Ok, if you have little kids like me that love watching Nick toons, then you might recognize that Da Rules comes from Fairly Oddparents. Da Rules is the fairy rule book. And this is our challenge rule book. Please refer back to here when you need a refresher on how the challenges work and feel free to ask questions for clarification too!

Prizes
Each month we will be awarding:

(1) Grand Prize: One challenge participant will win the entire PGD store (personal use products only)! (Yep....all of it, papers, elements, alphas, templates, actions....everything!) Plus the winner will receive a special blinkie to sport around and an exclusive sash (similar to the one on my posts) added to all PGD forum and gallery posts for the following month.

(1) First Runner Up: Our monthly First Runner Up will win a $30 PGD gift certificate to spend any way they choose (personal use products only)! Plus the winner will receive a special blinkie to sport around and an exclusive sash added to all PGD forum and gallery posts for the following month.

(1) Second Runner Up: Our monthly Second Runner Up will win a $10 PGD gift certificate to spend any way they choose (personal use products only)! Plus the winner will receive a special blinkie to sport around and an exclusive sash added to all PGD forum and gallery posts for the following month.

Every participant will earn a special PGD discount coupon, plus a special participation ribbon added to all PGD forum and gallery posts for the following month!

Challenges
The Gypsy Girls creative team will be issuing 2 challenges per week (sometimes less, depending on days in the calendar month) here in the forums. The challenges will cover a variety of topics, techniques and supplies. We'll be mixing it up and keeping it fun!

The PGD designers will also be issuing a special template challenge and scraplift challenge each month on the PGD blog.

Earning Points
When you complete a challenge, post the link to your completed challenge layout in the appropriate challenge thread or in the comments section of the blog post (for PGD designer blog challenges only). Each time you complete and link a challenge, you will earn points. Debbie, our fabulous Challenge Coordinator, will be keeping a tally of your points (and posting periodic point total updates) and at the end of the month the highest point earner will win the Grand Prize, 1st & 2nd Runners up will be also be determined based on point totals. In the event of a tie, the tie-breaker will be settled via a "pick a number" format (number will be chosen by a random number generator) and whoever comes closest will be declared the winner. **Important** To earn points for your challenge layout you MUST post the link to the layout either in the appropriate forum thread or in the comments to the corresponding blog post. If you don't link us up before the end of the month, you won't get your points. No exceptions! Your layouts can be posted in the gallery of your choice. When posting to the PGD gallery, please observe our gallery rules...all layouts must include/use at least 1 PGD product.
**Credits must be listed in the text portion of your description in order to properly award BONUS POINTS!**

Point Values
Any Gypsy Girl challenge posted in the forums (2 per week) is worth 1 point each.
Any Designer challenge posted on the PGD blog is worth 2 points each.

Bonus Points--you can earn bonus points on any layout by meeting any or all of the following criteria:
Use a PGD product* in your layout = worth 2 bonus points per layout
Use a PGD new release product* in your layout (for the current challenge month) = 4 bonus points per layout
Use products* from 3 different PGD designers in your layout = 6 bonus points per layout
*freebies or free treats are not eligable for earning bonus points

It is possible to earn the completion points and ALL of the bonus points for a single layout!

Deadline
Challenges run from the first day until the last day of the calendar month. You can complete your challenge layouts at any time during the calendar month. All layouts must be linked in the forums or on the blog (where appropriate) no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on the final day of the month in order to be eligable to earn points. Winners will be announced within 5 days of the challenge month completion.

**The Grand Prize winner of any given month is ineligable to win the Grand Prize in the month following the first Grand Prize win.