The Card Concept #117 {Summer Swirls}

Welcome to The Card Concept! Every two weeks we post our inspiration photo challenge and hope that you will join us by creating a card for our challenge gallery. 

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!

Our designers will also be selecting a style (or combination of styles) and will explain how they were inspired by the challenge.  So come and join us!  We'd love 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!

The styles are explained HERE.

Now for the design team's inspiration: 

Tangii Crain

Tangii's Inspiration: For some reason I think 
of "beach balls" when I look at this inspiration photo, 
so that and those great summer colors 
inspired my Mixed Media card!

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the swirls 
of primary colors for my simple 
Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele will be taking a break for this challenge- 
if you have time, stop by her blog to say "hi"!

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: The bright summer colors 
and arrangement inspired my 

Clean and Layered/Classy and Elegant

'Country Fair' card.

Maureen Plut

Maureen's Inspiration: The bold primary colours inspired 
my Clean and Layered/Freestyle Collage
(with a splash of vintage) card.

Susan Powell

Susan's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors of the 
hot air balloon for my Clean and Simple card.

Angel Rivera

Angel will be taking a break for this challenge- 
if you have time, stop by her blog to say "hi"!

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the bright primary colors 
of the balloon to create a fun Clean and Graphic card!

Marcie Sharp

Marcie's Inspiration: My Clean and Graphic card was 
inspired by the primary colours and graphic design 
of the inspiration photo.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the angles and feel of 
movement in the inspiration photo and created 
a Clean and Graphic/Classy and Elegant card.

1.  Use the challenge inspiration photo to create a card.

2.  Use one of the challenge styles to create a card (or if you prefer, combine a few styles).

3.  Explain in a post which style or combination of styles you used and what inspired you from our photo.  

4.  Link your post using our linky (please link to the actual post on your blog and not just your blog).

5.  Please try to comment on the cards ahead of you and behind you in the linky.  Everyone loves comments!

The deadline to participate is 

Monday, June 24th at 12:00 pm EDT.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, June 26th.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!