{FEBRUARY WINNERS}

Hi, everyone! The winners of last month's Paint It Red Challenge are here. We also have the winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and February Inspiration Projects, as well as a couple of surprise winners :o) All winners were randomly drawn.

Remember, for February, March, and April, we're doing one big challenge and as long as you follow the theme for those months, you can play along and play as often as you want!  

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. 

Also, please make sure you follow our challenge rules. I had to re-draw winners a couple of times because they either (a) did not display the challenge graphic in their blog post, OR (b) did not directly link back to the challenge post, OR (c) did not leave a comment on the entry before theirs in the gallery. Our modified rules are pretty simple and we want to be fair to those who do take the time to read and follow them.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Friday, March 23. Prizes not claimed by then will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away $100 to $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 February Random Draw - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations February Random Draw - Inspiration Project Post"

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.)

FEBRUARY PAINT IT RED CHALLENGE

Winners of a $25 gift certificate each, randomly drawn from all entries:

#47 Lucy E. - claimed

#11 KT Fit Kitty - claimed

Winner of a $25 gift certificate randomly drawn from comments left on our special posts (Llama Tell You, You & Me, Romantic Expressions, and Typografia Romantique) and designers' blogs:

Sue D - claimed

who left a comment on MariLynn's blog post

3 SURPRISE WINNERS

randomly drawn from comments left on our special posts (Llama Tell You, You & Me, Romantic Expressions, and Typografia Romantique) and designers' blogs:

Karenladd - claimed

who left a comment on the Romantic Expressions post

unclaimed

who left a comment on Becca's blog post

Christine Alexander - claimed

who left a comment on Harriet's blog post

Surprise winners, you get to pick your prize: Llama Tell You OR You & Me OR any one of the Romantic Expressions sets OR any two of the Typografia Romantique stamps.

Check out the March Challenge that's now underway. We hope you'll play with us this month - and remember to follow our modified rules to qualify for the prizes!

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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:

unclaimed

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 #2050)

#1962 Julie Gearinger - claimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #2051 to #2073)

#2060 Marsha D. - 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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That's it for this post. Congratulations to all the winners! 

To all winners:  Please allow 1 week to hear back from me regarding your prize. I've cut back on my online time to focus on my 2 little ones. If you don't hear back from me after 1 week, please re-send your email.

Please do check out our current events and store promotions: 

• a special post for our newest Bloomtangled Cover Plate Dies, which ends March 31
• our current sale where stamps, stencils, and dies are automatically 10% off + an extra 20% off if you use any one of the designers' discount codes OR extra 25% off if you are a premium stamp club subscriber
• our March Challenge, where it's all about spring and faith!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead. Oh and to all our US friends, remember to set your clocks an hour later on Saturday night for DST! Happy crafting!