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16 November, 2021

November 2021 Mini Challenge - GRATEFUL

Hello everyone!

Welcome to our November Mini Challenge where we are asking you to use the word GRATEFUL on your mini projects. What are you feeling grateful for? Tell us below and add it to your Mini project!

PLEASE NOTE: We have relocated our mini challenge to our new Facebook Group where you can now enter your project in the November album before the end of the month.

ELLE - EOTC
Elle says: I made a tag from an old amazon box, and painted it with many layers of Paperartsy Fresco Chalk Paints using my brayer. The tag is cut so that it has a window opening in the front and through that, you can see the quote "Be grateful, not only for others, but for yourself". Something we tend to forget about, and it is important for our wellbeing, I think.

YULIA POPKOVA

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.

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

Please read the rules before entering.

This year we have changed to a Regional Prize structure, whereby there will be multiple Mini 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 and also the number of entries. 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 entries!

Our Fabulous Sponsors this quarter include:

Thanks to our Sponsors

We are very grateful to all our generous sponsors for these fabulous prizes. To learn more about any of them, click here or on the SPONSORS tab above.

Special Guest Designer

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

You have two weeks 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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12 November, 2020

NOVEMBER 2020 2nd Reveal of Main Challenge - SEASON & LEAVES

Welcome back to the 2nd Reveal of our NOVEMBER Main Challenge

at More Than Words!

This month we are asking you to add LEAVES to your projects!

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

Word Inspiration - SEASON

Creative Challenge - LEAVES

HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE CHALLENGE

Which SEASON is special to you? You could create about the joys of summer, the colour of fall, the delights of winter or the wonders of spring. Or maybe you love every season. Of course, there are other meanings for season too, both literal and metaphorical. We’d love to see what the word inspires you to create! 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.

Changing LEAVES are one of the obvious symbols of the passing of the seasons and we want to see some on your project!

ELLE WILSON

Elle: I made an art journal page for this month's project using a gel printed background using autumn colours and leaf prints, some real leaves from the Japanese Maple in my garden, some autumnal word stamps and a quote from one of my favourite books - Anne of Green Gables!

ANNA IWANOWSKA

Anna: I decided to make an art journal spread. "Seasons" theme made me think about how strange this year is. It's a other season I'm spending mostly at home... But also this year gave me some great experiences and I feel no regrets. More even - I feel grateful. I'm accepting the changes and trying to see bright sides in every situation.

DAISY RAMSEY

Daisy: I love autumn because the leaves take on bright and warm colors. It creates beautiful landscapes. In the area where I live, it’s very woody. It is nice to walk there to admire the trees. For the creative twist I used diecuts of autumn leaves from Les créations Édith Cloutier

KATRIN MERAGLIA

Katrin: Autumn inspired this project, I create this sculpture with modelling paste, fiber paste and recycled leaves and flowers from other projects, this is an amazing season my favourite I hope you like this.

ROSALIE DUKE-STANLEY

Rosalie: My take on the SEASONS and LEAVES. Living in Western Australia, to see the beautiful colours of the seaons, we travel to the South West. This is a picture taken near Nannup where every Autunm there are these gorgeous yellows and oranges across the hills. I have added chipboard leaves.

PRIYA MISHRA

Priya: Autumn leaves are my favorite and I love what Autumn teach us. Do for this month's challenge I chose to add a Quote -To everything there is a "SEASON" and for creative part I used some leaf moulds and some fussy cut "LEAVES "

MAIN CHALLENGE WINNER

(as voted by our DT)

$50 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU

4 RUNNERS UP

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

$25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKET

$25 USD value prize from DUSTY ATTIC

$25 USD value prize from AB STUDIO

$25 USD value prize from EXPRESSIONS CRAFT

RANDOM WINNER

(picked at random from all eligible entries)

$25 USD value prize from MAJA DESIGN

MYSTERY WINNERS

(hand picked by our Admin team - two entries not in our Top 5,

but that have that special something that captured our attention)

$25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKET

$25 USD value prize from MINTAY

(image below is for illustration purposes only)

SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER

One participant, with a high number of votes and 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 above.

We are looking forward to seeing your entries into our

NOVEMBER Main Challenge: SEASON and LEAVES

Please link up your projects
by clicking on the "Add Link" button below.

PLEASE be sure to include your personal name and country in your InLinkz title.

Challenge closes November 30th at 11:59 pm EST.

08 November, 2020

Announcing our OCTOBER Main Challenge Winners

It's our great pleasure to announce our Main Challenge winners!!!

So many wonderful entries to our NIGHT & NO FLOWERS challenge.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. We enjoyed each and every project!

Winners, in your email to the sponsors, please clearly indicate:

** YOUR FULL NAME

** YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS

** THE MONTH AND PRIZE WON

(ex: September - Main / Runner Up / Mystery / Random etc)

MAIN CHALLENGE WINNER

(as voted by our DT)

BARBARA KOBYLARZ (entry #30)

Barbara, please contact Sofie: shop(at)papertoleaustralia(dot)com to claim your $50 USD value prize from SCRAPMATTS. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Scrapmatts and/or in receiving your prize.

4 RUNNERS UP

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

LYNE'S LABORATORY (entry #12)

Lyne, please contact Elena: koraprojects(at)outlook(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from KORA PROJECTS. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Kora Projects and/or in receiving your prize.

