Papercraft Star Anniversary Blog Hop Sponsored by TradeFish Designs

Welcome to Papercraft Star's First Anniversary Blog Hop sponsored by Tradefish Designs. In celebration of our First Anniversary and in honor of Father's Day as well, our theme for this Papercraft Star Hop is "For The Men We Love".

Our Design Team has created some fabulous projects that feature stamps from Tradefish Designs, a company devoted to creating stamps with masculine themes, imagery and sentiments. We are especially happy to partner with TradeFish Designs for our Anniversary Hop as both the company and stamp designs are owned by our very own Cecilia Stephens too! We have a fabulous prize for our Blog Hop randomly selected winner as well; the entire May 2011 Release Bundle of Tradefish Designs Stamps
(a $55.00 value!).... to qualify for the prize do the following:

Be a follower of Papercraft Star.

Be a follower of Tradefish Designs.

Leave a comment at every stop along the hop.

You have the entire week, June 19, through June 25th to participate in the hop and leave all your comments (that's plenty of time to visit all the stops along the way!!) Here is the list of the hop stops - just in case you get lost...

Papercraft Star (you are here!)

Jan

Kim

Regan

Beth

Tradefish Designs

Papercraft Star

Don't forget to leave a comment at every stop and to qualify for this great prize, you must be a follower of both Papercraft Star and TradeFish Designs too!  You next stop on the hop is Jan Del Bone.

Special Notice for Papercraft Star Followers:  Use this coupon code the entire month of June to receive 10% off all of your TradeFish Designs purchases! PCSTAR10

Winner of Tradefish Designs Give-Away: Summer Kick-Off Blog Hop

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Summer Kick-Off Blog Hop this past week! Our leg of the blog hop was sponsored by Tradefish Designs and we've randomly selected a winner of the generous stamp set prize offered by our sponsor! 

Before we announce the winner however, we'd like to provide you with a bit of information about Tradefish Designs (just in case you missed the blog hop!).  Tradefish Designs, is a company devoted to creating stamps with masculine themes, imagery and sentiments. We are especially happy to partner with TradeFish Designs for our this special hop as both the company and stamp designs are owned previous PCS Design Team Member Cecilia Stephens too!

The winner of the Summer Kick-Off Blog Hop give-away here at Papercraft Star is... Jenny Evans, here is her post from from the hop,

jennyevans on June 7, 2011 3:34 PM said...

Super excited about Tradefish! I have all boys, so anything masculine would be great!! Thanks for this awesome hop!!

Jenny, please contact us via email: papercraftstar at gmail dot com and provide us with your email address so we can put you in contact with our sponsor, Tradefish Designs to claim your stamp set!

1000 Followers and news about Copic Markers and My Favorite Things!

(Crowd Cheering).... We did it!  Thank you to everyone who has helped us spread the word about Papercraft Star! After several months of anticipation (and 547 entries) we can draw the winner of the $25.00 (your choice of either a My Favorite Things or Papertrey Ink) gift certificate, and the winner is.... (drum roll)....

Betty on January 22, 2011 8:48 AM said...

"I'm a new follower and you are getting so close to 1000 I see, congratulations just a few people shy of hitting your goal and thanks for the chance to win too!"

All Betty needs to do is email Beth at bethcat at sbcglobal dot net and tell her which gift certificate you would like to have.  It's that simple! I hope you join all of us in congratulating Betty on her win!  But please don't be too disappointed that you didn't win this time, because there will be more chances to win even more prizes in the weeks to come. In fact, while we are on that subject, we have some VERY exciting news to share.

In February our sponsors include Copic Markers and My Favorite Things!  We are VERY EXCITED to be giving away COPIC products all month long and our Design Team will also be showcasing the use of My Favorite Things stamps on their projects all month long as well. 

We'll have prizes for participating in our weekly challenges that month... as well as a GRAND PRIZE sponsored by COPIC that will be given away in a random drawing to one of our followers... so see, aren't you GLAD you are a follower of Papercraft Star!  Whoot Whoot!

