Thursday, October 1, 2015

Blog Birthday Giveaway #1 - Unity Stamp Company

Good evening!!! So - this little blog is celebrating FIVE years this month - on October 20th!!! I can hardly believe it has been that long, and yet in some ways I don't remember not doing this. I have been SOOOO incredibly blessed by all the amazing people I have met through this hobby - and so incredibly lucky to work with some AMAZING products and companies. To celebrate I have lined up TONS of giveaways from some of these amazing places. HUGE thanks to each of them for their generous donations of prizes - I'm super excited to be able to share them with you!

First up - I thought I would start with Unity Stamp Company. I fell in love with them very early in my crafting career - purchasing my first sets within about a month of starting this blog. Now I'm pinching myself that I get to be on their Design Team!

If you haven't heard of them before - Unity Stamps are high quality unmounted red rubber stamps. I love my clear stamps so much - but there is just something about the quality of the image you get with a red rubber stamp. And there are always amazing sales - and constantly new releases! I don't think there is another company that releases stamps more frequently. I love how there is an image and sentiment for everything. One of my favorite items from Unity is the Kit of the Month. It was the main way I started and built my collection. I have also had TONS of fun recently making Quick Tip videos for Unity. They are all under a minute and half - you can check out the Unity Youtube Channel to see all of them! You can find Unity on Facebook as well as their Blog - always full of inspiration!

If you want to see some of many projects I have made with my Unity Stamps you can click HERE - but I also have a new card to share today that I made recently. A friend requested a sympathy card that had a boat on it - this is what I came up with:


I used Celebrate {Webster's Itty Bitty} for the boat and Heartfelt Sympathy for the sentiment, the center panel is cut with an Avery Elle die. Pattern paper is by Crate Paper, with some torn vellum in the background. Added some jute twine and soft inking around the center panel to finish it off.


You can enter the giveaway below using Rafflecopter - this is my first time using this method for a giveaway, but since I have so many to do this month I thought it might help make it easier! So - if there are any bumps along the way, please forgive me as I figure them out? 

All giveaways will stay open until the 20th (the official birthday date!) and I will announce all winners that day! If you already follow on Pinterest, Youtube, or Facebook - feel free to leave your name for each day of giveaways, no need to be a new follower only!

Have a wonderful day - and good luck!



44 comments:

  1. Happy 5th ~ Nice card! I recently got this stamp!!

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  2. Congrats on your 5th anniversary beautiful Heather! What a wonderful gift the Lord has given you to share and spread joy with your awesome cards! Can't wait to see you in 5 more years!

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  3. Pretty card, Heather! I love Unity Stamps.... so much variety and awesome quality stamps! Congrats on 5 years!
    Favorite quote? I read this a long time ago and clipped it from my newspaper, because it touched my heart. I don't know who wrote it:
    Those we love don't go away
    They walk beside us every day
    Unseen, unheard, but always near,
    Still loved, still missed and very dear.

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  4. Happy Blog Anniversary!! My favorite quote is: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take , but by the moments that take our breath away.

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  5. Congrats! Thanks for the giveaway.Fave quote at the moment is "A year from now you will wish that you had started today"

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  6. Conratulations on your 5th Blog Anniversary! New Unity Fan here! And I'm Hooked!! Can't believe how many releases they come out with thoughout the month and the Sales! Wow! What a great company! Love love love your little Unity Videos!

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  7. I just love the color scheme for this sympathy card: calm without being somber.

    One of my favorite quotes is one I've never been able to trace back to its source: "The woods would be silent if only the best birds sang."

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  8. Biggest congrats, I personally really enjoy your blog and quick videos tremendously! So sad to see you leaving Unity behind... :( But hope that you have other amazing adventures planned ahead. Best of luck!

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  9. Happy Blogiversary! tough question! I have always liked
    “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.” Alfred Lord Tennyson
    and another (just got this set!! Hope to make a card with it this weekend!)
    "It's not what we have in life but who we have in or life that matters."

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  10. Congratulations! Five years is an accomplishment! There are so many good quotes out there, but one of my favorites is actually a passage - Phillippians 4:4-9.

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  11. Congratulations Heather!! Five years is a great milestone!! There are a few verses that I love. One of them is - The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  12. Happy birthday blog! Congrats on 5 years!!! Fav. Quote would be.... Do not regret yesterday it is already over, do not worry about tomorrow for it's still to come, think and enjoy today for it's what you have right now.

