New Contest - Mother's Day Gifts

[iCraft Admin]

Hello iCrafters,

With Mother's Day fast approaching, we now have a new contest for you - Mother's Day Gifts Contest. See the details and submit your unique creations!  You have about 2 weeks to do so.
Can't wait to see submissions this time.

Ohhh... and please spread the word about this contest through Twitter etc. Hopefully, we'll get more people to participate this time.  

[Ahkriti]

Oh what a fantastic idea for a contest! Sure...will get on the bandwagon. I have a craft show coming up and once that is done...I will def put up pictures and the tutorial.

[Fairy Cardmaker]

No time for tutorials for me this time of year. Can't wait for a summer contest!  I'll check out the other Mother's Day entries though.

Scratch that.  Just had an idea that is even simpler.  I may be able to participate after all!

[iCraft Admin]

Can't wait, Fairy Cardmaker! Somebody has to be first. 

[Fairy Cardmaker]

What is the last day to enter again?

[iCraft Admin]

April 30th, 5 more days!

[Fairy Cardmaker]

[WHINE] Why must everything artsy be in April?!  I missed the grand opening of a new scrapbooking retreat, I missed the Made by Hand show, I missed Scrapfest, and this!  April 30 is the tax deadline.  I've been working like mad at the day job.

Lucky for me, I actually made it home with daylight hours today, so I've taken all my photos.  Now I just have to do the write up and take the matching listing photos.

So, looks like I will actually have my entry in over the weekend (despite working it again).  Woohoo!  My tutorial has 12 pictures.  May I post a text step-by-step on the contest with the finished product picture and post the long version with each step's photo on my iCraft blog?

[iCraft Admin]

Ahh... good point about Tax Deadline here in Canada, Fairy Cardmaker!
I wonder if that's why participation this time is super low. Hmmm... I was hoping that maybe everyone was just waiting for the last day to enter?  

Anyway, we've extended the submission deadline until May 4th, so everyone here in Canada could finish taxes stress-free and join our exciting contest.  

As for the question of posting long tutorials with the additional product pictures. No, there is no option to upload additional photos within the Contest description, so what you suggested is the best - post longer version with photos on your iCraft blog and post finished product picture with short description of the product on the Contest page. Looking forward to see your Mother's Day gift idea! 

[Fairy Cardmaker]

Everything is submitted!

ASIDE:
I couldn't add photo's to my blog using Google Chrome.  The popup window after clicking "browse server" where I can choose to upload photos was not working. A blank window opened in Chrome that I could not get to.  I had to just close them from my task bar because selecting them wouldn't show them to me.

I ended up using Firefox to do the blog post and it worked fine.

(My Chrome version: 18.0.1025.162 m)

[iCraft Admin]

Wonderful card for Mother's Day, Fairy Cardmaker!  I like it a lot
Your card tutorial is live now. I'll see if we can connect it with your contest post too, but for now I'll just post your blog URL there.

We'll check the problem with Chrome shortly. Thanks for reporting that!

[Fairy Cardmaker]

Thanks!
Spell check fooled me!  I put angle instead of angel.  LOL

[iCraft Admin]

Ha ha... I didn't even notice it!
This happens so often that I sometimes correct my own posts from 3 years ago.

[iCraft Admin]

Hi Fairy Cardmaker,

Just wonder if you noticed that we have 2 more Contests, like this one "Spring is in the Air"? We are still developing this section and I am guessing it's hard to find new Contests right now.

[Fairy Cardmaker]

Thanks - I had seen that one, but I hadn't seen this one:

https://icraftgifts.com/contest/7/daffodil-bloom.php

This one is important to me.  I have taken time off work in May (my after-tax time treat) and before this deadline.  I know just what I will make too.

I actually found it confusing to get to the contests.  I kept going to the blog and clicking the challenges and contests filter there before I realized it was under "community" to get to the contests.  Even then, it takes me to the Mother's Day one and I took a minute to see the other categories off to the right.  I had been expecting (hoping for?) something at the top or bottom of the contest that said "See All Active Contests" and be taken to a table of contents/contest splash page with the contest title links and short descriptions.  Sort of like a "sticky header" that takes you back to the contest list at any time.  Is that possible?

[iCraft Admin]

Yes, it's possible 
As I said, we are developing this section further, so Contests landing page is coming soon!