Happy New Year and Welcome back to Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges! Thank you for playing along with us throughout 2022 and hope you will enjoy our challenges in 2023 too! This month we are celebrating our first anniversary, YAY❤️
See the winners of Challenge #12 - Merry CRAFTmas!
CHALLENGE #13 - Party Time
Just for Fun Challenge
THEME DETAILS
This month's theme is Party Time with the optional challenge twist to include a Dragonfly on your party themed projects! This month is a "Just for Fun" non-sponsored challenge.
In celebration of the New Year and Paper Dragonfly's first anniversary we challenge you to create anything you want with a Party theme for any kind of celebration from cards to 3D projects using rubber stamps or digis and anything else from your crafty stash. All kinds of projects from cute to scary and everything in between is welcome at Paper Dragonfly as long as they follow the Party Time theme.
Enter your projects in the Inlinkz link-up below following the challenge rules provided by 11:55pm pacific on Jan 27.
DRAGONFLY AWARD - OPTIONAL CHALLENGE TWIST
Every month our challenge has a fun optional twist to combine with the current theme - we challenge you to include a dragonfly in some way or form. Those who choose to rise to the Dragonfly Award challenge twist in the most unique way wins our coveted Dragonfly Award badge. Please put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twist and make sure to mention how you included a dragonfly in your post. Please note this is NOT an alternate theme or a separate challenge, your projects must still follow the current theme!
Now for the projects by the Paper Dragonfly Creative Team to inspire you with some featuring digis from our 2022 Sponsors as an extra Thank You for their support!
Created by Val
CHALLENGE INFO and RULES
INFO
Our challenges are monthly and start on the 1st Friday of each month.
Each challenge has a different theme.
For most challenges including a dragonfly is optional - see DRAGONFLY AWARD info.
Occasionally a challenge will be dragonfly themed.
ANYTHING FLIES aka anything goes
Anything Flies Challenges are our fun take on Anything Goes which means you make anything you want.
DRAGONFLY AWARD - OPTIONAL CHALLENGE TWIST
Every month our challenge has a fun optional twist to combine with the current theme - we challenge you to include a dragonfly in some way or form. Those who choose to rise to the Dragonfly Award challenge twist in the most unique way wins our coveted Dragonfly Award badge. Please put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twist and make sure to mention how you included a dragonfly in your post. Please note this is NOT an alternate theme or a separate challenge, your projects must still follow the current theme!
WINNERS and PRIZES
Non- sponsored challenges are "just for fun".
Sponsored Challenges - the main Prize winner will win the sponsored prize when offered.
A minimum of 4 entries by different people is needed for the Sponsored prize to be awarded when offered!
The main Prize winner, Dragonfly Award winner and Top 3 winners win Paper
Dragonfly Badges and invited to guest DT for an upcoming challenge.
Prize Winner guest DT are to use their prize won here at Paper Dragonfly and regardless of the challenge theme at the time.
RULES
Challenge rules are subject to change when necessary and the most current rules will always be listed under the Challenge Info tab above for easy reference!
- The project must be inspired in some way by the current challenge theme.
- Optional Dragonfly Twist: Include a dragonfly on your project while still following the current theme. Put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twist and explain how you’ve incorporated a dragonfly in your blog post. Please note this is NOT an alternate theme or a separate challenge, your projects must still follow the current theme!
- There are no rules as to what you may create - paper crafts, mixed media, use rubber or digis, sweet and cute, creepy cute, quirky, vintage, dark - whatever makes your creativity fly is welcome!
- You must follow the Paper Dragonfly blog and leave a comment on the challenge post when you enter to be eligible to play and win.
- You may enter up to five times per month.
- No limit on how many other challenges you can combine with Paper Dragonfly!
- Your link must be a direct link to your project post.
- Projects must be blogged or shared on or after the date of the challenge, older postings and projects are not eligible.
- You must mention and link to the current Paper Dragonfly challenge in your post to be eligible to play and win the prize.
- Optional but appreciated - include the current challenge badge in your post.
- Optional but appreciated - display Paper Dragonfly's main blog badge in your sidebar to help promote Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges. That's the one above and also at the top of the right sidebar.
- It is OK to use another online forum such as Flickr and Instagram if you do not have a blog.
- If you would like us to leave a comment, be sure you have comment verification turned off and/or that the site you’ve posted to does not require membership to comment etc.
- Paper Dragonfly respects copyright, please do not use images that have been copied without the manufacturer’s or designer’s consent, this includes but not limited to unbranded dies etc.
Paper Dragonfly's Creative Design Team and guest DT has spots open for 2023, have a read of the DT requirements to see if you'd like to join us!
Have a wonderful crafty day!
Cat
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