Announcing Our December Challenge Winners

 Hello everyone and a big thank you to all who entered our December challenges! 

We want to take a moment to remind everyone who enters that since all our prizes are regionally based we are not able to consider you for a prize unless you include your COUNTRY in all your entries, whether you enter via inLinkz or our Facebook group.

We enjoyed seeing all of your entries and of course we also enjoyed creating for our challenges!  Thank you also to the Design Team for all of your inspiration.  Now let's see who our December winners are...

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.

 

>>MAIN CHALLENGE WINNERS<<

We now have THREE winners and THREE prizes for the Main Challenge.  In addition, we would like to invite our Main challenge winners to be Guest Designers in a future challenge.  Please see the end of the post for more details.

Regional Challenge Winner - Europe 

Louise Lundqvist - Sweden

Congratulations Louise, you have won a $25 USD value prize from MAJA DESIGN

 Please click here for details on how to claim your prize.

Regional Challenge Winner International

 

Heidi Massesich - USA

Congratulations Heidi, you have won a $25 USD value prize from SCRAPMATTS

Please click here for details on how to claim your prize.

Regional Challenge Winner - International

Helen Hollinger - Canada

Congratulations Helen, you have won a $25 USD value from LEMONCRAFT

Please click here for details on how to claim your prize.

>>MINI CHALLENGE WINNERS<<

We now have ONE winner and ONE prize for the Mini Challenge.  In addition, we would like to invite our winner and our runners-up to be Guest Designers in a future challenge.  Please see the end of the post for more details.

As this challenge is now held in our Facebook Group, the links below will take you to the group, if you wish to view more photos.

Mini Challenge Winner

Shruti Doshi - India

Congratulations Shruti, you have won a $25 USD value *DIGITAL* prize from GECKO GALZ

Please click here for details on how to claim your prize.

Mini Challenge Runners-Up

Iris Perez - Argentina

Matilde Fab  - Poland

Big thank you to our Sponsors

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.

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 runners-up to grab your badges from this post and proudly display it on your blog or social media. 

(for Louise, Heide, Helen, Shruti)

(for Iris and Matilde)

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.

*** Special Guest Designer ***

We would like to invite all of our December 2021 winners and runners-up to be Guest Designers in a future challenge.  If you are interested, please leave a comment below with your contact details and we will get in touch (your details are safe as the comment will not be published and will be deleted later).  Alternately, send us a message us via More Than Words Facebook Page

January 2022 Mini Challenge - START

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to our first Mini Challenge for 2022 where we are asking you to use the word START on your mini projects.  

PLEASE NOTE:  We have relocated our mini challenge to our new 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!

SHARON FRITCHMAN

Visit Sharon:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM

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HEATHER MCMAHON

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ELLE - EOTC

Visit Elle:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM


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YULIA POPKOVA

Visit Yulia:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM


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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.

Please remember to add your country to your entry!

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 year 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!

Join our Facebook Group

Our Facebook group is now open!  Just click on the image below or visit our Facebook page to join.

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January 2022 Main Challenge - REFLECT and DOODLING

 Hello everyone, Happy New Year and welcome to 2022 and another year of great creative challenges!   

As you have probably noticed from our recent challenges, all our Main Challenges are now ART JOURNAL Challenges!  

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

Word Inspiration:  REFLECT
Creative Challenge:  ADD SOME DOODLING

Helpful Tips For The Challenge

At this time of the year we often like to look back and reflect on the year that has just ended. This is an art journalling challenge so perhaps you want to write or journal about those things you are reflecting on. For the creative challenge we want to see you add some of your own doodles to the page, so start doodling!

 

 

SHARON FRITCHMAN

Sharon says:  Every time we move into a new year, I always look back and REFLECT on the previous one. We’ve had some adversity this past year, but I am ready to look to the future with a hopeful heart. For my project, I DOODLED and water-colored the barn on the hill that my husband and I pass every day when we walk our dog!
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AGA MIRKOWSKA

Aga says:  Life is only a REFLECTION of what we allow ourselves to see. Sometimes IT is really difficult to stand on a white or a black side - usually we do not know which is a REFLECT. I used black and white theme presented on our challenge photo. I also used Black and white DOODLING as a frame of the page.
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HEATHER MCMAHON

Heather says:  The start of a new year is the perfect time to sit back and REFLECT on our lives. Thinking about this challenge word made me realise that I don't reflect enough on things so this page is about making sure I do it more in the future.

I used DOODLING in many places - around the title, on the background and I partly used a stencil to help me doodle the large flourishes.
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LISA OXLEY

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YULIA POPKOVA

Yulia says:  The January Challenge made me think about creativity. "Very Peri" was chosen as the color of 2022, it symbolizes creativity and cheerfulness. And my artbook page in this color. For the background, I used a different mixed media techniques - sprays, stencils, stamps and Doodling with a black liner.
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ELLE - EOTC

Elle says:  I always take time at the beginning of the year to reflect on the year that has just gone.  I did that while painting my art journal spread with purple, blue and green watercolours.  Reflecting on the year made me think of this saying about your life and how you can change things by changing your thinking.  I used a couple of white pens to do a lot of doodling across the green background and trees.  It's a very meditative process which I really enjoy.  
Visit Elle:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM


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KAT PALECZNY

 Kat says:  The January challenge was great fun for me, for the first time in my art journal page I didn't use stamps. I created the background using DOODLING and I have to say that I will be happy to return to this form for future posts.  I dedicate the quote, which is the message of the work, to all people for the new year.
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This year we are continuing with 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 and Art Cafe group entries!  

Our Fabulous Sponsors this year include:

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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Engage with us!

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

Are you entering the challenge?  

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 January Main Challenge Album!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter