Week In The Life 2011 | Really Awesome Giveaway
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
Winners will be posted on Monday.
16 companies have joined together to sponsor this week and provide you with an exceptional range of giveaways for both paper and digital memory keepers. All images below and clickable and will take you to each sponsors site. Don't forget to check out the special offers from many of the sponsoring companies (listed under the giveaway description).
To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post sharing something that is special or exceptional about you. One comment per person please.
This special giveaway will remain open throughout the week, with comments closing on Friday, July 29th at noon Pacific. Winners will be posted on Monday, August 1. If you are reading this on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment.
A big thank you to the companies sponsoring this giveaway. You are appreciated!
GIVEAWAY | Three people will receive a $50 gift card to Lisa Leonard Designs.
Lisa Leonard Designs create meaningful jewelry and gifts. Have you seen her new décor and wedding lines? So fun! You'll find the perfect custom gift for yourself or a friend.
GIVEAWAY | One person will receive a Bigger than a Breadbox July ’11 kit and one person a Smaller than a Breadbox July ’11 kit from Apron Strings.
Apron Strings isn’t your typical monthly kit club. Oh, we have all the newest goodies but we mix them up to provide you with three kits to choose from (two scrapbook kits and one card kit.) There’s a kit for you no matter what your style or experience is. Apron Strings has a simple goal: help you combine your stories and your photos by making pages easier and faster to create. We do that by providing kits where everything you need is in the kit, you don’t need to purchase separate add-ons to make fast, fun and fantastic layouts. Sketches and examples come with each kit in a full-color newsletter, and challenges and contests on the blog keep you inspired.
SPECIAL OFFER | We want you to come and give Apron Strings kits a try. Save 20% on your entire order by entering code AE711 at check-out. While you’re there sign-up for the no-commitment autoship. Tell us you heard about Apron Strings on Ali’s blog and you’ll get a free kit when you’ve received four consecutive auto-shipped kits. No skips are allowed during your first four months. You can however make substitutions and flips.
Come to Apron Strings where we can help you give your stories and photos a place where you and your family can re-live and remember.
GIVEAWAY | One person will receive a fat quarter bundle of "Trick or Treat" fabric and a a QT Minky Cuddle Blanket Kit of your choice from Quilted Treasures.
SPECIAL OFFER |20% off your purchase at our etsy shop with coupon code AEJULY2011
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GIVEAWAY | One person will receive the July Kit from Cocoa Daisy.
‘Modern, trendy and oh so chic’, is the best way to describe Cocoa Daisy’s July kit ‘Urban Loft’. With its soft yet intense colors from manufacturers like Sassafras, Basic Grey and American Crafts, it is sure to inspire your inner designer. This kit combines the best summer catwalk colors and brings together Bohemian Paris with New York Urban Chic! You are not going to want to miss the unique style of this kit – Gossip Girl meet Holly Golightly!
SPECIAL OFFER | Cocoa Daisy is having a Special Summer Promotion through August 5th! Get 20% the first kit of your six month Cocoa Daisy subscription. Then get the 5 remaining Cocoa Daisy monthly kits for only $29.95 per month. You will also receive a coupon good for $5.00 off Ronda's Palazzari's online class "10 things". Click here to learn more.
Cocoa Daisy is a monthly scrapbooking kit club that will fit all your creative needs. We offer monthly subscriptions as well as one time purchases, add-on kits, on-line classes and special project kits. We pride ourselves on offering the latest mix of product from top manufacturers, including 11 patterned papers, exclusive stamps and plenty of fun embellishments for the low subscription price of only $29.95 per month! Our goal is to inspire you with our talented Design Team, nurture your creativity through our blog, make you feel welcome and at home on our message board and provide you with the best of customer service.
GIVEAWAY | Three people will win a Gift Card worth 15.00 in products to Designer sherrieJD at DeviantScrap.com.
Explore Visual Journaling with me! Adding photos and ephemera from our everyday lives instills a deeper personal meaning to our art. Looking for unique scrapbook and art journaling products? Love vintage or hand painted papers and elements? Want to learn the process of visual journaling through instructional videos? My digital products are my own unique style with a huge splash of vintage finds. Products are created at 300dpi and sized generously for a variety of uses. Great for digital and hybrid projects. For those wanting to explore the process of visual journaling, my video lessons provide instructions for a variety of techniques and supplies. And look for my hand-bound Bird on a Wire journal class at ArtFest 2012!
GIVEAWAY | Six people will receive four new paper stacks from Die Cuts With A View. The stacks include Mademoiselle, Lady Couture, All About Me, and Collage Musings.
Based in Provo, Utah, DCWV Inc. was founded in 1995 by Nancy and Mike Hill. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative, quality products to the scrapbooking, home décor, jewelry, and stationery markets. In 2005, DCWV was recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies on the "Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies" list and was awarded as the #1 Utah-based company. Its products are differentiated by their quality, on-trend look and feel, innovation and customer-respected brand name. For more information, please refer to DCWV’s website at www.dcwv.com.
