Wednesday, November 10, 2021

{OCTOBER 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 October Inspiration Projects posts. We also have the 10 winners picked from all posts we published in October, as well as winners of a couple of special posts (New Slimline Stencils and New Colorables posts). 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 -- for our summer challenges, there is a limit of 6 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 expire one month (30 days) from the date they are issued to winners. However, challenge winners who use STAMPlorations products in their winning entries are 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 Wednesday, November 24. Prizes not claimed by November 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 November 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 October challenge, STAMPgirl Chris D. picked the winner.


Winner of a $20 prize:
#14 LazzieJ - claimed

Chris says, "I liked the use of the shiny watercolor paint she used to color the image, plus the background paper she used with the bokeh effect adds to the theme."

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2 winners of $10 prize code:



Click here to play in this month's challenge


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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the October challenge, STAMPgirl Carol picked the winner.


Winner of a $25 prize:
#21 jenny martin - claimed
(Jenny wins $25 instead of $20 for using STAMPlorations stamps)

Carol says, "Her stylized watercolouring of the silhouette trees makes for a dreamy, artsy card. The purple, especially, adds impact."

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

unclaimed
#5 Melanie H. - claimed


Click here to play in this month's challenge

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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 October challenge, STAMPgirl Asmah picked the winner.


Winner of a $25 prize:
#24 Loll - claimed
(Loll wins $25 instead of $20 for using a STAMPlorations stencil)

Asmah says, "A very stylish design and all eyes on the focal point. Such a delight!"

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

#4 Robyn O - claimed
#38 Vinita Jain - claimed


Click here to play in this month's 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 October inspiration project posts.

Winner of a $15 prize code:
Maura - 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 #4200)
#4053 Aimeslee Winans - claimed

Winner #2
(randomly drawn from entries #4201 to #4215)
#4209 laury55 - 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, paper goods, 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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OCTOBER POSTS
TEN (10) winners of a $7 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on ALL posts published in October

Verna Angerhofer - claimed
sharon g - claimed
Becca Yahrling - claimed
unclaimed
Lindsey - claimed
unclaimed
Tee Hall - claimed
Deepti Aggarwal - claimed
unclaimed
unclaimed


Bonus prize: Paper Goods Sampler
(drawn from the 10 commenting winners above)
Tee Hall - claimed


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NEW SLIMLINE STENCILS
(Post is here)

Winner of her choice of 1 newly released slimline stencil
Annette:) - claimed
who picked Leaves All Over


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NEW COLORABLES
(Post is here)

Winner of her choice of 1 newly released Colorables
mamawcindy - claimed
who picked Framed Christmas


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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER STORE GIVEAWAY

Winner of a $15 prize code
Lee - claimed

Enter the November-December giveaway for a chance at winning one of two prizes:

$30 prize code
ONE (1) winner to be randomly picked

paper goods bundle ($30 value)
ONE (1) winner to be randomly picked

Subscribe to our store newsletter to be automatically entered to win the November/December prize exclusive to subscribers:
$75 PRIZE CODE


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

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




PS: Check out our current store promotion!




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