It's a Fabulous Day in Crafty Cyberspacedom!

Today is a FABULOUS day in our little crafty cyberspacedom... Today is the day that YOU are going to get in on a bunch of chances to win some FABULOUS prizes and YOU heard it RIGHT HERE at Papercraft Star!

First... if you aren't already a follower of Papercraft Star, we hope you sign up TODAY.  Go to this post right here to read about how you can win a $25.00 Gift Certificate to either My Favorite Things or Papertrey Ink. We only need 30 more crafty followers to draw that prize and we hope to meet this goal before the end of this month!

Second... today is Make it Monday at The Kraft Journal. It's a new papercraft challenge blog sponsored by Kraft Outlet... and it's dear to our hearts here at Papercraft Star for a few reasons... and they are; our co-founders here at PCS Beth and Kristina, as well as our very own Designer Tracy!  Please hop on over there to say "hi", and while you are there, become a follower and join in this week's "Family" challenge for a chance to win $20.00 worth of yummy Kraft Outlet products.

and last... but NOT least.

Today at around 9:00 AM Eastern time, is the kick-off of the Animal Crackers Collection release party at Imaginisce.  (You might recall that Beth (one of our co-founders here at PCS) is on the 2011 Design Team over there). Imaginisce is giving away lots of totally AWESOME prizes this week... and you can win, just by hopping on over there this week and leaving a comment or two on the posts.  (Remember, you heard it here first!!)... in fact, if you want to let them know that Papercraft Star sent you...that'd be ever so fabulous too!

Here's a peek at just one of the projects you are going to see over at Imaginisce this week... a gift set created by Beth using the fun new Animal Crackers collection.  Beth created this "Movie Night" gift set that includes a gift bag with attached card, an altered cover for a DVD, a microwave popcorn slider and bottle covers for a couple of pops. Later today on Beth's blog, you'll find a tutorial to create your own Microwave Popcorn Slider too.

See, we told you today was a fabulous day... with so many chances to win free goodies, how could it not be?  Have fun and go win something good! :-)

Papercraft Star and 1000 Followers...

Have you signed up to win our 1000 follower give-away yet at this post right here?  We are ALMOST there before we draw the $25.00 gift certificate!  Tell your friends to check us out and help us reach our goal!

Okay...so here's how you can enter to win this gift certificate.  First, make sure you are a follower of Papercraft Star (of course!), and leave a comment here on this post (or at the first post that we wrote about this give-away right here) between now and Midnight (Eastern Time) on January 30, 2011 or when we reach 1000 followers, whichever is LATER. 

Next, get your name entered a second time if you post about this give-away on your blog (please leave us your blog address so we can check it out!), Tweet or Facebook about it if you don't have a blog!

And... get your name entered a third time if you put this button on your blog sidebar with a link to THIS POST!

Three awesome ways to win your choice of a $25.00 Gift Certificate to either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things!

Now go forth and craft (oh, and tell everyone about Papercraft Star too!)

Winner of the Thanksgiving Blog Hop and Other News

Thank you so much for joining us for the First Annual Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Week Blog Hop! We have a winner of the fabulous $25.00 Gift Certificate to My Favorite Things, our generous Blog Hop sponsor!

The winner is "Just Me".  She said, "Thanks for a fun blog hop, everyones project was very inspiring. I can't wait to try some new fun techniques!!"

Congratulations on your win, please contact us at our Papercraft Star gmail address and provide us with your email address to claim your prize!

Please note: Winner's of the prizes awarded at our Designer's individual blogs will be announced at each Designer's blog within the next several days.

Now don't fret if you missed our Thanksgiving Hop, because we've got another one planned for the week of December 19 through December 25, 2010 and we really hope you can all join us for that exciting event. Sponsoring our first ever Christmas Holiday Hop is our friend and regular Guest Designer Catherine Pooler. Mark your calendars so you don't miss the hop!

