More Than Words: June challenge

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!