Christmas in July! Paper Angels Annual Charity Event

Imagine spending a day getting a jump start

on your Christmas Preparations...

The Paper Angels are getting in early this year with our ever popular
Christmas Card Charity Events.

This year we are holding our events in July.

Please click on the flyer below for full of info

such as dates and venues etc.



I will be attending Coorparoo on the 11th July and Rochedale on the 31st July.
You are welcome though to book into any of the venues and be assured that you will be
well looked after by the Paper Angels Group.

Bookings are essential and payment required
no later than 2 weeks before your selected event.

Feel free to invite all your friends to come along too and join in the fun!

Convention Swaps that caught my eye!

Hundreds of demonstrators swapping hundreds of cards... the inspiration overwhelming... What a wonderful feeling! You can never get enough when it comes to seeing ideas and what other people create.

I'm busting at the seems to share with you some of the swaps that caught my eye.

Now, as I didn't personally swap, I don't have these at home to be able to refer to who created them, but I give credit to each and every creatively inspiring demonstrator who made these swaps I have photographed to share with you.

Enjoy...

This is not all, I will post more in the next few days.

I thought this might be enough though for now...

So the question is... Which one are you going to make first?????

Sydney Convention - Friday

After our crazy night with the fire evacuations, surprisingly we all woke up beaming with energy for a fun filled first day of Convention. It doesn't matter how little sleep you've had when it comes to stampin' fever in the air!

The morning started off with registrations, we all got our Funky 2010 Convention Bags, filled with goodies including 2 new stamp sets, not yet released... Oooooh!

Swaps were flying here there and everywhere. Ursula swapped 150 swaps in record time, and as I hadn't had time this year to make swaps, I helped Liz swap hers. I will share with you some photos of the swaps that were my personal favourites in the next few days, so stay tuned.

Then... the doors opened... and the fun kept rolling on!

What an amazing atmosphere in the General Session Hall.

Paper Angels Fiona, Ursula, & Liz

Gail & Jenny

The Beautiful Angel Ursula

Kate & Leonie (me!)

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" Thomas Edison.

I tell you what, times like these with my Beautiful Paper Angel friends remind me how thankful I am that I was given the opportunity to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator with such a wonderful group of girls xo

In our convention bags we each got a Stampin' Up! hat...

how cute is Ursula trying hers on for size! giggle xo

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing" Stephen R Covey

The main thing for me is fun... I tell you what, Stampin' Up! Convention certainly takes that to the max.

Specially when Prize Patrol Appear.... Two of the Paper Angels were lucky to win New Stamp Sets from the Autumn Winter Mini. The Prize Patrol Siren goes off, the room rumbles, and the winners can't wipe the smiles off their faces!

Here's Anna proudly waiving her new Tiny Tags Set in the air!

Trish receiving her new set Pendant Park from Stampin' Up! presenter Shannon.

One of the most entertaining presenters is Bonnie from Stampin' Up! Home Office in Utah. I'm sure Bonnie is a comedian when she's not Stampin', she sure knows how to get the room laughing and shares wonderful ideas in her presentations. I could sit through Bonnie's workshops day in day out.

Bonnie & Ursula

With so many stories to share of our fun day, we headed over to the shops and placed ourselves in a cosy Corner of Gloria Jeans.

We finished off with a lovely Thai dinner overlooking the Harbour then headed home to bed. All with the same thoughts I am sure... "hopefully the fire alarms don't go off again", and "can't wait to see what's in store tomorrow!"

Deal of the week - week 1

Throughout the month of June, Stampin' Up! will be offering

Deals of the Week.

This is the first time we have had this promotion in Australia.

Each week there is a new deal,

and each deal only lasts for a week... pretty neat hey!?

Deal Number 1 is on some of our punches!

Until next Tuesday, 8th June, you can take 30% off these punches:

The Scallop Oval, Scallop Square,

Trio Flower and Boho Blossom punches

are all only $20.12 each

for one week only.

What a bargain!!

There are no minimums and no limits,

so place your order today!

