{FEBRUARY WINNERS}

We've got FEBRUARY winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of the Love TAGplorations blog hop & linky party + CUTplorations mini release hop 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 on 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 Monday, March 20. Prizes not claimed by March 20 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates each month, it would take a lot of time to contact the winners individually (which would involve searching for email addresses). I also want to be fair to those who claim their prizes within the time frame given.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations February (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations February Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

Or if a blog hop winner:

"Winner - name of the blog hop here"

e.g., "Winner - Love TAGplorations"

FEBRUARY THEME & SKETCH CHALLENGE

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

#8 Ardyth

February Theme & Sketch Challenge Top Picks

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#7 Nance - claimed

#17 Marsha - claimed

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

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FEBRUARY 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.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

#20 Preeti - claimed

February Mixed Media Challenge Top Picks

(we have more than 2 since the votes were tied!)

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#4 KarenB - claimed

#7 Nancy - claimed

#12 Pooja

#29 craftyfield - claimed

#32 Neha

RANDOM DRAW WINNER

Prize: choice of 2 standard size ARTplorations stencils:

#23 Cris G. - claimed

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

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FEBRUARY 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.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

#28 Tasha Vovchuk - claimed

February CAS Card Challenge Top Picks

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#10 Nonni - claimed

#23 Deepti Aggarwal - claimed

RANDOM DRAW WINNER

Prize: Choice of 3x5 stamp set OR 2 standard size stencils OR 1 CUTplorations word/phrase die

#51 Trina P. - claimed

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

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FEBRUARY CUTplorations CHALLENGE

Many thanks to all who played with us in our February CUTplorations challenge.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

#7 Mac Mable - claimed

The DT loved Mac Mable's CAS design and blend of alcohol inks with gold.

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#6 Helen Gullett - claimed

The sequins Helen used in her design picked up nicely on the colours of our inspiration photo. 

#3 Ann - claimed

Ann's butterfly design very well captures the transparency and airy feel of our inspiration photo.

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

Check out the CUTplorations March Challenge that's now underway. We hope you'll play with us this month.

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FEBRUARY CHALLENGE WINNER

(Randomly drawn from entries linked up to the Theme & Sketch, CAS Card, Mixed Media, and CUTplorations challenges)

Winner of a $25 gift certificate to the store:

#22 Sathya - claimed

February Mixed Media Challenge entry

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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 February inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

Cheryl Wright - claimed

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

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NEVER-ENDING ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE

Winners of $10 gift certificate to the store:

Winner #1

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #1350)

#1047 Greta H - claimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #1351 to #1439)

#1429 Karen Dunbrook - claimed

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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LOVE TAGplorations 

BLOG HOP & LINKY PARTY WINNERS

(Hop post is found here)

Winners of $10 gift certificates each

(randomly drawn from all comments left on the blog posts and designers' blogs)

Valerija (from Jessica's Day 1 post) - claimed

Helen Budz (from Ina's Day 3 post)

Mary Holshouser (from Lisa's Day 6 post) - claimed

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Winner of her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)

randomly drawn from participants to the Love TAGplorations linky party

entry #5 Dee Earnshaw - claimed

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Winner of her choice of any 2 love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)

randomly drawn from participants to the Love TAGplorations linky party

entry #20 Marsha D - claimed

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Winner of her choice of tag dies set (Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder)

randomly drawn from participants to the Love TAGplorations linky party

entry #30 nancy littrell - claimed

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CUTplorations MINI RELEASE HOP WINNERS

(Hop post is found here)

Winner of a $15 gift certificate to the store

(randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog post and designers' blogs)

Kara Lynne (from LauraJane's post)

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Winner of her choice of either Lacy Edges & Borders OR the Stitched Winter & Spring Landscapes

Chrissie (from Deepti's post)

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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.

We have a few things up our sleeves. For one, the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is just around the corner. STAMPlorations will be one of the super sponsors again. We've got several brand new coffee-themed stamps and dies that are perfect for spring. The STAMPlorations girls will soon be sharing their creations that showcase these new products so keep your eyes peeled. And next week, I'll share previews of our new products. (Although you can already check them out in the store + score some discounts.)

And for another...well, I'll share when we're a bit closer to the date -- but if you're so ready for spring, you'll be happy to know that we've got a spring-themed blog hop and linky party that will last the whole month of April (with tons of prizes!), not to mention new stamps and dies that are just perfect for spring! :o)

Happy weekend...and happy stamping!