More Than Words: MTW January 2021 Main Challenge

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08 February, 2021

Announcing our JANUARY Main Challenge Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our Beginnings and Washi Challenge!

We really enjoyed each and every project! We are very pleased to announce our winners for this first Main Challenge of 2021! As a reminder, we are now offering regional and international prizes so it is more important than ever, that you include your name and country on your entries when you enter our challenges, both of which are now held on our blog!

How to claim your prize

Winners, please contact the prize sponsor within 30 days, and in your email to the sponsors, please clearly indicate:

** YOUR FULL NAME

** YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS

** THE MONTH AND PRIZE WON

(ex: January - Australia / Europe / USA / International etc)
Prizewinners: Please also refer to this handy guide.

Regional Challenge Winner - Australia/NZ

(as voted by our DT)

Tracey B

Tracey congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from Dusty Attic.

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 1

(as voted by our DT)

Cosikuelas

Cosikuelas congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from Fabrika Decoru.

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 2

(as voted by our DT)

Wilma Voermans

Wilma congratulations! You have won a$25 USD value prize from ARTSTACKS. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from Artstacks.

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 3

(as voted by our DT)

Marie Sabatier

Marie congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from 13@RTS. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from 13@arts.

Regional Challenge Winner - USA

(as voted by our DT)

Helene/2amscrapper

Helene congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from GYPSY SOUL LASER CUTS. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts U.S.

Regional Challenge Winner - International 1

(as voted by our DT)

Kripa Kousnik

Kripa congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from LEMONCRAFT. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from Lemoncraft.

Regional Challenge Winner - International 2

(as voted by our DT)

Lizzy Hill

Lizzy congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from ARTSTACKS. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from Artstacks.

Regional Challenge Winner - International 3
(as voted by our DT)

Lena Blankenstein-Holmström

Lena, congratulations! You have won a $25 USD value prize from ITD COLLECTION. Please click here for details on how to claim your prize from ITD Collection.

Honourable Mention
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:
Gosia - Poland #5
Tina Steinborner - Australia #25
LiGa - Russia #8
Myriammgscrap - France #30

Congratulations to all our winners
Congrats once again to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered the challenge. We encourage all merit winners and honourable mentions to grab your badge from this post and proudly display it on your blog or social media.

If you were featured on our Facebook page throughout the month, we have a badge for you too!

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 Facebook.

PERMISSION TO SHARE PHOTOS - We'd love to share your good news so please also tag your photos with #MTWShare for permission to be featured on More Than Words' social media.

Thank you to our sponsors
To learn more about all our wonderful and generous sponsors,
click here or visit the SPONSORS tab above.

Special Guest Designer
One participant, handpicked by our Admin team, may be invited to be our Special Guest Designer. Who will it be? Find out in our Guest Designer post on the 21st! Meanwhile...

Enter our current challenge!
Our February Main Challenge ROMANCE and ROSE is currently underway and we hope that you will join in!
Link up your project by the end of February 28th at 11:59am EST.
Please remember that all our 2021 challenges will have regional winners so it is now more important than ever for you to clearly state your name and country on your entries!

21 January, 2021

Special Guest Spotlight on Veana R

This month, we are very pleased to introduce you to Veana R, our first Guest Designer for 2021!

We invite you to browse through her blog and Facebook and get to know her better through her beautiful work that as made her a favourite here and elsewhere.

Hi! My name is Zvezdana Rot, aka Veana R. With my husband, son teenager and lovely puppy Gaja, we live in a beautiful house, near the Adriatic sea. I come from Europe, Slovenia - the only country in the world that has the word LOVE in its own name, so let's stay in love. I love my garden, where I am inspired by colourful and fragrant flowers, I love reading, because one life is not enough for my curiosity and I love scrapbooking, crafting and Mixed Media.

My crafting began 5 years ago with greeting cards for my family and friends. Then in June 2017 I started with my own blog and today I can say, that this is my perfect hobby, where I can spread my art creative wings.

You can see more of Veana's beautiful work on her blog and on Facebook, just click the links below.

