scrapdolly
30-03-2006, 10:28 AM
What is the team challenge?
The team challenge was started in an effort to get members motivated to actually scrapbook & to raise the community spirit on UKS. Each team has 10 members & each member gets points for whatever they scrap. At the end of the month the team with the most points is declared the winner.
How can I join a team?
Most teams have already been formed but occasionally for one reason or another teams lose members so keep an eye out for teams needing members. Also new teams are often started by Scrapdolly and you will find these invites in the Inspirations and Challenges forum.
You could decide to start your own new team. Threads starting new teams should be posted in the Inspirations and challenges forum and, once the team has been set up I will ask for the thread to be closed or removed.
To start a team you need a willing person to organise it and lead the team. This person must be happy to start the team chat in Social Groups, collect the points and fill them in on the Excel Spreadsheet and make sure the spreadsheet is e mailed to the House Leader.
Teams need 10 members. You can have less - though it makes it harder for you to collect points - but you cannot have more.
Once you have a group of ten of you you need a team name and then you need to PM Scrapdolly with the following:
Team Name
Team Leader's real name and UK ID
Team Leader's e mail address
Once that is done you can go ahead and start up a team chat in Social Groups.
Teams DO NOT have to collect points. There are some teams who just enjoy to chat. Teams who opt not to collect points will NOT be allocated to a house.
There are stickied threads in this forum which give you the lists of all the teams, a link to the downloadable spreadsheet you will need, a place to ask questions, and the thread which details who the house leaders are and their e mail addresses.
Finally - my mission is to help you have fun doing this. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
How can I earn points?Points can be earned in the following ways
1. Layouts & Canvases – For the purpose of the challenge a layout is classed as either a single page or a double page & must be no smaller than 6x6. A Canvas / single layout is worth 10 points, a double layout is worth 20 points. Only layouts that fit into this part of the guidelines maybe counted toward your monthly layout target.
2. Art & Circle Journals – You can earn 25 points for each Art journal / circle journal entry that you complete. An entry is whatever you enter into one persons journal be it 1,2 or even 4 pages not points per page completed. So you could do 1 page in one journal & earn the 25 points but in the next journal your entry could be 4 pages but this would still only be worth 25 points. The reason that Journals are worth more points than most other things is because they are more time consuming. An exception for Journals is when you start your own Journal then you would earn 25 points for making/covering/decorating the Journal & another 25 for completing your entry
3. Altered Book & Journals (not CJs) - We have decided to include these in the challenge & you need to score them on the team spreadsheet in the Circle Journal column. Each 4 pages of an altered book or journal will be worth 25 points.
4. Tag books & Accordian Albums & Maze books . A tag book (do a gallery search for examples) or an accordian-fold book, usually with about 4 pages; each page is a decorated pocket and holds a decorated tag. Hand made, decorated and filled tag & accordian books are worth 25pts.
5. FOTW – You can earn 5 points each time that you use one of Mary Anne’s FOTW(Font of the Week) on a layout. The FOTW can be any font from the previous month or current month.
6. Minibooks, Sarabooks, etc and fully decorated exploding boxes – These are now worth a set amount of points rather than being treated as layouts. Each minibook, sarabook, paperbag books, accordion fold full album etc will be worth 50 points regardless of how many pages they have in them etc. You may not count pages in these books towards your monthly layout target. A 'mini book' is defined as a sarabook or similar, or any mini-album of smaller than 6x6. These books MUST be decorated to count for points.
7. Handmade Albums – If you make an album totally from scratch then you can earn yourself 30 points. These must be albums that hold page protectors & not minibooks,sarabooks etc
8. Weekly Challenges – Bonus points can be earned for weekly challenges. Points will vary from week to week. There is a stickied thread in the Inspirations and Challenges forum which tells you who is setting challenges and when. If you/your team wish to set a challenge then please let Scrapdolly know in that thread. Challenges are worth a maximum of 30 points and 10 of those points should be awarded for using a specific technique. You can do the challenge as many times as you like BUT you can only earn the bonus points once. A maximum of 30 bonus points can be earned in a week. You can do the challenges digitally but please note it may not be possible to earn all of the bonus points digitally.
9. A-Z and 365 Challenges - for these specific challenges, please see this thread (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=203004)
How does my team earn bonus points?
