{MAY WINNERS}

Hi, everyone! The winners of last month's Things With Wings challenge are here. We also have the winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and April Inspiration Projects, as well as winners of our special posts -- It's All About the Blossoms and Spring/Summer Coffee Lover Hop :o) The winners in all 5 challenges were voted on by design team members, while the top picks and all other winners were all randomly drawn.

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, June 24. Prizes not claimed by then 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 certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations May Winner - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations May Top Pick - CUTplorations Challenge"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do 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.)

{APRIL WINNERS}

Hi, everyone! The winners of last month's Focus on the Sentiments challenge are here. We also have the winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and April Inspiration Projects, as well as a few surprise winners. We also have the winners of our Things With Wings Giveaway, For the Love of All Things Coffee, and Layered Butterflies special posts :o) All winners were randomly drawn.

Remember, from February to April we did one big challenge!

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). 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. 

Also, please make sure you follow our challenge rules. To qualify for the April prizes, you must have (a) displayed the challenge graphic in your blog post {note: this rule did not apply to non-blogging players -- those who have Flickr, Splitcoast, Pinterest, etc.}, (b) directly linked back to the challenge post, and (c) left a comment on the entry before yours in the gallery. Our modified rules in April were pretty simple and we want to be fair to those who took the time to read and follow them.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Thursday, May 24. Prizes not claimed by then 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 certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to stamplorations@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations April Random Draw - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations April Random Draw - Inspiration Project Post"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do 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.)

{MARCH WINNERS}

Hi, everyone! The winners of last month's All About Spring and Faith challenge are here. We also have the winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and March Inspiration Projects, as well as winners of our Spring 2018 Stamps Release and a few surprise winners :o) All winners were randomly drawn.

Remember, for February, March, and April, we're doing one big challenge and as long as you follow the theme for those months, you can play along and play as often as you want!  

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). 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. 

Also, please make sure you follow our challenge rules. To qualify for the prizes, you must (a) display the challenge graphic in your blog post {note: this rule does not apply to non-blogging players -- those who have Flickr, Splitcoast, Pinterest, etc.}, (b) directly link back to the challenge post, and (c) leave a comment on the entry before yours in the gallery. Our modified rules are pretty simple and we want to be fair to those who do take the time to read and follow them.

{FEBRUARY WINNERS}

Hi, everyone! The winners of last month's Paint It Red Challenge are here. We also have the winners of our Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge and February Inspiration Projects, as well as a couple of surprise winners :o) All winners were randomly drawn.

Remember, for February, March, and April, we're doing one big challenge and as long as you follow the theme for those months, you can play along and play as often as you want!  

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). 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. 

Also, please make sure you follow our challenge rules. I had to re-draw winners a couple of times because they either (a) did not display the challenge graphic in their blog post, OR (b) did not directly link back to the challenge post, OR (c) did not leave a comment on the entry before theirs in the gallery. Our modified rules are pretty simple and we want to be fair to those who do take the time to read and follow them.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Friday, March 23. Prizes not claimed by then 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 certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations February Random Draw - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations February Random Draw - Inspiration Project Post"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do 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.)

{DECEMBER & JANUARY WINNERS}

Hi, everyone! The winners of the December 2017 and January 2018 challenges are finally here. Since the STAMPlorations girls were on vacation in December, there was no voting. Instead, winners were randomly drawn. Thank you so much for your patience!

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). 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. 

Also, please make sure you follow our challenge rules. There were a few January players who would have won (voted by the team) but were disqualified because they either (a) did not display the challenge graphic in their blog post OR (b) did not directly link back to the challenge post. In such cases, we move on to the next players who received the most number of votes (after we have verified that they have followed the challenge rules).

{NOVEMBER WINNERS}

We've got winners and top picks of all of last month's challenges, as well as winners of our 3rd Annual Giving Blog Hop & Linky Party and ARTplorations Stencil Hop Featuring Sanna Lippert Designs Stencils. Thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month!

An important note about our winners post: winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one). 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, December 31. Prizes not claimed by then will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations November (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations November Winner - Theme & Sketch Challenge"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do 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.)

{OCTOBER WINNERS}

We've got winners and top picks of all of last month's challenges. Thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month!

{SEPTEMBER WINNERS}

We've got winners of our summer challenges to announce. We've also got the winners of the Fall Coffee Lovers blog hop. Thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month and who participated in our hops.

{AUGUST WINNERS}

We've got winners of our summer challenges to announce. We've also got the winners of the Bloomtangled blog hop and linky party. Thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month and who participated in our hops.

{JULY WINNERS}

We've got July winners and top picks to announce. We've also got the winners of the CASology 5th Birthday Hop and the National Coloring Book Day featuring Bloomtangled. Thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month and who participated in our hops and event.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published on the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Monday, August 21. Prizes not claimed by August 21 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations July (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations July Winner - Theme & Sketch Challenge"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do 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.)

