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12 June, 2022

Celebrating 150 Challenges With Special Guest Designer Yulia Popkova

This month, we are very pleased to feature some special guests who are all former More Than Words Team members! Our third featured guest is our lovely friend, Yulia Popkova from My Hobby Scrap.

We invite you to get to know Yulia a little better through her interview below. Please also visit her social links which are listed in her Artist Bio.

Artist Bio

Hi friends! I'm glad that I was invited to do a project for the 150th anniversary challenge:) My name is Yulia Popkova (Krestnikova). Scrapbooking is my favorite hobby and way of life:) I live in the suburbs of the wonderful city of St. Petersburg. My family is a beloved husband and three mischievous fluffy chinchillas. I love art in its various manifestations - scrapbooking, mixed media, altered-art, decor, artbooks. I like to make cards, decor, layouts and my favorite art techniques are mixed media and stamping

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Q & A with Yulia

How long have you been creating art?

I have been doing paper art since 2013.

What is your favourite type of art supply or product?

Favorite materials - sprays, paints, watercolor, chipboard, stamps, scrapbooking paper

What's your favourite colour palette to use?

Favorite color mint, all shades of lavender, pink

Our very first challenge was in January 2016 - how has your art changed since then and how have you grown as an artist?

I was a member of the design teams of scrapbooking materials manufacturers. Now I am a designer-photographer in my dream team - Polish manufacturer of creative materials.

What's your favourite thing about More Than Words Challenge?

The MTW blog and Challenges are real art, interesting creative tasks. I'm glad I was a member of this wonderful team of artists! Thanks!:)

Yulia's Interpretation of our June Mini Challenge

My postcard about the fantasy world.

We dream, we go to our dream.

150 - this is probably how many cards I made during my hobby for scrapbooking:)

Thanks for sharing your gorgeous postcard with us Yulia - those colours are amazing! We hope that Yulia's take on the Mini Challenge inspires you to enter this month.

Here's a reminder of our current Mini Challenge which you can enter in our Facebook group:

10 June, 2022

Celebrating 150 Challenges With Special Guest Designer HEIKE'S AUGENBLICK

This month, we are very pleased to feature some special guests who are all former More Than Words Team members! Our next special guest is our fabulous friend, Heike from Heike's Augenblick.

We invite you to get to know Heike a little better through her interview below. Please also visit her social links which are listed in her Artist Bio.

Artist Bio

I am Heike aka Heike 's AugenBlick. I was born and raised in Germany. I live with my hubby Joergen in the oldest city of The Netherlands. Together we have four grown up kids (two daughters and two boys). One daughter in law, one son in law and three grand kids. I am an early morning crafter, that means I spend my creative hours mostly before lunchtime. My other hobbies are gardening, painting, cycling, reading books, Tai Chi and snorkeling. Yes that is a lot, I know!! I am a vegetarian, no fish, no meat, no alcohol. I love 80% dark chocolate and a cup of Earl grey with almond milk. Yummy yummy!! I like red and blue clothes and I wear always chunky jewelry.

So that is enough from me. If you are interested to follow me on my social media accounts. You can find me always under: Heike 's AugenBlick ( by the way AugenBlick means = moment)

Thank you MTW for the opportunity to be a guest designer.

Happy creating everyone and good luck with the MTW challenge.

Xoxo

Heike

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Q & A with Heike

How long have you been creating art?

Actually, I've been creating all my life.

Painting, knitting, cross-stitching, sewing and and and... I started paper crafting 2010. I started with cards, tags and mini books Four years later 2014 I included 30cm x 30cm mixed media scrapbooking pages, art journaling and junk journaling to my creative paper work.

What is your favourite type of art supply or product?

I don't have to think long about it, black gesso or black acrylic.

What's your favourite colour palette to use?

Actually I am not afraid of strong colours.

But my two favourite palettes are:

1. Cadmium red, orange, ultramarine blue and a little bit of light turquoise.

2. Pastel pink, gold, white, black and a touch of dark green.

Our very first challenge was in January 2016 - how has your art changed since then and how have you grown as an artist?

I think at the beginning of my scrapbooking time I let myself be influenced a lot by trends and other crafters. Which was absolutely okay for me and I learned a lot. After I think a couple of years of practicing with others style, the time came when I had enough confidence in myself to spread my wings and find my own style. As I said I started with simple cards (a word and one stamp image on a white card) mini books where I used paper kits, no mediums. Scrapbooking pages with one photo and a little bit watercolour.

