{NOVEMBER and DECEMBER WINNERS}

Hello, STAMP friends! It's time to announce last month's winners -- as well as November's winners. I went ahead and combined the winners of the two previous months in this post to keep things organized and so there's only one claim-your-prize-by date to remember. The last couple of months of last year were crazy enough. Plus I was, and still am, going through a major health/medical issue that started in early October. It required an overhaul of my routine; I had to re-organize and prioritize things...thus why so many tasks got pushed back (and why I'm now playing catch up).

In any case, we've got winners of our challenges, as well as winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge, and November and December Inspiration Projects posts. We also have the winners picked from all posts we published in November and December, as well as winners of our special posts (Fall|Winter Coffee Lovers Hop, 7th Giving Thanks Hop, Ephemera Cuts post). 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 to the challenge post via TEXT link in your blog post.

• Be mindful of the maximum challenge entries -- you may enter up to 3 times per challenge.

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 Monday, January 24. Prizes not claimed by January 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 January 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 November challenge, STAMPgirl Jane picked the winner.

Winner of a $25 prize:

unclaimed

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

#19 NanaConnie - claimed

#6 ScrappyHorses - claimed

(ScrappyHorses wins $15 instead of $10 for using STAMPlorations products in her entry.)

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For the December challenge, STAMPgirl Julie picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize:

#12 Anita - claimed

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2 winners of $10 $15 prize code:

(both randomly drawn winners used STAMPlorations products in their entries)

#6 Tee Hall - claimed

unclaimed

Click here to play in this month's challenge

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CAS CARDS CHALLENGE

For the November challenge, STAMPgirl Maria picked the winner.

Winner of a $25 prize:

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

#7 Janis in ID - claimed

(Janis wins $15 instead of $10 for using STAMPlorations products in her entry.)

unclaimed

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For the December challenge, STAMPgirl Sue picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize:

#9 Anita - claimed

Sue says, "I loved the beautiful sky she created with the gorgeous colors and ombre effect."

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

unclaimed

#5 Lilian/TheLeafStudio - 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 November challenge, STAMPgirl Helen picked the winner.

Winner of a $25 prize:

#26 Lindsey M-P - claimed

(Lindsey wins $25 instead of $20 for using a STAMPlorations stencil in her entry.)

Helen says, "Her card is beautiful and elegant with the holly background in gold and silver on black cardstock. I also like how she added some gold and silver watercolor paint splatters on the background."

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

unclaimed

unclaimed

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For the December challenge, STAMPgirl Ina picked the winner.

Winner of a $20 prize:

#19 Anita - claimed

Ina says, "Love all the texture colouring and stencilling with the stitched journaling. Fabulous mixed media work."

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2 winners of $10 prize code:

unclaimed

#2 Nandini - 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 each from all the comments left on the November and December inspiration project posts.

Winners of a $15 prize code:

unclaimed

Janny's Cards Creations - 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 #4250)

unclaimed

Winner #2

(randomly drawn from entries #4251 to #4294)

#4287 Maxine D - 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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NOVEMBER & DECEMBER POSTS

TEN (10) winners of a $7 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on ALL posts published in November and December. 

KT Fit Kitty - claimed

cghundley - claimed

VanessaB - claimed

unclaimed

unclaimed

unclaimed

ionabunny - claimed

Craftyhairlady

Granmargaret

Maura - claimed

Bonus prize: Paper Goods Sampler

(drawn from the 10 commenting winners above)

VanessaB - claimed

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FALL|WINTER COFFEE LOVERS HOP

(Post is here)

Winner of her choice of ephemera pack (Winter Mugs or Christmas Mug Cuties)

unclaimed

unclaimed

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7TH GIVING THANKS HOP

(Post is here)

Winners of $10 prize code

(randomly drawn from comments left on hop post and designers' blogs)

unclaimed

unclaimed

Gail - claimed

Dotty Jo - claimed

New Creations - claimed

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Winners of their choice of one STAMPlorations product (up to $15 value)

(drawn from the linky)

#29 Suzzanne H - claimed

#2 Christine - claimed

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Winner of $40 prize code

(drawn from the linky)

#20 Becca Yahrling - claimed

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Surprise winners of $7 prize code

(drawn from the linky)

#14 Franka - claimed

#12 Vinita Jain - claimed

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NEW EPHEMERA CUTS

(Post is here)

Winner of her choice of 1 newly released Ephemera Cuts

Sandy - claimed

who picked Campers of Cheer

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER STORE GIVEAWAY

Winner of a $30 prize code

Lucy E. - claimed

Winner of a Paper Goods Bundle ($30 value)

Greta H. - claimed

Enter the January store giveaway for a chance at a $15 prize code

ONE (1) winner to be randomly picked

Subscribe to our store newsletter to be automatically entered to win the January prize exclusive to subscribers:

$25 PRIZE CODE

enter here

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