NATALJA GAMOVA (entry #19)

Natalja, please contact Vanessa: salesat2crafty(at)optusnet(dot)com(dot)au to claim your $25 USD value prize from 2CRAFTY CHIPBOARD. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact 2Crafty and/or in receiving your prize.

EARTHIE AFFAIR (entry #38)

Earthie Affair, please contact Tracey: tracey(at)lindysgang(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from LINDY'S. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Lindy's and/or in receiving your prize.

JULIA ROMANOVA (entry #28)

Julia, please contact Louise: generalenquirestcs(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from THOMPSON'S CRAFT SUPPLIES. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Thompson's Craft Supplies and/or in receiving your prize.

RANDOM WINNER

(picked at random from all eligible entries)

THIS LITTLE PLACE (entry #23)

This Little Place, please contact Karola: info(at)mintaypapers(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from MINTAY PAPERS. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Mintay Papers and/or in receiving your prize.

MYSTERY WINNERS

(hand picked by our Admin team - two entries not in our Top 5,

but that have that special something that captured our attention)

IRIS PEREZ (entry #17)

We love Iris's interesting background techniques, embossing, colours and quote. We also loved the zipper featured in the centre of her project.

Iris, please contact Janene: janene(at)49andmarket(dot)com to claim your $25 USD value prize from 49 AND MARKET. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact 49 And Market and/or in receiving your prize.

MARINA (entry #26)

Marina's wonderfully textured book cover really caught our eye. The colours and textures and celestial imagery really conjured up the idea of a dark night of stargazing.

Marina, please contact Karola: info(at)mintaypapers(dot)com

to claim your $25 USD value prize from MINTAY PAPERS. Please note that with the worldwide issues of Covid-19, there may be a delay in being able to contact Mintay Papers and/or in receiving your prize.

SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER

(hand picked by our Admin team)

KERSTIN FILOU (entry #37)

Kerstin wowed us with her Halloween-themed page.We loved her stunning details such as the serious witch and the feathery owl. We're looking forward to having Kerstin join us!

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:

CATHY FRAILEY (entry #4)
JORUNN (entry #14)

SANA (entry #44)

VIDHI JADEJA (entry #39)

PARVATHI TRIPATHI (entry #43)

SANNE TER HORST (entry #22)

MARGARITA SHKLUDOVA (entry #9)

Congratulations to all our winners

and again a huge THANK YOU to all our participants!

We encourage all you merit winners, honourable mentions, and participants whose project was featured on our Facebook page throughout the month to grab your badge from our left sidebar and proudly display it on your blog.

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 the same tags as above on Facebook.

We'd love to share your good news so also tag your pics with #MTWShare for permission to be featured on More Than Words' social media.

Thank you to our Sponsors

To lean more about all our wonderful and generous sponsors,

click on the SPONSORS tab above.

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Our NOVEMBER Main Challenge SEASON & LEAVES

is currently underway and we hope that you will join in!

Link up your project below by November 30th at 11:59am EST.

01 November, 2020

NOVEMBER 2020 Main Challenge - SEASON and LEAVES

Welcome back to another Main Challenge at More Than Words!

This month we are asking you to add leaves to your project!

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

Word Inspiration - SEASON

Creative Challenge - LEAVES

HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE CHALLENGE

Changing LEAVES are one of the obvious symbols of the passing of the seasons and we want to see some on your project!

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

HEIKES AUGENBLICK

Heikes: No festival season 2020... is my title for this challenge. I created a scrapbook page in mixed media style with a photo from "Thirty seconds to mars". Unfortunately there was no festival season this year because of the pandemic. I am happy that I have Spotify, where I can hear my favorite music. It doesn`t replace the feeling and joy of a festival. I know that of course... But it`s better than nothing!! For the creative challenge I create my own leafs with watercolor from 13@rts which I attached to my focal point. I also stamped with a leaf stamp on my background.

CECILIA ZERTUCHE

Cecilia: I love autumn with gold's beautiful colors! It's a wonderful SEASON....beautifully!

DANA TATAR

Dana: A new SEASON begins, but my footwear stays the same! I'll be wearing my flip flops until the snow touches my toes. I embellished my layout with colorful vellum and chipboard LEAVES.

HEATHER McMAHON

Heather: My inspiration for this came from the photo of a stunning sunset we saw once. We were in Cres, in Croatia, which has beautiful old buildings decorated with old shutters so I added gorgeous shutters from ArtStacks, my new business which will be launching soon. The SEASON was summer and I added LEAVES cascading down the side of the shutters.

ANASTASIA TVERITNEVA

Anastasia: Autumn is a fabulous SEASON, so bright and cozy! This fall, the weather allowed for long family walks and rustling LEAVES underfoot. The layout for the November challenge has developed harmoniously. To create the LEAVES, I used stamps and paper cutting elements. Lettering "SEASON" added by self calligraphy.

SARAH DORGERE

Sarah: fall is my favorite SEASON and that's why I chose to scrape a collection of paper on this theme. I love the colors this season. whether it is the falling LEAVES, the weather which is rather pleasant and especially the seasonal vegetables such as the pumpkins that I love❤️

JOLANDE van OOSTERHOUT

Jolande: Lately I have been very busy with painting, it is so wonderfully relaxing, just like this SEASON. Autumn has beautiful "Indian summer" colors which I have tried to bring back in this painting. The LEAVES have gotten the full colors of autumn.