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01 December, 2024

December 2024 - Traditions, Moments & Memories - And An Important Announcement!

 


 Welcome to our December Challenge!

As this time of year we are energized by the forthcoming Holiday Season and many of us are focused on creating seasonal projects, perhaps Christmas or Winter inspired.  With that in mind we have our December challenge of Traditions, Moments & Memories, challenge number 201, but sadly this will be the last challenge theme on More Than Words blog.


It's the end of an era.


More Than Words have been running fortnightly and monthly challenges for nearly 10 years and in that time, we have had 201 challenges, 120 terrific DT members,  nearly 500 posts, 3000 comments,  over 1100 blog followers, and 1.2 million views.  We have also been very fortunate to have our challenges sponsored by some wonderful papercraft brands over the years who have generously donated prizes to our many, many winners from the very first challenge.

Since 2020, there have been many changes to the world we live in and it has affected all of us in different ways.  Technology has also changed and so has the way we use it.  Unfortunately we have noticed fewer entries to our challenges each year and so with over 200 challenges and ten years under our belt, we feel that it is time to say goodbye to our blog challenge.   

Thank you to each and every one of you who have entered, supported, commented, visited and loved our challenge,  We have enjoyed seeing all of your amazing creativity over the years and have loved every minute.  

New things are happening!

This will be our final blog challenge, new things are happening next year and we will be back with our final post in January, to tell you all about it and hopefully to announce the winner of this challenge (providing we reach the minimum number of entries).

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We can't wait to see what you create this month and what you choose to focus on!  We are almost at the end of 2024 - how has your word of the year worked out for you so far?  Feel free to reflect on your WOTY and include it on your pages this month, together with the monthly prompt or instead of it.  The choice is yours!  Due to changes on Instagram it is harder to see the recent entries on a hashtag, so please also remember to tag us @mtw_challenge so we don't miss your projects.  

#MTWartjournalchallenge


Design Team Inspiration


Let's see what our lovely Design Team have created this month. If you 
love their projects, please visit their social links, like or follow them on your favourite social media.

ELLE - EOTC


This is the 12th and final page in my MTW 2024 junk journal and this one has an obvious theme for me in December! Christmas for me has always been about the excitement of Santa, Christmas trees and the possibility of snow.  (Less excited about that last one now!) So I have included all of those things on my page, and the little girl behind the window is standing next to a big Christmas tree.  The window opens to reveal all.   More photos and details on my blog.

Visit Elle:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM



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HEATHER MCMAHON



This challenge made me think about what Christmas traditions we have in our family and I realised that we always have a Christmas tree. Sometimes it's so tall it touches the ceiling and other times it's small enough to sit on a table but we always have one regardless.
On my page, the Christmas tree and the reindeer names are both from ArtStacks' 'Christmas Quotes' MiniStack. I stole the idea for the hanging "Christmas" word baubles from a similar design in the same pack.
I hope you can join us in our last blog challenge ever! 

Visit Heather:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM



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HEIDI MATTESSICH


Visit Heidi:  BLOG - INSTAGRAM -  YOUTUBE 



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KOUNELI



Visit Kouneli:   FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM



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LENA BLANKENSTEIN HOLMSTROM



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




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MATILDE FAB
My page is about my family tradition - first of all we choose an ideal Christmas tree and then we decorate it together. 

Visit Matilde:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE



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Prizes


This month we are very happy to have ArtStacks Designs as our prize sponsor. 


 ArtStacks will be donating one of their fabulous DigiStacks to the overall winner of our challenge, providing the minimum number of entries is received.   


Challenge closes on the last day of the month at 11:59 pm EST.  


Enter in our Facebook Group, using this month's Challenge Album!  

Enter on Instagram by tagging us (so we can see your entry!) @MTW_challenge and using the hashtag: #MTWartjournalchallenge


01 November, 2024

November 2024 Challenge Announcement - Birds of a Feather Gather Together - Our 200th Challenge!


  Happy new month!  We hope you enjoyed our October challenge and connecting with your spirit animals in your journals! Thank you for joining in with our challenge!    

This month is very special as it marks our 200th challenge!  We started our challenge blog back in 2015 and it's hard to believe that there have been so many challenges - it wasn't so long ago that we celebrated our 150th challenge and here we are at 200!  
We are celebrating with our Birds of a Feather Gather Together challenge, a challenge that invites you to gather together your art supplies and create a page inspired by the various gatherings that happen at this time of year with family or friends.  Or to take it at face value and focus on the nesting birds aspect of the challenge board.   

We are almost at the end of 2024 - how has your word of the year worked out for you so far?  Do please continue to consider your word of the year in all of our pages this year, together with the monthly prompts or instead of them.  The choice is yours!
  

We can't wait to see what you create this month and what you choose to focus on!  Due to changes on Instagram it is harder to see the recent entries on a hashtag, so please also remember to tag us @mtw_challenge so we don't miss your projects.  

#MTWartjournalchallenge


Design Team Inspiration

Let's see what our lovely Design Team have created this month. If you love their projects, please visit their social links, like or follow them on your favourite social media.

ELLE - EOTC


A small bird made a cosy nest within my heart.  More photos and details on my blog.

Visit Elle:  BLOG - FACEBOOK -  INSTAGRAM



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HEATHER MCMAHON




Taking a Break... 
Visit Heather:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - PINTEREST - INSTAGRAM



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HEIDI MATTESSICH



Visit Heidi:  BLOG - INSTAGRAM -  YOUTUBE 



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KOUNELI










Visit Kouneli:   FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM



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LENA BLANKENSTEIN HOLMSTROM




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




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MATILDE FAB




Visit Matilde:  BLOG - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - YOUTUBE



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Prizes & Special Guest Designers


This year we are very happy to welcome ArtStacks Designs as our prize sponsor. 


 ArtStacks will be donating one of their fabulous DigiStacks to the overall winner of each of our challenges this year.   

In addition, one or more participants, handpicked by our team, may be invited to be our Special Guest Designers, to be featured on our blog and promoted in our magazine and social media.


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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? 


Challenge closes on the last day of the month at 11:59 pm EST.  


Enter in our Facebook Group, using this month's Challenge Album!  

Enter on Instagram by tagging us (so we can see your entry!) @MTW_challenge and using the hashtag: #MTWartjournalchallenge