{OCTOBER WINNERS}

We've got OCTOBER winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of all the blog hops in October are also in this post. 

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published by the 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. If you are a regular player in our challenges or participant in our blog hops and special events, please consider following our blog, even signing up to receive email notifications when new posts are published. You'll find those links on the right side bar. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, November 20. Prizes not claimed by November 20 will be forfeited.

OCTOBER THEME & SKETCH CHALLENGE

#3 Maura - claimed

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

STAMPlorations October Theme & Sketch Challenge Top Picks

    

#9 Greta H - claimed| #10 Jane - claimed| #11 Nance Salkeld

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

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

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OCTOBER 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.

The graphic above is the challenge graphic that must be displayed.

#16 laury55 - claimed

Congratulations, Laury! Please grab your winner badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations/ARTplorations October Mixed 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 or 3 mini ARTplorations stencils).

October Mixed Media Challenge Top Picks

  

#22 Helen Liu | #23 Joi@RR:USA - claimed

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

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

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OCTOBER 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.

#1 Hazel's Paper Designs

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

    

#31 Jessica Lin | #52 Sarah G

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

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RANDOM DRAW WINNER

#22 Lilian/The Leaf Studio - claimed

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

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

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OCTOBER CUTplorations CHALLENGE

Thanks for playing with us in our first CUTplorations challenge! You've probably read that with the start of CUTplorations (use die cuts) we've changed the winner process. First off, let me announce the random winner of the prize of any two word dies used by the DT in the October CUTplorations post.

The random winner is

#10 Jessica Lin - claimed

Congratulations, Jessica! Please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "CUTplorations October winner" and indicate your choice of two word dies.

Next are the three winners chosen from the gallery by the Inspiration DT.



#3 Conil
Coni's card certainly won the hearts of all the DT members. How could you not fall in love with those rainbow colors? Notice how she used the Coffee Word die? And it's even a shaker to boot!


#12 Jane
Such pleasing colors and flow to Jane's card. Those enamel dots are the perfect touch to balance the die cut sentiment.

#4 Gail
Can you say cute as a button and perfect for Halloween? That bright green is the perfect touch and nod to the traffic light colors of the inspiration photo.

Here's your winner's badge, ladies. Display it proudly!

Check out the CUTplorations November Challenge. We hope you'll play with us this month.

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INSPIRATION PROJECTS RANDOM WINNER


Thank you to everyone who regularly 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 October inspiration project posts.

October Winner

Denise Bryant - claimed

Congratulations, Denise! You win a $10 gift certificate to the shop! Please claim your prize on or before November 20, by sending an email to sheryruss@gmail.comwith the subject "October Inspiration Project Random Draw winner".

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

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NEVER-ENDING ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE


Winner #1
(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #1150)

#752 Tami

Winner #2
(randomly drawn from entries #1151 to #1192)

#1167 *Vicki* - claimed

Congratulations, Tami and Vicki! 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 November 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 winners again when there are 1200 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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BLOG HOP WINNERS

Inspiration Project Post #100 Winners

Winner #1: Helen Gullett

Winner #2: Karenladd - claimed

Helen and Karen, please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "Inspiration Project Post #100 winner" and indicate the 4x6 stamp set you want as your prize + your mailing address. Choose from the sets featured in the 100th Inspiration project post.

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KATHRYN AND CHRISTMAS Special Release Hop Winner

MONIKA REECK - claimed

(Winner of Kathryn and Christmas stamp set)

Monika, please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "Kathryn and Christmas release winner" + your mailing address.

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OCTOBER Stamp Release Spotlight Week Blog Hop Winners

Winner of her choice of stamp set from the new release:

KAREN P

Karen, please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "October stamp release winner" + your mailing address and your choice of stamp set (Faerie Door, Faith Expressions, Funny Kind of Love, or Power of Words).

Winner of $20 gift certificate to the store:

CRAFTYCHRIS - claimed

Chris, please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "October stamp release $20 GC winner".

Winners of $10 gift certificate each (drawn from our Facebook page):

TERRI ALBRO BURSON 

who tagged her friend

LINSEY RICKETT

Terri and Linsey, please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "October stamp release $10 GC winner".

Winner of her choice of stamp set from the new release (drawn from this post in our Instagram account):

EEKBOB

Eekbob, please claim your prize by November 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "October stamp release winner" + your mailing address and your choice of stamp set (Faerie Door, Faith Expressions, Funny Kind of Love, or Power of Words).

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That's it for this post -- WHEW! Lots of winners -- if you are one of the winners, please wait up to 3 days for me to acknowledge your email. If you don't hear back from me after 3 days, please re-send your email.

Before I let you go, I want to remind you about a couple of events underway...

• Our first Holiday TAGplorations is still on...so hop along and link up your holiday tags to win a gift certificate or CUTplorations dies! You have until November 25 to comment and/or link up your creations. Details are here.

• Want to win the stamp set in our newest line, Limited Run Stamps? Then click here to see the stamps designed by Kimberly Wiener! Commenting closes this Friday, November 11, at 11:55 p.m. Pacific time.

...and a couple of events that will be happening...

Check back tomorrow at 7 a.m. Pacific for our CUTplorations mini release blog hop with the Inspiration team.

And then on Wednesday, November 16, we're doing a mega hop that you won't want to miss because we've got the STAMPlorations girls and 15 talented guest designers expressing how grateful and thankful we are through our projects! (And of course, that's when our BIGGEST store-wide sale of the year starts!)

I hope you're all having a wonderful week!