The Kraft Holiday Challenge is going on now!

While you are waiting for our next challenge or Blog Hop, you can hop on over to The Kraft Journal, the blog for the Kraft Outlet and join in on the Kraft Holiday Challenge for a chance to win one of two (2) $20.00 vouchers to the Kraft Outlet online store!  Entering the challenge is EASY.  Just link up one of your holiday projects that you've created within the last month that features Kraft paper somewhere in the design.  There are lots of other ways to win too, so please be sure to visit The Kraft Journal today and check it out.

Another Gift Certificate Give-Away at Papercraft Star!

Have you signed up to win our 1000 follower give-away yet?  We are ALMOST there, only need just a tad more than 100 before we draw the $25.00 gift certificate!  Tell your friends to check us out and help us reach our goal!

Yep, you heard that right! We're giving away another $25.00 gift certificate to celebrate 1000 followers here at Papercraft Star.  Now, we know we haven't reached that goal yet.... but we will and frankly, we are ALWAYS looking for reasons to celebrate around here!

We are excited becasue we have so many things in store for our followers and participants at Papercraft Star. We're gearing up for a format change, that will include all the fun stuff we do now, like the interesting and varied challenges that are always posted weeks in advance, voting for your favorite projects and lots of prize give-aways... but soon you will also find weekly tutorials, sponsor spotlights and lots of fabulous Guest Designers (maybe even you!).

In fact, we're so sure that our challenge blog as well as our Papercraft Star Message Board will be the "Go-To" place to find fabulous challenges, learn new techniques, win great prizes and gain the encouragement and support of a tight-knit crafting community that we want everyone to know about us!  And... that's where you come in!  We need you to go out into the cyber-crafting world and tell everyone about Papercraft Star!

Okay...so here's how you can enter to win this gift certificate.  First, make sure you are a follower of Papercraft Star (of course!), and leave a comment here on this post between now and Midnight (Eastern Time) on October 15, 2010 or when we reach 1000 followers, whichever is LATER. 

Next, get your name entered a second time if you post about this give-away on your blog (please leave us your blog address so we can check it out!), Tweet or Facebook about it if you don't have a blog!

And... get your name entered a third time if you put this button on your blog sidebar with a link to THIS POST!

Three awesome ways to win your choice of a $25.00 Gift Certificate to either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things!

Now go forth and craft (oh, and tell everyone about Papercraft Star too!)

P.S.  We will be holding a Design Team Call very soon... keep watch for details!

Winner of the 25 Dollar Gift Certificate

First, we'd like to thank all of you who participated in this drawing for the crafty $25.00 gift certificate to (winners choice) Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things. 

Second, we want to remind you that you still have time to enter our $15.00 gift certificate drawing right here. To be eligible for that drawing you must be a follower on this blog and subscribe to our Facebook Page too. (all the details are included in the post).

And now, for the winner!  We counted up all the entries, added your name in extra for referring people and posting the drawing on your blogs, then we gave everyone a number and entered it into Random.Org and here are the results...

The winner of the $25.00 gift certificate is Marty Rowe who said, "I am your newest follower and you are well over 500. I love your blog and would love to win too."

Congratulations Marty! Please send your email address to Beth at her email bethcat at sbcglobal dot net, and make sure to let her know whether you want the certificate to Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things!

Thanks again to everyone who played along... don't forget to sign up for our other give away (the link is above) you have until Sunday to do so!!

By the way, you still have time to enter this week's challenge!  Hope to see you there!

New Gift Certificate Drawing for Papercraft Star Facebook Page!

Hooray! We've reach (over) 150 subscribers at our Papercraft Star Facebook Page and so as promised we are holding a $15.00 gift certificate drawing to Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things (winner's choice)!

To enter the drawing, make sure you visit our Papercraft Star Facebook page right here and "subscribe" or "like" us and then leave a comment on this post!  To be eligible to win the gift certificate you must be a subscriber/follower on both Facebook and here at the Papercraft Star blog so make sure you are a follower here as well!

