{Winners} August Theme & Sketch, Mixed Media, CAS Card, and CASEplorations Challenge Winners & Top Picks + Inspiration Project and Never-Ending Anything Goes Random Winners + Color Blooms Blog Hop Winners

We've got AUGUST winners and top picks to announce -- and there're plenty of them!

We're also announcing the winners of the Color Blooms Blog Hop and Linky Party :o)

Make sure to read through to the end for your heads up regarding the upcoming CUTplorations Christmas Release Blog Hop and Linky Party :o)

AUGUST THEME & SKETCH CHALLENGE

#2 Ujjwal

Congratulations, ! Grab your winner badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize on or before Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations August Challenge winner" and indicate the prize you want: $10 gift certificate or your choice of 1 standard size ARTplorations stencil.

STAMPlorations August Theme & Sketch Challenge Top Picks

(in numerical order)

#12 Swapna - claimed

#24- Tanvi - claimed

#35 Nance Salkeld

#37 Terri Burson - claimed

Congratulations, ladies! Please grab your top pick badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize on or before Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations August Challenge top pick" and let us know the prize you want: $5 gift certificate or your choice of 2 digi stamps.

Check out the September Theme & Sketch Challenge that's now underway. We hope you'll play with us this month!

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AUGUST MIXED MEDIA CHALLENGE

Important note for our mixed media players: you must display the challenge graphic in your blog post and show your project in FULL (as opposed to a sneak peak photo) in order to be voted winner/top pick and qualify for the prizes.

#2 SewPaperPaint - claimed

Congratulations! Please grab your winner badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations/ARTplorations AugustMixed Media Challenge winner" and let us know which prize you want: $15 gift certificate or your choice of stencil (either 2 standard size ARTplorations stencils or 1 large ARTplorations stencil).

August Mixed Media Challenge Top Picks

(in numerical order)

#4 zubmomi

#11 Lula - claimed

Congratulations, ladies! Please grab your top pick badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations/ARTplorations August Mixed Media Challenge top pick" and indicate the ARTplorations stencil (standard size - 5x7) you'd like to receive as your prize.

Check out the September Mixed Media Challenge. We hope you'll play with us this month!

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AUGUST CAS CARD CHALLENGE

Important note for our CAS card challenge players: you must display the challenge graphic in your blog post in order to be voted winner/top pick.

#22 Shona  - claimed

Congratulations, Shona! Please grab your winner badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations August CAS Card Challenge winner" to receive info on your stamp & stencil pack.

#6 Conil

#18 Karen Dunbrook

#24 Elaine

#50 Ina G

Congratulations, ladies! Please grab your top pick badge to display on your blog! 

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RANDOM DRAW WINNER

#45 The Dream Pages (Swapna)  - claimed

Congratulations, Swapna! Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "August CAS Card Challenge random draw winner" to claim your $10 gift certificate.

Check out the August CAS Card Challenge that is already underway. We hope you'll play with us this month!

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AUGUST CASEplorations CHALLENGE

Congratulations to our winners from the August CASEplorations gallery!

#5 MacMable

It was close this month, with MacMable's artistic beauty capturing the hearts of the DT with all that lovely golden goodness. Great job! Congratulations, MacMable! Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20, by sending an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "CASEplorations August winner" and indicate your preferred prize: a $15 gift certificate or any 3x5" stamp set from the store.

#12 Conil
Isn't this gallery of flowers lovely!

#1 Jane - claimed
Fabulous CAS CASE right down to those tiny green enamel dots.

Congratulations to the top picks. Please claim your $5 gift certificate to the store by Tuesday, September 20, by sending an email to sheryruss@gmail.comwith the subject "CASEplorations August runner up".

Have you seen the card we're CASEing this month? Check out the current challenge here.

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INSPIRATION PROJECTS RANDOM WINNER

Thank you to everyone who read and comment on our inspiration project posts. We hope you enjoy and are inspired by our projects.

We drew one winner from all the comments left on the August inspiration project posts.

August Winner

cghundley (Carla from Utah) - claimed

Congratulations, Carla! You win a $10 gift certificate to the shop! Please claim your prize on or before Tuesday, September 20, by sending an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "August Inspiration Project Random Draw winner".

