{Inspiration Project Post #287} aka National Coffee Day Blog Hop + Giveaway

We're delighted to be part of the National Coffee Day Blog Hop spearheaded by Coffee Loving Cardmakers! For this hop, there's no need to create and link-up coffee-themed creations -- simply hop along and comment on the stops in this huge hop for a chance at some really cool prizes! Lots of participating super sponsors so plenty of chances to win!

STAMPlorations is stop #27 in the hop (you'll find all participating companies below). For those of you who leave a comment on this post and on the designers' blogs, you get a shot at our prizes. We'll randomly draw two winners: one will win a $20 prize code to the store and one will win the Zen Coffee 1 cover plate die. 

This post also doubles as our weekly Inspiration Project post so commenting also gives you a shot at the $15 prize code we're giving away to a lucky Inspiration Projects commenter.


Commenting closes on October 8, with the winners announced here on the blog on October 10 -- make sure you follow our blog or sign up for email updates so you don't miss that post.

Also until October 6, products in our store's National Coffee Day page are 20% off instantly!

Have a look at the fabulous makes by the STAMPgirls!

{Sticker Monday} Renee Does Mixed Media with Clear Stickers

Happy Monday, STAMPlorations friends! We're back with Sticker Monday. We have the talented Renee Hamilton returning as guest designer and sharing her last projects showcasing our line of fun clear stickers. We'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Sticker Monday posts for the month, as well as from the featured designer's blog.

Today, STAMPgirl Renee does mixed media with our clear stickers!

Updated Challenge Guidelines + Re-Introducing the Design Team

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! September's almost over...which means the STAMPgirls' summer break is just about over as well and we'll soon be back to regular programming here on the blog! 

Our 3 main challenges will resume: Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge, CAS Cards Challenge, and Stencil Challenge. All 3 challenges start on the first of each month at 1 am (Theme & Photo Prompt), 2 am (CAS Cards), and 3 am (Stencil) Pacific time. Then we have our Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge for those of you who love to create projects using STAMPlorations products.

We have revised our challenge guidelines, prizes, and the use-by-date of prize codes (formerly referred to as gift codes). There is now a maximum of 3 entries per challenge, so enter your best projects. While STAMPlorations products are not required in projects entered into our main challenges, those who do use our products and are picked as winners will enjoy some perks. We also ask players to link back (with a text link) AND display the challenge graphic (on their blogs; non-blog players are not required to display the challenge graphic) if they want to qualify for the prizes.

READ THE UPDATED CHALLENGE GUIDELINES HERE

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We're also re-introducing the STAMPgirls for the October 2020-June 2021 term. Meet them again HERE.

{Stencil Sunday} Three Techniques with Stencils

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! We hope you're all continuing to stay safe. Today we have a stunning batch of stencil inspiration for you. All throughout our summer break, our guest designers are showing off how to creatively use ARTplorations stencils. And each month, we'll pick one winner of a $15 gift code -- the winner will be drawn from all comments left on the Stencil Sunday posts for the month, as well as from the designers' blogs.

Today guest designer Gloria Hayoung Lee is sharing her final three cards. She shows three fun techniques for using stencils.

    

{Spotlight Project} Becca Uses Leftovers

I don't know about you, but whenever I'm working on a messy project, I always seem to add too much ink to my craft mat for what I'm actually going to use. It's the crafter's equivalent of your eyes being too big for your stomach. Which always leaves me with a lot of leftovers. 

{Christmas In The Air} Christmas Inspiration by Nancy and Monika

Happy Wednesday, STAMPlorations friends! Autumn is here which means it is time to make some Christmas cards. Should you be looking for festive inspiration, our Christmas in the Air blog feature with STAMPgirls Nancy and Monika will hopefully get your creative mojo going.

We'll also randomly draw one lucky winner of a $15 gift code from all the comments left on this post, on Nancy's post and on Monika's post. Let's have a look at their festive makes.

{Inspiration Project Post #286}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! The Inspiration girls are back with colorful projects for a variety of occasions showcasing stamps, dies, stencils and shaker blends of their choice.

We'll still randomly draw a winner from all the comments left on our Inspiration posts, have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $15 gift code to the STAMPlorations store.

{Sticker Monday} Borders, Borders, Borders!

Happy Monday, STAMPlorations friends! We're back with Sticker Monday. We have the talented Renee Hamilton returning as guest designer and sharing projects showcasing our line of fun clear stickers. And every month, we'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Sticker Monday posts for the month, as well as from the featured designer's blog.

Today, STAMPgirl Renee has projects wherein she used clear stickers as borders.

Introducing Flexi-Templates from MonikaSkinner Designs

Happy Sunday to all you wonderful STAMPfriends! I'm excited to share a new product coming to the store in October. Another STAMPgirl has come up with her own line -- this time it's Monika Skinner of TinkerCards Designs. She came up with a super-versatile product, which she aptly named Flexi-Templates.

The STAMPgirls will be sharing projects featuring Flexi-Templates in October when we do our belated 7th birthday celebration (yes, we are still celebrating it!). But who better to show us how to use Flexi-Templates than the designer herself?

{September Outlet Sale}

Help clear up some of our virtual shelves! Take an extra 20% off already heavily discounted items with code: EXTRA20 Limit one use per customer/shipping address. Code can be combined with any current free shipping code and/or codes for the main and digital stores. Code expires September 30, at 11:59 pm Pacific. SHOP THE OUTLET

{Digital Wednesday} Gorgeous Digital Blooms

Happy Wednesday! We're back with another Digital Wednesday post. Every 2nd and 3rd Wednesday during our summer break (July, August, and September) we have guest designers sharing their creations spotlighting our digital images either by themselves or together with other STAMPlorations products. We'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Digital Wednesday posts for the month, as well as from the featured designers' blogs.

