Hello there stampers!
Thanks for all the comments about my art doll! I'm glad you are as excited about the challenge as I am!
Important Announcement Regarding Prizes.
I've spoken before about coming up with a new system as to the allocation of prizes every month. Awarding the prizes every month is quite a time consuming process for me - and sometimes an administrative nightmare! Since Inkurable began back in April 2008 my sponsors and I have given away well over 100 different prizes - valued at over 3 thousand dollars!
The trouble is that with so many prizes on offer each month, and lots of regular players, there has been times where it may seem like the names on the prize lists are too familiar!
Also, Inkurable Stampers has always encouraged stampers of all skill levels to give the challenge a go, but I know that a lot of you are too afraid to take the plunge because of all the fantastic entries we receive.
We are also receiving a higher volume of international players these days (which is great! Welcome!) but the international postage costs have to be considered by our sponsors.
So I, in conjunction with my sponsors, have come up with a much fairer, cost effective, time saving prize structure for all parties concerned!
Here's the bad news. This means there will be less prizes on offer each month. I'm very sorry about that, but I really think it is the best way to move forward in 2010! Rest assured that the prizes on offer will be awesome - they haven't gone down in value! (They've actually gone up a little!).
So here's how it will work - there will be 3 prizes in total.
Major Prize:
The major prize will be open to Australian residents only. The prize will be awarded to the best Australian entry for the month. You have to have entered at least once before to be eligible for this prize. You'll never know what will catch my eye each month so don't be afraid to enter! Everyone has a chance of winning. :)
Inkurable Newbie Prize:
This prize will also be open to Australian residents only. The prize will be awarded to the best entry from someone who has never entered an Inkurable challenge before! So come on all you lurkers! Now is the time to send in an entry!
Best International Entry:
This will be open to International residents only. The prize will be awarded to the best entry from one of our international players. The entrants can be new to Inkurable or regular players.
The sponsors will be rotating around each month so there will be lots of variety for you guys!
There will still be random giveaways from time to time as well. :)
So that's it! Hopefully the "bad" news wasn't so bad! I'm looking forward to a very exciting 2010 and I hope you'll all continue to join me here in inky cyberspace!
Stay tuned for the other 2 announcements - I have some very cool things planned for you to take part in!
~Sarah~
And please let me know what you think of the new structure by leaving a comment. I value your feedback!
13 comments:
Awesome .. that was no where near as bad as I was expecting LOL .. I htink its an awesome thing to do, and makes your job a little easier. good Job!
I think it's an excellent system, especially the newbie prize - great encouragement.
I was bracing myself for the bad news, and it wasn't bad at all! You have a very difficult decision at the end of every month, hopefully this will make it a little easier for you. I think we'd all like to thank you for encouraging us to get busy with craft. Thank you for running these challenges.
i think its a great idea sarah. The newbie prize is fantastic.
Great idea Sarah!
Thankyou for organising all the challenges.
Fantastic idea for encouraging newbies to take part in the challenges, as well as international players :) & as one who has received many a great prize from Inkurable Stampers (just for playing, how cool is that!!!), I would have to say that anything that makes your job a little easier is welcomed news. I was hoping the bad news would not be too bad, & thank goodness it wasn`t. Here`s looking forward to many more fun challenges, & using up my stash :)
Totally agree with all of the comments Sarah. Cheers Jenene
I think it is extremely fair, and very generous I might add-it encompasses everyone,and gives the newbies an opportunity to shine:) I hope lots more people jump on and have a go-you run an Inkurably Incredible site Sarah:) xo
Sounds very fair and exciting for everyone!
great idea to encourage newbies, the system is really fair to everyone...
Laurence
It all sounds good and proper Sarah! Great way to encourage new people to enter the challenges. I know I have gained a great deal of enjoyment so far, and of course a thrilled to recieve a prize as well!
Sounds totally fair and reasonable, Sarah! And definitely still going to keep coming back to be inspired and to play along!
*hugs*
Nina
What a great system Sarah. Very fair, and keeps everyone happy & inspired. If your job's easier then hopefully u get more time to create too!! Looking forward to playing again, I've been missing all your fun - Your first challenge is awesome!!
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