In 2014 I started with experimenting on white background paper with stamps and stencils. This is still my favourite thing to do. A little bit later I also dared to do mixed media backgrounds. Today I can say I have my own style. I still grow as an artist. Now I am teaching scrapbooking in mixed media style in classes and online workshops. At the moment I design for the companies: 13arts and Scrap Fx.

What's your favourite thing about More Than Words Challenge?

MTW is not only a challenge site for crafters, it is also a big community. I think MTW is the only challenge site where crafters around the world come together. That makes MTW so beautifully unique.

Heike's Interpretation of our June Main Challenge

Enchanted flower nr. 150...

I started my art journal page with lots of BOTANICALS stamp images

in green colour shades. After that I added some numbers to my background. A little bit colour splatters also in green colour. The next step was adding black gesso and black stamping images. For my focale point I added a fussy cut rose and I painted a black frame for the flower. My title " ENCHANTED Flower nr. 150" which is written with a white gel pen as finale touch.

Thank you Heike for sharing this beautiful art journal page with us! We love how you incorporated the bonus challenge into the title of your project "Enchanted flower nr. 150". We hope that Heike's take on the Main Challenge inspires you to enter this month.

Here's a reminder of our current Main Challenge which you can enter here on the blog or in our Facebook group:

06 June, 2022

Celebrating 150 Challenges With Special Guest Designer DANA TATAR

This month, we are very pleased to feature some special guests who are all former More Than Words Team members! First to feature is our wonderful friend, Dana Tatar from They Call Me Tatar Salad.

We invite you to get to know Dana a little better through her interview below. Please also visit her social links which are listed in her Artist Bio.

Artist Bio

Hi friends! I'm so excited to be the Guest Designer this month! I currently live in the USA with my husband and two teenage children. I started paper crafting about 15 years ago and have an eclectic style in terms of what and how I design. I love to mix and match products to keep things interesting. I'm a tactile crafter and I enjoy playing with texture and layers. I also like to add a touch of whimsy to my projects. I frequently find inspiration in music, poetry, and pop culture. When I'm not creating art, I enjoy baking, reading, listening to music, and spending time outside with my family and basset hound Peach.

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Q & A with Dana

How long have you been creating art?

I've always been crafty, but I hadn't made any serious commitments to creating art until after the birth of my first child nearly 16 years ago.

What is your favourite type of art supply or product?

I'm a major collector of patterned papers from all over the world.

What's your favourite colour palette to use?

I use a lot of teal and orange in my art. I do have the general opinion that more color is better!

Our very first challenge was in January 2016 - how has your art changed since then and how have you grown as an artist?

I started my adult adventures in art with scrapbooking to document major milestones in my children's lives. Now, art has become a hobby that I also use to express myself. I have greatly expanded my art supply from patterned paper and cardstock to a little bit of everything including stamps, stencils, tools, and mediums.

What's your favourite thing about More Than Words Challenge?

I love a good challenge! I tend to get stuck in certain creative lanes and designing for a specific challenge makes the creative process fresh and exciting. Challenges are a fun way to try something different that I may not have created otherwise.

Dana's Interpretation of our June Mini Challenge

Like so many of my projects, this artist trading card started with inspiration from a song, DAYDREAM by The Lovin' Spoonful. I created a colorful background for my card using collage paper that I doodled on. I managed to include the bonus challenge and stamped the number 150 along the bottom edge of the card.

Thanks for sharing your amazing, colourful ATC with us Dana and we love how you incorporated the bonus challenge! We hope that Dana's take on the Mini Challenge inspires you to enter this month.

Here's a reminder of our current Mini Challenge which you can enter in our Facebook group:

03 June, 2022

June 2022 Mini Challenge - Daydream {Celebrating 150 Challenges}

Hi Mini Challenge lovers! Welcome to this month's Mini Challenge a little earlier than usual because this is a very special month for us here at More Than Words as we are celebrating our 150th challenge this month! As the June Mini Challenge is technically our 150th challenge, we wanted to give you more time to enter this month and of course, more love to the Mini Challenge!

Here are the challenge details! Word inspiration: Add the word DAYDREAM on your mini projects. Extra credit: add the number "150" on your project! We need to see the actual word DAYDREAM on your postcards, cards, tags and ATCs.

PLEASE NOTE: We have relocated our mini challenge to our new Art Cafe Facebook Group where you can now enter your project in the relevant album. Please make sure to add your project to the album so that we don't miss it when it comes to picking our winners! Also please remember to add your country to your entry!

HEATHER MCMAHON

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ELLE - EOTC

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How to enter

The Mini Challenge runs in our Facebook group from today until the end of the month.

