May 2017 Main Challenge MOTHER & FLOWERS

Hello everyone! We are ready to share a brand challenge 

with you here at More Than Words!

During the month of May, in most parts of the world, we dedicate one 

specific day to honor very special women in our lives... mothers!

So this month we are offering you a challenge honouring them too!

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

The challenge is open to layouts, canvases and art journal pages only.

Make sure you carefully read our instructions below.

Word Inspiration - MOTHER

Creative Challenge - FLOWERS

What does the word MOTHER inspire you to create?

You can choose to use the actual word somewhere on your project

or simply be inspired by it. Please explain in your blog post how the word

inspired you, if not already obvious. We love to read about your inspiration!

Most undoubtedly the #1 gift given to mothers on Mother's Day are FLOWERS.

So our creative challenge is very easy... just add at least one flower to your project.

Or you can add an entire bouquet... whatever your fancy!

VERY IMPORTANT!  In order to be eligible to win...

You have to incorporate both requirements of the challenge,

the word inspiration (MOTHER) and the creative challenge (FLOWERS),

Just look at our designers' projects and descriptions as examples.  

You must also include our board image as well as a link to our blog in your entry post.
AND you may combine our challenge with no more than 2 other blog challenges.

Please check out all our challenge rules in the RULES tab above.

CAROLINE ELLIAM

Caroline: "My MOTHER is my best friend.  She's always there, and I know she always will be. Our relationship is precious and I cherish every moment that I have her by my side. For the creative twist, I added a lot of different types of FLOWERS like paper, resin, stenciled and stamped. I used beautiful new flower stamps designed by my friend and MTW team member, Valerie."

NICOLE DOIRON

Nicole: "It was obvious seeing this month's word inspiration that I had to pay homage to my MOTHER. She has always been the most important woman in my life.  Generous, sociable, strong, funny... those are just some of her qualities that I strive towards every day. The picture was taken back in October when my brother and I threw a big party to celebrate her 65th birthday. The creative challenge wasn't that much of a challenge as I use FLOWERS on pretty much all my creations. For this page, I especially chose these gorgeous blooms from the Prima Rossibelle collection which I had in my stash for a while, saving them for a very special layout."

DI GARLING

Di: "I was inspired by our challenge this month to scrap a layout using this photo of my MOTHER and myself as a baby. It was a wonderful walk down memory lane. The creative challenge was easy as I normally love to use FLOWERS on my projects."

AGA BARANIAK

Aga: "Today, I would like to present you this layout of my younger son. Inspired by this month's challenge, I wanted to show you how happy I am to be his MOTHER. I hope by looking at the whole page and the numerous FLOWERS, which I usually avoid since I don't feel comfortable with the flowery style, you will feel my blossoming happiness too. This page was created to show my deep love for my children."

ELENA MARTYNOVA

Elena M: "I made a project with a photo of my grandmother and her son, my dad. She was a beautiful, caring and loving MOTHER and grandmother.  I added a lot of FLOWERS on my layout because of the creative challenge of course, but also because my grandmother loved and grew them in her garden."

EKATERINA ZENEVICH

Ekaterina: "This month, the very special word 'Mama' (MOTHER) is the inspiration, so I made this canvas with a photo of my mother-in-law. I love her very much; she is like a second mother to me! The FLOWERS used in my work are stamped images 

painted with Magicals from Lindy's."

JENNIFER MARIE

Jennifer: "This month, I chose to use this picture of my youngest baby boy. He is a miracle baby as I waited 4 years for him to be conceived. He was born with a lot of health problems, and I am so proud of the path traveled with my baby. In a way, with my page, I decided to celebrate the dedicated MOTHERS of sick children. 

I incorporated a lot of FLOWERS as usual, as they are easily 

my favorite scrappy embellishments."

LILIBLEU 

Lilibleu: "For this month's challenge, I wanted to use a vintage photo to illustrate the MOTHER theme. The meaning of this special word has stayed the same through the test of time. I also placed the word directly on my page. FLOWERS being my favorite embellishments, I always like to put a lot on every project, 

so this one was no exception."

