The Card Concept #143 {Give Thanks}

                                     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, let us know what inspired you from th

e 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 colors, leaves, 

and pumpkins to create this Mixed Media card.

Tangii Crain

Tangii's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and 

the overall "Thanksgiving" feel for my 

Clean and Layered card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the theme of 

Thanksgiving as well as the colors to create 

a Shabby and Vintage card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration:  I drew inspiration from a combination

 of things, the colors, the table cloth, the candles, the little squirrel,

 and the autumn gourds! I put them all in my Clean and Layered card.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: The place settings, the teal napkins, 

plates with fall foliage, and silverware inspired 

my Clean and Layered card. 

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Thanksgiving

 theme to create a Shabby and Vintage Thanksgiving

 card this week!

Angel Rivera

Angel's card is on the way!

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the pretty 

pumpkins of the inspiration photo to create 

my Classy & Elegant style card.

Marcie Sharp

Marcie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card 

took its inspiration from the autumn leaves 

on the table, the rich colour scheme,

 and general thanksgiving vibe!

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration: I created three Clean and Layered

 cards based on the autumnal colors & imagery.

 

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the trio of layered 

plates and the fall decor. I created a Clean and Layered styled card.

The Card Concept Guidelines:

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 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, November 16th at 12:00 pm EST.

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

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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FYI- We have noticed that recently a few of our entrants are not following our guidelines, especially  #3 , #4 and #5(see above).  

We have had to disqualify many entries lately and would love to be able to include all into our voting for Winner/HM!

If you would like to be included in our entries for possible Winner or Honorable Mention, please make sure you include our inspiration photo in your blog post, link to our challenge site and do not include any other inspiration challenges.  Thanks again for playing along with us!