Tuesday, June 24, 2014

BBB Giveaway



Hey everyone!  I usually do a Birthday/Blogaversary giveaway at the end of May/beginning of June, but I thought with Gallery Idol going on the timing was not quite right, so today I'm unveiling the BELATED Birthday/Blogaversary Giveaway.

It's been a wonderful year, lots of exciting things have happened, not the least of which is the release of my stamp designs, being named a World Cardmaking Day winner, getting into Gallery Idol and making it to the finals, and lots of published cards including (big news) an upcoming cover!

Now it's really not always that exciting....the day to day nitty gritty of creating/blogging isn't always glamorous, but I'm thankful for kind and caring readers/followers.  Your visits and comments are always so appreciated which is why I love to be able to do giveaways from time to time.

This year I have several different prizes up for grabs.  Some very special crafty friends are helping me out:



Altenew is offering a free stamp set.  Altenew is the crafty love child of two amazing artists/cardmakers:  Tasnim Ahmed and Jen Rzasa (one of my GI12 buddies). 

Please DO NOT leave a comment here, if you haven't already go back to THIS POST and leave comments there.  Thanks so much to Tasnim and Jen!



BossyJoscie is offering a $20 gift certificate for her store.  Joscie is another one of my GI12 buddies.  She is so encouraging, she makes THE BEST flair, and she has personalized stamps too.



Paper Sweeties is offering a $25 gift certificate.  Debbie is (you guessed it) another of the illustrious  GI12 crew.  She is so sweet and her line of stamps is just adorable, I am also very partial to her hand dyed seam binding.



I'm offering two of my stamp sets, which are both currently sold out at Neat & Tangled, On the Corner Additions and Clouds.

And of course there's that big giveaway that you see at the top of this post.  It's full of all sorts of goodies I've been collecting over the course of the year.

Just a note, these giveaways are open worldwide, but if you're international and you win one of the 'mailed' items, you must be wiling to pay the difference in shipping.

Thanks to all my very sweet friends who donated goodies to for the giveaways, and thanks to all of you.  All you have to do to be entered is leave a comment.  If you're a follower you can leave an extra comment for an extra chance.

I'll leave comments open through Sunday evening and announce the winners on Monday.  Good luck everyone!

89 comments:

  1. Miriam, I think your blog is just lovely - your cards and scrapbook pages are stunning, and the way you describe your beautiful work is encouraging and inspiring. Thank-you for continuing to share with us what you do so well!

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  2. YAY! Happy late bday and happy late anniversary!

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  3. Miriam, On the Corner Additions and Clouds stamp sets are so NICE!!! I love them all and your cards as well.

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  4. A big hugs om tour belated birthday. It is always a pleasure to visit your blog. Your cards are always stunning :)

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  5. Miriam you for sure have had a great year.. so proud of everything you have accomplished with your stamp releases and all the special honors you have received.. Thanks for all the inspiration... you rock.. :)

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  6. Happy Birthday/Blogiversary - and congrats on all your amazing accomplishments this year! Wishing you all the best in the next year!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  7. Happy Everything to you! You are one amazing, talented card maker and I always love visiting your site. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  8. Miriam, congratulations on a fantastic year! What a super fun giveaway! I must say I'd be pretty darned excited to win some Bossy Joscie goodness or your Neat & Tangled stamps!!

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  9. I am a follower, of course! :)

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  10. Yeah for you Miriam! I just love your projects, they are always inspiring! Your giveaway rocks!

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  11. Happy Blogaversary and Happy Birthday.
    Awesome giveaway.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  12. I follow you with bloglovin.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  13. Happy Blogaversary, Miriam! You are such a sweet soul and very inspiring!! Congratulations on such a successful year ... and here's wishing many, many more years of crafty FUN :)

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  14. Happy Blogiversary! I've been a follower for a while because I love your style. Cheers to you!!

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  15. Happy belated birthday and blogiversary! Also congrats on all the awesome wins and publications. I know every time I stop by (sorry it's been so sporadic lately) I'm going to find something super cool and fabulous!

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  16. Wow, you really have had a fabulous year, Miriam! I'm so glad I found your blog -- I always enjoy visiting and am always inspired by your work!
    Thanks for the chance to win one of your fabulous prizes!

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  17. Congrats to a wonderful bloggie year! COVERGIRL...that rocks.
    You are so talented, kind and just a good person....I always appreciate your comments on my blog:)
    Here's to another AWESOME year.

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  18. Happy Belated Birthday and Happy Blogaversary!!! Love your work...
    Thanks so much for the chance!!!

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  19. I love your blog and I LOVE your new stamps. I'm excited to get those clouds inked up!! Great job!!

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  20. Awesome prizes! Happy BBB to you! I love your stamp sets and the goodies pictured above are fabulous! Thanks for the chance!

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  21. I am also a follower of your blog! Always fun to see your posts and your creations!

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  22. Congratulations, Miriam, on all of your milestones this year! You are a very talented crafter and I always enjoy looking to see what you have created.
    I voted for your cards on Gallery Idol. Awesome creations!

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  23. I follow you through Bloglovin :-)

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  24. Congrats on an exciting year! So many exciting things!

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  25. You've had such an awesome year, Miriam! Happy Blogaversary! Here's to another fun and crafty year!

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  26. Happy BBB! Here's to another year of awesome and crafting year Miriam! You rocked the PC Idol comp!

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  27. You know how to throw a Birthday Bash Miriam! So Happy to have found you in the card making blog world. You are a BRIGHT light in this field! Wishing you MANY more HAPPY years of creating:)))

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  28. Happy BBB to you...happy BBB to you...Happy BBB to you Miriam...happy BBB to you!!!