For every 50 layouts completed by the team within the month, the team is automatically awarded 50 bonus points. The points spreadsheet is programmed to do this, so all you need to do to claim your points are fill in the sheet correctly.
What are the Weekly Challenges?
Each week on a Thursday a challenge will be set by one of the participating teams. You can do as many layouts as you wish using the challenge details but you will only get your bonus points ONCE - so each week you can earn a MAXIMUM of 30 bonus points. These challenges are not compulsory. You can only claim points for challenges completed WITHIN the week they are set.
If your team wishes to host a challenge - then please PM Scrapdolly or post in the weekly challenges thread with your request and I will assign you the next available slot.
Team Leaders ensure you read this thread (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=212072) explaining when you have send the information to Scrapdolly and do ask if you have any questions.
For more information on the Team Challenges, read this thread (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=203309)
Do I have to upload everything I do to the gallery?
No you don’t. We appreciate that some people either don’t have the means or time to upload everything they do to the gallery, however it would be nice if you could share some of your work from time to time. Our team system is designed to be fun and it works on TRUST You don't have to upload to get your points, unless it falls into one of the categories below, we are all friends and fellow scrappers so we all trust each other. However, if you more than 39 layouts a month, 5 cj's or mini books then you do need to e mail scrappybunny proof
I have consulted with all of the house leaders and Fi and I have discussed it at length to make sure it is a fair and workable system.
Claiming for more than 39 layouts
If you claim points for more than 39 layouts in a month you will need to scan or photograph all of your work and send an email showing all of the layouts to
scrappybunny (fi@scrapkids.com)
Please do not send 40 different e mails. Link lots of pages together digitally so one A4 sheet may contain 30 small images for example. That we we can verify, for everyone, that that number of pages have been completed, that the pages are all different, not duplicates of the same page and that pages are not being re-worked with only slight modifications. Please remember a double Lo counts as 2 pages when working out your totals in this way as it is worth 20 points.
Claiming for more than 2 mini books /tag books/accordion books
If you claim for more than 2 mini books in a month the pages must all be scanned and e mailed in the same way as detailed above.
Claiming more than 5 Circle Journals
If you claim for more than 5 circle journals in a month the pages must all be scanned and e mailed as detailed above.
Points for cards
We have also made the decision to cease giving points for cards. There has always been an issue over cards and whether or not cards made for sale could be included. We have therefore decided that, as the team points system has always been to focus attention on scrapping, cards can no longer be included. Team leaders just leave that column blank on your forms in future.
PLEASE NOTE - e mails must be sent confirming high rate points by 4th of the month.
When do I need to submit my points to my team leader?
You must submit your points to your team leader by 4th or 5th of the month as the team leader has to complete the spreadsheet and send it on to the house leader by 6th of each month so that results can be posted on the boards on 7th. Please try to keep to the deadlines as results received after these dates cannot be entered on the boards.
How do we know that people are submitting accurate results?
The simple answer to this is we don’t. We are all adults(apart from the kids team :lol) & I really hope that people don’t feel it necessary to cheat & hope that we can all trust each other. As we have said before the challenge is for FUN!!!
Do Digital pages count?
The answer is OF COURSE! Digital layouts, both single and double, get the same points as paper single and double pages; 10 and 20 points respectively.
There is, however, a big difference in challenges. The teams that set the challenges have the right to set whatever they want - we are all just grateful that they set them at all. Often the things they specify cannot be done digitally. For example a challenge may have points for embossing, for using rubber stamps, for adding a keepsake like a lock of hair, for including a handmade envelope or a mini book. Clearly those are things that you cannot do digitally. You could put a digital envelope on, but it is not the same as making a handmade envelope. You could mimic stamping but it is not rubber stamping.
Digital scrappers need to accept that they can, of course, do the challenges, but often cannot earn all 30 bonus points and should not, on trust, claim them.
Where do I find the challenges?
People are sometimes unclear as to where to find the challenges
Weekly challenges are posted on the home page and in the challenges and inspiration forum every Monday
House challenges are posted in the challenges and inspirations forum on the first Monday of the month or the nearest Monday to the start of the month
How do I join a house?
