The Card Concept #149 {Welcome Wee One}- There's Still Time!

  Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the 

   #149 {Welcome Wee One} Challenge!

We would love to have you join us!

You have until Monday, March 1st at noon (EST) to
link up your card to our gallery!  

Click HERE to play along!

The Card Concept #149 {Welcome Wee One}

                                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 in the

 photo and those wildly floral curtains to create this 

Clean and Simple/Mixed Media card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the baby theme and 

thought of stuffed teddy bears:-).  Also the blues and corals 

were inspirational for my Shabby and Vintage card! 

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration:  I love the corals and blues with 

a splash of green, and my feathered friend became a 

wee chick inspired by the owls for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors 

in the photo along with the zebra carpet under 

the ottoman for my Clean and Layered card.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: The colors were my inspiration, 

and so was the baby's room. 

My style is Clean and Layered

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by the yummy 

colors featured in the baby's room to create my

 sweet treat Clean and Layered birthday card!

Mackie Robertson

Mackie will be taking a break for a while and 

will return as soon as she can!

Marcie Sharp

Marcie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was inspired 

by the framed pictures and the striped blanket.

Kim Singdahlsen

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

the variety of patterns that work so well together 

in this sweet nursery. I created a Clean and Layered card 

with the same look.

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration: The beautiful colors in the room
and the striped blanket to create my 

Clean and Layered card.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, 

the frames, and birthday theme for my 

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, March 1st at 12:00 pm EST.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, March 3rd.

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!

Winners #148 {Sweetheart Sweets}

 Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the winners and honorable mentions for our

#148 {Sweetheart Sweets} Challenge!

Wow, what a beautiful gallery!  As we have mentioned many times before, all of you could be winners!  Thank you so much for playing along with us!

Our Design Team has voted, and 

our Main Winner is...

 

Wanda Cullen

     And due to several ties, we have 

five Honorable Mentions ...

 listed in order that they appeared in our gallery...

Karen L

   Broni

 Rosemary D.

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LucieG

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.  

We will be back in an hour with our next challenge!

The Card Concept #148 {Sweetheart Sweets}- There's Still Time!

 Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the 

   #148 {Sweetheart Sweets} Challenge!

We would love to have you join us!

You have until Monday, February 15th at noon (EST) to
link up your card to our gallery!  

Click HERE to play along!

The Card Concept #148 {Sweetheart Sweets}

                             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 cupcakes 

to create this Clean and Layered card. 

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pinks and browns 

to create a Shabby and Vintage Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pink and 

green colors, the leaves, and the chocolate heart 

for my Clean and Layered romantic card. 

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered Card was 

inspired by the yummy looking cupcakes with the sweet 

raspberries on top.  I just love dark brown and pink together.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: The colors of Valentines, red and pink, 

and sweets of course! My card is Mixed Media

 (stenciled lips and starburst spray).

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration:   Those big yummy cupcakes were 

my inspiration to create this sweet Clean and Layered card, 

which could be for a birthday or Valentine's!  

Mackie Robertson

Mackie will be taking a break for a while and 

will return as soon as she can!

Marcie Sharp

Marcie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was 

inspired by the delicious looking cupcakes and the 

sweet colour scheme. 

Kim Singdahlsen

Kim's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was 

inspired by the colors on those gorgeous cupcakes.  

I picked my stamp set because of the open heart on the top - 

and I added the stitched accents because of the cooling rack.

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration: When I saw the bright colors with

 chocolate in these cupcakes I was inspired to

 try to replicate in a Mixed Media card.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pink icing, chocolate 

hearts, and textures.  I made a Mixed Media 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, February 15th at 12:00 pm EST.

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

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

---------------------------------------------------------

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!