BLOG FACEBOOK

Here's a reminder of our current Main Challenge:

Word Inspiration - BEGINNINGS

Creative Challenge - WASHI TAPE

And now, let's enjoy Veana's interpretation of our challenge:

The year 2020 was difficult and strange, but it challenged us. All the people of the world had the same feelings and wishes for the first time and we couldn't wait for 2021 to begin. I think BEGINNINGS is a word for this year, as Covid was for the last year. I hope 2021 will bring us back to our normal lives.

For a long time I wanted to create a Mixed media layout on a blank white page and this is my first. So, for me it's a new start, a new beginning to express my feelings for more empty space, more vibrant colours and more freedom.

I want to underline that in my project I used products - papers, stencil and stamps - from AB Studio by Aga Baraniak, Poland. Last year I won their prize here at More Than Words and all the products are just amazing and of great quality .

I am very honoured to be a Guest Designer here at More than words, as you are my favorite blog. A BIG THANK YOU to all members for choosing me and for your gorgeous creations every month that inspired artists all over the world.

Warm hugs and may this day fill your heart with happiness! Veana R.

A big THANK YOU to Veana for joining us as our

January 2021 Special Guest! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us.

We hope that Veana's bright and happy beginnings project inspires you to join us

in our January Main Challenge.

Engage with us!

Tell us what you think in the comments below!

12 January, 2021

JANUARY 2021 2nd Reveal of Main Challenge - BEGINNINGS and WASHI TAPE

Welcome to the 2nd reveal of our January Main Challenge! This month we are asking you to think about BEGINNINGS and to add WASHI TAPE to your project!

Our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge. The word inspiration can appear on your project, or not, but you must show that you have been inspired by it. The creative challenge must be used on your project!

Word Inspiration - BEGINNINGS

Creative Challenge - WASHI TAPE

HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE CHALLENGE

What does the word BEGINNINGS inspire you to create? Is there a new baby in the family, a new job or a wedding? Perhaps you have a New Year's resolution you want to record or maybe you’re beginning a new, healthier lifestyle. The New Year always inspires change, and new beginnings. Let's see yours!

For a fun touch, finish your project with some WASHI TAPE or any other tape.

And now let's look at our second DT Inspiration for this month:

AGA MIRKOWSKA

Aga: The New Year came. I hope, you ‘trust in the magic of new BEGINNINGS’ as I do. New Year, new challenges, new statements – I think every moment is good for starting something new but we have to believe that we can change anything we want. That’s why I prepared colorful art journal pages with a quote and a magical fairy from a vellum paper full of new energy for new BEGINNINGS. I used a lot of WASHI TAPES and old calendar page to make the collage background. I also used a stencil with a star-shaped pattern and pink embossing powder with a galactic stamp.

ANNA IWANOWSKA

Anna: Well - the beginning of year 2021 seams to be very special moment. The thing that I missed the most in 2020 was ability to travel... I really do hope that 2021 will be at least a little bit better. I decided to make an Art Journal spread - focused on traveling, but also with a quote about every morning being a new BEGINNING. I strongly believe that! I used several different WASHI TAPES as part of the background - but also in a way different roads that I'm hoping to discover.

ASIA SZCZUROWSKA

Asia: The word "BEGINNINGS" reminded me of important moments in my life like: my first day at university, my first job, a wedding, a child. Photo from my wedding was waiting for its layout, so I decided to use it for this challenge. Another challenge requirement is the use of "WASHI TAPE." I chose a few washi tapes that are related to the topic: dogs feet (my dog's were at our wedding), circles (as balloons) and hearts. I stuck them on white paper and that's how I created a base for my LO. I added some media: I applied a texture paste with one of my favorite stencils from AB Studio. I added pink powders and stamps, also from AB Studio.

AUDE DEMANNEVILLE

Aude: Hello friends! I've decided to put myself in the spotlight (and it's very rare) because I'm really very happy to be part of this DT. So I used the title "2021 DT MTW" for this BEGINNING to a new adventure. I used MASKING TAPE on my background. And I had a lot of fun doing my creation.

DANA TATAR

Dana: Sometimes new BEGINNINGS mean beginning again...and again. I started my 52 Lists Projects Journal in 2016 and have 8 lists complete. Finally finishing this writing is on my list of goals this year. I incorporated WASHI TAPE into my collage style design in colors and prints that mirrored other elements on the page.

