{DECEMBER WINNERS}

We've got DECEMBER winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of all the blog hops in December 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 9th or 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 Friday, January 20. Prizes not claimed by January 20 will be forfeited.

DECEMBER THEME & SKETCH CHALLENGE

#9 Craftyfield

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

STAMPlorations December Theme & Sketch Challenge Top Picks

       
 #23 Cartai | #25 Christine Dring - claimed | #29 Anita - claimed 

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

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

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DECEMBER 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.

#2 laury55

Congratulations! Please grab your winner badge to display on your blog! Please claim your prize by January 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations/ARTplorations December 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).

December Mixed Media Challenge Top Picks

    

#1 Lozzy | #6 Priya Mishra

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

Check out the January Mixed Media Challenge that's now underway. We hope you'll play with us this month!

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DECEMBER 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.

#2 Loll - claimed 

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

      

#4 Jenny Martin | #24 Ina G. | #39 Judy1223

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

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RANDOM DRAW WINNER

#53 Marianne

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

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

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DECEMBER CUTplorations CHALLENGE

Thanks for playing with us in our CUTplorations challenge! First off, let me announce the random winner of the prize of any two word dies used by the DT in the December CUTplorations post.

The random winner is

#20 Liselot

Congratulations! Please claim your prize by January 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "CUTplorations December winner" and indicate your choice of two word dies used by the DT in this post.

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

#9 laury55

A great use of those colors, love the washi behind the sentiment and that dreamy BG.

#16 laury55

No, you're not seeing double. Laurence wowed the DT again with this gorgeous vellum page.

#17 Carol M.

What's not to love about this Rudolph flying through the starry night sky?

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

Check out the CUTplorations January Challenge that's now underway. 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 December inspiration project posts.

December Winner

Glennis - claimed

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

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

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NEVER-ENDING ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE

Winner #1

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #1250)

#291 Rahmat - claimed 

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #1251 to #1313)

#1308 Cheryl Wright - claimed 

Congratulations! 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 January 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 next month.

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

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BLOG HOP WINNERS

WINTER COFFEE LOVERS BLOG HOP
(Post found here)

Winner of $10 gift certificate to the store:

comment #59 Terri Burson - claimed

Winner of the Coffee Petites stamps & die set:

comment #53 Nikki C - claimed

Winner of the Good Books and Coffee stamp set:

comment #35 nancy littrell - claimed

Winners, please claim your prize by January 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop winner" and include your mailing address (or email address if you won a gift certificate).

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ARTplorations STENCIL BLOG HOP
(Post found here)

Winners of their choice of 1 standard size ARTplorations stencil:

Winner #1: Sue LD (from Susanne's blog)

Winner #2: Jane (from Karola's blog) - claimed

Winner #3: McStamper (from Becca's blog)

Winner of $15 gift certificate OR her choice of 2 standard size ARTplorations stencil randomly drawn from comments left on the DAY 1 post:

arlsmom aka Lynda - claimed

Flash Stencil Project Linky Party winners

Winners of their choice of any 2 standard size ARTplorations stencils:

Winner #1: #25 Gerrina

Winner #2: #18 ionabunny - claimed 

Winner of $15 gift certificate OR her choice of 3 standard size ARTplorations stencils:

#14 Christine A - claimed 

Winners, please claim your prize by January 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop Winner". Indicate your stencil choice(s) [your choices are here] and provide your complete mailing address.

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STAMPlorations Artists of 2016 Surprise Post

(Post found here)

3 winners of a grab bag of stamps and dies

(each bag has at least $25 worth of new products in it)

Winner #1: Judy1223 - claimed

Winner #2: Katy

Winner #3: Dora - claimed

Winners, please claim your prize by January 20. Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations Artists of 2016 Surprise Post winner" and include your complete mailing address.

That's it for this post. 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.

Do keep your eyes peeled because we have plenty of events in the works! And since it's January...new stamps and CUTplorations dies are coming to the store soon. We'll have a product release hop week towards the end of January and a couple of other special events so I hope you'll keep checking our blog soon. In the mean time, keep on creating!