Our Rules

Welcome to Seize the Birthday! This is a bi-monthly challenge blog, aimed at helping you get those Birthday Cards done. 

When: Our challenges go live on Thursdays at Noon EST.  Our Winners announcements are posted an hour prior to the next challenge going live at 11 AM EST. 

Our Topping: We will throw in a "Topping" Option for each challenge!  This will be an option for both the Design Team and our participants.  You still have a chance to win even if you don't use a topping!  

How we choose our winners:  The Design Team member that selected the topping for the challenge is the DT member that will also choose the winners.  We will have 2 overall challenge winners, one using the topping and one without. The remaining 3 Birthday Honours can be any combination of topping or no topping birthday cards.  For example; 2 with toppings and 1 without or 1 with a topping and 2 without. We leave that up to the DT member's discretion. 

What products: All products are welcome and if you don't want to make a Birthday card we also welcome birthday invitations, tags, gift bags, or anything else you may need for an upcoming birthday celebration!

Surprise Party Guests: Our SPGs, as we call them, are chosen from active participants in our gallery.  They are asked to be with us for a two-month term. 

Challenge Rules:  (to keep things fair):

1. You must make a BIRTHDAY PROJECT; however, our topping is always optional.

2. You may link up to 3 projects for each challenge.

3. Please add a direct link to your blog or to an online gallery.

4. Please include one of our graphics and a link back to our blog.

5. You may combine this challenge with up to 4 other challenges. 

6. When using digital images they must have been colored by hand.

7. As always, please have fun!