EMMA ZAPPONE

Emma: The word ''BEGINNINGS' made me think of the start to a new story and starting to 'grow' in life with the beginning of a new year. So my Layout is entitled 'STORY'. The Creative challenge using the WASHI was more challenging for me as I don't use it much on layouts anymore. So I teared a few different ones that matched my layout and added it to my trimmings around the edges as well under my layers.

HEIKES AUGENBLICK

Heike: The word "BEGINNINGS" inspired me to create a scrapbook layout with a snow covered flower-plant photo, so at least it is in the nature of the month of January. But unfortunately it is not so. We haven't seen snow here in the Netherlands for a long time. But I can dream about it, right? I scribbled the word "BEGINNINGS" with a pencil on my background. For the creative challenge "WASHI TAPE" I tore washi tape in little pieces and added it to my background. I also used washi tape on a photo image of Marilyn Monroe.

PRIYA MISHRA

Priya: For the word Inspiration I used the quote "And suddenly, you know... it's time to start something new and believe in the magic of new BEGINNINGS." For the creative challenge WASHI I used the quote washi tapes. I did some background stamping and stenciling with some spray paints and added my main elements. Hope you like it.

SHARON FRITCHMAN

Sharon: The word BEGINNINGS made me think of how my family life is going to change in 2021. My oldest daughter is contemplating going to graduate school and my youngest daughter will be graduating from high school and then attending college. Our lives are ever changing and BEGINNING new every year! I added WASHI TAPE on my banner across the bottom of my page. I folded the washi tape over the twine, and cut it to resemble a banner. I also placed it and at various areas throughout my layout, like under the word Joyful Memories on my photo, and over the word fun at the top of my page.

And now for some of those changes I mentioned above. There will no longer be Runner Up, Random, or Mystery Winners for our Main Challenge. This year we have changed to a Regional Prize structure, whereby there will be multiple Main Challenge Winners, one or more for each Region. The number of Winners/Prizes for each Region is dependent on the number of Sponsors for that Region. Some of our Sponsors remain 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 entries!

For this January Main Challenge, here are the prizes that you can win.

REGIONAL CHALLENGE WINNER - AUSTRALIA/NZ

(as voted by our DT)

$25USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC

REGIONAL CHALLENGE WINNER - EUROPE 1

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

$25USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU

REGIONAL CHALLENGE WINNER - EUROPE 2

$25 USD value prize from ARTSTACKS

REGIONAL CHALLENGE WINNER - USA

$25USD value prize from GYPSY SOUL LASER CUTS

REGIONAL CHALLENGE WINNER
- INTERNATIONAL/REST OF THE WORLD 1

$25USD value prize from LEMONCRAFT

REGIONAL CHALLENGE WINNER

- INTERNATIONAL/REST OF THE WORLD 2

$25USD value *digital* prize from ARTSTACKS

Regional Challenge Winner - International/Rest of the World 3
(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from ITD COLLECTION

SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER

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

Challenge closes on the last day of the month at 11:59 pm EST.

01 January, 2021

JANUARY 2021 Main Challenge - BEGINNINGS and WASHI TAPE

Happy New Year from all of us at More Than Words! We are welcoming in the New Year with our amazing 2021 Design Team (old and new), our wonderful Sponsors (old and new), some very important changes to how our challenges run, and of course, our first Challenge of 2021!

This month, as we say goodbye to the old year and hello to the new year, we are asking you to think about (new) BEGINNINGS and to add washi tape to your project!

As always, our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge. The word inspiration can appear on your project or not but you must show that you have been inspired by it. The creative challenge must be used on your project!

Word Inspiration - BEGINNINGS

Creative Challenge - WASHI TAPE

Helpful Tips For The Challenge

What does the word BEGINNINGS inspire you to create? Is there a new baby in the family, a new job or a wedding? Perhaps you have a New Year's resolution you want to record or maybe you’re beginning a new, healthier lifestyle. The New Year always inspires change, and new beginnings. Let's see yours!

For a fun touch, finish your project with some WASHI TAPE or any other tape.

