Wednesday, December 18, 2019

The Card Concept #HOL19 {Fav Card or Christmas Tree}

Welcome to The Card Concept

Before we show you our challenge photo, we would like to say farewell to our Design Team Member, Susan Powell- this is her final challenge with us.

Susan has been on the team for three years and we will miss her so!!  She will be continuing to create her gorgeous cards, so we hope you will stop by her blog to check out her artwork!

We will be welcoming another new team member in 2020, so stay tuned!!



This challenge will be our final one for 2019 and will be open until
 January 6th at noon EST.

Instead of an inspiration photo, we would like for you to share your favorite card that you created this past year, and/or your Christmas tree.  


Now for the design team's favorite card and/or Christmas tree: 

Esther Asbury
Esther's Inspiration: My favorite card for the year is this
 "Clean and Layered" sunset scene I created as a
 guest designer for Sweet n Sassy Stamps.


Tangii Crain
Tangii's Inspiration: I love so many things about this card!  
It's one of my all time fave color combo's (pink & green), 
I LOVE the foiling and while it's not a "coffee",
 it's tea and that's pretty close!


Julie Gearinger
Julie's Inspiration:  I chose this Mixed Media card since it was fun 
to pull out one of my fav retired SU! sets, French Foliage and 
used a few techniques that I have not done in a while.  
Also, I love the colors of autumn and this was my 
second card for our #123 challenge (using the leftover
 panel from my DT card). 


Michele K. Henderson
Michele's Inspiration: I chose this card because I just 
received this brand new Tiny Box Add On die set and
 had to create a big bold Clean and Graphic card 
that featured all three of my kitties!


Nancy Penir
Nancy's InspirationSharing my 9' Christmas tree with all 
of you (one of 4 trees in my house!) Want to see more?
Come visit my blog for a Christmas Home tour!


Susan Powell
Susan's Inspiration: This is my last challenge as I am stepping 
down from the team but wanted to say 'For The Record' that 
I have had a blast designing for The Card Concept for the last 3 years. 
Thank you for having me. You may see me in the gallery 
from time to time. 


Angel's Inspiration:  I am sharing our Christmas tree with
 our sweet pup, Russeaux helping me decorate :-)
 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!



Mackie Robertson
Mackie's Inspiration: My favorite Christmas card this year
 are the ones I created using this beautiful dove stamp!


Marcie Sharp
Marcie's Inspiration: My favorite card this year is actually 
one that I made very recently for the Christmas holidays. 
This Classy and Elegant card has lots of sparkle and 
shine and incorporates alcohol inks- my favorite medium! 


Anita Trippi
Anita's Inspiration: My favorite card for the year is a Clean and Layered 
card I created for the Color Throwdown Challenge (#570) using 
Turquoise, Grey and Orange (red). 



Betty Wright
Betty's Inspiration: My favorite card was done for one of the 
30 Day Coloring Challenges.  I used Copic Markers for 
this Classy and Elegant card.  I also love the pop of
 pink with the teal colored leaves against a dark gray background. 



The deadline to participate with our special holiday challenge is Monday, January 6th at 12:00 pm EST.

Since this challenge is just for fun, we will not be choosing a winner at the end of the challenge.  We hope that you will join us and our Design Team members will be taking a break for the holidays.  We will try to visit your blogs and leave comments, but if we are not able to do so, please know that we are thrilled to have you play along with us.  

We will resume with our photo inspiration challenge on Wednesday, January 8th.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Winners #125 {Home for the Holidays}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winner and honorable mentions for our #125 {Home for the Holidays} challenge!  

Thank you so much for playing along with us- we had another fabulous gallery with so many gorgeous entries!! 

Our Design Team had such a difficult time narrowing it down to only four winners, but here they are starting with our main challenge winner...

     And our Honorable Mentions ...




...Listed in order that they appeared in the gallery...


Wanda Cullen








Congratulations to all of the our winners!!
Please be sure to click on the winner's names to visit their blogs to see how they created their cards and, if you have time, leave 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.  


