Winner Winner! And a HUGE Thank you!

You all are sooooo awesome!! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!! You made me so incredibly happy on my birthday. :)

I know you really wanted the twine (I'm not dumb!), but it was nice to read the really great birthday wishes that I bribed you over here with, too. :D Thanks so much for supporting me and my little 'ol blog, for following on Facebook, for tweeting, and for sharing. You are all the BEST!!

Now, I did have the task of picking one winner. Only one. Wish I would've had more sampler packs. Maybe another time. :)

But this time the winner is:



And comment #56 belongs to....



CONGRATS LAUREL!!!

Don't use all that twine in one place, ya hear? E-mail me over there on the right with all of your details!

Hope everyone has a really wonderful weekend. :)

All my best,

Yay! Birthday Giveaway!! :)

COMMENTING CLOSED!! - Thank you to all who entered!

I just love to give stuff away on my birthday!! And what could possibly be more FUN than....

A COMPLETE SAMPLER'S PACK FROM THE TWINERY!!!

Incluuuuuuding the 3 brand-spankin-new colors of Honeydew, Blossom, and Charcoal!




Aren't these colors delicious?! And can't you see yourself just wanting to use them for EVERYTHING under the sun?! I KNOW!!!

So here's the scoop on what you, my lovely blog readers, Facebook followers, Twitter friends CAN do to enter for a chance to win, okay? (Each item is an additional entry):

1. Leave a comment here (how easy is THAT?!)

2. Leave a comment on your own blog, OR Facebook ...with a link back here (so I can see...either one or the other, not both, please.)

3. Become a blog Follower. I know it's a little tough to see, but at the VERY top of this page there IS an option to "Follow" it's on the left, above the header. Let me know if you did that. I do know who my current blog followers are through Blogger. If you choose to follow through Reader, please let me know that as well, as that is also highly encouraged. Heehee! ;)

4. Retweet the following on Twitter : Fun birthday giveaway from @papergrace_dsgn . Go here to enter http://www.papergrace.blogspot.com/ . (I ♥ Twitter!)

That's it! FOUR FABULOUS CHANCES TO WIN! For this...my 44TH birthday. Gads. I'm old. HAHHAH!! Oh, well. ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Oh! And the giveaway? Will close in... FOUR DAYS! :) So at midnight on February 4th. (If I can stay up that long. If not, the 5th. Ha!)

**edit: Some of you have been saying you've posted a link on Facebook, but have not left links! Please, please, please leave a link back here. I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!! :)


All my best,

1/1/2011 - Want Some stuff?! :D

Okay, so not the best blog title ever...but perhaps it caught your attention? :D

I decided to give some stuff away this very first day of the New Year. This day has LOTS of ONES in it! It's the first day of the first month of 2011 and it's my 100th blog post! Whoooo! Seems like as good a time as any to me! How about you?

Alrighty then! On with the show!

So. Here's what I have to give away. Some BRAND NEW Hero Arts yumminess. (I looooove Hero Arts.) And....some Unity Kits of the Month from September, October, and December. The Unity kits were ordered by me, but never used. I have no idea why, just didn't. So I thought they'd be cool to give away. Hope you think so, too.

Here's what you need to do!

1. Leave a comment. (Way too easy!)
2. Become a fan of papergrace designs on Facebook and leave a comment on there.
3. Ask your crafty/stampy friends to "like" papergrace designs on Facebook and leave another comment (Please tell them that in their comment to say who sent them to me. If I don't know, I can't count the comment. Boo! )
4. Follow papergrace_dsgn on twitter and tweet about the giveaway! (You can say anything such as, "Have you seen the big give-away at http://papergrace.blogspot.com? Make sure to @papergrace_dsgn so I can see your tweets!)
5. Follow this blog through the blogger follower or through Google Reader and leave another comment. (If you already follow, you know you've gotten extra options of getting goodies already!) If you're not following my blog (why?!) I know it seems mystical or difficult, but the "Follow" is right up at VERY top of the page, above the header. I'd love it if you did. :)

So that's at least FIVE chances! More if you were already a follower and commented before today. :)

*** You do NOT need to do all of these things, but the more you do...the more chances you have to win. And that's a good thing, right? RIGHT!!