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  13. Congratulations on FIVE YEARS!! I love this Unity stamp, too. Such a nice-looking boat. :)

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  14. Congratulations on 5 years!!! Love this stamps and your card is amazing!!

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  15. Congratulations on reaching this milestone! I love Unity, and the Quick Tip videos are awesome! I also started my stamping journey with Unity, and that is what I own the most of! Great card BTW. You have put it together perfectly! TFS

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    1. P.S. My favorite inspirationa quote is by Frederick William Faber and it says: "There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go." This was my Dad...who left me in 2008.

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  16. Congratulations! 5 years of blogging happiness! Your card making skills are incredible, I am so happy that you are on the Unity DT, your work is super inspiring! Looking forward to following your blog several more years :)

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  17. Who doesn't love Unity stamps?? Your card is so pretty. I love how you use vellum a lot and it always looks fantastic! My favorite saying is "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." It really helps me put things into perspective in life!

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  18. You have been seriously rocking the Unity stamps since you joined the DT. I love today's card - simple and elegant, perfect for a sympathy card. I also love how you put patterned papers together so beautifully. My favourite inspirational quote? It's an oldie but a goodie - simple but sensible advice: "If at first you don't succeed try, try again."

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  19. I can't get over how you use patterned paper and still achieve white space...

    Mygrace is sufficient for you.

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  20. Lovely card. I like to use Bible verses for inspirational quotes--I have too many favorites to list.

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  21. My favorite quote for creativity is "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have (Maya Angelou)

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  22. My favorite quote is: Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~A. A. Milne Sweet card! Love it! TFS Hugs, Kristina

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  23. HAPPY 5 year blogiversary!!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
    My fav inspirational quote is You are in my thoughts and prayers.
    Crafty hugs,
    Dawn
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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  24. HAPPY 5th Birthday month Heather :)
    Beautiful card!!!
    I have many favourite quotes, several have already been listed. One the is very meaningful for me at the moment is "Nothing changes if nothing changes".
    THANK YOU for the inspiration and the chance to win!!!

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  25. Congrats on your 5th Anniversary! LOVE my unity stamps! Cool background paper combo!

    My fav inspirational quote:
    Do Not Worry! A raisin is a worried grape. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday!

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  26. Happy 5 year blog anniversary! My favorite quote is from the Wizard of Oz, “A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others”. Thanks for a great giveaway!
    trishden948(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  27. Happy blog birthday! You always showcase Unity stamps so beautifully, love the clean lines on this creation! My favourite quotes are from Jesus, especially this one: "Don't be afraid, just believe." Mark 5:36

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  28. My favourite quote is 'Dance like no-one is watching', I do this all the time to the embarrassment of my children!!!

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  29. Congrats on your 5th blogaversary!! Such a lovely card. I absolutely love of your unity creations.
    My favorite quote would be a bible verse..Be still and know that I am god.
    Have a blessed day,
    Migdalia
    Crafting With Creative M

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  30. Congrats on your 5 year blogiversary!!! One of my favorite quotes: This only is charity, to do all, all that we can. Never to judge rashly; never to interpret the actions of others in an ill-sense, but to compassionate their infirmities, bear their burdens, excuse their weaknesses, and make up for their defects------to hate their imperfections, but love themselves, this is the true spirit of charity

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  31. Congrats on your 5th Blogoversary.
    Lovely creation. So subtle and beautiful. My fav quote is "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value” - Albert Einstein

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  32. Happy blogaversary.
    Best wishes for many more.
    thanks for sharing these years with us.

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  33. My favorite quote is, "Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

    -J. Andrews
    So true and easy to remember!

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  34. What if I fall? Oh but Darling,
    what if you fly!
    Carla from Utah

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  35. Beautiful serene card!
    My favourite quote is:
    The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
    Helen Keller

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  36. "Do Small Things with Great Love" is my favorite inspiring quote.

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  37. Happy anniversary! Love your CAS card...

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  38. if I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with! Theres No Place like Home! Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz is my favorite quote

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  39. AMAZING Card!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the Design!! "Love you to the Moon and Back" THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chance to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  40. What you are is God's gift to you and what you become is your gift to God. Great cas card.

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  41. "Do small things with Great love"- Mother Teresa

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