{DECEMBER 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 December Inspiration Projects posts, as well as winners of our special posts: Stencil Sunday, Sticker Monday, Digital Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, Things with Wings, and 12 Days of Christmas. 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, you must 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. 

• Be mindful of the maximum challenge entries -- the Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge has a limit of 6 entries per player; the CAS Cards Challenge has a limit 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, as I use a different e-commerce platform for our digital store. (Products in our outlet store are already heavily discounted so no gift codes will be issued for use on that store.)

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Friday, January 24. Prizes not claimed by January 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 gift/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 December Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations December Winner - Stencil Challenge"

"STAMPlorations December Winner - 12 Days of Christmas"

It also helps if you include what prize you won (a $15/10/5 gift certificate, a $15 coupon code, $10 gift code, tangible product, 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 December challenge, STAMPgirl Chris picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#4 Gail - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#47 Karen S - claimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

unclaimed

#27 Esther - claimed

#48 ionabunny - claimed

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

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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the December challenge, STAMPgirl Carol picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#24 Jane - claimed

Carol says, "[Jane's] Christmas palette breathes vibrant, festive lift into Blossoms Spray 2. The along-the-edge design is eye-catching; beautiful colour + plenty of white space."

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#11 Mugdha - claimed

Carol says, "[Mugdha's] Santa, sleigh and reindeer, racing across the starry, moonlight sky, is absolutely beautiful. What is impressive: she created this in FIVE minutes! Again, I love the top-only design that really draws our eye to the scene as well as to the white space."

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#43 Anita - claimed

unclaimed

#14 HB2U/Heather - claimed

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 December challenge, STAMPgirl Sanna picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#39 Ishani - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#41 Stephanie L - claimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#10 Marianne - claimed

#43 Deepti Aggarwal - claimed

#14 Meghan Kennihan - claimed

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 December inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

Sue D - 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 #3200)

#1462 Preeti D. - claimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #3201 to #3462)

#3395 Cimbacreativefun - 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

(December Stencil Sunday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

unclaimed

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STICKER MONDAY

(December Sticker Monday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Mary Holshouser - claimed

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DIGITAL WEDNESDAY

(December Digital Wednesday post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

JenniferE - claimed

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THROWBACK THURSDAY

(December Throwback Thursday post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Beverly S. - claimed

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THINGS WITH WINGS

(Things with Wings post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Cath Wilson - claimed

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

(12 Days of Christmas posts are found here)

Day 1 winner - THREE KINGS stamp set:

Janis - claimed

Day 2 winner - COFFEE TO GO: FALL & WINTER stamp set:
unclaimed

Day 3 winner - SPARKLY stamp set:

Annette:) - claimed

Day 4 winner - TAG O'COFFEE dies set:

Heather - claimed

Day 5 winner - SWEET CRAVINGS stamps and dies set:

Sandy - claimed

Day 6 winner - KATHRYN AND CHRISTMAS stamp set:

VEANA R - claimed

Day 7 winner - CHRISTMAS COOKIES AND CHEER stamp set:

Becca Yahrling - claimed

Day 8 winner - JINGLE BELLS stamp set:

Jeanne H - claimed

Day 9 winner - FLUTTERY stamps and dies set:

unclaimed

Day 10 winner - BIG ROBOTS stamp set:

Deepti Aggarwal - claimed

Day 11 winner - WANDERLUST stamp set:

unclaimed

Day 12 winner - FEATHERY stamps and dies set:

Esther Asbury - claimed

***12 Days of Christmas winners: when claiming your prize, please mention the prize you won and include your complete mailing address.***

All products featured in the 12 Days of Christmas event are available to buy at a discounted price (50% to 60% off) until January 12. After that, they will be available in the store at regular price. To order, simply go to each product post. The Buy Now link is found at the end of each post. Direct links to all 12 Days of Christmas posts are here.

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Annnnddddd that's it for the December winners post. Congratulations to all! Again to all winners, claim your prize by January 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 give me at least 5 business days to get back to you before re-sending your email.

I hope your year is off to an awesome start!

PS: Check out the store's CURRENT PROMOTIONS page for some awesome deals: 50% off products in the Winter Sale section (until January 11!), huge discounts on 4x8 and 5x7 stamp sets, and freebies with orders.