Announcing our July 2024 Winner

Hello everyone!

We are excited to announce our talented July winner!  We really loved looking at all of your pages this month and how you interpreted our challenge.   

Don't forget to enter our next challenge and a gentle reminder that we need at least 5 entries in total before we can give a prize!  

 

ART JOURNAL CHALLENGE WINNER

And now without further ado, we are thrilled to say that the winner is
Belen MoMer!
You can view the winning entry in our Facebook Art Cafe by clicking the link.

Her wonderful interpretation of the challenge really caught our attention. Belen has won a digital pack from ArtStacks!  Belen, please contact @artstacksdesigns on social media to claim your prize.

To claim your prize please contact Heather: artstacksdesigns(at)gmail(dot)com or on social media @artstacksdesigns.

Grab your badge from this post and proudly display it on your blog and/or social media!

Thank you for entering your wonderful journal pages!  Please note that we need to receive a minimum of five entries before we can issue a prize!

September 2022 Main Challenge - PLAYLIST and EPHEMERA

 Hello everyone! Are you ready for another month of wonderful challenge fun from More Than Words?

This month we want you to be inspired by your favourite PLAYLIST and to add EPHEMERA to your pages. As you will see from our Design Team inspiration, there are many types of Playlist and it doesn't have to mean music playlists!

We also are excited to share the third issue of our new digital magazine - Artful Pages - more details below!

But first, let's look at this month's art journal challenge!

Helpful Tips For The Challenge

We would like you to be inspired by both parts of our challenge

- our word inspiration PLAYLIST and our creative challenge - ADD EPHEMERA.

We can't wait to see what you do and if you need more inspiration, you might find our new magazine useful!

As mentioned at the top of the post, we are excited to share the latest issue of our new digital magazine - Artful Pages - which is a new way of looking at our challenges and inspiration, as well as being able to add more value for our readers which we are not able to do in our current formats.  So here's a look at our latest issue which is available to flick through online just like a real magazine.  The magazine contains more about our challenges this month, our Design Team inspiration, Guest Designer interviews, studio spaces, arting in the wild and more!  Check it out and see for yourself - we would love your feedback!

Let's see what our lovely new Design Team have created this month - we have a variety of Playlist ideas to share with you...

ANN CHUANG

Ann says:  My page has a playlist of my favorite insects. I want to make all my favorite insects into insect cards.


Visit Ann:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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ELLE - EOTC

Elle says:  My playlist is my list of audiobooks for August (at the time of creating my page) inside a library setting with lots and lots of lovely books.  I am a bit of a bookworm and hoarder of books, and as a librarian, have always liked the idea of having my own secret library, so my playlist had to be books! The books on the sides are flaps that fold in to hide the secret library. Please visit my blog and instagram to see the secret library in action!

Visit Elle:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM

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HEATHER MCMAHON

Heather is on vacation

Visit Heather:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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HELEN HOLLINGER

Helen says:  I love music! All kinds, all the time! I don't have a particular favourite playlist, as I play what strikes my fancy at the time! I do sing out loud but I wouldn't recommend being in the same room when I do! LOL! (ask my family!). This fun art journal page represents what music means to me today!

Visit Helen:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM 

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KAT PALECZNY

Kat says: The theme of my art journal is music! I love all kinds of music, so I don't have a favourite playlist. I think music is a great bridge for different nationalities and generations. It is important that we ONLY - LISTEN TO OUR HEART. I am very interested in your works.

Visit Kat:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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LISA OXLEY

Lisa says: When an art exhibition hits Sydney, its like a calling to one's creative spirit. My playlist includes just a few of the artists I have been fortunate enough to peruse in the past few years. My ephemera comes from the gift shop of the galleries hosting the event.

Visit Lisa:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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MATILDE FAB

Matilde says:  My page has a vintage look and a playlist of my favourite books. I love reading books and here are only five which I've chosen. It's so relaxing to sit at a comfortable armchair and read favourite story

Visit Matilde:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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RACHEL MARTIN

Rachel says:  The soundtrack of my summer is my fantastic love story. Our love story is my favorite playlist!

Visit Rachel:  INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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ROX BOYCE

Rox says:  Blackbird singing in the dead of night…. by the Beatles is definitely a song on my playlist…. and was the inspiration for my art journal page.

Visit Rox: INSTAGRAM

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SARAH DORGERE

Sarah is on vacation

Visit Sarah:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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SHARON FRITCHMAN

Sharon says:  I made my PLAYLIST about my favorite songs from my childhood up to the 80's. ("Strike a Pose" is a line from the song "Vogue" by Madonna!) I typed my playlist of on a tag and tucked it behind the image. I used some of my favorite EPHEMERA from my stash around the page. This was so fun to make!