Every team which collects points is allocated to one of the four houses – Red Ribbons, Green Buttons, Blue Brads and Gold Eyelets. Your team leader submits your points to the house leaders at the end of each month and the house leaders submit them to me. As well as a team winner each month there is also a house winner. Houses each have their own common room in Social Groups (they are public groups so anyone can join in) so it is another place you can go to chat to get to know other people. Houses also compete in the house challenges (see separate thread)
You can see a full list of house members and details of where to send points in this thread here (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=87181)
Thanks to Sam and Shez for all the work they did setting this up initially when the team system started.
Ladies I know you love the whole team system and it is now bigger than ever. It is part of UKS to get you chatting, making friends, competing in the nicest possible way, get you scrapping, encourage you to try new things and share your ideas and is meant to be - above everything else – FUN
Thank you all for continuing to support the whole team system on UKS, for taking part, playing along with the challenges, reporting points and – for doing what we all do so well – for chatting and scrapping
If you have any questions then feel free to PM me (I am almost always around!)
Karen
*********************************************
House Challenges
After flying round the world and then visiting our sponors around the UK, we are now getting to grips with some new techniques in our House Challenges.
Your House Challenges can now earn you extra Points as you try out some suggested techniques, each month sponsored by one of our fabulous sponsor shops! Each month you will be given a new technique and a new theme to scrap with, and earn more points for your House.
Each challenge lasts for Weeks 1 and 2 and should be uploaded to your House Gallery. This Gallery will be emptied at the end of each month so you may want to keep a copy of your layouts for putting into your own Gallery.
Each layout will be worth 10 Points for your House, you do not need to worry about collecting or reporting these, we will arrange that via the Gallery, which is why your entries MUST be uploaded to your House Gallery.
House Challenge layouts will still give you points for your team. You may claim the usual 10/20 points for your single/double layouts. You may enter more than once if you choose to.
During Week 3, your fellow house mates will choose the LO they want to put forward as the House Entry. Your House Leader will be setting up the poll for Week 3.
Finally, during Week 4, everyone gets to vote on the final four layouts. Each layout in the final four will earn extra House Points.
At the end of the year (December 2008), the House with the most points will be the overall winner.
Fi & Karen
********************************************
The team challenge was started in an effort to get members motivated to actually scrapbook & to raise the community spirit on UKS. Each team has 10 members & each member gets points for whatever they scrap. At the end of the month the team with the most points is declared the winner.
How can I join a team?
Most teams have already been formed but occasionally for one reason or another teams lose members so keep an eye out for teams needing members. Also new teams are often started by Scrapdolly and you will find these invites in the Inspirations and Challenges forum.
You could decide to start your own new team. Threads starting new teams should be posted in the Inspirations and challenges forum and, once the team has been set up I will ask for the thread to be closed or removed.
To start a team you need a willing person to organise it and lead the team. This person must be happy to start the team chat in Social Groups, collect the points and fill them in on the Excel Spreadsheet and make sure the spreadsheet is e mailed to the House Leader.
Teams need 10 members. You can have less - though it makes it harder for you to collect points - but you cannot have more.
Once you have a group of ten of you you need a team name and then you need to PM Scrapdolly with the following:
Team Name
Team Leader's real name and UK ID
Team Leader's e mail address
Once that is done you can go ahead and start up a team chat in Social Groups.
Teams DO NOT have to collect points. There are some teams who just enjoy to chat. Teams who opt not to collect points will NOT be allocated to a house.
There are stickied threads in this forum which give you the lists of all the teams, a link to the downloadable spreadsheet you will need, a place to ask questions, and the thread which details who the house leaders are and their e mail addresses.
Finally - my mission is to help you have fun doing this. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
How can I earn points?Points can be earned in the following ways
1. Layouts & Canvases – For the purpose of the challenge a layout is classed as either a single page or a double page & must be no smaller than 6x6. A Canvas / single layout is worth 10 points, a double layout is worth 20 points. Only layouts that fit into this part of the guidelines maybe counted toward your monthly layout target.
