{NOVEMBER WINNERS}

We've got winners and top picks of all of last month's challenges, as well as winners of our 3rd Annual Giving Blog Hop & Linky Party and ARTplorations Stencil Hop Featuring Sanna Lippert Designs Stencils. Thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month!

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). All winners must claim their prizes by the deadline. 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, December 31. Prizes not claimed by then 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. I also want to be fair to those who regularly visit our blog and 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 November (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations November Winner - Theme & Sketch Challenge"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do include your complete mailing address in the email you send, even if I already have mailed to you before. (It saves me time having to look up your address.)

NOVEMBER THEME & SKETCH CHALLENGE

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

#12 Julie Gearinger - claimed

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#4 Lagene - claimed

#8 Jane - claimed

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

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NOVEMBER CAS CARD CHALLENGE

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

#19 Ashwini - claimed

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

unclaimed

unclaimed

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

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NOVEMBER 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:

#25 SewPaperPaint - claimed

Top Picks

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#9 Mac Mable - claimed

#17 Preeti D - claimed

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

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NOVEMBER CUTplorations CHALLENGE

Important note for our CUTplorations players: please remember to use at least 1 STAMPlorations product in your project (clear stamp, digi stamp, stencil, die, or coloring page).

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

(randomly drawn)

#6 nancy littrell - claimed

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

unclaimed

#9 Preeti D - claimed

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

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NOVEMBER TAGplorations CHALLENGE

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

(randomly drawn)

#3 Lucy E. - claimed

Winners of $5 gift certificate to the store:

#4 Mac Mable - claimed

#5 Jane - claimed

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

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NOVEMBER CHALLENGE WINNER

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

Winner of a $25 gift certificate to the store:

#6 PJ's PROJECTS - claimed

November TAGplorations 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 October inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate to the store:

Tina Z. - claimed

Comment on the Inspiration Project posts this month to be entered in the December 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 #1900)

unclaimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #1901 to #1975)

unclaimed

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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3rd ANNUAL GIVING THANKS BLOG HOP & WISHLIST LINKY PARTY

(Hop post is found here)

Winners of $25 gift certificate to the store:

(randomly drawn from comments left on the hop post and designers' blogs)

#1 The Altered Paper (from Sarah Platt/LIM's post) - claimed

#2 Verna Angerhofer (from Jerrie's post) - claimed

#3 unclaimed (from Ina's post)

Winners of a grab bag of new products (valued at $25 MSRP) each:

(drawn from our Facebook page)

Amy Martin Jones - claimed

who tagged her friend

unclaimed

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Winner of her choice of Giving Thanks stamps (Thankful & Blessed; Wonderfall Time; Words of Gratitude; OR any 2 Typografia Thankful stamps):

(drawn from our Instagram post)

unclaimed

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Winners of products in their wishlist (up to $40 MSRP):

#39 Izzy Scrap (her wishlist) - claimed

#20 Sue LD (her wishlist) - claimed

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Winner of a $50 gift certificate to the store:

(randomly drawn from commenters who left comment on all 36 stops):

 Lucy E. - claimed

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ARTplorations STENCIL BLOG HOP feat. SANNA LIPPERT DESIGNS

(Hop post is found here)

Winner of a $20 gift certificate to the store:

(randomly drawn from comments left on the hop post and designers' blogs)

Marjorie DUMONTIER (from Chris' post) - claimed

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Winners of their choice of 3 Sanna Lippert Designs stencils

(randomly drawn from comments left on the hop post and designers' blogs)

#1 unclaimed (from Monika's post)

#2 unclaimed (from Lynne's post)

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That's it for this post. Congratulations to all the winners! 

To all winners: If you claim your prize after December 20, please wait up to 10 days for me to get back to you. It's because I am scheduled to give birth to STAMPbaby #2 by C-section on December 20 and it will be a little crazy in the Russ household during the Christmas break as I recover and we adjust to having a new addition to our little family :o). If you don't hear back from me after 10 days, please re-send your email.

Please do check out our current events and store promotions: 

• a special stamp release mini hop for Shirley's fab coffee set, AND COFFEE, which ends Monday, December 11
• the winter coffee lovers blog hop, where we're offering extra prizes and a free digi
• our month-long holiday sale where stamps, stencils, and dies are 30% off

I hope you all have a wonderful week, and happy crafting!