{JUNE WINNERS}

We've got June winners and top picks to announce. We've also got the winners of the Summer Coffee Lovers Hop and our 4th Birthday Hop and Wishlist Linky Party. Once again, thank you to all of you who played in our challenges last month and who participated in our hops and event.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published on the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Thursday, July 20. Prizes not claimed by July 20 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations June (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations June Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

If you are the winner of a tangible/mailable prize, do 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.)

{MAY WINNERS}

We've got May winners and top picks to announce. Once again, thank you to all of you who play in our challenges every month!

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published on the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Tuesday, June 20. Prizes not claimed by June 20 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations May (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations May Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

{APRIL WINNERS}

We've got April winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of the Things with Wings Blog Hop & Linky Party and the April/May Stamps Spotlight Blog Hop are also in this post.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published on the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, May 21. Prizes not claimed by May 21 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates 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.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations April (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations April Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

Or if a blog hop winner:

"Winner - name of the blog hop here + your prize"

e.g., "Winner - Things with Wings Hop - $20 GC"

{MARCH WINNERS}

We've got March winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop are also in this post.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published on the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Thursday, April 20. Prizes not claimed by April 20 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates each month, it would take a lot of time to contact the winners individually (which would involve searching for email addresses). I also want to be fair to those who regularly visit our blog and claim their prizes within the time frame given.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations March (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations March Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

Or if a blog hop winner:

"Winner - name of the blog hop here"

e.g., "Winner - Spring Coffee Lovers Hop"

{FEBRUARY WINNERS}

We've got FEBRUARY winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of the Love TAGplorations blog hop & linky party + CUTplorations mini release hop are also in this post.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published on the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Monday, March 20. Prizes not claimed by March 20 will be forfeited -- no exceptions. Please understand that because we have a lot of winners and give away over $200 worth of prizes in the form of products and gift certificates each month, it would take a lot of time to contact the winners individually (which would involve searching for email addresses). I also want to be fair to those who claim their prizes within the time frame given.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations February (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., "STAMPlorations February Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

Or if a blog hop winner:

"Winner - name of the blog hop here"

e.g., "Winner - Love TAGplorations"

{JANUARY WINNERS}

We've got JANUARY winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of the January Stamps & Dies Release blog hop are also in this post.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published by the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Monday, February 20. Prizes not claimed by February 20 will be forfeited.

When claiming your prize, send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com. Please follow this format in the subject line:

"STAMPlorations January (Winner, Top Pick, Random Draw) - specific challenge here"

e.g., STAMPlorations January Winner - CAS Card Challenge"

{DECEMBER WINNERS}

We've got DECEMBER winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of all the blog hops in December are also in this post.

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published by the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Friday, January 20. Prizes not claimed by January 20 will be forfeited.

{NOVEMBER WINNERS}

We've got NOVEMBER winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of all the blog hops in November are also in this post.

An important note: We usually publish the winners post by the 9th or 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes but this month is an exception since this winners post is delayed (due to my being ill since Thanksgiving week). All winners have until December 31 to claim their prizes. 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.

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Saturday, December 31. Prizes not claimed by December 31 will be forfeited.

**I will be taking a break from December 21 to December 30 so tangible prizes will be mailed in January. Gift certificates will be emailed within 5 days.**

{OCTOBER WINNERS}

We've got OCTOBER winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them! Winners of all the blog hops in October are also in this post. 

An important note about our winners post: all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month are announced in one post (this one) published by the 10th of the following month. All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes. 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. 

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Sunday, November 20. Prizes not claimed by November 20 will be forfeited.

{SEPTEMBER WINNERS}

We've got SEPTEMBER winners and top picks to announce -- and there are plenty of them!

Winners of all the blog hops in September are also in this post. 

An important note about our winners post: starting this month, I'll announce all winners (challenges and blog hops) of the previous month in one post published on or before the 10th of the following month. I need to make this change because it's a lot of extra work to do separate winners posts and I need my sanity ;o) It also makes it easier to disburse prizes, knowing that by the 23rd or so of the month, all prizes would have been emailed (for gift certificates) or mailed out (for products).

All winners have up to 10 days to claim their prizes -- that is plenty of time. I also need to be a little more "strict" when it comes to claiming prizes in order to be fair to those who do win and claim prizes within 10 days. In the past even if prizes were claimed much later, I still gave out the prizes. But that often created logistical issues for me, as well as extra work. So 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. Thanks so much for understanding and I appreciate each one of you who continues to support STAMPlorations -- whether you're a regular challenge player, blog hop participant, stamp club member, or customer.

Okay, now enough wafflin' from me. Let's get this winners post rolling!

Winners, please claim your prize on or before Thursday, October 20. Prizes not claimed by October 20 will be forfeited.