Card Concept #34 {Pretty Paper Packaging}

Welcome to The Card Concept! Each week we offer up a challenge for you to try, and we hope that you will create a card in one of the styles we have offered here.  The team is divided into the different styles and each designer explains how they were inspired by the challenge!  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!

Feel free to use any of the styles of our team or better yet, share you own style by combining one or more of the styles. We want you to have fun and make a card in a style that you feel good about!

The styles are explained HERE.

April Mixed Media Guest Designer

Maria Fischer

Thank you Maria for joining us this month.

The designers have entered their cards below and they have explained the style they used and the way they were inspired...

Clean & Simple

Kristie Goulet

 I was inspired by the pink polka dots and blue stripes.

Lesley Croghan

I was inspired by the tag and the pretty flowers.

Tracey McNeely

I was inspired by the flowers and tags in this pretty packaging ensemble.

Clean & Graphic

Geri Greening

I chose to focus on the deep shades of vibrant pink & blue in the flowers.

Lea Lawson

I was inspired by the floral tag, & chose to recreate one with stamps!

Clean & Layered

Kerin Sylvester

The polka dots inspired me to create a shaker card with sequins.

Laurie Schmidt

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia

Sometimes I choose a few things from the inspiration pic - this time I found I carried over almost all of the colours and patterns from the picture!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

 Oh my gosh -- LOVE this gorgeous inspiration board!  I was inspired by everything ... the color palette, the flowers, the stripes, the polka dots!  Right up my shabby little alley!

Freestyle Collage

Laura Jane

Cindy Lovell

I was inspired by the colors,polka dots and stripes

Classy & Elegant

Angela Maine

Inspiration abound! I love the colors and stripes.

Sheri Gilson

I was inspired by the pink polka dots and beautiful roses!

Mixed Media

Yoonsun Hur

 I was inspired by the colours and beautiful vintage roses!

Julie Gearinger

I was inspired by the colors and the flowers!

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, May 11th at Noon (PST).

Card Concept Winners

Happy Wednesday! Lesley here! Wow! Thank you to everyone who joined us! The team had a hard time picking winners!!! Congratulations to everyone who played along!

Challenge #34 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.

The Card Concept #33 ~ There's Still Time!

Welcome to the Card Concept! 

You have one week left to join us in our challenge, based on the inspiration photo below!!!  Won't you join us?

Check out the gorgeous entries in the gallery so far, wow!

The current challenge ends on Monday, April 27th at Noon (PST).

Click HERE to join us!

The Card Concept #33

Welcome to The Card Concept! Each week we offer up a challenge for you to try, and we hope that you will create a card in one of the styles we have offered here.  The team is divided into the different styles and each designer explains how they were inspired by the challenge!  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!

Feel free to use any of the styles of our team or better yet, share you own style by combining one or more of the styles. We want you to have fun and make a card in a style that you feel good about!

The styles are explained HERE.

April Mixed Media Guest Designer

Maria Fischer

The designers have entered their cards below and they have explained the style they used and the way they were inspired...

Clean & Simple

Kristie Goulet

 Gray chevrons, white and pops of Neon Pink inspired my CAS card.

Tracey McNeely

The colours and photo inspired my CAS design. 

Clean & Graphic

Lea Lawson

I was inspired by the colors, & linear nature of the patterns used!

Geri Greening

The photo is all about graphic gorgeousness! How can you not be inspired?

Clean & Layered

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the assortment of patterns and pop of hot pink!

Laurie Schmidt

The bold colors and patterns inspired my card!

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I carried over the colours and patterns from the inspiration picture.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I was inspired this week by the color palette and pretty patterns!

Freestyle Collage

Laura Jane

The shades of Brilliant Pink and graphic images inspired me. 

Cindy Lovell

 Pink and grey...one of my favorite combos

Classy & Elegant

Angela Maine

Beautiful Bold colors for a Baby's Room!

Sheri Gilson

I was inspired by the bold colors and pretty patterns!

Mixed Media

Yoonsun Hur

 I was inspired by the colours and the neon pink chevrons!

Julie Gearinger

I was inspired by the colors as well as the chevron and circles. 

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, April 27th at Noon (PST).

The Winners

Happy Wednesday! Lesley here! Wow! Thank you to everyone who joined us! The team had a hard time picking winners!!! Congratulations to everyone who played along!

Challenge #33 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.

Card Concept #32 {Color Challenge} - There's Still Time!

Welcome to the Card Concept! 

You have one week left to join us in our color challenge (Coral, Aqua, Green & White)!!!  Won't you join us?

Check out the gorgeous entries in the gallery so far, wow!

The current challenge ends on Monday, April 13th at Noon (PST).

Click HERE to join us!

Card Concept #32 {Coral, Aqua, Green & White}

Welcome to The Card Concept! Each week we offer up a challenge for you to try, and we hope that you will create a card in one of the styles we have offered here.  The team is divided into the different styles and each designer explains how they were inspired by the challenge!  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!

Feel free to use any of the styles of our team or better yet, share you own style by combining one or more of the styles. We want you to have fun and make a card in a style that you feel good about!

The styles are explained HERE.

The designers have entered their cards below and they have explained the style they used and the way they were inspired...

April Mixed Media Guest Designer

This month we are focusing on Mixed Media designs. A design style that has gained great popularity in card making. For the month of March we have amazing Maria Fisher joining us. If you haven't visited her blog,  Reislingmama, you are in for a treat. You will find an artist who puts so much careful consideration in her designs and she will always discuss her process--what she did and why. Maria is knowledgeable in about every technique in the book. She is crazy talented and if we pay close attention we might learn a thing or two about mixed media.

Clean & Simple

Kristie Goulet

The inspiration for my CAS card was drawn from the coral flowers.

Tracey McNeely



The colours and the flowers inspired me to create a springtime card.

Clean & Graphic

Lea Lawson

I was inspired by the colors & beautiful flowers in the inspiration photo.

Geri Greening

The aqua blue vase and the pretty coral flowers inspired the colors

for my Clean & Graphic card.

Clean & Layered

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the colors and vase.

Laurie Schmidt 

I was inspired by the colors....such a pretty combo!

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia

My card was inspired by the pretty colours and flowers.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

This week I was inspired by the floral theme as well as the colors!

Freestyle Collage

Laura Jane

Oh the colors of spring inspired me:)

Classy & Elegant

Angela Maine

The inspiration's fresh pretty colors are so delightful

Sheri Gilson

 I was inspired by the fresh color combo!

Mixed Media

Yoonsun Hur

I was inspired by the pretty colours!

Julie Gearinger

I was also inspired by the flowers and the fresh color combination!

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, April 13th at Noon (PST).