Design Team Inspiration

And now let's look at our first DT Inspiration for this month:

ELLE WILSON

The New Year is often a time when people decide to make changes in their lives. "Out with the old and in with the new" and so it makes me think about new beginnings, and what changes I might make this year. Change is often scary but this year I am going to trust in the magic of new beginnings and see what wonderful things the future might hold. I painted a leaf background using watercolours and acrylics as new beginnings also makes me think of "new leaf" as in turning over a new leaf. On the right are the turning leaves of Autumn and on the left are the fresh green leaves of Spring. I used a leaf print washi tape to match my watercoloured leaves on my background. The washi tape is actually holding my book together which is something I often use it for or to attach more pages in my journal. What do you use your washi for?

HEATHER MCMAHON

BEGINNINGS made me think of the first time doing something. I wanted to use an old photo with my vintage papers so I found one of me when I was first starting kindergarten. (I might be a bit 'vintage' but I'm not as ancient as the papers - one of them is 93 years old!)
I added WASHI in strips around the photo, using a music print to tie in with the background paper. The words "Happy Times" are also printed on a washi tape.

JINAL SAVLA

“Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.”

The word 'beginning' inspired me to look at the past year.. its been the most difficult year for many.. For many it has been a struggle to make the ends meet, or feeling of being lonely to losing someone dear.. its definitely not the year to celebrate.. Ofcourse it was not all negative.. we have learnt many things or started with something that one always wanted to do..and with this thought lets enter 2021 with a joyous heart, with a hope for things to get better.. here is to the new beginnings

Cheers and hugs to you..

KAT PALECZNY

Kat Paleczny: The word "BEGINNINGS" inspired me to create a cover for Art Journal, the beginning of the year is a good opportunity to start a new notebook. I decided to create a new page in it at least once a month.

For the creative challenge of "WASHI TAPE" I used a washi tape with a floral motif for my background, I didn't think the tapes would make such a great addition. I think I will use them more often in my projects.

LISA OXLEY

Lisa: The word "Beginnings" inspires my spirit to encourage the richness of fresh ideas and feed their growth.

MARIE JOHANSSON

Marie: The word "BEGINNINGS" inspired me to create a Art Journal spread about that it feels like we should draw a line over 2020 and just leave it behind. 2021 can only be better. I picked quotes that I find fit with the feeling that a new year is a new start with a lot of possabilities.

For the creative challenge "WASHI TAPE" I tore washi tape in little pieces and added to my background

OLYA RAGOZONI

Olya: Hi, everyone. I'd like to show you my first layout-canvas for MTW.

The word "BEGINNINGS" inspired me to create a atmospherical layout-canvas about my cousin Elena and her dreams.

The word 'Beginnings' made associative in her life with the beginning of a new dreams and it's realization. My canvas is entitled 'Dream'.

For the creative challenge "WASHI TAPE" I added washi tape in little pieces to my background. You can watch Olya's video here.

SARAH DORGERE

The word BEGINNING inspired me to meet my son and my daughter, the beginning of this brotherly love. I used AB STUDIO Papers. I used the WASHI TAPE in my background work.

VIDHI JADEJA

Hello everyone, I am very much excited to share my first inspiration of MTW challenge.
The challenge word is "BEGINNING" ! 2021 will be the most important year of my Life. As this year I decided to be strong as I am very emotional as a person and I have to be confident on my decisions. So, this year I am trying to built new me with a loud voice and strong mind. Creative challenge is "WASHI TAPES" ! I love to play with washi tapes specially for art journal pages. They create perfect background and texture for your pages. I used measure tape washi tape here in my project. Hope you like it. I even have recorded a process video of this Art Journal Page. Thank you.

And now for some of those changes I mentioned above. There will no longer be Runner Up, Random, or Mystery winners for our Main Challenge. This year we have changed to a Regional Prize structure, whereby there will be multiple Main Challenge Winners, one or more for each Region. 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 entries!

For this January Main Challenge, here are the prizes that you can win.

Regional Challenge Winner - Australia/NZ

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 1

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 2

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from ARTSTACKS

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 3

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from 13@RTS

Regional Challenge Winner - USA

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from GYPSY SOUL LASER CUTS

Regional Challenge Winner - International/Rest of the World 1

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from LEMONCRAFT

Regional Challenge Winner - International/Rest of the World 2

(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value *digital* prize from ARTSTACKS

Regional Challenge Winner - International/Rest of the World 3
(as voted by our DT)

$25 USD value prize from ITD COLLECTION

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.