The Card Concept #131 {Woodland Nursery}- It's Not Too Late

Just a reminder that you still have plenty of time left to play along 
with us for the #131 {Woodland Nursery} Challenge!!! 

We would love to have you join us!

You have until Monday, March 30th at noon (EDT) to 
link up your card to our gallery!  

Click HERE to join us!

The Card Concept #131 {Woodland Nursery}

Welcome to The Card Concept!  

For those of you who are new to our challenge, 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 deer and 
wood to create this Classy and Elegant/ 
Clean and Layered card.

Tangii Crain

Tangii is taking a break and will join us 
for the next challenge!

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the cute animals, 

wood and the nursery theme to create a 

Mixed Media/ Clean and Layered card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I LOVE these adorable little animals, 
the tiny blue bird, and the woodland colors, 
and included them in my Clean and Layered card.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the sweet animals 
and the four square layout for my Classy and Elegant/ 
Clean and Layered card!



LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by all those 
adorable woodland animals for my Clean and Layered 
card this week!

Angel Rivera

Angel's Inspiration: I was inspired by the cute animals 
and the little bit of blue for my Clean and Simple card.

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration: The animals were the inspiration 
for my Clean and Layered Style card.

Marcie Sharp

Marcie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was 
inspired by the animals, spring theme and the layout!

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration: The cute critters and four window 
layout inspired my Clean and Layered card.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the woodland 
animals and the wood background to create a 
Clean and Layered styled card.

The Card Concept Rules:

1.  Use the challenge inspiration photo to create a card- no back linking.

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, March 30th at 12:00 pm EST.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, April 1st.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery! 

Winners #130 {Irish Coffee}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winner and honorable mentions for our #130 {Irish Coffee} challenge!  

We had such a wonderful gallery of beautiful cards- you are all so talented and we are thankful that you take the time to play along with us!

Our Design Team has voted and the four winners are....

Tenia Nelson

     And our Honorable Mentions ...

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


Jeanne J.

Tinstar Designs

Ma-Mi

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 next challenge that will be posted in one hour!

The Card Concept #130 (Irish Coffee)- There's Still Time!

Just a reminder that you still have plenty of time left to play along 
with us for the #130 {Irish Coffee} Challenge!!! 

We would love to have you join us!

You have until Monday, March 16th at noon (EDT) to 
link up your card to our gallery!  

Click HERE to join us!

The Card Concept #130 {Irish Coffee}

Welcome to The Card Concept!  

For those of you who are new to our challenge, 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 three leaf clovers
 to create this Clean and Layered/ Classy and Elegant card.

Tangii Crain

Tangii's Inspiration: I just had fun with the whole Irish 
thing for my Clean and Layered card! 
Shamrocks, greens, coffee, etc.!!

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the shamrocks, colors 
and textures to create a Clean and Layered card

 with an Irish Blessing!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by that adorable green 
pick-up truck and that sprig of green, and added that 
to my Clean and Layered card!

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: All the crisp green and white 

inspired my Clean and Layered/ 

Classy and Elegant card!

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration: The different shades of green, 
the coffee mugs, and the black and white graphics
inspired my Clean and Layered card!

Angel Rivera

Angel's taking a break for this challenge
and hopes to return with us soon!

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration:  I was inspired to create this 
Clean and Layered style card by the 
Irish coffee theme! YUM!!!

Marcie Sharp

Marcie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered interactive 
card draws on the general St. Patrick's Day vibe 
of the inspiration photo. Luck, horseshoes, and 
lots of green and gold! 

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration: The cream colored background with 
the black scripty lines, the little pick up truck and, 
of course, the shamrocks, were my inspiration 
for this Clean and Layered card!

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the horizontal 
striped background, the three leafy stems, 
the black on white font, and the colors to create a 
Clean and Graphic styled card!

The Card Concept Rules:

1.  Use the challenge inspiration photo to create a card- no back linking.

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, March 16th at 12:00 pm EST.

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

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery! 

Winners #129 {Warm Winter Wishes}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winner and honorable mentions for our #129 {Warm Winter Wishes} challenge!  

We had a gorgeous gallery with such tremendous talent!!  We are so thrilled that you played along with us!!

As always, our Design Team always has a difficult time narrowing it down to four winners, but we did it!!  

Heidi

     And our Honorable Mentions ...

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


Wanda Cullen

MK

Susan Joyce

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 next challenge that will be posted in one hour!