{OCTOBER WINNERS}

Hello, STAMP friends! It's the 10th of the month, which means it's time to announce last month's winners! We also have winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and October Inspiration Projects posts, as well as winners of our special posts: Stencil Sunday, Sticker Monday, Things with Wings, Throwback Thursday, Fall|Winter Coffee Lovers Hop, and our Belated 6th Birthday Blog Hop, Celebration, and Wishlist Linky Party. The winners and runners up in our 3 challenges are picked by design team members while all other winners are randomly chosen by Random.org.

An important reminder to challenge players: When playing in our challenges, please display the challenge graphic AND link back directly to the challenge post (NOT to the main blog or the challenge section) in your blog post in order to qualify for the prizes. Also, please be mindful of the maximum challenge entries -- Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge has a maximum of 6 entries per player; the CAS Cards Challenge has a maximum of 3 entries per player; the Stencil Challenge has no entry limit.

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges, blog hops, and special posts) 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.

An important note about our prizes: For our challenges, we offer prizes in the form of gift certificates for use in our main store. For our special posts, hops, and events, we offer prizes in the form of gift certificates, gift codes (also called coupon codes and gift vouchers), and products. There is a difference between a gift certificate and a gift code and it's all explained on THIS PAGE (please take the time to read that page). Gift certificates and gift codes may not be passed on, given to, or used by another person other than the one it was issued to. If you are a winner, you may opt for a gift code to our digital store. Note, though, that if you choose this, the gift code cannot be combined with other codes (I use a different e-commerce platform for our digital store).

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, November 24. Prizes not claimed by November 24 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, gift certificates, and coupon codes 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.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIMING PRIZE

When claiming your prize, send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com. 

I have an email filter set up for claiming prizes so to avoid delay and to make sure I see your email in my BLOG PRIZE folder, follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations October Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations October Winner - Theme and Photo Prompt Challenge"

"STAMPlorations October Winner - Sticker Monday"

It also helps if you include what prize you won (a $15/10/5 gift certificate, a $15 coupon code, $10 gift code, etc.) in the body of your email. Also specify if you prefer to use your prize on our main store or digital store. This way I know which code to generate, as codes generated for one store will NOT work on the other store.

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, 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.)

THEME & PHOTO PROMPT CHALLENGE

For the October challenge, STAMPgirl Jane picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#40 Jane - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#1 Gail - claimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#22 ionabunny - claimed

#5 ingunn - claimed

#11 Esther - claimed

Click here to play in this month's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the October challenge, STAMPgirl Terri picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#56 SD Pooja - claimed

Terri says, "The coloring of the digi image is stunning and the use of such a bold and impactful sentiment, which has been slightly obscured with vellum, gives a beautiful feel to the card."

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#16 Bonnie - claimed

Terri says, "The stenciled flower over a patterned background give depth and added interest to the card but still allows the flower to pop."

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#23 Bobby - claimed

unclaimed

unclaimed

Click here to play in this month's CAS Cards Challenge.

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THE STENCIL CHALLENGE

Players: please note that you must use a stencil (or stencils) in the projects you link up to this challenge. If it isn't obvious in your project that you used a stencil, please mention it in your blog post or in your supply list.

For the October challenge, STAMPgirl MariLynn picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#53 Mac Mable - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#19 Jenny Martin - claimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#59 The creative twins - claimed

#4 Aimeslee - claimed

unclaimed

Click here to play in the Stencil Challenge (formerly the Mixed Media Challenge).

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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:

cghundley - claimed

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

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NEVER-ENDING ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE

Winners of $10 gift certificate:

Winner #1

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #3100)

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Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #3101 to #3386)

#3331 Becca Yahrling - 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, clear stickers, 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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STENCIL SUNDAY

(October Stencil Sunday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

frommycraftroom - claimed

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STICKER MONDAY

(October Sticker Monday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

nancy dempsey - claimed

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THINGS WITH WINGS

(October Things with Wings post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

unclaimed

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THROWBACK THURSDAY

(October Throwback Thursday post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Valerija - claimed

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FALL|WINTER COFFEE LOVERS BLOG HOP

(Fall|Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post is found here)

2 winners of $15 gift code each:

unclaimed

*Vicki* - claimed

Winner of her choice of in-stock coffee-themed 4x6 stamp set:

unclaimed

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BELATED 6TH BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP

(All birthday blog hop posts are found here)

Winner of $40 worth of products in her wishlist

(randomly drawn from entries in the Wishlist Linky Party)

#36 Janis in ID - claimed

3 winners of $10 gift certificate each

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

unclaimed (from Maria's blog)

Verna Angerhofer (from Julie's blog) - claimed

Ink Stained Roni (from Day 2 post) - claimed

3 winners of $15 gift code each

(randomly drawn from all entries left on the birthday linky party found here)

#15 Inkami - claimed

#8 Maura - claimed

#12 Experiments in craft - claimed

Winner of $50 gift code

(randomly drawn from all entries left on the birthday linky party found here)

#19 Suzanne H - claimed

Surprise winners

3 winners of their choice of product

(clear sticker pack, CUTplorations word/phrase die, or 3x5 clear stamp)

ionabunny - claimed

unclaimed

KT Fit Kitty - claimed

3 winners of $7 gift certificate each:

terrie - claimed

Andre M. - claimed

MadeByMeghanK - claimed

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That's it for the October winners post. Congratulations to all! Again to all winners, claim your prize by November 24 and be sure to follow the email format so your email gets filtered to my Blog Prizes folder -- this ensures that I don't miss your email. (Instructions are at the beginning of this post, right before the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge winners). I'll get back to you as soon as I can with your prize, but please wait at least 5 business days before re-sending your email if you don't get a response from me.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

PS: Check out the store's CURRENT PROMOTIONS page for some awesome deals:  November Thanksgiving Sale, freebies with orders, and more!

PPS: Don't miss the current giveaway -- we're giving away THREE (3) $25 gift codes. Simply click on the current promotions link or the graphic above and scroll all the way down to the page. Giveaway ends November 15.

PPPS: Our 5th Giving Thanks Hop starts on November 12 and we've got a HUGE giveaway! Make sure you check out this post.