Enter your cards, tags, ATCs and postcards ONLY!

You MUST include the challenge word on your project!

*ATCs. or Artist Trading Cards, are small works of art,

about 2.5 by 3.5 inches or 64 x 89 mm.

Please remember to add your country to your entry!

You have until the last day of the month - to enter, so be quick!

Please read the rules before entering.

As previously mentioned in the Art Café Facebook Group, we have suspended all prizes until further notice due to the current world situation, however since this is a special challenge we do have some special prizes for you!

Special Guest Designer

One participant, handpicked by our Admin team, may be invited to be our Special Guest Designer.

You have until end June to enter below

We hope that you feel inspired by our challenge word and our DT inspiration this month and look forward to seeing your Mini Challenge projects!

Entry for the Mini Challenge is NOW held in our Facebook group!

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01 June, 2022

June 2022 Main Challenge - Enchanting & Botanicals {Celebrating 150 Challenges}

Hello everyone and Happy June! This is a very special month for us here at More Than Words as we are celebrating our 150th challenge this month! We missed celebrating our 100th challenge due to the pandemic and then we took a short break, which made this 150th challenge celebration a bit later than planned but we are finally here and we hope you enjoy celebrating with us!

We have a few surprises in store this month but firstly, here comes the challenge details!

All our Main Challenges are now ART JOURNAL Challenges!

Our challenge has two parts, please use both prompts to inspire you:

Word Inspiration: ENCHANTING
Creative Challenge: ADD BOTANICALS
Extra credit: add the number "150" on your project!

As previously mentioned in the Art Café Facebook Group, we have suspended all sponsored prizes until further notice due to the current world situation, however since this is a special challenge we do have some special prizes for you!

Helpful Tips For The Challenge

We would like you to be inspired by both parts of our challenge - our word inspiration ENCHANTING and our creative challenge - ADD BOTANICALS (and to add "150" if you feel inclined). We can't wait to see what you do!

Let's see what our lovely Design Team have created this month... and see if you can spot the number 150 in the projects!

SHARON FRITCHMAN

Sharon says: When I saw this challenge, I immediately thought of my friend's cabin. My family and I have been going there for years and have always enjoyed the beautiful BOTANICALS that are sprinkled around the yard. There's also a tiny door at the base of the tree that is next to the front porch. It always made me think it was an entrance to an ENCHANTING fairy tale!

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HEATHER MCMAHON

Heather says: At first I couldn't think what to use for the BOTANICALS part of the challenge but then I remembered that ArtStacks have some stunning botanical pictures in some of "The Homemaker" stacks - on 94 year old paper! I used this stack to make this page about how ENCHANTING old books are. I stamped the number 150 in the corner to represent More Than Words' 150th challenge!

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LISA OXLEY

Lisa says: When I combined the word prompt Enchanting, with Botanicals, l am instantly immersed into Patricia Collins Wredes' "Enchanted Forest".

Unkempt tangles of flowering vines, plump juicy berries falling from drooping branches and a colourful dance of floral buds floating in the warmth breeze.

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ELLE - EOTC

Elle says: I love the idea of enchanting botanicals especially since I will be celebrating Fairy Day this month, so I created a page in my journal with a very enchanting forest fairy surrounded by botanicals and some forest dwelling birds, a quote from Brigitte Bardot, and some dictionary definitions of enchant/ed/ing/ment. As this is our 150th challenge month, I added a big 150 in the corner of my page.

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KAT PALECZNY

Kat says: This month is all about botanical and enchanting motifs, my interpretation is to use pieces of paper with a floral motif and fern leaves reflected through the stencil as a background. This month also sees a special number in my work. This is because the June challenge is our 150th challenge!

I hope you will join in the fun!

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SARAH DORGERE

Sarah says: This month the challenge inspired me to create the enchanted forest with its fantastic creators like here, the fairy just born. The forest is full of secrets that are hidden here in the scenery. I tried my hand at watercolor in my art journal and drawing and really enjoyed the exercise

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This year we are continuing with a Regional Prize structure, whereby there will be multiple Main Challenge Winners. The number of Winners/Prizes for each Region is dependent on the number of Sponsors for that Region. Some of our Sponsors remain as International Sponsors but many are now Region specific. It is now more important than ever that you add your NAME and COUNTRY to your Inlinkz and Art Cafe group entries!

As previously mentioned in the Art Café Facebook Group, we have suspended all prizes until further notice due to the current world situation, however since this is a special challenge we do have some special prizes for you!