The Card Concept #217 {Patriotic Decor}

             Welcome to The Card Concept !

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 #tcc217).

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: 

Esther Asbury

Esther's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and

 flags for my Shabby and Vintage style card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the flags, the doily 

and the colors for my Shabby and Vintage/ 

Mixed Media card. 

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's card is on the way! 

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: I was attracted to the

 fabric table runner and the wood elements

 for my Clean and Layered design.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, 

the wooden crate and the jar in the crate 

for my Clean and Layered card

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the

rustic elements, the barn wood, and the

patriotic theme/colors when creating my

Mixed Media card for this challenge.

Jenny Martin

Jenny's Inspiration: inspired by the pattern of the 

runner in the photo and the colours to make a 

Clean and Layered card.

Tenia Nelson 

Tenia is taking a break for this challenge! 

The deadline to participate will be  

Monday, June 9th 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!

Winners #216 {Spring Celebrations}

  Happy Wednesday! Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our  

                           #216 {Spring Celebrations} Challenge!

 

What a fun gallery!  We were so excited to see all of your beautiful cards this month!  It is so difficult for us to narrow down winners and honorable mentions for sure!  Thank you for taking the time to play along with us! 

 

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

 

listed in order that they appeared in our gallery...

Karen Mead

Donna H.

   And our three Honorable Mentions ...

again, listed in order that they appeared in our gallery...

Christy Stanford

Wanda Cullen

Deborah Wheeler

Congratulations to all of our winners!!

We hope that you will take the time to visit each of the Winner/HM 

blogs to see how they created their cards, and, if you have time, leave a comment and show them some "love" :-) 

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!  

Please join us in an hour for our May 2025 Challenge! 

The Card Concept #216 {Spring Celebrations}

     Welcome to The Card Concept !

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 #tcc216).

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? 

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: 

Esther Asbury

Esther's Inspiration: I was inspired by gradient green cake

and tropical leaves for my mixed media card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, graphic 

elements and leaves for my Clean and Layered/ 

Mixed Media card! 

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: What's more adorable than 

a giraffe? Bring on the cuteness for a 

Clean and Layered design.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: Jungle Safari for a fun

Clean and Layered design.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful 

pastel colors along with the leave, birthday balloons

 and cupcakes for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: The soft pastels, sweet

color palette and balloons were my inspiration

when creating this Mixed Media card.

Jenny Martin

Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 

colours and Spring theme for my 

Mixed Media card.

Tenia Nelson 

Tenia's Inspiration: I was inspired by the soft colors 

for my Clean and Simple card!

The deadline to participate will be  

Monday, May 12th 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!

Winners #215 {Floral Heart}

 Happy Wednesday! Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our  

                           #215 {Floral Heart} Challenge!

 

What a beautiful gallery!  We were so excited to see all of your gorgeous cards this month!  You definitely make it difficult for us to narrow down winners and honorable mentions for sure!  Thank you for taking the time to play along with us! 

 

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

 

listed in order that they appeared in our gallery...

Nance Salkeld

Karen Mead

   And our three Honorable Mentions ...

again, listed in order that they appeared in our gallery...

Wanda Cullen

Julia Sager

Diane H.

Congratulations to all of our winners!!

We hope that you will take the time to visit each of the Winner/HM 

blogs to see how they created their cards, and, if you have time, leave a comment and show them some "love" :-) 

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!  

Please join us in an hour for our May 2025 Challenge! 

The Card Concept #215 {Floral Heart}

               Welcome to The Card Concept !

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 #tcc215).

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: 

Esther Asbury

Esther's Inspiration: I was inspired by the flowers, colors, and white space 

when I created this clean and layered card. 

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and textures 

of the florals for my Clean and Layered card.  

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I was really inspired by the contrast 

of bright florals against a crispy white background 

for my Clean and Layered/Freestyle Collage card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: The colors, white space and texture

inspired my Clean and Simple card (with texture).

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors along with 

the flowers on the heart for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: The heart with flowers

was my primary inspiration.  I also incorporated

the color scheme and wonderful textures when

creating my Clean and Layered card.

Jenny Martin

Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pretty flowers 

and colours to make a Clean and Layered Card. 

I also incorporated the hearts with the 

embossed background.

Tenia Nelson 

Tenia's Inspiration: My inspiration was the colors and heart 

for this super fun Clean and Layered card!

The deadline to participate will be  

Monday, April 7th 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!