Ready to see what you were waiting for? Here we goooooooo....

From Unity:

The September KOM


The October KOM


The December KOM


Nice, huh?

AND NOW!!! For the BIG PRIZE (like those weren't big enough!) The Hero Arts!!



I think that's some awesome crafty goodness right there!

I think I'll give you a solid 7 days to get the word out. I may even throw some extra stuff to the person who gets me the most followers!! How 'bout that?!

Oh! Before I forget...wow...so much to say! This give-away IS open to all US AND Canadian residents. I love me some Canadians. ;) If you want to be considered & live somewhere else...please let me know. These prize packs are pretty big, but maybe we can work something out. Sound good?! GREAT!

So!! Get to following, commenting, and passing on the word. If you post the give-away on your blog let me know that, too! :) And... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

** COMMENTING CLOSED!! I will begin tallying up all the comments tomorrow! 1/8/11 YAY! :)**


All my best,

It's my Birthday & I'm Giving Stuff Away!

I LOOOOOVE BIRTHDAYS!!

I love them so much. I feel like a little kid. It's the one day that's all yours. To feel special. To feel celebrated. I love that. It's just awesome. I'm a bit of a dork, but so what?! :D

I decided today I'm going to share my birthday with all of YOU! WOOOOOOOO!!!! Instead of doing Blogaversary blog candy, I decided to give stuff away for my Birthday. How fun is that? I think it's pretty darn fun.

I bought a few stamp sets at CHA. This really great one from Courtney Baker (which can also be purchased directly from her --> Practicing Creativity Designs:



Isn't that great? Valentine's, friendship, just an all-around fun set.

The other set that I purchased is a super cute set from the really talented folks over at Taylored Expressions. This is a set in which a portion of the profits from the sale of the set goes to charity (in this case the Eden Project).




(For more details on this set click HERE ).

I will be including a bag of GORGEOUS buttons from the fabulous DeNami Design with each stamp set! How cool is THAT?! Are you getting excited yet? I hope so.

Here's a peek at some of their eye-popping buttons.... so pretty.





OK....now if both those pretty stamp sets and those yummy buttons weren't enough I have one more thing up my sleeve. Are you ready?

This is an update from last night an earlier today, but the PHENOMENAL Heidi from Simon Say Stamp is sponsoring my Blog Candy and has generously offered this voucher!! So follow, comment & win! :) And check out their awesome store! Simon Says Stamp!

YAY!!! I hope you're all on board with my birthday celebration NOW!! HAHHA!!!



*~*~*So here's the nitty gritty details on what you need to do: *~*~*

One comment per person- unless you become/ or already are a blog follower.

1. Leave a comment ON THIS POST letting me know what you love about birthdays – especially your OWN! :D

2. Leave a link on your blog to my giveaway (link back to this post, please) you can even add my cute little blinkie if ya want! ;)

3. Leave a way for me to contact you. (ie: blog or email address - you can e-mail me privately if you don't want to leave your addy on the blog. My e-mail addy can be accessed to the right...see the button?)


If you become a (public) follower, or already are one, you get to leave an additional comment! Just let me know you became/ or are a follower (extra chances to win...just sayin')! (I know how many followers I have already and how many are checking my blog out through Reader, so it's not hard to guess who's new & who isn't.)

The fine print:
Commenting will be open for through Feb. 7 at 11:59:59 PM PST On Feb. 8th I’ll start sorting & winners will be posted NLT than Feb. 10th. Plenty of time to comment & win some goodies. :) I vow to keep the awarding as random as I can, once sorted.

{*** I closed commenting at 10:16 PM PST. If you tried to comment and couldn't between that time and 11:59 PM PST, please send me an e-mail (button on the right), in lieu of commenting***}.

*~*~So looking forward to reading your comments.*~*~*

There's only one thing left for me to do ----

All my best,

(I posted just a little early....I couldn't stand it. But my b-day IS Feb. 1st!)

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