper Angels annual Christmas card workshops

We have received so many enquiries already about this year’s Christmas Card Workshops and are incredibly excited to formally announce that bookings are now officially open. I will be attending the Redland Bay and Wellington Point venues, and Coorapooroo if required, so you have a choice!
If you click on the above brochure, you will be able to read all the details clearly! Note we have kept the cost at the same price for the past 5 years, being $65 for an entire day (10am till 4pm) of fun, friends and creativity. This is great value! Some venues you will be able to purchase lunch, and because they are generously waiving the room hire fee it is requested that you do not bring your own lunch but eat at the venue.
We have provided an opportunity for you to choose a wood rather than the supplied clear mount stamp, for an extra $7; as well as the opportunity to buy the coordinating ‘Framelits Die Cutting System’ for the included stamp set for an additional $32, rather than the separate price later of $42.95. You do not need to choose either of these options, they are simply there for your convenience/choice.
We are very grateful to Stampin' Up! Australia for providing us with donations of SU products to raffle at each event, please bring some extra cash for tickets for what will be a fantastic array of products to win! There will also be the usual Christmas card competition, so get creative!
Payment is required at the time of booking so that your stamp set, papers, sanding system and kit may be ordered.
Please book with me by email or phone 0446 519 915. Places are limited and some venues will book out quickly, so please do book in promptly to avoid disappointment.

Girls with gifts!

I'd love for you to join me at this lovely venue, where you can buy hand-made cards and other gifts along with some of my friends' products. It has the most gorgeous water views, and you can enjoy them while having a cuppa and maybe some lunch. Bring a friend and get your shopping done for an upcoming birthday, or find a gift for Fathers' Day perhaps. Hope to see you there!

New Stampin' Up! catalogue launch

It's that time of year! I am so excited about showing you the new catalogue, it has some great new stamp sets and fantastic new items for your Big Shot, not to mention the new colours and so much more besides. Please come and share my excitement at my place (contact me for exact address) on Wednesday 1st September between 10am and 2pm, or between 8pm and 10pm. You can come and make a complimentary card, have a cuppa or glass of wine, and take in all that is new in the Stampin' Up! world! I will also be raffling a "Simple Delights" Simply Sent card kit (worth $80), with proceeds going to the Mater Mothers Bereavement Fund. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. You can purchase them before the event if you cannot attend, or just bring some change with you on the day. To get yourself a catalogue, either book a workshop, place an order over $125 on the day (in person or via e-mail), or purchase one for $12.95. Please RSVP if you can come, thanks.

'Sunny Days' Simply Scrappin' class

Do you love scrapbooking and are keen to create some more pages for your album? Have you wanted to try it for ages but weren't sure where to start? Then come to this class and pick up some tips, while creating three 12" pages and a mini accordion booklet. Places limited to 6 per class, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Papercraft Expo RNA showgrounds

This weekend I was fortunate enough to be part of the team of Paper Angels Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who had a stand at the Papercraft Expo in Brisbane. Liz, Bec, Ursula, Kate and myself worked hard for two weeks to put it all together, although the bulk of the work was done by Liz who had the stand set up in her family/dining room to see how it would look, and talked tirelessly on the phone to the organisers. (And we won't forget the leg work that Leonie put in, but couldn't make it in the end for family reasons) The stand looked fabulous, with a make and take table at one end, and a tasteful display at the other, surrounded by beautiful creations on the walls. We had show specials (contact me for more details of these, we are offering them to you now that the show is over) and a fantastic door prize of over $300 in products as well as incentives for workshop bookings. It was tiring, and I was only there for two days, so the others must be superhuman. Now I know how quickly an ink pad can be put back together (thanks Bec), and had a lesson in how to make sales seem easy from Kate... Thanks to everyone who came and supported us at our first big commercial show, I really hope to be involved with the next one as it was such good fun. We really do have the most wonderful team Demonstrators, the Creative Memories lady even commented on how much fun we were having and how we all get on so well.

Brisbane Regionals 2009

What a great day it was! Thanks to Liz for driving to South Bank, from where we walked to the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane for a day of training and inspiration. Aaron Scott was MC for the day, leading us through the presentations and 'workshop wows'; he even showed us some of his early work as a grafitti artist(!) before sharing a card idea with us. Somehow Leonie ended up with the finished project which I'm sure she had him autograph to sell on eBay!

Thanks also to Rachael who stepped in at the last minute as my guest - I hope you enjoyed your day and not just my poor attempt at belly dancing... and no I don't have photos!

Kate had a great time swapping cards with other demos, I was very slack and ran out of time to create anything. In fact I think people will be lucky to get Christmas cards this year the rate I'm going!

Me and Aaron, I'm sure he felt something of a celebrity being asked for a photo, but I'm not proud to ask! Shame about the EXIT sign above his head.

Liz was surprised with a bouquet of flowers, created by none other than Ursula. We all appreciate how much effort she puts in to supporting and organising us all, and creating lovely projects for us to make at our meetings, and for all the charity work helping the Mater Mothers.

Me, Liz, Anna and Kate.
When the day was over we went to Ahmet's turkish restaurant at South Bank, boy was it a hot night, we had been frozen in the air con at the hotel, so it was a big shock walking back through the city. I would like to say what a fantastic day I had, made even better by sharing it with friends.

Sharks charity Christmas card event

Here are some photos from the Sharks event on the 11th October. We raised $220 from raffle ticket sales and card competition entries, which will go towards the Mater Mothers' Bereavement Programme, so thanks to everyone who took entered. I still have spaces at the Redlands Sporting Club on the 1st November, but places are filling fast now people have heard what a great time everyone had at the Sharks and Springwood. Call or e-mail me to book your place NOW!

All the prizes that were up for grabs, over $1000 of Stampin' Up! products donated from head office in Sydney, thanks Stampin' Up!

Entries for the card competition, what talented guests we had.

Some of the displays that inspired us

My table hard at work creating our eight projects

The youngest attendee by far was gorgeous little Nikaya

Leonie's table

Kate's table, plus Jacqui who demo-ed a few of the cards for us too.

Sylvia and Elisa pulling their crackers...

But it was Ros who won the Flower Fusion Too tin with her lucky cracker.

Afternoon tea was really scrumptious, the Sharks did us proud

Our winners - Sue won two prizes (it wasn't fixed, but it was her birthday after all!)

Christmas in July event

If you cannot attend this event, why not make a date with me to do it at your house at a time that's more convenient? Get your friends together and start preparing for Christmas, you know it won't be long until it's here!

Carina card making afternoon

This weekend I was at the Carina Leagues Club with the Paper Angels team making these funky cards. They were designed by Liz and Kathy, and it was great fun making them. 

Here is Lisa, Marie and Jacqui (who was lucky enough to win one of the fantastic raffle prizes)

Keep looking on my blog for more events happening.