2. Art & Circle Journals – You can earn 25 points for each Art journal / circle journal entry that you complete. An entry is whatever you enter into one persons journal be it 1,2 or even 4 pages not points per page completed. So you could do 1 page in one journal & earn the 25 points but in the next journal your entry could be 4 pages but this would still only be worth 25 points. The reason that Journals are worth more points than most other things is because they are more time consuming. An exception for Journals is when you start your own Journal then you would earn 25 points for making/covering/decorating the Journal & another 25 for completing your entry
3. Altered Book & Journals (not CJs) - We have decided to include these in the challenge & you need to score them on the team spreadsheet in the Circle Journal column. Each 4 pages of an altered book or journal will be worth 25 points.
4. Tag books & Accordian Albums & Maze books . A tag book (do a gallery search for examples) or an accordian-fold book, usually with about 4 pages; each page is a decorated pocket and holds a decorated tag. Hand made, decorated and filled tag & accordian books are worth 25pts.
5. FOTW – You can earn 5 points each time that you use one of Mary Anne’s FOTW(Font of the Week) on a layout. The FOTW can be any font from the previous month or current month.
6. Minibooks, Sarabooks, etc and fully decorated exploding boxes – These are now worth a set amount of points rather than being treated as layouts. Each minibook, sarabook, paperbag books, accordion fold full album etc will be worth 50 points regardless of how many pages they have in them etc. You may not count pages in these books towards your monthly layout target. A 'mini book' is defined as a sarabook or similar, or any mini-album of smaller than 6x6. These books MUST be decorated to count for points.
7. Handmade Albums – If you make an album totally from scratch then you can earn yourself 30 points. These must be albums that hold page protectors & not minibooks,sarabooks etc
8. Weekly Challenges – Bonus points can be earned for weekly challenges. Points will vary from week to week. There is a stickied thread in the Inspirations and Challenges forum which tells you who is setting challenges and when. If you/your team wish to set a challenge then please let Scrapdolly know in that thread. Challenges are worth a maximum of 30 points and 10 of those points should be awarded for using a specific technique. You can do the challenge as many times as you like BUT you can only earn the bonus points once. A maximum of 30 bonus points can be earned in a week. You can do the challenges digitally but please note it may not be possible to earn all of the bonus points digitally.
9. A-Z and 365 Challenges - for these specific challenges, please see this thread (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=203004)
How does my team earn bonus points?
For every 50 layouts completed by the team within the month, the team is automatically awarded 50 bonus points. The points spreadsheet is programmed to do this, so all you need to do to claim your points are fill in the sheet correctly.
What are the Weekly Challenges?
Each week on a Thursday a challenge will be set by one of the participating teams. You can do as many layouts as you wish using the challenge details but you will only get your bonus points ONCE - so each week you can earn a MAXIMUM of 30 bonus points. These challenges are not compulsory. You can only claim points for challenges completed WITHIN the week they are set.
If your team wishes to host a challenge - then please PM Scrapdolly or post in the weekly challenges thread with your request and I will assign you the next available slot.
Team Leaders ensure you read this thread (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=212072) explaining when you have send the information to Scrapdolly and do ask if you have any questions.
For more information on the Team Challenges, read this thread (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=203309)
Do I have to upload everything I do to the gallery?
No you don’t. We appreciate that some people either don’t have the means or time to upload everything they do to the gallery, however it would be nice if you could share some of your work from time to time. Our team system is designed to be fun and it works on TRUST You don't have to upload to get your points, unless it falls into one of the categories below, we are all friends and fellow scrappers so we all trust each other. However, if you more than 39 layouts a month, 5 cj's or mini books then you do need to e mail scrappybunny proof
I have consulted with all of the house leaders and Fi and I have discussed it at length to make sure it is a fair and workable system.
Claiming for more than 39 layouts
If you claim points for more than 39 layouts in a month you will need to scan or photograph all of your work and send an email showing all of the layouts to
scrappybunny (fi@scrapkids.com)
Please do not send 40 different e mails. Link lots of pages together digitally so one A4 sheet may contain 30 small images for example. That we we can verify, for everyone, that that number of pages have been completed, that the pages are all different, not duplicates of the same page and that pages are not being re-worked with only slight modifications. Please remember a double Lo counts as 2 pages when working out your totals in this way as it is worth 20 points.
Claiming for more than 2 mini books /tag books/accordion books
If you claim for more than 2 mini books in a month the pages must all be scanned and e mailed in the same way as detailed above.
