Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The Card Concept #138d {Sunset at the Shore}- There's Still Time!

Just a reminder that you still have plenty of time left to play along 
with us for the #138d {Sunset at the Shore} Challenge!!! 

We would love to have you join us!

You have until 
Monday, August 31st
 at noon (EDT) to
link up your card to our gallery!  
Click HERE to join us!

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The Card Concept #138d {Sunset at the Shore}

Welcome to The Card Concept-
Summer Edition!  

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.  

We normally take a break for the summer, but this year we decided to keep the challenges going all summer long!  The summer has flown by and this is our last summer challenge before our new Fall/Winter Session in September! 

Now, on to our challenge inspiration photojust a reminder, our 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, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge :-)

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!

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 our Design Team's inspiration: 

Esther Asbury
Esther's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the beach and shells
 to create this Clean and Layered card.
Lesley will not be joining us for our final summer challenge since
 she is a school teacher and has been preparing for 
the upcoming school year.  With the COVID-19 pandemic, you can 
imagine all of the preparation (not to mention the stress)-
 we all wish you a safe and healthy school year, Lesley! 
Thanks again for your inspiration and being part of 
our Summer Design Team!


Julie Gearinger
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors as well as the 
entire scene to create a fairly clean Mixed Media card!


Michele will be taking this challenge off and will be 
joining us in September for our Fall/Winter 2020 session- 
thanks again Michele for being part of our Summer Design Team!


Nancy Penir
Nancy's Inspiration: The seashells on the sandy beach, and
the warm summer sunset inspired my Mixed Media card.



Marcie Sharp
Marcie's Inspiration:  The beautiful sunset and
 peaceful setting inspired my 
Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card.


Anita Trippi
Anita's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors of the sunset 
and lovely shells in the stunning inspiration photo
 for my Clean and Layered card.


Betty Wright
Betty's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the colors and 
the beach scene for my Clean and Layered 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!

FYI- We have noticed that recently a few of our entrants are not following our rules, especially Rule #3 and  Rule #4 (please see above).  

The deadline to participate is 
Monday, August 31st at 12:00 pm EDT.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, September 2nd. 

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!





This linky list is now closed.

Winners #138c {Dog Days of Summer}

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winners and honorable mentions for our #138c {Dog Days of Summer} challenge!

Wow, what a fabulous gallery!  So many cute cards, it was almost impossible to pick our favorites this week- each card is a winner for sure!

Since we had such a difficult time narrowing down the favorites to only four, we decided to pick three Main Winners and three Honorable Mentions!

Our Main Winners....



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

Marlena M




     And our three Honorable Mentions ...




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


Robyn Rasset



Janet Swanlady



Jen W


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 Summer challenge 
(before our Fall/Winter session with our full Design Team)- 
check back in an hour for all of the details!

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

The Card Concept #138c {Dog Days of Summer}- There's Still Time!

Just a reminder that you still have plenty of time left to play along 
with us for the #138c {Dog Days of Summer} Challenge!!! 

We would love to have you join us!

You have until 
Monday, August 17th
 at noon (EDT) to
link up your card to our gallery!  
Click HERE to join us!

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

The Card Concept #138c {Dog Days of Summer}

Welcome to The Card Concept-
Summer Edition!  

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.  

As we mentioned at the beginning of our last challenge, we normally take a break for the summer, but this year we are going to keep the challenges going all summer long! 

Now, on to our challenge inspiration photojust a reminder, our 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, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge :-)

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!

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 our Design Team's inspiration: 

Esther's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the adorable doggie
 to create this fun Clean and Layered card.
Lesley's Inspiration: I was inspired by the dog theme 
for my Clean and Layered card! 


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the cute dog with the 
fun sunglasses as well as the hot red colors of 
summer for my Clean and Layered card!


Michele's Inspiration: The stylish doggie in the red glasses 
was my inspiration for this Clean and Layered card 
featuring my sophisticated pup on a Vespa!


Nancy Penir
Nancy's Inspiration: That precious pup 
amidst all those colors inspired my 
Clean and Layered card.
Marcie's Inspiration:  My Clean and Graphic card was inspired 
by the fun summer vibe of the inspiration photo 
as well as the colours. 


Anita's Inspiration: A very literal take on the inspiration
 photo- he was so cute - a dog with sunglasses for
 2 Clean and Layered cards.
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the cute dog and 
the colors for my Clean and Simple 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!

FYI- We have noticed that recently a few of our entrants are not following our rules, especially Rule #3 and  Rule #4 (please see above).  

The deadline to participate is 
Monday, August 17th at 12:00 pm EDT.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, August 19th. 

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!



This linky list is now closed.

Winners #138b Christmas In July

Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winners and honorable mentions for our #138b {Christmas In July} challenge!

What a wonderful gallery!! We were so excited to see how many of you were able to participate and the way you were inspired by our challenge!

It is always a tough time for our Design Team to choose our Main Winner and Honorable Mentions, and since we had so many entries, we have two winners along with our three Honorable Mentions..

Our Main Winners ...








     And our three Honorable Mentions ...




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


Wanda Cullen



Lisa Kmiec



Jeanne K


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 next Summer challenge that 
will be posted in one hour!