Comment on the Inspiration Project posts this month to be entered in the June drawing.

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NEVER-ENDING ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE

Winner #1

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #950)

#433 Harriet Skelly

Harriet used the ARTplorations Flutterby stencil

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #951 to #1000)

#991 Carol - claimed

Carol used CUTplorations dies (Birthday, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangles), ARTplorations stencil (Dots All Over), and sentiment stamp (Balloons and Banners)

Winner #3

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #1000)

#268 Robyn Oliver - claimed

Robyn used Bloom Sketches

Winner #4

(randomly drawn from entries #1001 to #1060)

#1048 Cathy R

Cathy used ARTplorations Leaf Prints stencil

Congratulations, ladies! You each win your choice of one (1) 3x5 stamp set (found here) or a $10 gift certificate to the shop. Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "Anything Goes Challenge winner". Include your preferred prize ($10 gift certificate or one 3" by 5" stamp set) in your email.

Keep creating with STAMPlorations stamps and/or stencils and linking them up to our Anything Goes Challenge. We'll draw two winners when there are 1100 projects in the gallery.

Did you create a project where our stamps and/or stencils take the spotlight? Make sure to link it up in our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge gallery.

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COLOR BLOOMS BLOG HOP & LINKY PARTY WINNERS

Thank you to all of you who hopped with us, as well as created projects featuring the Color Blooms page sampler! Here are our winners!

The winner of a $10 gift certificate for herself and a $10 gift certificate to a friend she tagged in our Facebook post:

Missy Hawkstar - claimed

who tagged

Pamela Cripps Haskin - claimed

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The winner of a $10 gift certificate randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs:

Tina Z. - claimed

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The winner of a copy of Color Blooms and $15 gift certificate randomly drawn from projects linked up:

#5 Gail Scott

Congratulations, ladies! Please claim your prize by Tuesday, September 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "Color Blooms Blog Hop & Linky Party winner". [Note: it is important that you include the subject line, as it will be filtered to a special folder on my inbox. This will ensure that I get your email.] Please provide the email address for sending your gift certificate code. If you are the winner of the Color Blooms coloring book, please include your mailing address in your email.

COLOR BLOOMS is now available to buy on the shop -- it's here. If you live outside the US, you can buy Color Blooms from the Amazon site that is closest to you in order. (We offer a flat shipping rate but encourage you to buy your copy from an Amazon site if shipping is cheaper. Amazon links to 10 countries (UK, Canada, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, and Spain) where Color Blooms is available are found on the product page. If you have a group or are hosting a coloring book party, volume discounts are available for 10 copies or more.

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That's it for this post -- WHEW! Lots of winners -- if you are one of the winners, please be patient when waiting to hear back from me. It will take me a while (a few days) to respond and/or mail out your prize.

And here's a last call to join us in our special stamp release hop for Trendy Leaves 2. For a chance to win this fun stamp set, check out this post. Commenting closes tonight at 11:55 p.m. Pacific.

And one last thing...get ready for yet another fun hop and linky party on Wednesday, September 14. The STAMPlorations girls in the Inspiration team will be doing the first CUTplorations Christmas Release Blog Hop. We'll be showcasing two Christmas stamp sets with coordinating dies and 17 CUTplorations thin metal dies. 

Get your craft mojo on and your dies on the ready too because it'll be a fun hop with a flash diecut linky party where you could have a chance at winning stamps and dies when you create and link up new projects using dies/diecuts! And in case you're wondering -- no, CUTplorations dies are not required; use whatever dies you have -- as long as you create new projects for the CUTplorations flash diecut linky party. So consider this your heads up and get projects ready to link up starting September 14 :o)

Okay, that really is it for this looooooooong post (#sorrynotsorry -- it had to be be done!). If you're in the mood, check out the store over the weekend. We've got a few new products added, including new coffee-themed stamps and dies, what with the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop just around the corner. Some of the new products are 10% off too for a limited time. And you'll find that many stamps and all stencils are still discounted from our Labor Day Sale last week -- I've been pretty swamped with other things to update prices :o)

Anyway, hope you all have a super creative weekend!