Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Challenge #6 ~ Birthday Cards ~ There's Still Time!

Welcome back to The Card Concept!

There is still plenty of time for you to play along with our current challenge  - to create a birthday card. This challenge will end Monday, March 31st at noon (PST).

As usual there are many eye-catching entries this week! Check them out for some inspiration.




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!

Go HERE to link your creation!
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Challenge #6 - Create a Birthday Card

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

This challenge we have a new theme for you to try! You must use the theme and create your card in one of the styles of the designers. 





The styles are explained HERE.


Clean & Simple

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Inspired by the colours and the longing for spring to arrive I created a one layer garden. Hope to see one out my kitchen window soon!



Keep your focal point to one side of your card to allow for lots of white space.


Clean & Graphic



Substitute complex shapes with circles for a clean and graphic design - simple, bubbly and fun!



The angles of the stripes and sentiment create nice movement without compromising a clean & graphic style.


Clean & Layering

Kay Miller


I was inspired by the pretty colors in the inspiration photo. I couldn't figure out how to incorporate the blue, but I did use the salmon and green.

Kerin Sylvester


My card doesn't even begin to resemble the inspiration photo, but it inspired me to use lots of white with pops of color!
Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I was tempted to add a cake to my card but in the end I stuck with the pretty colours in the flowers from the inspiration pic. 

I was inspired by the colors - orange, green, yellow and blue and I anchored everything with white to make it come together.  I created this for a masculine birthday -- I tried to approach a more 'clean' shabby chic style with lots of layers and embellishments instead of lace and flowers this week!


Freestyle Collage



The cluster of pretty flowers on the cake, and the pattern on the cake stand, were the inspiration for my card this week. A direct approach. 

Cindy Lovell 


I was inspired by the texture of the cake and of course,the flowers and beautiful colors!


Classy & Elegant

Lesley Croghan (Guest Designer)


I was inspired by the colours in the photo and the pretty flowers! I added a lot of paper layers to the main panel of my card and a few gemstones to accent my flowers and butterflies.



I chose to watercolor an image.  While this card has fewer layers than I typically use, I have added gold card stock, gold embossing powder and some glitz with glitter to keep it classy and elegant.

Cathy Weber


I was inspired by the beautiful cake in the inspiration photo.

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,March 31 at Noon (PST).
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Challenge #5 - Winners

Hello Tracey here with the winner's for The Card Concept challenge #5, even with so many of you busy with family for Spring Break we still had 97 of you join in on the fun colour challenge. All of your entries have amazed us as always and it is so hard to pick our favourites! We hope that you continue to play along with our challenges and will be back to play again for Challenge #6 which goes live in one hour at 5:00 AM (PST).

Congratulations to all of our participants for this week's challenge here at The Card Concept. We have each chosen a winner who we liked the best but not necessarily in our design style, and who followed the rules and challenge.

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


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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Challenge #5 ~ Color Challenge ~ There's Still Time!

Welcome back to The Card Concept!

There is still plenty of time for you to play along with our current challenge  - use Lime, Espresso, and White! The challenge will end Monday, March 17th at noon (PST).

As usual the entries this week are fabulous! Check them out for some inspiration.



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!

Go HERE to link your creation!
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Challenge #5 - Colours

Welcome to The Card Concept. 




We have our own Lesley Croghan joining us as our March Classy & Elegant Guest Designer.  Lesley is the creator of The Card Concept, has a keen eye for design and she is a fabulous designer herself. She also creates fantastic challenge blogs. 

This week we have some colours for you to try! You must use the colours and create your card in one of the styles of the designers. 



The styles are explained HERE.


Clean & Simple


Tracey McNeely 

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Spray ink can be used on a CAS card and long as it is used in moderation.



I was inspired by the contrast of the brown on the green.


Clean & Graphic


Ardyth Percy-Robb


Add dimension and interest to a simple focal point by 'shading' with darker ink!


Geri Greening


My card was inspired by the colors in the photo & the graphic pattern created by the sticks of the yummy cake pops!


Clean & Layering



When I saw these colors, I immediately thought they would make a wonderful "guy" card!



I was inspired by the photo to make lime the main color with accents of Espresso & White


Shabby Chic



I took the colours Early Espresso & Gumball Green from the inspiration picture to create my shabby 
flowery creation.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz


I took inspiration from the shapes of the cake pops ... they looked like pretty blooms lined up in a row, so I recreated one using a paper flower, glitter chipboard leaves and a fun paper straw for the stem!


Freestyle Collage



This colour combination inspired a birthday theme for me. The large green '50' was my starting point and I 'Freestyled' from there.

Cindy Lovell 

First thing i thought of,was some sort of flowers when i saw the colors.So i choose my flower first and went from there.


Classy & Elegant


Lesley Croghan (Guest Designer)


I was drawn to the fresh colours and the lines of the sticks...so I used an embossing folder to mimic them.


I was inspired by the gorgeous green contrasted with the white and dark brown.  The swirls on the candies inspired me to use a flourished template.

Cathy Weber


I was inspired by the decadent chocolate color and circular shape of the yummy treats.


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, March 17 at Noon (PST).
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Card Concept #5 {Colour Inspiration}

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

This week we have some colours for you to try! You must use the colours and create your card in one of the styles of the designers. This month our Guest Designer is Lesley Croghan. She is joining the Classy & Elegant Designers. Lesley is the creator of The Card Concept, has a keen eye for design and she is a fabulous designer herself. Welcome, Lesley!

Lesley Croghan





The styles are explained HERE.


Clean & Simple


Tracey McNeely 

tracey_CC5

Spray ink can be used on a CAS card and long as it is used in moderation.



I was inspired by the contrast of the brown on the green.


Clean & Graphic


Ardyth Percy-Robb


Add dimension and interest to a simple focal point by 'shading' with darker ink!


Geri Greening


My card was inspired by the colors in the photo & the graphic pattern created by the sticks of the yummy cake pops!


Clean & Layering



When I saw these colors, I immediately thought they would make a wonderful "guy" card!



I was inspired by the photo to make lime the main color with accents of Espresso & White


Shabby Chic



I took the colours Early Espresso & Gumball Green from the inspiration picture to create my shabby 
flowery creation.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz


I took inspiration from the shapes of the cake pops ... they looked like pretty blooms lined up in a row, so I recreated one using a paper flower, glitter chipboard leaves and a fun paper straw for the stem!


Freestyle Collage



This colour combination inspired a birthday theme for me. The large green '50' was my starting point and I 'Freestyled' from there.

Cindy Lovell 

First thing i thought of,was some sort of flowers when i saw the colors.So i choose my flower first and went from there.


Classy & Elegant


Lesley Croghan (Guest Designer)


I was drawn to the fresh colours and the lines of the sticks...so I used an embossing folder to mimic them.


I was inspired by the gorgeous green contrasted with the white and dark brown.  The swirls on the candies inspired me to use a flourished template.

Cathy Weber


I was inspired by the decadent chocolate color and circular shape of the yummy treats.


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, March 17 at Noon (PST).

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