MAY 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 May Inspiration Projects posts, as well as winners of our special posts: Stencil Sunday, Sticker Monday, Throwback Thursday, Christmas in the Air, CRAFTplorations with Jane, Spring|Summer Coffee Lovers Hop, Coffee Stamps Release Hop, and Spring Fling Blog Hop and Linky Party. Plus we had a $25 gift certificate giveaway on the store last month. Winners were 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) via TEXT link in your blog post in order to qualify for the prizes. (Note: Several were passed over as winners/runners up/random picks because they were either missing the challenge graphic or didn't have a text link to the challenges they entered in their blog posts.)

• 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 Wednesday, June 24. Prizes not claimed by June 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 May Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations May Winner - CAS Cards Challenge"

"STAMPlorations May 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, 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 May challenge, STAMPgirl Julie picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#39 Maura - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#43 Jane - claimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#40 Bev Jordan - claimed

unclaimed

#35 Janis in ID - claimed

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

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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the May challenge, STAMPgirl Juhi picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#23 Deepti Aggarwal - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

unclaimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#58 Lucy E. - claimed

#41 NanaConnie - claimed

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 May challenge, STAMPgirl Asmah picked the winner and runner up.

Winner of a $15 gift certificate:

#23 Terrie - claimed

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Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

#89 Esther - claimed

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3 winners of $5 gift certificate each:

#21 Carol Cel - claimed

#4 Chitra - claimed

#84 Fairuz Fabiha - 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 May inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $10 gift certificate:

Sid - 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 #3400)

unclaimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #3401 to #3714)

#3571 ScrappyHorses - 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

(May Stencil Sunday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

unclaimed

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STICKER MONDAY

(May Sticker Monday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

kiwimeskreations - claimed

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THROWBACK THURSDAY

(May Throwback Thursday post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Fikreta - claimed

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CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR

(May Christmas in the Air post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Papercraft Boutique - claimed

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CRAFTplorations with JANE

(CRAFTplorations post is found here)

Winner of Fairy Bauble set (1 pc fairy, 1 pc bauble, 1 Oh My Stars! stencil):

Sue D - claimed

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SPRING|SUMMER COFFEE LOVERS HOP BLOG CANDY

(Hop post is found here)

Winners of the CRAFTplorations Chipboard Coffee Mugs:

unclaimed

unclaimed

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COFFEE STAMPS RELEASE HOP

(Hop post is found here)

Winner of her choice of either Sweet Kindness or Bloomin' Coffee and You:

Ms. Tamp - claimed

Winner of $15 gift code:

unclaimed

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SPRING FLING BLOG HOP AND LINKY PARTY

(Hop post is found here)

Winners of a $10 gift code:

Glennis F (drawn from Tenia's blog) - claimed

Mary-Anne V (drawn from Craftyfield's blog) - claimed

Subhashini (drawn from Shirley's blog) - claimed

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Winners of their choice of (1) STAMPlorations product with a value of up to $10:

Lindsey (drawn from the STAMPlorations' blog) - claimed

Esther Asbury (drawn from Nancy's blog) - claimed

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Winners of their choice of (1) STAMPlorations product with a value of up to $15:

(winners drawn from qualifying entries in the linky party)

#90 Sindhu - claimed

#18 Becca Yahrling - claimed

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Winner of $25 gift code:

#63 Vinita Jain - claimed

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Surprise winners (drawn from linky party) of $5 gift certificate:

#53 Suzanne H - claimed

#25 SHartl - claimed

#54 KT Fit Kitty - claimed

#61 Greta H - claimed

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MAY $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE STORE GIVEAWAY

Winner:

Talitha W. - claimed

Enter the June $50 Gift Code giveaway here. 

(iPad/iPhone/Apple device users: you're likely to get an error page when you click on the previous link. Click here to go the store's main page instead. From there you will find the link to the store's Current Promotions page.)

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That's all for the May winners post. Congratulations to all! Again to all winners, claim your prize by June 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 you're all having a wonderful week and staying safe and healthy. Keep on stamping and crafting :o)

PS: Check out the store's CURRENT PROMOTIONS page for some awesome deals: Birthday June Sale (40% off select products), freebies with orders, and a $50 gift code giveaway. And there's an unadvertised freebie for every order of $15 or more (after discounts, gift codes, and gift certificates have been applied, and before shipping) -- a pack of CRAFTplorations Chipboard Rose Border.

PPS: We are moving stores! On Monday, June 15, our Outlet Store and Digital Store will be open on our new e-commerce platform! Our main store will be moving at a later date -- aiming sometime in July or early August. Keep your eyes peeled!