Sketch #26 and January Challenge Winners and Top Picks! + Frequent Players Spotlight and Random Prize Drawing Winner!

Hey there, STAMPlorations friends! We've got winners and top picks to announce in this post -- both for Sketch Challenge #26 and the January Challenge. Plus we've got our Frequent Players spotlight and the winner of a stamp and stencil pack.

First up is Sketch Challenge #26. Monika had the pleasure of choosing the winner and top picks:

STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge #26 Winner

#18 Asha

Why Monika picked Asha's card: "Love her blending, stitching and shimmer of her very soft and feminine take on the sketch."

Congratulations, Asha! Please grab your winner badge below to display on your blog! We're looking forward to having you as a Guest Designer for Sketch Challenge #29!

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STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge #26 Top Picks

#2 Sandie

"Sandie wooed me with her grat CAS design and fabulous sentiment."

#7 Milla

"Love the pale greens of her leaves and the spring like feel of her card."

Congratulations, ladies! Please grab your top pick badge below to display on your blog! We're also looking forward to having you as Guest Designers for Sketch Challenge #29! If interested, please email sheryruss@gmail.com and we'll send you the sketch + your personalized STAMPlorations guest designer watermark and badge. If you have STAMPlorations stamps, we'd love it if you'd use them in your GD project. If you don't have our images to use, we'll be happy to provide you with a digi stamp!

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And now on to the January Challenge. There were 100 awe-mazing entries in the gallery! Thank you so much to everyone who played along!

STAMPlorations January 2015 Challenge Winner

#68 Lou Sims

Congratulations, Lou! Please grab your winner badge below to display on your blog! Send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "STAMPlorations January Challenge winner" and we'll send you information on claiming your 1 stamp set. We are also looking forward to having you as a Guest Designer in March!

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STAMPlorations January 2015 Top Picks

(in numerical order)

#11 Claire

#42 Joyce

#92 Milla

Congratulations, ladies! Please grab your top pick badge below to display on your blog! We'd also love to have you as Guest Designers in the March Challenge. If interested, please email sheryruss@gmail.com and we'll send you the challenge info + your personalized STAMPlorations guest designer watermark and badge. If you have STAMPlorations stamps, we'd love it if you'd use them in your GD project. If you don't have our images to use, we'll be happy to provide you with a digi stamp!

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JANUARY CHALLENGE FREQUENT PLAYERS & RANDOM PRIZE WINNER

Twelve (12) talented paper crafters participated in all 3 challenges last month with a combined 46 entries. Way to go, ladies! We're putting the spotlight on you and your beautiful creations. Feel free to grab the badge below to display on your blog.

Spotlight on the January 2015 Challenge Frequent Players

1. Jerrie	2. Sue V.	3. Joyce M.	4. Sandie
5. Carol Dunham	6. Lee Ann Barrett	7. Suchi	8. SmilynStef
9. hellerlittle	10. Ana S.	11. 2amscrapper	12. Carol Mayne

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With the help of Random.org, the winner of a stamp and stencil pack valued at $10 is...2amscrapper! Congratulations! Please send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com with the subject "January 2015 prize winner" and include your complete mailing address. You may also opt for a $10 gift certificate to use on the shop if you prefer that over the stamp and stencil pack. Just let us know when you contact us.

Thanks to everyone who join us in our challenges month after month, sketch after sketch! We appreciate you and love it when you share your fab projects with us! We hope you'll come check us out tomorrow because we've got the February Challenge starting at 6 a.m. PST (GMT -8). Sketch Challenge #27 started last Monday, so we'd love it if you joined us there too (plus you get a shot at winning a stamp and stencil pack when you play in the February Challenge and Sketch Challenges we've got this month).

Keep on stampin'!

~The STAMPlorations Design Team

PS: Hang on to your hats -- we'll be announcing the winners of our Stamp Release Spotlight Week Blog Hop in a few hours! We're giving away a total of $90 worth of gift certificates AND a few surprise prizes!