Tutorial - Challenge Blog Etiquette

I thought I'd do a post on the general etiquette of taking part in challenges on blogger. As it becomes bigger rules are changing so I'll show you the basics of how to enter into challenges and what to watch for.
If you're an experienced blogger you'll know the ropes so just scroll down to the COMBINING CHALLENGES section as there's some changes you need to be aware of.

Some blogs are far more stringent than others but remember the worst that can happen is your entry is void so to avoid disappointment follow some simple steps of what is expected.


LINKING TO YOUR CREATION


All challenge blogs will ask you to link to your actual creation, by this they mean the actual blog post with it in and not your entire blog. You can understand this rule as you may make a post a day and the challenge blog may not get round to viewing your creation for a week or two and have to scroll through looking for your entry which consumes a lot of time.


Some challenge blogs will not even consider your entry if this isn't done correctly so have a quick read of the photo tutorial of how to do this, once you do it once you'll know exactly what to do and won't encounter any problems or void entries.


Tutorial - Linking your creation to a challenge


LINKS BACK TO THE CHALLENGE

The next thing the challenge will ask for is a link back to them or at the very least a mention. It can be confusing for a new blogger how to do this so I'll show you a step by step photo tutorial below, have a practice at this and once you know how to do it you'll remember :)
STEP 1
After you have added your card and done your write up on your blog you need to identify the challenge(s) it is intended for. Type in the challenge name then use your mouse to highlight the text.
STEP 2
Once you've highlighted the text click on the LINK ICON and a pop up box will appear. You need to type the web address of the challenge blog in here (or copy and paste it from the challenge)
Your text should look like below on your blog with a clicky link through to the challenge.

If you don't at least mention in the post it is for that challenge then when they visit they will not be certain the post is for them and your entry may be void.

COMBINING CHALLENGES

Some challenges allow you to enter as many others as you like whereas others have a limit which is usually stated in the rules on the blog.  Please check individual rules for this when entering challenges.
Crafty Cardmakers and Spotlight challenges have a limit of 10.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES PER CHALLENGE

I personally thought it was one entry per challenge until I started to run here and got multiple entries for the same challenge so I had a scout round and asked friends who run blogs and the rules differ. It will differ from blog to blog so again look for the challenge rules and if not stated clearly please ask the blog owner.

Some places are you can enter as many times as you like so long as the projects are different i.e. one card, one ATC, one altered item etc.

If in doubt about the rules of any challenge ask the blog owner, the worst that will happen is entries will be deleted.

To quote our previous special guest Cindy Royal - "The paper crafting police will not come to get you."

We will allow multiple entries at this stage as the team feel you may wish to have several gors at something.

I hope you have a fun time on blogger as there are hundreds of fantastic challenges you can take part in and just have a go at.

Happy blogging!