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GIVEAWAY | Two people will receive the paper & embellishment kit from the 7 Gypsies Lille Collection and another two people will receive the paper & embellishment kit from Teresa Collins' Timeless Collection all from J Creations.
SPECIAL OFFER | Receive 20% off and free shipping until August 25th with coupon code 20ALI.
J. Creations is a new online retailer of papercrafting kits, custom made scrapbooks, and scrapbook supplies & embellishments. We are also a distributor of beautiful handmade paper flowers from Thailand and offer the flowers for sale to Local Scrapbook Stores. Additional giveaways will be happening on their Facebook site throughout the week so make sure you visit us and click "like" to be entered to win.
GIVEAWAY | One person will receive a Celebrate Wall Hanging Kit from Keller's Creations.
SPECIAL OFFER | Free "photo here" stamp with any order. Put ALIEDWARDS in the special instructions section at checkout. Valid through 7/31/2011.
GIVEAWAY | Five people will win one Big Idea Festival kit AND one $30 Big Picture Classes gift certificate.
SPECIAL OFFER | Week In The Life participants can enjoy 10% off their entire order at Big Picture classes by using the following promo code at checkout: weeklife. Expires 8/30/2011.
Big Picture Classes is the place to connect and learn in a creative, online environment. Our community of instructors and members mingle in custom classrooms uniquely designed to deliver expert guidance and engaging ideas so that you can more fully explore your creativity.
At BPC, you'll find a myriad of super convenient self-paced classes as well as interactive multi-week workshops on topics ranging from scrapbooking to photography, journaling to personal well-being—but it is the light-hearted and liberating philosophy behind our education that sets us apart and enables you to find your muse, follow it and immerse yourself in personal expression.
GIVEAWAY | Three people will receive FREE tuition to Up & Running with Photoshop, Jessica Sprague's introductory online class in digital scrapbooking AND three people will receive FREE tuition to Good-to-Great Workflow, Jessica's introductory online class in photo editing.
SPECIAL OFFER | Both the above classes are regularly $49 but are 30% off through the end of July. No special code needed.
JessicaSprague.com is the leading online destination offering classes and products for digital crafters. Founded in 2007 by world-renowned crafter, author and teacher Jessica Sprague, you'll be amazed at what you can learn to make with Photoshop in just a few lessons! If you have always wanted to learn how to edit your photos, add frames, brushes, printables, journaling and digitally-crafted embellishments to your scrapbooks, Jessica will show you how! Choose from dozens of self-paced, video-based online classes in photo editing, digital scrapbooking, photography, digital design, and more! Stop by our product shop and pick up gorgeous digital designs for your digital or hybrid scrapbooks. The path to digital goddess-hood begins here. Register today!
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GIVEAWAY | Four people will receive a prize pack of adhesives from Therm O Web.
Win a fabulous adhesive prize pack! It includes adhesives for all sorts of projects...Zots Adhesive Dots, SuperTape, SuperStik, Fabric Fuse and Tape Runners. Prize value is over $55!
GIVEAWAY | Ten people will receive a 36-sheet pack of Paper Layerz/CutMates combo pack from WorldWin Papers.
NEW! Paper Layerz by Megan Elizabeth. Color-coordinated printed cardstock that makes creating and coordinating layered die cut images easy and beautiful. Paper Layerz is printed on CutMates diecutable cardstock -- the cardstock specifically formulated for electronic die cutting. The 36-sheet pack has 30 printed Paper Layerz sheets (1 each of 24 patterns plus 6 of Megan Elizabeth's favorite patterns) and 6 solid colored CutMates sheets that Megan Elizabeth picked to coordinate with here colors! Please visit our Web site, www.worldwinpapers.com to see an "intro" and "how-to" video on Paper Layerz so you can start using your electronic die cutter with new-found ease and simplicity.
GIVEAWAY | One person will receive a hand-picked prize package from Tim Holtz.
I'm thrilled to be part of "A Week in the Life" here on Ali's blog. We all know the importance of capturing our memories and telling our own story in our own way. I've gathered up some of my favorite papers, stamps, tools, embellishments, and of course inks to share with one of you to help you express your creative vision. Enjoy the journey...
GIVEAWAY | Two people will receive August’s kit, BOARDWALK, from Studio Calico.
BOARDWALK, features brand new releases from Summer CHA just last week plus a mix of exclusive products – there’s a frame stamp, mini alpha by Sassafras, patterned paper by Crate Paper, and more! For an additional chance to win this kit, like Studio Calico on Facebook and make a comment mentioning you saw this kit via Ali’s Week in the Life.