I must receive your order by 6pm Tuesday 8th June

to ensure I get it in before this special ends.

Sydney Convention - Thursday.

A weekend away with my Paper Angel friends,

mixed with Stampin' fever in the air...

what more can a girl want?????

Here are some memories that sum up our first day

as we set off to Sydney ready for Convention 2010.

I had a special surprise as I stepped off the plane when my mum was waiting for me at the airport! Mum was waiting so she could come in the cab with us to our Motel and pay the cab charge.. thanks Mum (and dad of course who also met up with us a little later) xo

Mum and Dad hung out with us for the arvo, and Dad became our tour guide to get to Paddy's Markets (the long way lol) via China Town.

Waiting to check in... Ursula & Ellie

Also waiting... Kate

After a fun afternoon exploring the streets and shops of Sydney,

we gathered together for dinner in Darling Harbour.

Jenny & Gail

Bec

Liz

Melissa

Thanks to Bec, Ursula, and Liz for my special handmade treats. The girls made each of the Paper Angels little pressies for Convention. Bec made us each a Bag Tag. Ursula had Totally Tess with Pony Party wings laser cut as necklaces, and Liz made us each Scissor Charms and wrapped them in cute little Pillow Box's.

Then... one of the unplanned highlights (and not one of the fun ones... funny maybe, but not fun). It was about 1am, we were all tucked in bed ready for our big first day of Convention the next morning... when... the Fire Alarm went off! We all had to evacuate the building and gather in Piermont St in our PJ's! I of course grabbed my camera on my way out the room and took this moment as an opportunity for some great Scrapbooking shots! Luckily it was a false alarm, and we did all get back into our beds about an hour later. Not to get too excited though as we did a repeat of the full ordeal again at 3am! Yep, twice in the one night.

I didn't bother with photos the second time, I was a little less enthusiastic getting out of bed again, but here are some memories I captured the first time around...

Still seeing the humour of being evacuated with hundreds of others in the freezing cold in the streets of Sydney in our Pj's.

Did I mention this was a 13 story building that was fully booked out!

Hanging out with 2 of my roomies Jenny & Gail.

Of course, some of us Paper Angels made sure we got a photo with one of the Fire Fighters... totally blogging and Scrapbooking in mind. lol

And that was our first day... Sydney Convention 2010 xo

IMAGINE a life filled with Inspiration...

WOW... double WOW!

I have just got back from an amazing weekend away in Sydney with my Paper Angel friends at Stampin' Up!'s 2010 Convention. I'm not quite sure if my feet have yet touched the ground, I'm still on a high of Inspiration. We had so much fun, I have seen so many new creative ideas and shared many a laugh while amongst over 400 fellow Stampin' Lovers oops demonstrators! giggle

Should I also mention the 5 free stamp sets I now have to add to my stamp collection that have not yet been released... hee hee hee!

I have squillions of photos to share, so keep tuned over the coming weeks, but there is BIG NEWS to share with you all first that is Super Exciting.

Stampin' Up! announced at Convention that from now until July 31st

you can save 20% on the Starter Kit!

That means you can get over $560 worth of products for only $259...a saving of $65!

What a bargain!

That's the cheapest price for the full Starter Kit that we have ever had here in Australia.

If you have ever IMAGINED being part of the fun of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, now is the time to make that dream real!

Stop now and IMAGINE how much fun you'd have as a demonstrator, sharing your passion for stamping and scrap booking with friends and family.

IMAGINE the satisfaction of introducing someone new to the wonderful joy of Stampin'.

IMAGINE having many new friends you would have

who share the same love of Paper Craft as you!

IMAGINE being able buy all your favourite Stampin' Up! products

at demonstrator price.

IMAGINE earning a little (or a lot) of extra cash.

Best of all IMAGINE coming away with the Paper Angels to Convention next year

and having as much fun as I have just had!

When you join Stampin' Up! you become part of my team The Inspiration Angels and The Paper Angels Group. That gets me excited, how about you? IMAGINE coming along to our monthly Paper Angel Meetings where the Inspiration never ends!