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25 June, 2020

June 2020 Prize Winners Gallery

Welcome to our June Prize Winners Gallery!

Thank you to irinarakovets_ for sharing the unboxing of her prize with us.



Thank you also to Jorunn Andreassen for sharing the unboxing of her prize winning as well.



There are a number of ways you too can be featured on 
More Than Words' social media:

SHARE YOUR WINNINGS

SHARE YOUR UNBOXING  
We would love to see your unboxing photos  or videos! Share with us using the hashtags #MTWPrizeWinner and #MTWPrizeUnboxing on Instagram when you receive your prize or by tagging the sponsor plus 
More Than Words Challenges on Facebook.

SHARE WHAT YOU MAKE
We'd also love to see what you make using your prize products, so please show us by using the hastags #MTWPrizeWinner and #MTWPrizeWinnerMake on Instagram and the same tags as above
on Facebook.

SHOW SOME LOVE FOR THE SPONSOR OF YOUR PRIZE -
Add their hashtag to your "share".

49 and Market - #49andmarket
2Crafty - #2crafty
AB Studio - #abstudio
Creative Embellishments - #creativeembellishments
The Dusty Attic - #dustyattic
Expressions Craft - #expressionscraft
Fabrika Dekoru - #fabrikadecoru
Kora Projects - #koraprojects
Lindy's Gang - #lindysgang
Maja Design - #majadesign
Mintay - #mintaypapers
Scrapmatts - #scrapmatts
Thompson's Craft Supplies - #thompsonscraftsupplies

We'd love to share your good news, so also tag your pics with #MTWShare for permission to be featured on More Than Words' social media.


We will spotlight the projects you have made with your winnings, on a blog post every month! They will also be pinned to a Prize Winners Gallery board on our Pinterest site, and shared on our Facebook and Instagram sites.

Now off you go...get busy creating and sharing!!

Don't forget about entering our current challenges that are now running. You have until the end of the month, June 30th at 11:55am EST to get your entries in. 

For the Main Challenge, link up your projects at the bottom of this post using our InLinkz Tool.

For the Mini Challenge, you must add your photo to the Mini Challenge post on our Facebook page. (Look for the "HI" graphic on our Facebook page and post in the comments under it.)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

21 June, 2020

Special Guest Spotlight on Tilia

It is a real honour to present our Guest Designer this month, Tilia!  Tilia has been amazing us with her entries in our challenges.  Her April entry with its lovely colours and dimensional layers blew us away and we're so honoured that she agreed to be this month's Guest Designer.




Tilia: Hello, I'm very happy to be the guest designer this month at More Than Words. My name is Magdalena, in social media you can find me as Tilia. I live in a small village near the capital of Poland. I've been scrapbooking since 2013. I started by making cards... now my favorite forms are layouts and mixed media projects with lots of layers. Love of flowers makes my world go around and I've got to limit myself not to overuse them.

You can see more of Tilia's work on her social media links below:



Our June Main Challenge:
Word Inspiration - Hello
Creative Challenge - DOORS & WINDOWS


Tilia's interpretation of our challenge:
 Tilia:  I've always seen books as DOORS to other worlds. It was very useful during the pandemic. When you have to stay home books can take you wherever you want. You just need to find any book which is interesting to you and say "HELLO" to adventure.




A big THANK YOU to Tilia for joining us as our June Special Guest!

We hope that Tilia's beautiful project inspires you to join us 





Link up your projects below, using our InLinkz Tool, by June 30th at 1:00am EST.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

16 June, 2020

June 2020 Mini Challenge - HI


Come and say HI on our Facebook page and join in this month’s Mini Challenge!




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

This challenge requires you to use a specific word on your project. 
We must see the actual word

*ATCs. or Artist Trading Cards, are small works of art,
about 2.5 by 3.5 inches or 64 x 89 mm.

You have two weeks - 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.

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!



DANA TATAR


HEATHER McMAHON

CECILIA ZERTUCHE

HEIKES AUGENBLICK

KATRIN MERAGLIA

JOLANDE van OOSERHOUT

SABRINA PERNA

YULIA POPKOVA



Thanks to our amazing sponsors, you now have more chances to win a prize when you enter our Mini Challenge this year!


MINI WINNER #1
(as voted by our DT, in no particular order)

$25 USD value prize from CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

MINI WINNER #2
(as voted by our DT, in no particular order)

$25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU

MINI WINNER #3
(as voted by our DT, in no particular order)

$25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC
(image below is for illustration purposes only)

We are very grateful to all our generous sponsors for these fabulous prizes. To learn more about any of them, click on the SPONSORS tab above.

We look forward to seeing your Mini Challenge projects this month!

