Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The Card Concept #134 {Mother's Day}

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 oval picture
 frame and the beautiful flowers to create 
this Shabby Chic Mixed Media card.


Tangii Crain
Tangii's Inspiration: I love the feminine colors and 
that vintage-y gold, that was the inspiration 
for my Clean and Layered card. 


Julie Gearinger
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors of the 
bouquet as well as the overall vintage feeling to create 
a Shabby and Vintage/Mixed Media card!

Julie Gearinger
Julie was so inspired by the beautiful bouquet, 
she also created a Clean and Simple card!




Michele K. Henderson
Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the soft pastel 
color palette and the pretty burst of blooms for my 
very Clean and Layered card.


Nancy Penir
Nancy's Inspiration:  Who can resist an inspiration photo with a
beautiful bouquet? They inspired my Clean and Layered/ 
Mixed Media/Classy and Elegant themed card.


LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne's InspirationI was inspired by the colors, 
the florals, and the copper accent pieces to create 
my Classy and Elegant card this week!


Angel Rivera
Angel's taking a break for this challenge!


Mackie Robertson
Mackie's Inspiration: My inspiration came from the 
pretty pink flowers and gold in the photo, to 
create my Classy and Elegant Style card.


Marcie Sharp
Marcie's Inspiration: The inspiration for my 
Classy and Elegant card came from the gorgeous 
colours and the beautiful gold frame.


Anita Trippi
Anita's Inspiration: I was inspired by the soft colors, 
the glitz and the floral image for this 
Classy and Elegant style card!


Betty Wright
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the assortment 
of flowers in the bouquet as well as the touches 
of gold to create a Classy and Elegant/ 
Shabby and Vintage 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, May 11th at 12:00 pm EDT.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, May 13th.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery! 

Winners #133 {Hello Spring}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winner and honorable mentions for our #133 {Hello Spring} challenge!  

Wow, what a spectacular gallery!  We are so thankful that all of you could play along and trust me, with 57 entries, choosing only four winners was impossible- so we chose seven!!  

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for the main winner so we have two main winners....

     And our five Honorable Mentions ...




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


hey, its rae

Bobby






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!

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The Card Concept #133 {Hello Spring}- It's Not Too Late

Just a reminder that you still have plenty of time left to play along 
with us for the #133 {Hello Spring} Challenge!!! 



We would love to have you join us!

You have until 
Monday, April 27th at noon (EDT) to 

link up your card to our gallery!  
Click HERE to join us!

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The Card Concept #133 {Hello Spring}

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 beautiful bouquet 
to create this Clean and Simple spring card featuring
 one of my favorite Power Poppy images!



Tangii Crain
Tangii is taking a break for this challenge!


Julie Gearinger
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pretty flowers 
and colors to create a long and narrow Clean and Layered/
Mixed Media card. 


Michele K. Henderson
Michele's Inspiration: I fell in love with the bright and 
colorful bouquet and included them in my 
Clean and layered hello Spring card!


Nancy Penir
Nancy's Inspiration:  The watering can full of 
spring florals inspired my Clean and Layered/ 
Classy and Elegant card.


LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne's InspirationI was inspired by the colors 
in the bouquet as well as the neutral background 
to create a Clean and Layered sympathy card.


Angel Rivera
Angel's Inspiration: Those beautiful flowers really 
pop on the white background, so I tried for the same 
thing on my Clean and Simple card.



Mackie Robertson
Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful flowers
 to create my Mixed Media style card!


Marcie Sharp
Marcie's Inspiration: My Classy and Elegant card 
draws its inspiration from the colours 
of the floral bouquet.


Anita Trippi
Anita's Inspiration: I was inspired by the color profile of 
the image and of course, the flowers for 
my Mixed Media card!


Betty Wright
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the bouquet of 
flowers and text on the vase to create a
Classy and Elegant 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, April 27th at 12:00 pm EST.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, April 29th.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery! 

Winners #132 {Easter Blessings}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winner and honorable mentions for our #132 {Easter Blessings} challenge!  

We had such a beautiful gallery!  All of your cards were gorgeous and we are so very thankful that you took the time to play along with us!

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

     And our Honorable Mentions ...




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


Betty


Hey, it's Rae




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!