Visit Sharon:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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SUNILA MAHAJAN

Sunila says:  This was such a fun spread to create. I went retro here, creating a vintage page, with a list like appearance on the right incorporating the essence of Time. For my Playlist, I created an envelope vellum pocket and inserted it. I've giving a tribute to by favourite songs by Juice Newton, and I felt it apt to use the face of a woman on the page on the right. I've added ephemera bits on the page.

Visit Sunila:  FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM

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As previously mentioned in the Art Café Facebook Group, we have suspended all prizes until further notice due to the current world situation.

Special Guest Designer

This year we invite our winners to be our Special Guest Designers. If you are one of our winners this year, please contact us for more details.

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Tell us what you think in the comments below!  Please leave your comments at the end of this post.  

Are you entering the challenge?  
Do you feel inspired by our fabulous DT this month?
Did you enjoy our new magazine?

Challenge closes on the last day of the month at 11:59 pm EST.  You can join the challenge using the inlinkz below 

Or in our Facebook Group, using the September Main Challenge Album!  

Or you can enter on Instagram by tagging us and using the hashtags: #mtwmainplaylist and #mtwmainchallenge. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

July 2022 Mini Challenge - JOY

 

Hi Mini Challenge lovers! Welcome to this month's Mini Challenge in its new earlier spot! We want to give more love to the Mini Challenge as it was feeling a little sidelined by the Main Challenge. So from now on the Mini will run for three weeks which will give you even more time to enter!

Here are the challenge details!

Word inspiration: Add the word JOY on your mini projects. We need to see the actual word JOY on your postcards, cards, tags and ATCs.

 HOW TO ENTER:  You can enter our Mini Challenge in our private  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!  

Or starting from this month, you can enter on Instagram by tagging us and using the hashtags: #mtwminijoy and #mtwminichallenge.  

Also please remember to add your country to your entry!  

As mentioned at the beginning of the month, we are excited to announce our new magazine - Artful Pages - which is a new way of looking at our challenges and inspiration, as well as being able to add more value for our readers which we are not able to do in our current formats.  So here's a look at our very first issue which is available to flick through online just like a real magazine.  The magazine contains more about our challenges this month, more info about our new Design Team - plus DT inspiration, Guest Designer interviews, and more!  Check it out and see for yourself - we would love your feedback!

Let's see what our lovely new Design Team have created this month...

ANN CHUANG

Ann says:  Joy reminds me of Christmas. I really like the atmosphere of Christmas, full of warmth and gratitude.


Visit Ann:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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ELLE - EOTC

Elle says:  I've been thinking a lot about joy lately.  Joy can be found in ordinary things but sometimes we forget this.  My tag is watercoloured uisng QOR watercolours which are super bright and happy colours.

Visit Elle:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM

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HEATHER MCMAHON

Visit Heather:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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HELEN HOLLINGER

Visit Helen:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM 

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MATILDE FAB

Matilde says:  "Joy is not in things, it's in us" - the best definition of joy in my opinion. 

Visit Matilde:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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RACHEL MARTIN

Rachel says:  The word JOY for me represents a state of calm, zen and abundance. So I played around with these A.B. Studio cutouts to make this cute tag.

Visit Rachel:  INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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ROX BOYCE

Rox says:  Joy for me is in the creating and spending time in creative play. I painted a watercolour background used some of Lisa Oxley fabulous paper as well as ArtStacks tissue paper hand and some vintage sheet music which I typed a quote on.

Visit Rox: INSTAGRAM

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SHARON FRITCHMAN

Sharon says:  When I think of JOY, I think of art. For me that can be enjoying someone else's art or creating it myself. I used Deb Weiers' Wonky Faces and Wonky Backgrounds packs from ArtStacks to make my tag. I LOVE her quote!

Visit Sharon:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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SUNILA MAHAJAN

Sunila says:  Galaxies always bring me joy, being lost in time and space has a way of bringing out the inner joy! For the mini challenge I decided to create a set of 2 ATC coins inspired by the galaxies.

Visit Sunila:  FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM

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How to enter

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

Or starting from this month, you can enter on Instagram by tagging us and using the hashtags: #mtwminijoy and #mtwminichallenge.  

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.

Special Guest Designer

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

Join our Facebook Group

Our Facebook group is now open!  Just click here to join our Facebook group! or visit our Facebook page to join.

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