12 June, 2020

June 2020 2nd Reveal of Main Challenge -HELLO and DOORS & WINDOWS

Today we're sharing the 2nd Reveal of our June Main Challenge 
from the Design Team.

Say HELLO to more inspiration using DOORS & WINDOWS!


Our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge.
                    

Word Inspiration - Hello
Creative Challenge - DOORS & WINDOWS


HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE CHALLENGE


Do you greet a friend with a HELLO? Maybe you’d like to welcome a new baby, say hi to a relative or introduce a new pet? Or maybe just a simple Hello title works for you. We need to see in your project how our word inspired you. If it isn’t obvious in your work, then please explain it in your post.

We often welcome friends at our doors and DOORS and WINDOWS can symbolise new opportunities or new directions in our lives. We want to see doors and/or windows on your project!






Please check out ALL our challenge rules in the RULES tab above 
for further clarification.

Now let's see what the rest of our fabulous DT has come up with,
inspired by the HELLO and DOORS & WINDOWS Main Challenge!




Sab: Hi to everyone! I love this challenge so much because I love DOORS & WINDOWS!!! There are a lot of brands that use them in their releases!!! You have a lot of choice!!!! So I say to you "HELLO!" and we are waiting to see your entries!

Anastasia: Huge creative greetings and HELLO!
One of my favorite quotes is: "If you are not traveling, then you will read only one page from the book of life." I hope that soon we will be able to travel, open WINDOWS in the car (as on my layout about autotravel), and new DOORS. And yes, as you can see... DOORS and WINDOWS can not only be in the house, but also in the caravan!

Jolande: Even though I have lived in the Netherlands for most of my life, I do not know our capital well. Fortunately, there is Ilse Huizinga, who often introduces me to Amsterdam through her beautiful photos. She opened the DOOR to Amsterdam for me. I made "HELLO discover Amsterdam" for her as a thank you. I hope to bring the layout to her soon. Who knows, she might have time to show me her beloved Amsterdam so that I can see it with my own eyes. Thank you Ilse for the beautiful photo I got to use.

Yulia: For our June Challenge, I made a canvas about dreams, about the sea. For me, the sea is a source of inspiration, relaxation. Don't you just want to open the DOOR of the house and say "HELLO, sea! I'm back! :) To create the background, I used sprays from Lindy's and Gold waxes from Finnabair.

Dana: Walking into our current house for the first time nearly 2 years ago, was like saying HELLO to an old friend. We immediately felt a connection to the space. Our house was built in 1928 and we fell in love with the old wood DOORS and WINDOWS, which are just a few of its many charms. We are enjoying uncovering its secrets and are slowly making it our home.

Cecilia: HELLO Spring, flowers, morning breeze! That's all I need each day. Of course a delicious cup of coffee helps with the early start to a new day! This is an altered old WINDOW frame with handmade shutters.

HEIKES AUGENBLICK
Heikes: I count myself so lucky to live in a country where there is equality between man and woman. Not all girls and women in this world have this happiness. So I would like to share my thoughts about these women in this layout. They experience, every day, a new oppression and injustice. The "DOORS and WINDOWS" should stand as a symbol for more openness about this situation. I wrote the word "HELLO" on the doorhanger.

HEATHER McMAHON
Heather: My daughter and I got arty together when she shared lockdown with us and we designed some collage papers. Coincidentally, one of the ranges included doors and windows and I had a blast including them here.
I believe that, even though we still have many restrictions in place due to covid-19, people seem to have come to the realisation that we all need to help each other out. There seems to be so much love and support in the world right now.
I used the closed DOORS and WINDOWS to represent the way we've been confined but I believe we'll come out of this saying HELLO to a better world.

Sarah: Moroccan DOORS have always inspired me with their architecture, but also by their beauty. I chose to scrap a DOOR photographed at Rabats two years ago. We often say "HELLO" outside our doors, that's why I chose to put the word alone without anything else.


Our design team has shared their HELLO inspiration 
with you using DOORS & WINDOWS.

We hope that they will have inspired you to play along.

Here are the fabulous prizes up for grabs!


MAIN CHALLENGE WINNER

(as voted by our DT)

$50 USD value prize from LINDY'S
(image below is for illustration purposes only)

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

$25 USD value prize from MINTAY PAPERS

$25 USD value prize from SCRAPMATTS

$25 USD value prize from THOMPSON'S CRAFT SUPPLIES

$25 USD value prize from 2CRAFTY

RANDOM WINNER
(picked at random from all eligible entries)

$25 USD value prize from KORA PROJECTS
(image below is for illustration purposes only)

MYSTERY WINNERS

(hand picked by our Admin team - two entries not in our Top 5,
but that have that special something that captured our attention)

$25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKET


$25 USD value prize from MINTAY
(image below is for illustration purposes only)


SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER
One participant, with a high number of votes and handpicked by our Admin team, will be invited to be our AUGUST 2020 Special Guest Designer.