Claiming more than 5 Circle Journals
If you claim for more than 5 circle journals in a month the pages must all be scanned and e mailed as detailed above.
Points for cards
We have also made the decision to cease giving points for cards. There has always been an issue over cards and whether or not cards made for sale could be included. We have therefore decided that, as the team points system has always been to focus attention on scrapping, cards can no longer be included. Team leaders just leave that column blank on your forms in future.
PLEASE NOTE - e mails must be sent confirming high rate points by 4th of the month.
When do I need to submit my points to my team leader?
You must submit your points to your team leader by 4th or 5th of the month as the team leader has to complete the spreadsheet and send it on to the house leader by 6th of each month so that results can be posted on the boards on 7th. Please try to keep to the deadlines as results received after these dates cannot be entered on the boards.
How do we know that people are submitting accurate results?
The simple answer to this is we don’t. We are all adults(apart from the kids team :lol) & I really hope that people don’t feel it necessary to cheat & hope that we can all trust each other. As we have said before the challenge is for FUN!!!
Do Digital pages count?
The answer is OF COURSE! Digital layouts, both single and double, get the same points as paper single and double pages; 10 and 20 points respectively.
There is, however, a big difference in challenges. The teams that set the challenges have the right to set whatever they want - we are all just grateful that they set them at all. Often the things they specify cannot be done digitally. For example a challenge may have points for embossing, for using rubber stamps, for adding a keepsake like a lock of hair, for including a handmade envelope or a mini book. Clearly those are things that you cannot do digitally. You could put a digital envelope on, but it is not the same as making a handmade envelope. You could mimic stamping but it is not rubber stamping.
Digital scrappers need to accept that they can, of course, do the challenges, but often cannot earn all 30 bonus points and should not, on trust, claim them.
Where do I find the challenges?
People are sometimes unclear as to where to find the challenges
Weekly challenges are posted on the home page and in the challenges and inspiration forum every Monday
House challenges are posted in the challenges and inspirations forum on the first Monday of the month or the nearest Monday to the start of the month
How do I join a house?
Every team which collects points is allocated to one of the four houses – Red Ribbons, Green Buttons, Blue Brads and Gold Eyelets. Your team leader submits your points to the house leaders at the end of each month and the house leaders submit them to me. As well as a team winner each month there is also a house winner. Houses each have their own common room in Social Groups (they are public groups so anyone can join in) so it is another place you can go to chat to get to know other people. Houses also compete in the house challenges (see separate thread)
You can see a full list of house members and details of where to send points in this thread here (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=87181)
Thanks to Sam and Shez for all the work they did setting this up initially when the team system started.
Ladies I know you love the whole team system and it is now bigger than ever. It is part of UKS to get you chatting, making friends, competing in the nicest possible way, get you scrapping, encourage you to try new things and share your ideas and is meant to be - above everything else – FUN
Thank you all for continuing to support the whole team system on UKS, for taking part, playing along with the challenges, reporting points and – for doing what we all do so well – for chatting and scrapping
If you have any questions then feel free to PM me (I am almost always around!)
Karen
*********************************************
House Challenges
After flying round the world and then visiting our sponors around the UK, we are now getting to grips with some new techniques in our House Challenges.
Your House Challenges can now earn you extra Points as you try out some suggested techniques, each month sponsored by one of our fabulous sponsor shops! Each month you will be given a new technique and a new theme to scrap with, and earn more points for your House.
Each challenge lasts for Weeks 1 and 2 and should be uploaded to your House Gallery. This Gallery will be emptied at the end of each month so you may want to keep a copy of your layouts for putting into your own Gallery.
Each layout will be worth 10 Points for your House, you do not need to worry about collecting or reporting these, we will arrange that via the Gallery, which is why your entries MUST be uploaded to your House Gallery.
House Challenge layouts will still give you points for your team. You may claim the usual 10/20 points for your single/double layouts. You may enter more than once if you choose to.
During Week 3, your fellow house mates will choose the LO they want to put forward as the House Entry. Your House Leader will be setting up the poll for Week 3.
Finally, during Week 4, everyone gets to vote on the final four layouts. Each layout in the final four will earn extra House Points.
At the end of the year (December 2008), the House with the most points will be the overall winner.
Fi & Karen
********************************************