My World Cardmaking Day Event

I need your help!
Come and Help Stamp Out Haemophilia!

Every year I make Christmas cards for the Haemophilia Foundation of NSW, to raise much-needed funds. You can read about last year's effort HERE.
This year will be no different, except that I want to make MORE cards. But there's no way I can do it alone. Already I have had the help of some fantastic Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. This is my stash of cards, card-fronts, and donated cardstock so far:

Can you believe that box on the bottom left was donated by one person...and there's another layer of cards underneath those!! I couldn't believe it when it arrived in the mail. Thanks so much, Cameron!

There's lots more work to be done, though. All the cards need greetings stamped inside, copyright stamps and Haemophilia stickers on the back, envelopes stamped, and they need to be packaged up into plastic sleeves. So, I need HELP!

When: Saturday 11th October
Where: 27 Ryan St Dundas
Time: 10am-10pm (come when you can!)
RSVP: Please email me to let me know if you'll be able to come and lend a hand

Come along anytime from 10am-10pm. Come for an hour, or stay for a few, it's up to you! Customers, friends, stampers, non-stampers, Demonstrators... anyone is welcome!

If you can't make it on the day but would still like to help, donations of standard-sized envelopes are gratefully accepted, as well as hand-made Christmas cards or card-fronts. I also need willing volunteers to sell packs of cards to their friends and family!

The Fourth Day of Christmas

Another Simple Card in soft greens. This was also a card that had to be mass-produced for the Haemophilia Foundation. The card base is Mellow Moss, and the darker green is Always Artichoke. All the stamps I've used are from the set "Peaceful Wishes". This is one set that has had quite a workout this year! A lot of the stamps are suitable for the rest of the year too (the pinecone and branches, so I won't even have to pout it away when Christmas is over.
For the focal image, I inked up the branch in Mellow Moss, stamped off once onto scrap paper, and then rock'n'rolled the edges of the stamp in Mellow Moss again. This gave me a paler centre part of the image, so the greeting stands out more. I've stamped on Confetti Cream cardstock, which has a lovely fleck in it.
When we made this card at my Stamp-a-Stacks, we also used heat-and-stick powder and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to add some sparkle to the centre branch. There's nothing like a bit of sparkle at Christmas!

The Second Day of Christmas...

This has to be the most versatile Christmas set ever. It's called 'Crazy for Christmas' and has rows of little Christmas trees (shown here), presents, ornaments and a cute little message. The presents are great because you can use them all year, and if you turn the ornament stamp upside down, you have a row of balloons! Also, you can ink these trees using your markers, and leave off the tree trunks and you have a row of party hats! How clever is that? I just love a Christmas set that doesn't have to be sitting in a drawer for the rest of the year.
This is another simple card that I made 200 of for the Haemophilia Foundation. Colours are Not Quite Navy, Garden Green and Kraft. I've stamped in black Stazon on the Kraft piece, and watercoloured using Blender Pens and Inkpad lids. Then I highlighted areas using my White Gel Pen. I love the effect of watercolouring on Kraft cardstock. I encourage you to try it if you've never done it before! The little sentiment stamped down the bottom, and a piece of Silver Organdy ribbon tied in a knot finishes it off.

1085 cards!

Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day, and I made 1085 Christmas cards. Wanna see??

OK, that's stretching the truth a little bit....there are 1085 cards there, but I'm not totally responsible for making them. This was definitely a group effort, and a HUGE thanks goes out to the fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who donated all the materials, others who donated their time to come and help me, and others who made cards and sent them to me to add to the collection. Then there are the Downlines and customers who came and gave their time yesterday on World Cardmaking Day, to help me finish them off and package them up. We started at 2pm and I couldn't believe it when it was 4pm and we were all done! What would have taken me hours on my own, with 16 people helping took just a couple of hours.

These cards are for the Haemophilia Foundation of NSW (a cause close to my heart, since my 6yo son has Haemophilia), and will raise money for much-needed resources. I'm so humbled by the generosity of people who gave their time and money so willingly to help...you know who you are, and you have my heartfelt gratitude.

Busy!

I know I haven't posted much this week...I have 4 classes over 3 days, plus today I'm making a start on the 1000 Christmas cards for the Haemophilia Foundation of NSW. I use the word "I" very loosely though....I have had lots of help from some very generous people (too numerous to name here, but you know who you are and you have my heartfelt thanks!)
This is one of the cards that we'll be making, plus it's doing double-duty as a Stamp-a-Stack card! It's a nice easy one to mass-produce (just what you need when time is scarce at Christmas!).

The colours are Cranberry Crisp, Chocolate Chip and Naturals Ivory. The Stamp Sets are Holiday Spirit, Many Merry Messages and Star Studded (wheel). I watercoloured the tree using my Blender Pen and True Thyme Inkpad lid. I've also used the beautiful Cranberry Crisp stitched ribbon, and the oval punch to punch out the sentiment. Cranberry Crisp is getting a workout for Christmas!