We are very grateful to all our generous sponsors for these fabulous prizes.
To learn more about any of them, click on the SPONSORS tab above.

We are looking forward to seeing your entries into our
JUNE Main Challenge: HELLO and DOORS & WINDOWS
Please link up your projects 
by clicking on the "Add Link" button below.

PLEASE be sure to include your personal name and country in your InLinkz title.

Challenge closes June 30th at 11:59 pm EST.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

08 June, 2020

Announcing our May Main Challenge WINNERS!

Such a favorite time of the month when we announce our winners!!! 

This was a hilarious month! Thank you to everyone who shared all their funny moments with us. There were a lot of entries that made us laugh... 
please scroll down to see our favourites.  



Winners, in your email to the sponsors, please clearly indicate:
** YOUR FULL NAME
** YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS
** THE MONTH AND PRIZE WON

(ex: May- Main / Runner Up / Mystery / Random etc)


MAIN CHALLENGE WINNER
(as voted by our DT)

TONE K (entry #37)
Tone, please contact Bhavani at expressionscraft(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your $50 USD value prize from EXPRESSIONS CRAFT.  Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Expressions Craft and/or in receiving your prize.


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

CINDERELLA4282 (entry #15)
Cinderella, please contact janene(at)49andmarket(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKET.  Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact 49 and Market and/or in receiving your prize.

VERA SHELEMEKH (entry #10)
Vera, please contact marie(at)majadesign(dot)nu to claim your $25 USD value prize from MAJA DESIGNPlease note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Maja Design and/or in receiving your prize.

CRYSTAL JOHNSON (entry #48)
Crystal, please contact yulia_mozhova(at)ukr(dot)net to claim your $25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORUPlease note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Fabrika Decoru and/or in receiving your prize.

FAIRUY FABIHA (entry #7)
Fairuy, please contact Jennifer at dustyattic(dot)hq(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTICPlease note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact The Dusty Attic and/or in receiving your prize.


RANDOM WINNER
(picked at random from all eligible entries)



KAREN MUSTACHE (entry #56)
Karen, please contact Aga at shop(at)agabaraniak(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from AB STUDIOPlease note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact AB Studio and/or in receiving your prize.


MYSTERY WINNERS

(hand picked by our Admin team - two entries not in our Top 5,
but that have that special something that captured our attention)

DOREEN VASQUEZ (entry #19)
There seems to be a lot of introverts on our team because Doreen's quote "That moment when...quarantine has you missing your friends, but you're still an introvert at heart." combined with the hilarious cartoon had us all in stitches. LOL  We really loved this clever journaling spread with the perfect title "Introvert COVID Edition"!

Doreen, please contact janene(at)49andmarket(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKETPlease note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact 49 And Market and/or in receiving your prize.

HELEN HOLLINGER (entry #5)
Hands up... who desperately needs to see their hairdresser???  Helen's art journal page is another Covid themed entry that also gave us the giggles.  We can all relate to this right now and those snarky girls are just perfect against a fabulous background of splatters and ink.

Helen, please contact Karola at info(at)mintaypapers(dot)com
 
to claim your $25 USD value prize from MINTAY PAPERSPlease note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Mintay Papers and/or in receiving your prize

SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER
(hand picked by our Admin team)

VEENA CHOWDHRY (entry #49)
Veena has a been a winner with us in the past, and we are always thrilled to see her beautiful entries. We are very happy to announce that she will be our 
Guest Designer in July.

Lastly, here are a few HONOURABLE MENTIONS who have not made it 

into our merit winners' list, but who we feel deserve to be highlighted:

JANAL SAVLA (entry #52)
ALENA MOGI ART (entry #62)
KAREN B (entry #45)
KEREN NEV0 (entry #28)



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.

Share Your Winnings


SHARE YOUR UNBOXING - We would love to see your unboxing photos or videos! Share with us using the hashtags #MTWPrizeWinner and #MTWPrizeUnboxing on Instagram when you receive your prize or by tagging the sponsor plus More Than Words Challenges on Facebook.

SHARE WHAT YOU MAKE - We'd also love to see what you make using your prize products, so please show us by using the hashtags #MTWPrizeWinner and #MTWPrizeWinnerMake on Instagram and the same tags as above on Facebook.

We'd love to share your good news so also tag your pics with #MTWShare for permission to be featured on More Than Words' social media.

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

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Our June Main Challenge HELLO AND DOORS & WINDOWS
is currently underway and we hope that you will join in!
Link up your project below by June 30th at 11:59am EST.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter