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)
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
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.
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.
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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.
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
#22 Shona - claimed
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
#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.
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 copy of Color Blooms and $15 gift certificate randomly drawn from projects linked up:
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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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.
Isn't this gallery of flowers lovely!
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)
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
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
The winner of a $10 gift certificate for herself and a $10 gift certificate to a friend she tagged in our Facebook post:
The winner of a $10 gift certificate randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs:
Missy Hawkstar - claimed
who tagged
Pamela Cripps Haskin - claimed
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Tina Z. - claimed
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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.
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!
OMG...Look at all the creative projects from all the August winners :-) Thank you for making all this possible Shery. Congratulations to you all. Hugs, nancy
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Thanks Shery for this amazing challenge and company. I'm so happy for each winner and thankful that you picked my altered spool for the mixed media winner. :) Yip yip!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners - so well deserved with all the gorgeous creativity!
ReplyDeletewhew... that was quite a list! Congrats to all the winners! And I am looking forward to the Christmas release coming up soon!
ReplyDeleteWhoot Whoot - so excited to be the color blooms winner - thank you for the challenges, hops, and cool prizes as well - I have emailed you Shery - thanks so much! Congrats to all winners listed here as well - happy dance day!
ReplyDeletecongratulations to everyone.
ReplyDeleteThanks for picking my card as a CASEplorations runner up. Huge congratulations to all the other winners too!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for choosing my card as a winner for the CASEplorations. What an amazing card to CASE. Always such fabulous inspiration from all the entries from all the challenges and a big thank you for that. Many congratulations to all the wonderful winners x
ReplyDeleteWow! What a super fun post!! Congrats to all the winners and I look forward to seeing what's coming up! Now to check out the coffee stuff!! :)
ReplyDeleteSo many great winners, looking forward to the new Christmas stamps,they look fun x
ReplyDeleteOMG, thank you so much for choosing my card!! It drove me insane putting it together, so makes all the fiddling worth while! And congratulations to all the other winners too, so many incredible cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks bunches for including my piece in Mixed Media Top Picks! Soo happy! Congrats to all highlighted- sunning works! oxo Lula
ReplyDeleteooo, thank you so much and congratuations to other winners and top picks!
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend!
Congrats to all the lucky winners!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the lucky winners. Hugz
ReplyDeleteWow, so many winners doing happy dances today! Congrats to all! Thank you to Shery for your generous prizes and giveaways!
ReplyDeleteHi Shery - resent my first email in claiming my prize for the win - I think I had a typo in my first eamil
ReplyDeleteHi Shery - I have sent two emails - I think the first was incorrect email address - I have not see CLAIMED next to my name - hoping it arrived - I put the subject title in as requested. Will send another in a few minutes. Thanks, Gail Scott
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