Thanks again to all who played along with us! 
We hope you will join us in our final challenge for 
2019- to be posted in one hour!

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

The Card Concept #125 {Home for the Holidays}- There's Still Time!

Just a reminder that you still have plenty of time left to play along 
with us for #125 {Home for the Holidays} Challenge!!! 

We would love to have you join us with your card design
 for our gallery!!

You have until 
Monday, December 16th at noon (EDT) to 
link up your card!  Click HERE to join us!

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The Card Concept #125 {Home for the Holidays}

Welcome to The Card Concept

Before we show you our challenge photo, we would like to say farewell to Pam Staples- she is stepping down from the Design Team to spend more time with her family.  We will miss Pam's beautiful cards and we wish her all the best in the future!  

 Plus, we are welcoming another new designer to the team- 
Anita Trippi !  We have enjoyed seeing Anita's artwork in our challenge galleries and we are so excited to have her on the team!



Hi crafting friends! My name is Anita and I am so excited to be part of The Card Concept team. I am originally from Buffalo, NY but have lived for the last 11 years in Durham, North Carolina. I have been married to my best friend for 44 years, We have 3 daughters and 2 grandchildren. Through the years I have been a Decorative Painter and quilter. That love of color translates now into card making! I enjoy mixed media with a somewhat clean and simple style. Let's see what we can create together!

Now, on to our new challenge!  As you know, every two weeks 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, in addition to letting us know what inspired you from the photo, please let us know what style and/or styles you chose.  


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!

You will notice that 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 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 the design team's inspiration: 

Esther Asbury
Esther's Inspiration: I was inspired by the red truck, black
 and white plaid, and snowflake to create this fun 
Mixed Media Christmas card.



Tangii Crain
Tangii's Inspiration: I just LOVE that buffalo check!!!  
The colors, snowflakes and check really inspired 
my Clean and Layered card!


Julie Gearinger
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the reds, greens as well 
as the black and white checked pillows to create a 
Classy and Elegant Mixed Media vintage style card.


Michele K. Henderson
Michele's Inspiration: I LOVE that bright red Christmas 
truck and had to include it in my 
Clean and Layered design!



Nancy Penir
Nancy's Inspiration: Black and White and Red with
 a hint of Christmas green inspired my 
Clean, Classy and Layered card.


Susan Powell
Susan's Inspiration: I was inspired by the plaid pillows 
and the overall theme of the card to make 
my Clean and Layered card!

Angel is taking a break for this challenge!




Mackie Robertson
Mackie's Inspiration: The buffalo checked patterns and
 the red, black and white colors inspired me to create
 my Clean & Layered style card.


Marcie Sharp
Marcie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the buffalo plaid 
along  with the cute red truck to create 
a Clean and Layered card.


Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration: My style is Clean and Layered and 
I was inspired by the checked pillows, the snowflake 
and the pops of pure white and green.



Betty Wright
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the word sign, the
 snowflakes, the touches of gold with the Christmas tree lights, 
and the blue/gray tones in the background to
create a Clean and Layered card.




The Card Concept Rules:
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) and please display our graphic (inspiration photo) in your blog post.  
5. We do not mind if you combine our challenge with others, but please do not combine ours with another inspiration challenge.   
6.  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, December 16th at 12:00 pm EST.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, December 18th.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery! 

Winners #124 {Ornate Ornaments}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winner and honorable mentions for our #124 {Ornate Ornaments} challenge!  

Wow, what a great gallery!! With the Thanksgiving holiday, we had a smaller gallery than usual, but so beautiful and every single entry could be a winner!!  

Our Design Team had such a difficult time narrowing it down to only four winners, but here they are starting with our main challenge winner...

     And our Honorable Mentions ...




...Listed in order that they appeared in the gallery...


LeAnne





Dana Kirby



Congratulations to all of the our winners!!
Please be sure to click on the winner's names to visit their blogs to see how they created their cards and, if you have time, leave 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.  


Thanks again to all who played along with us! 
We hope you will join us in our new challenge 
to be posted in one hour!