You have from now until Sunday September 26, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time to enter this drawing!  Tweet or Blog about this new give-away at Papercraft Star and let us know about it with your comment and we'll put your name into the pot for this giveaway two times!  Refer a new follower and have them mention your name and get another entry to this drawing with each referral who claims in their post that they were referred by you!

By the way, you STILL also have time to enter our $25.00 gift certificate drawing by being a follower here at Papercraft Star and entering a comment on this post right here!

Good Luck and thank you for supporting Papercraft Star... we are so delighted to have you!

Let's Celebrate Early - Enter our 25 Dollar Gift Certificate Drawing!

We are so thrilled here with the warm response we've received from all of our followers and we really appreciate that so many of you are going out of your way to tell other crafters about us too! The more, the more merrier is definitely the case here at Papercraft Star!

In fact, we are so excited that we know we told you that we were going to wait until we reached 500 followers to have another $25.00 Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things (winner's choice) gift certificate drawing, but we're so close to that number now, we decided to celebrate early!  This is perhaps the one time that it doesn't matter if you count your chickens before they hatch! 

So, to enter our drawing, all you have to do is become a follower (if you aren't already) and leave a comment on this post, that's it!  If you want to be entered more than once for the drawing, please post about this give-away and our fabbie new challenge blog Papercraft Star on your blog and let us know you did (tell us in your comment) and we'll give you an extra entry in the drawing.  Want more entries than that?!  Then have your friends mention your name in their comment here and that you got them to sign up to be a follower at Papercraft Star and we'll enter your name every time someone says you referred them to us!

So many chances to win this sweet prize and we'll draw our winner on Friday September 24, 2010 at 12 noon (so you have until then to enter!).... That's just around the corner, so please go tell everyone you know about Papercraft Star.... but don't forget to enter the drawing yourself before you do! :-)

250 Follower Celebration Drawing Winner

Thank you to everyone who has recently joined us here at Papercraft Star, not only did you help us reach 250 followers... you helped us far surpass that number!  In fact, as promised when Papercraft Star reaches 500 followers (which should not be long now!) we will have yet another $25.00 gift certificate drawing to either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things (winners choice.)

Now for this drawing...we added up the entries along with the extra for those who referred other followers and then popped that number into True Random Number Generator and the winner is...

Jane who commented on September 13, 2010, she said,

"I'm so happy to have found this new site and I'm going to tell my friends about it too. Thanks for the chance to win."

Jane, please email Beth (bethcat at sbcglobal dot net) with your choice of either a Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things gift certificate and you'll be spending your cash for crafty goodness before you know it! Jane has one week from today to claim her prize, if it goes unclaimed after that time, we'll draw another winner from the entries.

Thanks again to everyone who played along and stay tuned for the next $25.00 gift certificate drawing to take place right after we hit 500 followers!

250 Followers and a 25 Dollar Gift Certificate Drawing!

We've made it!  250 followers as of just moments ago!

When we started this membership (follower) drive last week, we promised that once we reached 250 followers we'd give away a $25.00 gift certificate to a randomly selected follower!  So that's what we are going to do!  To be eligible to win a scrappy gift certificate to either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things (your choice), just make sure you are a follower and then leave a comment below between now and 12 noon Eastern Time on Friday September 17, 2010. 

Wanna get entered to win more than just one time?  Then get a friend (or lots of friends) to enter this drawing and follow us.  Then have them leave your name in the comment section when they leave their own comment here and we'll enter your name an extra time for each person who claims you referred them to Papercraft Star!

Don't forget, we'll have another giveaway when we reach 500 followers, so spread the word about the fun and unique challenge blog... Papercraft Star!

P.S.  (You asked for it, and you got it! You are now able to subscribe to our posts by email.  The sign-up is right below the follower section on the right sidebar!)