We are a papercraft challenge blog offering a monthly Main Challenge based on a Word and a Creative Challenge,

open to layouts, canvases and art journal pages. PLUS we host a word-based Mini Challenge

on the last week of each month for cards, tags and ATCs. There is definitely something for everyone!

26 November, 2018

Introducing The More Than Words 2019 Design Team!


A new year is fast approaching and along with it comes a brand
new Design Team filled with fabulously talented ladies, some familiar designers
who have chosen to stay with us for another year and some fresh new faces
whom we cannot wait to introduce to you!

First of all, though, we want to graciously show our appreciation to all those who have taken the time to apply to our DT call, but who we were unable to pick this time around. We have loved learning more about each and every one of you and seeing your lovely creations and we hope that you will try again next time.
Thank you for your constant support!

Now, without further ado, here is our 2019 Design Team:


Admin DT Members
DI GARLING - Australia
HEATHER MCMAHON - Australia
NICOLE DOIRON - Canada
CAROLINE PARENT - Canada

Returning DT Members
ANAT WEKSLER - Israel
DAISY RAMSAY - Canada
FRANCE RINGUETTE - Canada
MARY TZALLA (formerly Catt) - Greece
ROSALIE DUKE-STANLEY - Australia
TORSA SAHA - USA

New DT Members
ALICJA STASZAK - Poland
DARIA SCHUKINA - Russia
EDITH CLOUTIER - Canada
HINA MIRZA - India
JESS MACKENZIE - Australia
NUNEKA BOX - Spain
PRIYA MISHRA - India

We are so looking forward to start creating with all of the above in 2019!

We will share with you a  more formal introduction to each of our 2019 DT members
complete with biographies and links in a very special post in January.

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Needless to say, we will be very sad to see some absolutely 
fabulous ladies go seek new horizons and new creative opportunities
at the end of the year and we will miss them all greatly.

We also have PAMELA ELLIS, one of the 6 blog co-founders 
and fellow Admin, who will be going on hiatus for an indeterminate period.
 We wish her the very best during this time of rest from More Than Words.

A huge THANK YOU to all these departing designers!
You are the best and will always be considered part of the MTW family.

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In only 3 days, we will be revealing our last Main Challenge for 2018
with our current DT!  Be sure to come back and check it out!


23 November, 2018

November 2018 Mini Challenge - SHINE


We are excited to reveal to you our brand new Mini Challenge for November!

The Mini Challenge runs on the last week of each month and is for:
 cards, tags, ATCs and postcards only.  

ATCs, or Artist Trading Cards, are small works of art, about 2.5 by 3.5 inches
 or 64 x 89 mm. Postcards are usually an A6 size, which is a quarter
 of an A4 ie, around 4 x 6 inches or 105mm x 148mm. If your postcard
 is bulky, you could always pop it in an envelope to mail it. 

This challenge requires you to use a specific word on your project. 
We must see the actual word
You have only one week - until the last day of the month - to enter, so be quick!

Entry for the Mini Challenge is only 
via our Facebook page under the relevant post.

The winner, as voted by our DT, will receive a $25 USD value prize
from THE DUSTY ATTIC, our fabulous Mini Challenge sponsor!

You can see all our rules under the RULES tab above.

Is this word inspiring you to make a mini creation? We sure hope so!




ASIA MARQUET - cards






TORSA SAHA - tag









ANAT WEKSLER - tag



DAISY RAMSAY - tag








 We hope to see you SHINE in our November Mini Challenge
and sure are looking forward to see what you will create!

You have until 11:59 pm EST on Friday, November 31,
to share your entry on our Facebook page.


16 November, 2018

Special Guest Sponsor
CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS



It's time to feature another one of our fabulous sponsors today!

We are so very grateful for all our sponsors as More Than Words
just wouldn't be the same without them, and our participants not as happy!



Let's learn a little more about CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS 
through their own words:

Creative Embellishments is a small family owned American manufacturer of laser cut products such as chipboard, wood veneer, stencils, rubber stamps and acrylic. We also design and manufacture our own flair buttons. We cater to retail, wholesale, kit clubs, card and scrapbook classes, and not for profit customers. Very often, businesses reach out to us for custom work that we design for them or images that they provide to us. Our mission is to offer fun, inspiring, unique designs to bring out your inner creativity. We highly value our customers (friends) and aim to provide premium quality products at great prices and excellent customer service.

