Thursday, December 25, 2014

Challenge #25 - Winners

Hello Tracey here with the winners of The Card Concept Challenge #25 - Silent Night Neutrals. This was the final challenge of 2014! We were so excited to see so many wonderful and unique tag creations this challenge.  Each of us has chosen a tag that we liked the bet but not necessarily in our own design style.  Often we are inspired by designs in a style completely opposite to ours and then we make it our own!  Thank you for your inspiration!



Wishing you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Challenge #26 goes live on January 7th at 5:00 AM (PST). See you there!


If you are viewing this in Google Reader, please visit our blog, to see the winning projects, by clicking on the pictures.





Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Challenge #25 ~ Silent Night Neutrals ~ There's Still Time!


There is still plenty of time for you to play along with our current challenge - to be inspired by the colors in this sweet photo! You could be inspired by the shapes, textures, or even the theme!

This challenge will end Monday, December 22nd at noon (PST).

There are lots of fabulous entries already, check them out if you'd like some inspiration to get you started! 



Here is a reminder of our rules if you'd like to join in the fun:

1. Use the challenge to create a card

2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for a summary of the different styles.

3. Explain in your post which style you used. 

4. Link to your blog post for this challenge only, not your whole blog. 

5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!

Click HERE to link your creation!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Challenge #25 - Silent Night Neutrals

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

This is our last challenge for 2014 but we will be back in 2015!!! Thank you for your amazing support and for playing along with our challenges!! We have enjoyed visiting you and seeing your inspiring pieces!

Thank you to our team members for creating beautiful pieces to inspire the crafting community! 

We will be back on January 7th, 2015 with our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! WOW! Time has FLOWN by! We are excited to start the New Year and we have some new designers joining our team!! Watch for an announcement soon!

 It is a mixed feeling however as we say goodbye to the amazing designers who made 2014 so memorable! Thank you, ladies, from the bottom of my heart for your hard work and teamwork! You will all be missed but I hope you will come back and join us when you can play along! Some of these ladies left us throughout the year but I wanted to recognize them all!

Thank you to:
Ardyth Percy-Robb
Cathy Weber
Colleen Dietrich
Deanna Dean
 Karen Davis
Kay Miller
Laurie Willison
Lee Ann Barrett

And the Wild Card Team:
Kim Heggins
Kristie Larson

Mary Marsh
Sue Trembeth
Yoonsun Hur

And a special thank you to Nancy Leppek for being our Guest!




  1. This week we are inspired by the colours in this "sweet" photo! You could be inspired by the shapes, the textures or even the theme! The skies the limit, as long as you are able to explain how you were inspired.
  2. The team is divided into the different styles and each designer explains how they were inspired by the challenge! 
  3. So come and join us and try your hand at a brand new "style" of card making or work in your comfort zone, it is totally up to you!

The styles are explained HERE.

Clean & Simple


I was inspired by the star shaped cookies on the tray.

Clean & Graphic

Cindy Lovell
I was inspired by the cup and colors of the photo

Clean & Layering


Silent night neutrals, the name and the soft colors inspired me to create a serene Nativity scene.

Shabby Chic

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

 I was inspired by the neutral color palette and pretty little pops of sparkle and shine!

Freestyle Collage

Classy & Elegant

"I was inspired by the delicious looking holiday treats"


Wild Card Team

(The Wild Card team have each chosen a style to represent...
visit their blogs to see what they chose!)

Kim Heggins
I was inspired by the metallic colors and the stars.

Yoonsun Hur


Silent night neutrals brings my mind a Nativity scene!


Sue Trembeth

CAS and elegant, what more can I say.

Mary Marsh
The mix of silent night neutrals appealed to me

Kristie Larsen

I love these soft colours that layer over each other so well! 

Nancy Leppek
Clean and Layered with a little embossing paste too.


Our Rules
  1. Use the Challenge to create a card.
  2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for the different styles summary.
  3. Explain in your post which style you used.
  4. Link up your blog post here, not your whole blog.
  5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!
This challenge will end on Monday, December 22 at Noon (PST).

Challenge #24 - Winners!

Hello Tracey here with the winners for The Card Concept Challenge #24 - Snowman (Make a Tag). We were so excited to see so many wonderful and unique tag creations this challenge.  Each of us has chosen a tag that we liked the best but not necessarily in our own design style.  Often we are inspired by designs in a style completely opposite to ours and then we make it our own!  Thank you for your inspiration this challenge!

Challenge #25, the final challenge for 2014 goes live in one hour at 5:00 AM (PST).

If you are viewing this in Google Reader, please visit our blog, to see the winning projects, by clicking on the pictures.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Challenge #24 ~ Snowman (Make a Tag) ~ There's Still Time!

There is still plenty of time for you to play along with our current challenge  - to create a tag or a card with a tag on it using a snowman, snow or wintery theme in one of the styles of the designers. This challenge will end Monday, December 8th at noon (PST).

There are lots of fabulous entries already, check them out if you'd like some inspiration to get you started! 


Here is a reminder of our rules if you'd like to join in the fun:

1. Use the challenge to create a card

2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for a summary of the different styles.

3. Explain in your post which style you used. 

4. Link to your blog post for this challenge only, not your whole blog. 

5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!

Click HERE to link your creation!