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01 December, 2022

December 2022 Main Challenge - SPARKLE and ADD GESSO

Hello everyone and welcome to another month of lovely challenges from More Than Words.

This month we are inviting you to add a little sparkle and to add some gesso to your page. (Note: gesso doesn't have to be white, there are many colours plus transparent gesso.)

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

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

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

Helpful Tips For The Challenge

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

- our word inspiration SPARKLE and our creative challenge - ADD GESSO.

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, 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: I used Black Gesso and Metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter Powder to make this Christmas Journal page. Wishing you a Merry Christmas.

Visit Ann: BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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ELLE - EOTC

Elle says: May the festive season sparkle and shine. I used white gesso mixed with pastels on my background to make the swirly pattern. Then on top I added some glitter paste and then the blue shiny diecut snowflakes. Then I wrote out the words with a gold pen.

Visit Elle: BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM

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HEATHER MCMAHON

Heather says: I found a great quote using the word SPARKLE and I added splashes of GESSO which I outlined in black. The gorgeous little girl and wings are from ArtStacks. I thought they suited the quote perfectly!

Visit Heather: BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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HEIDI MATTESSICH

Heidi says: Hi guys! Here is my inspiration for the December Main Challenge. After pasting down my collage bits, I first applied some clear gesso to prime the surface and then whitewashed with watered down white gesso to give it a muted even tone. I painted the branches with watercolors and then again used white gesso to create to snow. My picture did not fully capture the sparkle on the branches that I added with touches of iridescent paint. Happy December!!

Visit Heidi: BLOG - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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KAT PALECZNY

Visit Kat: BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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LISA OXLEY

"The winter days passed slowly"

Lisa says: Starting with a gesso base it is so very hard to capture the shimmer and sparkle within the layers of shimmer paints, textures and gold leaf.

Visit Lisa: BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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MATILDE FAB

Matilde says: The word SPARKLE inspired me to use Lindy's magical powders, which are shining and an acrylic paint to make little sparkling drops. I used the white gesso to add some texture. I also have a short video of this process

Visit Matilde: BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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RACHEL MARTIN

Rachel says: When using Lindy's magical powders, I always prime my page with Gesso. I also used white Gesso to make drops.

The word "SPARKLE" inspired me Lindy's magical powders, as well as fairy magic.

Visit Rachel: INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE

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ROX BOYCE

Rox says: Gesso and sparkle are the basis to my textured background on this mixed media mini artwork “ Please be kind to all sentient beings”. Created in the style of Deb Weiers using her fabulous collage pack from ArtStacks.

Visit Rox: INSTAGRAM

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SARAH DORGERE

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

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SHARON FRITCHMAN

Sharon says: When making my mixed media art journal page, I used GESSO (white and black) to liven up my background a bit. I wanted Deb Weiers' wonky bird (from ArtStacks) to SPARKLE, so I added black Stickles to her spots! She is also holding some shimmering balloons for fun!

Visit Sharon: BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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SUNILA MAHAJAN

Sunila says: This page is all about sparkle. Sparkle and glitter layers, and in my quote. It's the vibe, it creates, ready to explode with joy. I've used gesso differently on this page, through a stencil for a different texture and dimension.

Visit Sunila: FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM

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Special Guest Designer

One or more participants, handpicked by our Admin team, may be invited to be our Special Guest Designers.

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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 December Main Challenge Album!

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

02 June, 2022

Design Team Callout 2022

Hello wonderful fans and artists!

We are looking to add new Design Team members to our amazingly talented team for the second half of 2022! Could you be who we are looking for?

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You enjoy art journalling and/or making small art like cards, tags, ATCs
You are a team players who enjoy being part of a team
You can work to a deadline and submit projects on time
You can describe your process and your projects
You have an active social media presence with a good following

WHAT IS REQUIRED

Make one art journal page per month for our Main Challenge
Make one project per month for our Mini Challenge
Share your MTW projects on social media to promote the challenge
Be able to understand and communicate in English (with the team and about your projects)
Be active and engaged in our Art Cafe Facebook group
Other (see form for details)

The term is for six months only, from July to December 2022, however the right team members may be offered the opportunity to stay on for longer.

HOW TO APPLY

Please complete the application form below or follow this link to the google form.

Applications are open worldwide and close 22nd June 2022

We look forward to hearing from you!

16 December, 2020

DECEMBER 2020 Mini Challenge - CHEERS!

Cheers! It's time to celebrate our 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!

KATRIN MERAGLIA (card)

DANA TATAR (ATC)

HEIKES AUGENBLICK (ATC)

ELLE WILSON (Card)

HEATHER MCMAHON (card)

MINI WINNER #1

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

$25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC

(image below is for illustration purposes only)

MINI WINNER #2

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

$25 USD value prize from CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

MINI WINNER #3

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

$25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU

MYSTERY WINNER
(hand picked by our Admin team - an entry not in our Top 3,
but that has that special something that captured our attention)

$25USD value prize from LEMONCRAFT

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 December, 2020

DECEMBER 2020 2nd Reveal of Main Challenge - CHILDHOOD & ADD GOLD

Welcome to the 2nd Reveal of our DECEMBER Main Challenge!

This month we are asking you to add a touch of gold to your project!

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

Word Inspiration - CHILDHOOD

Creative Challenge - ADD GOLD

HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE CHALLENGE

At this time of year we often associate CHILDHOOD with Christmas as it can be such a special time. If so, we’d love to see what you’re inspired to create! But maybe you’d prefer to create about your own childhood or a special memory you have. Or do you have a photo of a child you’d like to record? 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.

It seems the right time of year for some sparkle and shine, so we’d like to see you ADD GOLD to your project!

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

HEIKES AUGENBLICK

Heike: The beauty of Christmas, is the beauty of CHILDHOOD. I decided to create a Christmas scrapbook layout in mixed media style for our main December challenge. I love everything about the festive December month. The smell of homemade cookies, hot chocolate, the tradition decoration in red, green and gold, the secrets and the family togetherness. The memory of my Christmas-childhood long time ago was my inspiration for the December page. I used for my layout the Dreamland paper collection of 13arts and I added lots of gold glitter ink and WOW gold embossing powder on the background. Also a little bit gold glitter ink on the clock. I wish you a Happy Christmas with many beautiful memories.

DANA TATAR

Dana: One of my favorite CHILDHOOD memories is visiting Santa. I still get excited when I see him at the mall. There is still a bit of magic left in the season for me, even now. I added GOLD texture paste, stars, metallic fringe, and adhesive gems.

HEATHER McMAHON

Heather: Ho, Ho, Ho! The word "Childhood" sent me hunting through old photos of my kids at Christmas time. I found this funny one so I thought the title was appropriate. I used ArtStacks poppies, words and hand and added "Gold" to some of the Dusty Attic chipboards. I also added gold thread and, of course, the gold title.

ANASTASIA TVERITNEVA

Anastasia: What a wonderful December challenge!!! In this multi-layered canvas I wanted to show the spirit of Christmas in my favorite traditional Christmas colors: red, green and GOLD! Central element of the composition is a photo of my children from last year family shooting. I hope they will keep these wonderful memories from CHILDHOOD for a long time! Paper collection "Merry & Bright" by Mintay Papers. Watch Anastasia's process video here: https://bit.ly/3qos3dX

SARAH DORGERE

Sarah: Those moments that make up our CHILDHOOD, this is what inspired me with the challenge of December. We love to walk in the forest and especially to have a snack outside. Precious moments that I hope will keep and endure. I enjoy nature in all harmlessness. For the GOLD color, I used icing paste gold with a Finnabair stencil that I love.