{APRIL WINNERS}

Hello, STAMP friends! It's time to announce last month's winners. We've got winners of our challenges, as well as winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and April Inspiration Projects posts. We also have the 7 winners picked from all posts we published in April + winners of the Things with Wings Blog Hop and Linky Party. 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 products in the main, digital, and outlet stores 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 Monday, May 24. Prizes not claimed by May 28 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 May 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 April challenge, STAMPgirl Craftyfield picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize:

#25 Bhavya - claimed

Craftyfield says, "The Lillies have lovely curves illustrating the theme and I love the effect of the popped up flowers against the background."

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3 winners of $7 prize code:

unclaimed

#22 Myasperations - claimed

#1 Aimeslee - claimed

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

Click here to play in the current Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the April challenge, STAMPgirl Vicki picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize code:

unclaimed

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

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3 winners of $7 prize code:

#25 Melanie H. - claimed

#22 Lori Podolsky - claimed

#11 Lilian/TheLeafStudio - claimed

Click here to play in the current 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 April challenge, STAMPgirl Nancy picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize code:

#29 Sadia Ashraf - claimed

Nancy says, "I loved the remake of her older stenciled card and how her new card showcased her new techniques. Loved the partial stenciled background for her pretty die cut floral arrangement.  Perfect CAS stencil designed card."

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3 winners of $7 prize code:

unclaimed

+ 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)

#23 Cathy R - claimed

Click here to play in the current Stencil 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 April inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $15 prize code:

unclaimed

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 #3900)

unclaimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #3901 to #4075)

#4013 Suzanne H - 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, card fronts, embellishments, 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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APRIL POSTS

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

Janet - claimed

Dana M - claimed

nancy dempsey - claimed

unclaimed

Anushree Vaish - claimed

Tasfiah Obaid - claimed

Verna Angerhofer - claimed

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THINGS WITH WINGS BLOG HOP AND LINKY PARTY

Post is found here.

3 winners of a $10 prize code

(winners drawn from event post and designers posts)

unclaimed

Janis - claimed

sharon g - claimed

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3 winners of a $15 prize code

(winners drawn from the linky party)

#8 laury55 - claimed

#11 tina z. treebug - claimed

#58 ionabunny - claimed

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winner of a $25 prize code

(winner drawn from the linky party)

#16 Waterlily Cards by Robyn - claimed

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winner of the Things with Wings Kit

(winner drawn from linky party entries that used STAMPlorations products)

#56 Maura - claimed

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extra prizes

(winners drawn from the linky party)

winners of Trendy Abstract A2 Card Fronts

#49 Lucy E. - claimed

#71 karenladd - claimed

#54 Sandy J - claimed

winners of Things with Wings A2 Card Fronts

#38 Denise Bryant - claimed

#10 Becca Yahrling - claimed

#52 Mamaw Cindy - claimed

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APRIL STORE GIVEAWAY

Winner of the Mystery Spring Bundle

Lori H.

Enter the May giveaway here for a chance at the prize:

$25 PRIZE CODE

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That's all for the April winners post. Congratulations to all! Again to all winners, claim your prize by May 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 May Sale!

PPS: Spring Fling starts on May 19! Help spread the word and win one of 3 prizes. Click here.

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