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  29. I've been a blog follower for a while...

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  30. Happy blog birthday to you! What a fun and generous giveaway. Happy crafting to you Miriam!

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  31. Happy Birthday and thanks for your generosity and the generosity of all the companies!

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  32. I follow you through Bloglovin'. Thanks for your generosity and Happy Birthday!

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  33. Miriam, I am so happy to know that ur year was filled with achievements, have to be after all u r such an awesome crafter, wishing u an even better next year :)

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  34. Of course, I am a big time follower of yours :D

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  35. Happy BBB!!! Honestly, you are one of the sweetest persons I know! And one amazingly, talented crafty gal! Maybe one day, we'll actually get to meet each other in person! ;) Enjoy your celebration!

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  36. Sounds like you have had a banner year, Miriam! Happy anniversary and wishing you many more!

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  37. Miriam: I'm SO happy for you!! so excited year, u deserve it! Happy BBB!! I thank you for all the inspiration u give us, God Bless you!

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  38. Haha!! Happy BBB!! I love all the inspiration to be found on your blog!! Your cards are unique and we'll just awesome!! Your scrapbook pages make me want to scrapbook..... For a few minutes anyway!! (I don't have room to scrapbook!) oh and I love those fox stamps, who makes them?

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  39. And I follow you via bloglovin!!!

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  40. Hi, Miriam! I'm a follower by email!

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  41. Following your blog is a delight, and what an awesome set of giveaways! Thanks for the opportunity to win some amazing prizes! And congrats on such a successful year!

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  42. I'm a new follower by email, discovered your blog through your amazing Gallery Idol entries, love your creativity!! Thank you for an opportunity to win a prize :)

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  43. Congratulations on a wonderful year Miriam!

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  44. I'm a fallower of yours thanks to sweet Brenda telling me about you!

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  45. You know how much I adore you and your work! Happy Blogversary and many more! Congratulations on all of your achievements this year!

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  46. Happy Boigversary!! Thank you for a chance to win!

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  47. Yay! So many good reasons to celebrate and so well deserved recognitions! And for many more! Big hugs!

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  48. Congrats on all your accomplishments this year! You inspire me! :)

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  49. What an amazing 12 months you've had!! Congratulations for all you've accomplished this year, your family must be so proud of you!! I'm always so excited to see your posts and be inspired by your amazing ideas. Here's to the next 12 months and thank you so much for the chance to win some goodies!!!

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  50. Congrats on all your accomplishments this year! You inspire me! :)

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  51. Congratulations on your many many achievements. Such tremendous effort and hard work does pay off not to mention your talent:-). A very happy belated birthday and blogversary too!!!!

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  52. That is a serious slew of goods! You have so much talent, I LOVE to see your work. Thanks for the great blog and inspiration. Here's to another great year!!

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  53. What a fun bunch of goodies. Thanks for the chance to win. I just found your blog this week and I'm excited to go back and see some of your older posts.

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  54. Wow these are going to make some very happy crafters!,! Thanks for my chance!

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  55. I just came over from Ronda Palazzari's blog after seeing your lovely cards. I knew I needed to see more of your work :) Happy birthday/blogiversary and thanks for the chance to win!

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  56. Hey Miriam you have had an amazing year of success as a designer and prize winner ;) congrats and to many more. I love the new blog look this year...obviously, I take full credit for it! ha! My favorite card of yours of the last year is this one: http://mprantner.blogspot.com/2014/04/hatch-who.html

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  57. What an amazing giveaway!!!! Happy BirthdaY!!!!

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  58. Hi, Miriam! I found your blog through Julie Ebersole's for the blog hop. I have seen a lot of your work on challenges and in the Idol competition. Happy blogaversary!! Thanks for the chance to win some great stuff.

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  59. I am now following your blog via Bloglovin'.

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  60. I did not know you were designing stamp sets. Congratulations on continuing to do so. This prize looks amazing!

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  61. Happy belated birthday! Never too late to celebrate. I just LOVE your stamp set designs. Also very pleased for your top-5 finish with GI. It must get pretty subjective towards the end...each of your projects was so distinctive, and you were among very creative company with the five finalists. Glad it resulted in some new friendships!

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  62. I love following your blog!! Happy (belated) Blogiversary!!! You are incredibly talented and you rocked - I mean totally ROCKED the Gallery Idol contest!! You were my favorite!! Hope you know the good you are doing with your blog and your creations - you are putting beauty out into the world!!!

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  63. Just became a follower through Bloglovin!!! Yours is definitely a blog to love!!! :)

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  64. What a great giveaway, Miriam! So glad I found a spare moment to stop by tonight ;). Happy birthday, and yay for all your success here in blogland and otherwise! You're our hero!

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  65. I'm a follower, too ;). And thanks so much for the chance to win! Have a blessed week!

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  66. Congratulations on your blogoversary :) and for making it to the top 5 at the Gallery idol as well. And a belated happy birthday! :)
    Thanks so much for the chance to win.

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  67. What a year for you Miriam! Congrats on all the fun stuff and also on surviving the day to day joys/challenges life brings w/ having cute kiddos :) It's been fun to get to know you thru GI :) take care :)

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  68. I'm guessing I'm out of the time deadline ( can't check right now) but wanted to wish you a happy Bloggiversary anyhow! You have had an exceptional year and good for you- you deserve it. Has been lovely getting to know you a bit better- all the best for next ( this) year too!! xx

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  69. Congrats on all the accomplishments. I loved each and every one of your Gallery Idol entries!

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  70. Fantastic giveaway!! Thanks for the opportunity!!! I'm a follower on Bloglovin'!!!!! :)

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