{JANUARY 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 January Inspiration Projects posts, as well as 7 winners picked from all posts we published in January. Challenge main winners were picked by STAMPlorations design team members and all other 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.

• Be mindful of the maximum challenge entries -- our three challenges (Theme & Photo Prompt, CAS Cards, and Stencil) all have a limit of 3 entries.

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*** 

• Prize codes (formerly called gift codes) expire 6 weeks (42 days) from the date they are issued to winners. However, challenge winners who use STAMPlorations products in their winning entries will be issued prize codes that expire 60 days from their issue date.

• A player and/or commenter who is picked more than once will be issued one prize code that combines the winning amount (e.g., if a player is randomly picked for a $7 prize code in one of the challenges and is also picked as a $10 winner for commenting on one of the posts, she will be issued a $17 prize code)
• Prize codes may be combined, provided the first prize code has not yet expired or has not been used.
• A prize code can be applied on all products (digital and physical) and on any order in the store, before shipping. It cannot be combined with other percent off code or dollars off, but may be combined with a free shipping code (if available and if minimum is met) but the sub-total must be equivalent to or more than the value of the prize code -- e.g., a $10 prize code will NOT work if the sub-total (before shipping) is less than $10. The shopping cart will display an error. There must be at least $10 worth of products in the cart for a $10 prize code to work.
• Prize codes issued to challenge winners and post commenters are not transferrable. A prize code is tagged with the winner's name and if it is used by someone other than the one it was issued to, the order will be voided and the prize code will not be re-issued. If you have a prize code that you don't intend to use, simply let it expire or send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com so it can be deactivated.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Wednesday, February 24. Prizes not claimed by February 24 will be forfeited -- NO EXCEPTIONS. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away at least $150 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

Winners must fill out a Google form to claim their prize. This ensures that there is an off-site, time/date-stamped record of winners claiming their prize. So if you are one of the winners, fill out the form by clicking on the link below:

WINNERS CLAIM FORM

The form will stop accepting responses on February 24 at 12 noon Pacific time. This is the only way prizes can be claimed. The form has specific instructions so please take the time to read it provide all the needed information.

If you have already filled out the form, please DO NOT fill it out again. Your response is already recorded - but sometimes it takes me a while to get back to the winners, as I do this in batches for efficiency.

THEME & PHOTO PROMPT CHALLENGE

For the January challenge, STAMPgirl Chris picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize:

#8 Inkami - claimed

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3 winners of $7 prize code:

#1 Gail - claimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value) for using STAMPlorations product(s)

unclaimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value) for using STAMPlorations product(s)

#17 Beverly Jordan - claimed

Click here to play in the February Love Vibe Challenge!

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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the January challenge, STAMPgirl Tenia picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize code:

#10 Anila - claimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value) for using STAMPlorations product(s)

Tenia says, "I chose Anila's card because it is simply beautiful and CAS perfection!! Also the coloring is just totally awesome!!

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3 winners of $7 prize code:

#2 Allisa - claimed

#37 Melanie H. - claimed

unclaimed

Click here to play in the February Love Vibe 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 January challenge, STAMPgirl Asmah picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize code:

#68 Experiments in craft - claimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value) for using STAMPlorations product(s)

Asmah says, "I like her effort and not giving up on trying the acrylic paint over the ARTplorations stencil again and again. She did her own experiment in a way and gain learning process along the way. Her hand drawn circle border spells bravery to me. Kudos to her!"

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3 winners of $7 prize code:

#18 ingunn - claimed

#34 Carol L. - claimed

#64 Maura - claimed

+ choice of product (up to $7 value) for using STAMPlorations product(s)

Click here to play in the February Love Vibe 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 January inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $15 prize code:

Lucy E. - 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 prize code OR choice of product (up to $7 value):

Winner #1

(randomly drawn from entries #1 to #3800)

unclaimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #3801 to #3957)

#3883 Dandi93 - 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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JANUARY POSTS

SEVEN (7) winners of a $15 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on ALL posts published in January. 

Janet - claimed

unclaimed

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ionabunny - claimed

Greta - claimed

Trina P. - claimed

KT Fit Kitty - claimed

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That's all for the January winners post. Congratulations to all! Again to all winners, claim your prize by February 24 by filling out the Google form. The link is at the beginning of this post, right before the Theme and Photo Prompt winners.

Happy stamping and hope you're all having a great week!:o)

PS: Check out our February Storewide Sale!

PPS: Great news for our international friends -- we now have item-based flat rate shipping! If you are buying just stencils, shipping up to 5 stencils is only $5 to Canada and $7 to all other countries. Buying just stamps or dies? Shipping up to 3 stamps or dies is only $7 to Canada and $10 to all other countries! Save on shipping by making separate same-item orders. Plus we issue partial refunds on shipping if postage costs come out significantly less than what you paid -- that's just how we roll! :o)