Christmas Charity Day

We held our fourth annual Christmas Charity Day on the Gold Coast on November 7th.  It was our most successful fundraiser to date.

We had 26 ladies attend.  Along with our raffle with prizes donated by Stampin' Up! we had a Christmas Card Competition and a name tag competition.

It's a fantastic day for a good cause:  we raise money to fund our Footprint Cards programme at the Gold Coast University Hospital and now....John Flynn Hospital.

The space...  Genesis at Carrara allows us to use their space for FREE!

The goodie bags...everyone received a bag containing their kit.

The raffle... we were well supplied with prizes donated by Stampin' Up! 

The food.....

Nanna Marg.... runs the kitchen.  It's not just the food she prepares...it's the smiling face and warm hugs that she gives.  Here she is with Blake, who now wants to be known as Poppa Blake.

The team...  Couldn't do it without these lovely people who pitch in and help in all sorts of ways, before, during and after.

The customers... four tables of keen crafters! (Sorry Peta - caught you napping!)

Previously with a similar number of people we have raised around $500.  This year we broke a record!

Part of each person's cost for the day is the catering budget.  Genesis and Nanna Marg donate that back to us! Thank you, thank you!

Combined totals of raffle, donations, Christmas Card Competition and the Genesis donation reached $741!

This will be used to continue supplying Footprint Cards at Gold Coast University Hospital and John Flynn Hospital.  We are also planning to create some kits for John Flynn to use in the rehabilitation of patients.  And maybe some kits for the children's wards to use also.

And we have a box ready already:  this set of Footprint Cards was made throughout the year and we have this box ready to go.  I will be delivering it to John Flynn Hospital tomorrow.

Stay tuned - we will be having some free workshops next year to prepare these kits and make more Footprint Cards.

Thanks to everyone who attended, helped and contributed from afar! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Kangaroos and a great deal

Apologies for being absent from blogland.  I am still not able to load photos onto my new laptop and then find them again!  I hope to have this problem solved soon.  I need to give everyone an update on our charity day and pictures are always a help!

In the meantime - we have had a wonderful weekend in Melbourne at Stampin' Up!s first ever global event: demonstrators from around the world meeting simultaneously to see the upcoming Occasions catalogue and Sale-a-Bration offerings.

We can't show any pics yet but will soon!

In the meantime I thought I would show you my contribution.  We were asked to submit photos of us sharing our love of Stampin' Up! with others and the photos had to include something to indicate what country we were from.  Do you think these fit the bill?

This week we have 20% off selected stamp sets.

Click HERE to check them out.

Shop online or email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone 07 55 765 469.

These deals are available until Friday! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

And the winner is...and some Halloween Inspiration

Throughout September I offered an ordering incentive as I was trying hard to achieve the Incentive Trip. 

This was the prize.... a box of our markers.

So many people helped me throughout September - I had lots of orders at classes, people offered to hold parties, ladies ordered extra items, customers placed online orders...

 

This was the box of slips, one for every $10 ordered - my son helped me write them all out.

Angela, one of my team members drew out the winner.  Not looking!

Jenny H! (Nice fingernails Ang!)

Jenny is one of my long time customers.  It was so exciting to have her name drawn out!
Here she is happily accepting her prize.

Thank you so much to everyone who helped me get across the line.  This is not just ladies who ordered in September but all throughout the year!  I have achieved the trip:  a Mediterranean Cruise (!!!) 

At our team meeting this month Jessica brought along these gorgeous boxes made by her mum, using the Curvy Keepsake Thinlits!  Just in time for Halloween.  I thought you might like to have a look.

And lastly.....my November class schedule is 'up'! 

Click HERE to check.

If you would like to book in please RSVP on the website or email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone 07 55 765 469.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Happy Birthday!

Can I show you some cards?  My son had a birthday this past week and he was blessed with cards in the mail and in person.

This is the card I made for him.  I love the word dies that SU! comes out with.  They are so handy to add some oomph to a card.

When my son writes in a card for someone's birthday he always writes "Enjoy it while it lasts" so his cousin created this.  At the moment, it's all about the hair.  Wouldn't you like to be 14 again and only have to worry about your hair?  My nephew summed it up perfectly with his drawing.

And this card was drawn by Ella, another of his cousins.  I LOVE these minions!  And 'Cake time' is the perfect caption.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'd love it if you could leave a comment for Ellla for her minion creation!

Anna

A Box of Sunshine

The mum of a friend of mine needs some cheer so I made a Box of Sunshine.

It contains all things yellow, including of course, some handmade YELLOW cards!

 

 

This is the last weekend to book into the Christmas Charity Workshop at Genesis Carrara.  The projects are made using the Oh What Fun tag kit.

 

 



Our event is on Saturday November 7th!  We have a bunch of lovely ladies coming and another bunch of lovely ladies to help you with your projects!

Phone me on 55 765 469 or email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com if you would like to come.

Don't forget to like me on Facebook HERE.  I post lots of pics and updates.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna

Had to try this one

One of my customers pointed me in the direction of a YouTube video to make this card.  It was made by Jan B, a demonstrator in the UK.  You can view the video HERE.

It's a beautiful combination of glimmer paper, foils and embossing cut out on the Big Shot.

For this one I used the Softly Falling Embossing Folder.

And for this one I used the Woodland Embossing Folder.

 

 

Don't forget that RSVPs for our Christmas Charity workshop are needed by the end of this week.  Ours is at Genesis Church, Carrara on Saturday November 7th, running from 10 till 4.

 



Don't leave it too late to get your Christmas cards organized!

Product details below!  Click on the items to purchase online or phone me on 07 55 765 469 or email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com

Thanks for stopping by!   Anna

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.