Welcome to The Card Concept !
Before we get started on our April challenge details, we want to announce that our sweet Tenia Nelson will be stepping down from our Design Team.
Tenia is very talented in so many ways and is stepping down so she can focus on her family and her other artistic outlets, especially music! We hope you can stop by her blog and continue to keep up with her adventures! We will miss you, Tenia!
Now on to our next challenge! For those of you who are new to our challenge, every month we will post our inspiration photo challenge and hope that you will join us by creating a card for our challenge gallery.
If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2
Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc226).
Just a reminder, an inspiration photo is exactly that- a starting point for inspiration. Will it be the colors, the overall theme, the texture, the actual items and/or something else that will inspire your card?
Choose a design style (or combine styles), create a card, and in your blog post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge :-)
At the end of the challenge, our Design Team will choose one Main Winner and at least three Honorable Mentions. We will announce the winners here on our challenge blog, as well as our Facebook page and our new Pinterest board.
Again, as we mentioned above, please feel free to use any of the styles we have defined or create your own with a combination of styles. We want you to have fun with our inspiration!
So come and join us! We'd love for you to try your hand at a brand new style of card making or feel free to work in your comfort zone. It is totally up to you!
In case you missed the link above, the styles are explained HERE.
Now for our Design Team's inspiration:
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the patriotic
ribbon/theme and, of course, the colors for my
Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card.
Michele's Inspiration: I found my inspiration in the red,
white, and blue blooms and featured them in
my Clean and Layered card.
Jolanda's Inspiration: The patriotic ribbon and the
colors inspired my Clean and Layered
Memorial Day card.
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors
for my Clean and Layered Fun Fold card today!
Karen's Inspiration: My design inspiration came from the
patriotic colors, beautiful blooms, and the USA flag which inspired
my addition of the star in creating my Clean and Layered/
Freestyle Collage card for this FUN challenge.
Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors-
red, white, blue and kraft- to create a
Clean and Simple graduation card.
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the wreath and
the beautiful colour combo this month for my
Clean and Layered style card.
The deadline to participate will be
Monday, May 11th at 12:00 pm EDT.
We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
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If you would like to be included in our entries for possible Winner or Honorable Mention, please make sure you include our inspiration photo in your blog post, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge. Also, please make sure that we are the only inspiration challenge and direct link to our challenge site.
Thanks again for playing along with us!
