We Stamp For Lara. (15 Tutrorials for $15!!)

For those of you that are interested in learning about stamping techniques & why I do 'what I do' with Stampin' Up!, here is just one wonderful reason!!

Let's get stampin!!

Please join us in raising funds to help this lovely girl and her needs.

Lara has Cerebral Palsy and also has microcephaly, epilepsy and vision impairment.

Her parents get up every night to physically move her so she does not get bed sores.

Lara's parents have set up a facebook page, where you can follow her progress...

They are in need of a self inflatable mattress. This mattress inflates and deflates so it moves her during the night.

$15 will get you 15 tutorials.

Payment made by direct deposit or paypal

Contact me via email at email, or Facebook, once you have made payment.

(I can direct you to how to purchase items you may need for these projects, etc....)

Once done, I will add you too the fb group where you will be able to access the tutorials.

Thanks again for your help xx

Payment made to the following account

Pauline Bennetts

BSB 641800

Account Number 200756764

Use your name as the reference.

Or paypal

pauline@paulinebennetts.com

Harmony Day 2016

I work in a wonderful place called Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre, (GNLC). It is here that I am the Child Care Co-Ordinator for the child care centre, while many other talented people teach English, Computer & VCAL students, amongs other subjects also.

Many of my children come to our centre because their parents are attending the English classes, through the A.M.E.P. program, (Adult Migrant English Program), where-by newly arrived asylum seekers or refugees learn English, so that they can assimilate into the community.

Every year, we collectively celebrate Harmony Day, so I decided to make something that represents the children from our centre & the countries that their families are from. Most of the children I know enjoy cup-cakes & I am always happy to make these, so then I printed that flags from the countries of the families in our centre.

AND of course, Stampin' Up! has a fantastic colour in Pumpkin Pie, just the perfect orange to represent the universal colour for Harmony Day, so I matted all the flags and wrote the name of each country on the back. I am still learning about other countries, so this was a great opportunity to teach others!!

The list was quite reasonable!!

There is a flag from Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Burma, Sri Lanka, America, The Netherlands, Malta, Australia, Japan, China, India, Lebanon, Italy, Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, Russia, Thailand & Napal, if I have them all listed correctly....

We have such a beautiful mix of people that are all working towards a common goal of learning in our centre, so it was a great way to celebrate all that we have to offer!

And what we all have to offer, is fooooooood!! How is this for an amazing selection of food from many cultures!!

In our current world, we need more acceptance and love. Our little neighbourhood house community displayed this love by gathering around food and celebrating all that we are.

I'm hoping that next Harmony Day sees us with less pain & suffering and more acceptance, love and smiles. 

Happy Harmony Day, 2016.

It's a Curvy Keepsake kinda market!!

My children's local primary school had a fun fiesta night & I was lucky enough to have a stall there.

Despite the crazy windy weather, there was a wonderful atmosphere with lots of families around.

I had been busy becoming familiar with the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits, (Annual Catalogue, page 171),  to make these Angry Birds charactors... To keep other young children happy, I made a Hello Kitty type of Keepsake and.....
I also wanted something a little more feminine, so decided to add some Butterflies thinlits.

I also wanted something a little more feminine, so decided to add some Butterflies thinlits.

I guess you really cant see the Shimmer that is on the wings, but I did spray them... The various sentiments included: Happy Mother's Day, Happy Birthday, Get Well Soon & Friend To Friend.

The end results were a great group of Curvy Keepsakes to sell.

Here is my make-up of how my table was going to be set-up for the market. I like how it wasnt too cluttered and was labelled clearly :)

I'd love the know what else you have made with your Curvy Keepsakes, please feel free to share them with me :)

Bring On The Sweet Stack!!

I have always wanted a centre-peice for my table, for when it is clean... I'm also hoping it would encourage me to keep it that way...?). So I decided to purchase the Sweet Stack Project Kit, (page 152)  This actually the first kit that I have ever bought, crazy hey?

Well, this kit has changed my mind about kits - I loved knowing what to make, following the directions, but also knowing that I could mix it up a little, to make it mine!

 

So from above, you can see that Ive tried to make the Crushed Curry "icing' the same all the way around the edge of the lower level & I used the Bow Builder punch for a different bow than in the kit. (I can use them for another project!!) The trim on the cake is also different to the kit, it needed a little bit more colour, I thought...

Here is the finished product!! I plan to have each cake peice filled with a small gift for anyone who brings a new guest to my class... Could this be you, perhaps?

Thanks for stopping by to see my latest crafty ideas... I hope to see you again soon, Jo.