The super-talented Anila Dikay is back with her final projects -- and they are divine!

    

{Inspiration Project Post #285}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! The Inspiration girls are back with colorful projects for a variety of occasions showcasing stamps, dies and stencils of their choice.

We'll still randomly draw a winner from all the comments left on our Inspiration posts, have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $15 gift code to the STAMPlorations store.

{Stencil Sunday} One Stencil Three Ways for Masculine Cards

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! We hope you're all in good health. If you're looking for some stencil inspiration, today's post guarantees that! We have amazing guest designers this summer sharing their talents and projects that show off how to creatively use ARTplorations stencils. And each month, we'll pick one winner of a $15 gift code -- the winner will be drawn from all comments left on the Stencil Sunday posts for the month, as well as from the designers' blogs.

Today we have guest designer Deepti Aggarwal sharing her last 3 projects and she shows how you can create masculine cards using just one stencil!

    

{Spotlight Project} Slimline Artsy Cards with Deepti

 

Hello friends! Deepti here and welcome to my Spotlight feature. I decided to do something different this time. I played with inks and Slimline stencils to create these artsy cards. I must say it was loads of fun! Let me show you...

{AUGUST 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 August Inspiration Projects posts, as well as winners of our special posts: Stencil Sunday, Sticker Monday, Digital Wednesday, and Throwback Thursday. Plus we had a $25 gift code and CRAFTplorations pack giveaways 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. However, during our summer break (July to September), there is no limit to the number of entries that can be entered.

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), unless a specific announce-by date is indicated in a post. 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 (as of July 2020)*** 

• We have transferred over to a new e-commerce platform and so all of our prizes are now in the form of gift codes (also referred to as discount codes and gift vouchers). Our new gift codes can be applied across all 3 stores: main, outlet, and digital.

• Gift codes may not be passed on, given to, or used by another person other than the one it was issued to. Every gift code issued as prize is tagged with the name of the winner.

• If you win in our challenges (winner, runner-up, or random pick) and you have an existing gift certificate in our old store, you can choose to have a gift certificate issued so you can use your gift certificates on the old store before we permanently close it on October 1.
• Gift codes can accumulate. If you win several times within a 3-month period and you do not use your first gift code prize, the values of your next gift codes can be added to your first gift code. All gift codes expire within 3 months, but if you choose to have your gift code values combined into one gift code, the first gift code's expiration date will apply.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Thursday, September 24. Prizes not claimed by September 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 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 August Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations August Winner - Summer"

"STAMPlorations August Winner - Sticker Monday"

It also helps if you include what prize you won (a $15/$10/$5 gift code, tangible product, etc.) in the body of your email.

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.)

SUMMER CHALLENGE

5 winners of a $10 gift code to the new store

[Bonus: players who used a STAMPlorations product in their winning entries get to pick an extra prize: their choice of product (up to $7 value)]

#315 Gail - claimed

unclaimed

#93 Mac Mable - claimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value)

#117 Charlotte E (Lady Joyful) - claimed

#77 ingunn - claimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value)

Click here to play in our Summer 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 August inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $10 gift code:

Ms. Tamp - 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 code OR choice of product (up to $7  value):

Winner #1

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #3550)

unclaimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #3551 to #3785)

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, 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

(August Stencil Sunday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

unclaimed

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STICKER MONDAY

(August Sticker Monday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

sharon g - claimed

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DIGITAL WEDNESDAY

(August Digital Wednesday posts are found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Denise Bryant - claimed

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THROWBACK THURSDAY

(August Throwback Thursday post is found here)

Winner of $15 gift code:

Helen - claimed

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AUGUST STORE GIVEAWAYS

Winner of a $25 gift code:

Kelly S. - claimed

Winners of their choice of CRAFTplorations Chipboard pack:

BrendaLea A. - claimed

Lindsey M. - claimed

Enter the September giveaways here. 

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That's all for the August winners post. Congratulations to all! Again to all winners, claim your prize by September 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 Summer Challenge winners). I'll get back to you as soon as I can with your prize, but please give me at least a week to get back to you before re-sending your email.

I hope you're all continuing to be safe and healthy! Happy stamping and crafting :o)

PS: Check out our Stamps & Stencils September sale in the store! And don't forget to claim your free CUTplorations die -- our freebie of the month!

PPS: Want free shipping on lower order minimums? This is exclusive to mailing list subscribers! Sign up here and after confirming, you'll be taken to a page that has a link to all subscriber-only codes.

{Digital Wednesday} Heat Embossing Digital Images

Happy Wednesday! Digital Wednesday is back every 2nd and 3rd Wednesday during our summer break (July, August, and September). We have guest designers sharing their creations spotlighting our digital images either by themselves or together with other STAMPlorations products. We'll draw one lucky crafter to win a $15 gift code -- randomly drawn from all comments left on the Digital Wednesday posts for the month, as well as from the featured designers' blogs.

The super talented Ishani is back to share one more batch of her gorgeous cards featuring STAMPlorations digital stamps. Today she delves into heat embossing.

    

{Inspiration Project Post #284}

Hello STAMPlorations Friends! The Inspiration girls are back with colorful projects for a variety of occasions showcasing stamps, dies and stencils of their choice.

We'll still randomly draw a winner from all the comments left on our Inspiration posts, have a look and leave a comment for your entry to win a $15 gift code to the STAMPlorations store.