The Card Concept {A Colour Challenge} and Designer Farewell

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!

Before we get to the challenge, we want to let you know that we will be taking a break! After this challenge closes, we will return in September for our next challenge. We decided to take the summer off and spend time with our families! 

We do have some designers leaving us and this is their final challenge with us. We are sad to see them go but we completely understand! Thank you to Kristie, Geri, Narelle, Cindy, Yoonsun, and Sheri! You are all so talented and lovely. We will miss 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...

June Clean and Graphic Guest Designer

Thank you, Hannelie for being our guest this month at The Card Concept! We loved having you with us!
Hannelie Bester 

Clean & Simple

Kristie Goulet

 The flowers were my inspiration.

Sandie Munro

I was inspired by the flowers and colours

Clean & Graphic

Geri Greening

The colors were definitely the inspiration for my card.

Shannon Jaramillo

The daisies were my inspiration!

Clean & Layered

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the perky colors and flowers!

Laurie Schmidt

  I was inspired by the colors and the pretty daisies!

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia

Ooohhh I just love these pretty inspiration colours! I haven't used a daisy on my card but I still wanted to go with a florally theme.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

 I was inspired by the flowers to include a couple of flower shaped sequins along with the white, gray and yellow in the photo.

Freestyle Collage

Laura Jane

Lots of white space and simplicity inspired this card.

Cindy Lovell

I was inspired by the beautiful colors! One of my fav color combos!!

Classy & Elegant

Sheri Gilson

I was inspired by the Daisies and color combo!

Vicki Burdick

I was inspired by the colors.

Mixed Media

Yoonsun Hur

 I was inspired by the colours! 

Julie Gearinger

I was inspired by the colors, the crackle paint on the chair and the cheerful daisies! 

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 (or on two cards in the gallery). Everyone loves comments!

This challenge will end on Monday, July 6th 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!

The winners have been listed below. 

Challenge #38 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 #37 {The Butterfly Effect} - 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, 22nd at Noon (PST).

Click HERE to join us!

Design Team Call (Thank You for Applying!)

Thank you to everyone who applied for the Design Team. We had 18 amazing submissions and I am going to have a difficult time narrowing it down. I wanted to let everyone who applied know that I will be taking a few days to look through everyone's submissions and will be contacting everyone by the end of June. You will receive an email from me either way. Thank you!

Don't forget our current challenge has started! 

To play along, please click here!

The Card Concept #37-The Butterfly Effect

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!

Photo Source

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...

June Clean and Graphic Guest Designer

Hannelie Bester 

This month we are focusing on Clean and Graphic designs. Clean & Graphic Designs are unmistakable--clear and to the point, minimal frill, images and lines that are bold and striking.  For the month of June we have talented Hannelie Bester joining us from across the globe. If you haven't visited her blog, Dessert Diva, you are in for a treat. Her designs stand out and pop off the page, always clean and simple with a graphic twist. We are thrilled to have the very sweet Hannelie joining us this month.

Clean & Simple

Kristie Goulet

 I was inspired by the amazing yellow and orange butterfly in the photo.

Sandie Munro

I was inspired by the green and blue butterfly

Clean & Graphic

Geri Greening

I love all the pretty colors but chose to focus on a single color!

Shannon Jaramillo

I was inspired by the blended colors and the white details.

Clean & Layered

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the rainbow of colors!

Laurie Schmidt

I was inspired by the colors and butterflies!

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia

I took inspiration from all of those fabulous colours from the inspiration picture and I threw in a butterfly just to finish off my card.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I was inspired by the rainbow palette and the white icing -- looks like white embossing!

Freestyle Collage

Laura Jane

The Bold Bright colors were so inspiring!

Cindy Lovell

(off this week)

Classy & Elegant

Sheri Gilson

I was inspired by the beautiful butterflies and the color teal.

Vicki Burdick

I was inspired by the beautiful purples and white in the photo.

Mixed Media

Yoonsun Hur

 I am so in love with those beautiful colours and butterflies!

Julie Gearinger

I was inspired by the butterflies in the blues, purples and pinks

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, June 22 at Noon (PST).

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!

The winners have been listed below. 

Challenge #37 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 #36 ~ 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, June 8th at Noon (PST).

Click HERE to join us!

Design Team Call for The Card Concept {June 1st-June 10th}

We are looking for new designers to join us in the following styles:

Clean and Simple (1)

Clean and Graphic (1)

Freestyle Collage (1)

Classy & Elegant (1)

Mixed Media (1)

Shabby Chic (1)

If you are interested in being considered for the team, here is what you need to do! 

Anyone is welcome to apply! 

Design Team Application Information Needed:

*Please write up a post on your blog and link up to the linky below...please include the following information in your post:

1. Using one of the past challenges for The Card Concept, create a NEW card in the style you would most like to design. 
2. Be sure to explain how you were inspired by the challenge you chose and explain why you would like to be a "insert your style choice" designer for the Card Concept.
3. Good photo quality is important.

The DT Guidelines and Expectations:

1. You must have a blog.
2. 4 month term-September-December 2015 (with a chance for extension)
3. Must make 2 cards per month. (bi-weekly challenges)
4. Be willing to comment on the submissions of others. (we use a commenting system)
5. Be a team player.
6. You must be on FACEBOOK-we have a private team page.
7. Any and all product is welcome but this challenge is NOT a selling platform.

We hope you will apply! We are looking for fresh faces! Come and join our fun team!!!

Any questions? Please leave a comment for us below and we will get back to you! Thank you!

Deadline to apply:

JUNE 10th @ Noon (PST)