ELENA TRETYAKOVA

Elena T: "I chose for our May challenge an old photo of me with my MOTHER. This photo inspired me to create a blooming page with a light vintage look. FLOWERS! Yes! I love flowers very much and I often use them on my projects. They are my favorites! In this project, I incorporated different types: chipboard, handmade, fabric, printed. Let us all make our memories bloom!"

VALERIE OUELLET

Valerie: "The meeting with this little being who has been living inside your belly for 9 months is a moment of pure happiness for a MOTHER. This is a memory that I will cherish forever. I followed the creative challenge by adding 

many FLOWERS on my page."

SANDERIJN DE BRUIN

Sanderijn: "I was inspired by this month's word to use this brand new gorgeous picture of my daughter because I cannot begin to describe how proud I am of her and how she manages to make my MOTHER's heart jump up and down from joy constantly. For the creative challenge, I don't need much explanation, right?

 'Let's make your project bloom'... well, that's exactly what I did! I took this picture last week, in Springtime, so that's why I decided to use a Spring theme in combination with the FLOWERS. 

My daughter makes my life bloom in every way!"

KAVITHA

Kavitha: "A MOTHER's love is timeless and stays the same forever, so I added a clock and the title 'Forever' on my layout. For the creative challenge, I decorated my page with several FLOWERS, of all kinds and sizes."

KAREEN DION

Kareen: "The day I became a MOTHER was 6 years ago. Time goes by so fast! It was the most beautiful day, and I still remember it as if it was yesterday. I added a lot of FLOWERS on my layout, as a celebration of that day!"

ANGUREE VAN RENSBURG

Anguree: "This layout is all for you, Mum! You are beautiful, amazing, one of a kind and the best MOTHER anyone could ever ask for.  But God gave you to me! You love purple and so I faced my greatest scrap nemesis... the colour purple!  I created a layout with purple hibiscus FLOWERS. They are not your beloved Christmas roses or agapanthus, but I reckon you will love these too! xxx"

What a lovely set of DT projects!

We cannot wait to see what you will be inspired to create!

And now let's take a look at the fabulous prizes up for grabs this month...

NOTE: We have decided to make a slight change in our prize listing in order to

 be able to grant more wonderful Main Challenge entries a chance to win a prize. 

From now on, we will offer not 1, but 2 RANDOM PRIZES each month!

As a result, we will unfortunately no longer have a monthly Lucky Commenter prize.

We do truly appreciate your feedback and encouragement 

and hope that you will continue sharing your comments with us! <3

All our prizes include free international postage!

MAIN CHALLENGE WINNER

(as voted by our DT)

$50 USD value prize from MAJA DESIGN

Here is more information about this month's 1st place prize sponsor:

"Maja Design is a Swedish manufacture of craft paper. We are dedicated to create unique and very high quality papers for scrapbooking and crafts. Our papers, that are really thick and easy to work with, always follow a tasteful and matching color theme, even between the different collections, perfect for mix matching. Every collection is designed by the company's founder, Marie Janson, and are created with a unique story in mind. Our vintage inspired collections are created to be long lasting and timeless, but yet still modern. Today, we are proudly shipping our products to more than 30 countries worldwide, and we hope that our beloved designs 

will inspire your creativity!"

4 RUNNERS UP

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

$25 USD value prize from THE SCRAPBOOK DIARIES

$25 USD value prize from MAGENTA

$25 USD value prize from LINDY'S
(image below is for illustration purposes only)

$25 USD value prize from COLOUR BLAST

2 RANDOM WINNERS

(two entries picked at random from all eligible entries)

$25 USD value prize from 7 DOTS STUDIO
(image below is for illustration purposes only)

$25 USD value prize from THE DUSTY ATTIC

MYSTERY WINNER

(one entry hand picked by our Admin team which has not made it into our Top 5,

but that has captured our attention someway, somehow)

$25 USD value prize from FABRIKA DECORU

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.

Here's to hoping that all of you will play along with our

May Main Challenge MOTHER & FLOWERS!

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by May 31st at 11:59 pm EST.