We all love laser-cut chipboard! It is safe to say that over the last 10 years
chipboard has become one of the most must-have stash for every paper-crafter and we are sure that designers will use them for many years to come.
Creative Embellishments however not only offers lots of very innovative chipboard designs, but many other essential scrapbooking products.

You can find more about each designer showcased below as well as 
all the Creative Embellishments product line by visiting the following links:
WEBSITE  -  BLOG  -  PINTEREST  -  INSTAGRAM  -  FACEBOOK


We are so very proud to spotlight the gorgeous projects 
from 4 awesome designers from the Creative Embellishments DT 
who have been inspired by our November Main Challenge



DANA TATAR
Dana: I think about the FUTURE every day. I'm especially excited to see what the future holds for my daughters who are a bright light in my life. I incorporated STARS unto my design in several ways: with a stencil, with a stamp, with chipboard and other star-shaped embellishments. I used letter stickers to include the word 'future' in my journaling which reads: 'No matter what the future holds, 
I know you both are going to shine!'

On her fabulous star-spangled layout, Dana used the Star Bokeh stencil, Grunge Stars stamp as well as the Nested Stars chipboard 
and Star Light Star Bright chipboard words.




DEBBIE SHERMAN
Debbie: I'm about to make one of the life changing choices in my life and for me it's been overwhelming... retirement. For this challenge, I chose to think of something in my near FUTURE and that would be the change of seasons, from a colourful Fall to a snow-covered Winter. I live in a part of America where I have four seasons and I love them all for different reasons. Winter is a time of rest after playing and working hard throughout beautiful Summer and Fall, just like what the future holds for me.  I incorporated the creative challenge by stenciling in 
a few shiny STARS on my background. 

Debbie's page is beautiful, in part thanks to the beautiful Flourish 13 
and Flourish 15 chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments.




MARILYN RIVERA
Marilyn: This challenge inspired me to create a canvas because I think of the FUTURE with hope and happiness. I was also inspired by this quote by Jim Rohn: 'Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.' For that reason, I added a lot of chipboard STARS to represent an illuminated future full of opportunities, and of course, the creative challenge. 

Marilyn created her exquisite canvas by using the Fairy Dust 2 stencil
and awesome chipboard designs Social Hash Tags and Star Pieces.




NANNE HARRY
Nanne: As a new grandmother, I love looking towards the FUTURE and seeing how my granddaughter develops: from the first smile to clapping of the hands, those first words and from crawling to walking. Only the future knows what's next. For the creative challenge I added lots of little STARS to my background 
using a stencil and texture paste.

Nanne's stunningly sweet page is full of Creative Embellishments goodness, from the Twinkle Star stencil to the Distressed Script and Distressed Crackle stamps, as well as the following chipboards: Vintage Flourish Set 1, Large Clock Face 3




 SANDI CLARKSON
Sandi: One of the most immediate events in my FUTURE are the upcoming holidays. As a grandmother, I especially enjoy seeing things through my grandchildren's eyes. I always wonder which traditions will be passed down through the generations... and what new ones may come along. The inspiration word prompted me to scrap this photo of my sweet little grandson who hopefully will someday be a Santa to his own little family.  My STAR shapes are evident in both the stenciled background, multiple chipboard star shapes and the flair.

We all love Christmas-themed projects and Sandi's is no exception. On her fabulously festive page, she used the following chipboard pieces: Falling Stars Border, Spiral Tree and the Christmas Sentiments word set as well as the Falling Stars stencil; the Distressed Crackle and Grunge Music Note Border stamps and some beautiful flair from the Shine Flair Gold collection.




We love Creative Embellishments products so much that we thought we would share with you some of our favorites starting with CHIPBOARD:


They also have some very intricate WOOD VENEER designs!


All great artists have FLAIR, don't they?
Well, Creative Embellishments sure has some!


While going through the Creative Embellishments website,
you will also find lots of very intricate STAMP sets


... as well as STENCILS!


Thank you so much to Creative Embellishments
for joining us our Special Guest SPONSOR this month!

We hope that you will take inspiration from their designers' take on our challenge
and you will play along with the November Main Challenge!

You have until November 30 to link up! 


08 November, 2018

Announcing our October WINNERS!


We cannot wait to put a smile on some of your faces!


We are thrilled every single month that passes on the number
and the impressive quality of entries to our main and mini challenges
and we thank each and every one of you for sharing your projects with us!

We wish we could award more prizes so that the list below could be even longer.

After once again a very difficult vote, here are our lucky winners for October!!



