Wednesday, November 8, 2023

The Card Concept #201 {Fall Leaves}

          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.  


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's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 
leaves and wood in the photo when I created 
my Mixed Media card.


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and 
leaves for my Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card.


Michele's Inspiration: I love the bright colors combined 
with the black, and the beautiful tumble of autumn leaves, 
which together made my Clean and Layered card pop.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the overall 
theme of the photo for my Free Style Collage card.


Karen's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered
card was inspired by the gorgeous colors and
the beautiful leaves in the inspiration photo.


Jenny's Inspiration:I was inspired by the leaves and 
colours to create a Clean and Layered Fall card.


Kerry's Inspiration: I took the leaves as inspiration
for my Mixed Media card and gave them a Christmas twist.




Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 
beautiful leaves and colors to create my 
Clean and Layered Style card.


Betty's Inspiration:   I was inspired by the leaves, colors, 
and theme. I created a Clean and Layered styled card.


The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, December 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!

Winners #200 {Autumn Chill}

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

                        #200 {Autumn Chill} Challenge!

Thank you so much for playing along with us!  As always, all of your gorgeous cards make it very difficult for our DT to narrow down our winners and honorable mentions :-)!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner, so our two winners are...


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






   And our four Honorable Mentions ...



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








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" :-) 

Just a reminder, this year we will be highlighting our winners and honorable mentions on our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board.  

We will be back in an hour with our November challenge! 

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Card Concept #200 {Autumn Chill}

     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.  


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's Inspiration: I was inspired by the theme and elements 
in the photo when I created my Mixed Media card.

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and leaves 
for my Clean and Layered card. 


 Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the book and the warm 
drink on a chilly day for my Clean and Layered card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the different elements 
in the photo, the wood background, the sweater/blanket, 
the book and coffee cup for my Clean and Layered card.


Karen's Inspiration: Karen's Clean and Layered card
was inspired by the colors and books in the photo.


Jenny's taking a break for this challenge! 


Kerry's Inspiration: My simple Shabby layered card was 
inspired by all the elements in the photo.





Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the fall theme of the
 photo to create my Clean and Elegant style card.


Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, leaves, and 
patterns for my Clean and Layered styled card. 

The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, November 6th 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 #199 {Country Style}

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

                        #199 {Country Style} Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with us!  As always, your talent makes it very difficult for our DT to narrow down our winners and honorable mentions :-)!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner, so our two winners are...


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




   And our three Honorable Mentions ...



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



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" :-) 

Just a reminder, this year we will be highlighting our winners and honorable mentions on our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board.  

We will be back in an hour with our October challenge! 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The Card Concept #199 {Country Style}

            Welcome to The Card Concept !

We are changing things up a bit for 2023-2024 and we will now offer a monthly challenge (vs. bi-weekly)!

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 #tcc199.

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.  



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 the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge :-)

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's Inspiration: I was inspired by the theme to create 
these matching Mixed Media cards.


Kerry's Inspiration: My Mixed Media card was inspired by 
the theme, flowers and gingham.


Julie's Inspiration: My Shabby and Vintage/Mixed Media 
card was inspired by the sunflowers in the wreath. 


Michele's card is on the way!



Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the sunflowers in 
the photo and the black Gingham and red ribbons 
for my Clean and Layered card



Karen's Inspiration: My Shabby Chic Farm card was
inspired by the barn image, rooster, gingham ribbon,
and the overall color scheme and farmhouse feel.


Jenny will be back with us for next month's challenge!



Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the rooster and 
the farm theme to create my Clean and Elegant Style card.



Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the sunflowers, 
background, and welcome sentiment. 
I created a Clean and Simple styled card. 


The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, October 9th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
---------------------------------------------------------

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!