Studio Calico offers a monthly scrapbooking kit that combines the latest products from your favorite manufacturers with unique and exclusive offerings that you can’t get anywhere else. You will find kits filled with products that are coordinated for ease-of-use by both the advanced and novice scrapbooker. In addition Studio Calico offers a dynamic and supportive online community along with fresh and inspiring ideas on the website and blog.
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GIVEAWAY FOR ALL |Everyone is invited to download a full size digital kit from Sweet Shoppe Designs. To take advantage of the special offer just add the kit to your cart and use coupon code WITL2011 at checkout to receive the kit FREE.
Sweet Shoppe Designs is one of the best known and well loved digital scrapbook stores in the industry. With nearly two dozen top of the line designers creating new products each and every week, you can count on them to make your memories sweeter! In addition to gorgeous products like full-size digital kits, hybrid printables, fonts, quickpages and more, Sweet Shoppe Designs also offers a full range of services including a thriving community, a gallery where scrappers can share their work, a blog that features daily inspiration, and a monthly challenge system which encourages participants to think outside the box in terms of the pages they create and stories they tell!
GIVEAWAY | Ten people will receive shopping sprees worth $25 each to www.SimonSaysStamp.com.
SPECIAL OFFERS |Use Coupon Code WIL for 10% your entire order until July 31, 2011. Shipping specials are still active with no coupon code.
Located in Ohio - "The Heart of it All", Simon Says Stamp is a family business with a lot of heart.
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To enter the WEEK IN THE LIFE giveaway leave a comment at the end of this post sharing something that is special or exceptional about you. One comment per person please.This giveaway will remain open throughout the week, with comments being closed on Friday, July 29th at noon Pacific. Winners will be posted on Monday, August 1. If you are reading this on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment.
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I'm our family's "memory keeper" and apparently, our visiting dog's "favorite" (dog-sitting this week so "Chewey" will be featured in our "A Week n the Life" project).
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Great Giveaways Ali - hope you and your family are enjoying your summer! I've been told that I always remember little things about people; interests, goals, etc that make them feel that I'm always active listening.
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Again Ali, great give a ways! Something about me, well...I love words, I know that is nerdy but I just love hearning and learning new words and then journaling quotes etc. Oh well it takes a lot of different people to make the world go around! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I try to live my life inspiring others. Most often, "getting things done" gets in the way, but living an inspired life can happen in many different ways. Thanks for your inspiration!
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I am the kind of mother to my three girls that I wanted when I was a child/teenager. :0)
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You always give the best gifts - so awesome !
I get to introduce art to low-level students every day - the fact that I get to show these students that they have the ability to create beauty is such a blessing . Combine that with two precious children, a sweet husband, and a church family that I love - I have an exceptionally great life !
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Not so good at highlighting my special qualities but my kids say that I am 'awesome'. And one from me, I try to never be harsh with people.
Thanks Ali.
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My oldest sibling (I am the youngest of 7) had Down Syndrome, and he taught me about unconditional love and just how special and fragile the human life can be. I am forever changed by his love!
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WOW! My eyes are popping out of my head. So many beautiful items.
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The giveaways are outstanding, so many fun ones. Thanks so much to all the sponsors.
I'm special because for the first time this year I've been more giving to myself and getting to know who the real me is. Not just the wife/mother that I am 24/7 but the me who likes things for myself and have started doing things just for me. It makes me more happier and more giving to my family. I finally feel special and important.
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Great gifts in your giveaways! I'm not sure that I always see this in myself, but others tell me I am very patient.
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Great giveaway Ali! And many thanks to all the sponsors!!
I think I'm exceptional because I care deeply about others...my family and friends as well as people I've never met. I want to make a difference in their lives and give all of myself to them.
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I follow Michelanelo's example, "I am still learning." So much fun.
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love that quote! I also like Einstein's:
we all start as beginners.
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I know that I am exceptionally good at listening, and knowing when my girlfriends Carolyn or Lynda may be feeling a little low and that they need a hug, kind and encouraging word and a sweet treat. Chocolate is always good the soul.
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WOW! What an incredible giveaway! Thanks to all involved.
That is a hard queston. I guess I would have to say that my love of recording family makes me special (or irritating depending on who you talk to!). I have been a genealogist for over 30 years now. I also help people get started through my job at the library. I like to think I have made people happy through my hobby.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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I am so excited to be doing a week in the life! Great giveaway.
When I asked my children why I was special...they said "because your family loves you" well, I will take that as exceptional and special.
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OMG! This is the most amazing prize giveaway ever!! Thanks so, so much for a chance to win!
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This is a nice kick-off for the week in a life. Something special about me? I get to contribute to the vacation ideas and my ideas usually get selected!
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Please thank your sponsors for all their generous gifts!! I guess the special thing about me isn't me, but that I am part of a loving circle of family and friends.
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That is one Awesome giveaway!!
Hmmm something special....being a mommy :) Okay it may not sound overly special- but it is to me! It's my purpose and it has made me a better person :) I love my little gal :)
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