MAIN CHALLENGE WINNER
(as voted by our DT)

MARIE JOHANSSON (entry 3)
Congratulations Marie, you're the winner of our October Main Challenge!
Marie, please contact Tracey at tracey(at)lindysgang(dot)com
to claim your $50 USD value prize from LINDY'S GANG.


RUNNERS UP
(as voted by our DT, in no particular order)

PATRICIA (entry 33)
Patricia, please contact Janene at janene(at)49andmarket(dot)com
to claim your $25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKET.


DOTS TO LINES (entry 27)
Dots To Lines, please contact Nick at nick(at)7dotstudio(dot)com
to claim your $25 USD value prize from 7 DOTS STUDIO.


GUYLAINE (entry 38)
Guylaine, please contact Helene at helene(dot)magenta(at)gmail(dot)com
to claim your $25 CAD value prize from MAGENTA.


BADBARBIE (entry 36)
Badbarbie, please contact Anna at anna(at)piondesign(dot)se
to claim your $25 USD value prize from PION DESIGN.


RANDOM WINNER
(selected via Random.org)


VIDHI JADEJA (entry 26)
Vidhi, please contact Vanessa at salesat2crafty(at)optusnet(dot)com(dot)au
to claim your $25 USD value prize from 2CRAFTY CHIPBOARD.


MYSTERY WINNERS
(hand picked by our Admin team)

LIZZY HILL (entry 22)
We absolutely love how Lizzy documented this special trip to visit with her son. What best way to spend her precious LEISURE time and what an original way to journal about it on her page! We also love her paint SPLATTERS.
Lizzy, please contact Tanya at fabrikadecoru(at)gmail(dot)com
to claim your $25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU.


SHARON FRITCHMAN (entry 10)
When looking for a contender for our mystery prize, we search for something that ultimately catches our eye and we all agreed that Sharon's gorgeous fall photo was a winner! She took this incredible shot while on a LEISURE walk in her neighborhood. She used just the right amount of SPLATS on her background to keep focus on the picture.
Sharon, please contact Aga at shop(at)agabaraniak(dot)com
to claim your $25 USD value prize from AB STUDIO.


MINI CHALLENGE WINNER
(as voted by our DT)

Cathy, please contact Jennifer at dustyattic(dot)hq(at)gmail(dot)com
to claim your $25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC.


Lastly, here are a few HONOURABLE MENTIONS who have not made it 
into our Top 5, but who received a high number of votes from our DT:

JESS MACKENZIE (entry 40)
LISA (entry 21)
SMOKASCRAP (entry 25)
AUSSIE ANNIE (entry 2)
JENNIFER WALTH (entry 34)
ADRI DU PREEZ (entry 35)
CATHY LU (entry 12)
KOYEL78 (entry 41)

Congratulations to all our winners
and again a huge THANK YOU to all our participants!

We encourage all you merit winners, honourable mentions and participants whose project was featured on our Facebook page throughout the month to grab your badge from our left sidebar and proudly display it on your blog.

To lean more about all our wonderful and generous sponsors,
click on the SPONSORS tab above.

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is currently underway and we hope that you will join in!
Link up your project by November 30 at 11:55 am EST.


03 November, 2018

2019 DT CALLOUT REMINDER


We are looking for new talented and fabulous designers 
to join the More Than Words team in 2019!

If you are a skilled papercrafter with a strong online presence and would love to be part of our amazing team, then we would love to hear from you!


#1.   The term is for twelve months from January to December 2019
(with the January project due by mid-December 2018).

#2.  You will be required to create one project per month for our 
Main Challenge and assist with commenting duties. 

#3.   You are also welcome to contribute projects to our monthly 
Mini Challenge and to vote on challenge entries. 

#4.  You must have the ability to take great photos 
and have strong photo editing skills.

#5.   You must have an active blog and also be active on 
various social media, especially Facebook & Instagram.



HOW TO APPLY

Send us...

*** Three recent layouts that show us your style and skill.

*** Links to your blog and any social media on which you share your art,
ie. Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, etc.

*** A short biography including your name, where you live, 
what DTs you are currently on and when they are due to finish, 
as well as what experience you have in general.


We may require a few DT members to help out with some administrative duties like social media posting and sponsor coordinating so please mention if that would interest you, keeping in mind that it is NOT a requisite.


Applications close 9th of November 2018

Send your application to : 
mtwchallenge@hotmail.com

Please put your name and country as the subject.

We look forward to hearing from you!