Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the
#162 {Fall Fun} Challenge!
We would love to have you join us! Our gallery link will be open until
Monday, November 1st at noon (EDT)!
Click HERE to play along!
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The Card Concept #162 {Fall Fun}
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, 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!
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 pillow
to create this Clean and Layered card.
Kerry's Inspiration: All those luscious apples and the
colours inspired my Clean and Simple card.
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the fall colors for
my Clean and Layered Mixed Media card and could just
imagine seeing this scene from that gorgeous porch!
Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the comfy,
cozy fall room, the apples and leaves, and that big
bucket of fresh autumn blooms for my Freestyle Collage card.
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful fall
colors and the sunflowers and apples in the photo
for my Clean and Layered card.
Nancy's Inspiration: The colors, and fall textures
inspired my Clean and Layered card.
LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pillow and
the fall colors to create my Clean and Layered card.
Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the apples to
create my Clean & Layered style card!
Kim's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was
inspired by the colors, the plaid, the woodgrain, the
lantern in the bottom corner and the beautiful sunflowers.
Anita's Inspiration: The colors, plaid and apples inspired
me to make two Mixed Media cards!
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the flowers
and plaid pattern. 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 the linky tool (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 gallery. Everyone loves comments!
The deadline to participate will be
Monday, November 1st at 12:00 pm EDT.
We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
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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, direct link to our challenge site and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge. Thanks again for playing along with us!
Winners #161 {Harvest Adventures}
Happy Wednesday! Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our
#161 {Harvest Adventures} Challenge!
Wow, what a gorgeous Autumn gallery! As always, your beautiful cards make it so difficult for our Design Team to narrow down our choices, but our Design Team has voted....
Our Main Winner is ....
And our three Honorable Mentions ...
We hope that you will take the time to visit each of the Winner/HM
blogs to see how they created their cards, and, if you have time, leave a comment and show 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.
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!
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
The Card Concept #161 {Harvest Adventures}- There's Still Time!
Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the
#161 {Harvest Adventures} Challenge!
We would love to have you join us! Our gallery link will be open until
Monday, October 18th at noon (EDT)!
Click HERE to play along!
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
The Card Concept #161 {Harvest Adventures}
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, 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!
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 red truck
when I created my Clean and Layered card!
Kerry's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pumpkins
and all the beautiful leaves in the background for
my Mixed Media card.
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors
as well as the harvest theme to create a
Clean and Simple/Mixed Media card!
Michele's Inspireation: I was inspired by the rich
Autumn colors, the red pick-up, and those pumpkins
for my Clean and Layered card.
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors,
the pumpkins and the baskets for my
Clean and Layered card.
Nancy's Inspiration: Inspiration from the photo drew me
into the autumn scene and especially the colors..
don't you love the hints of color swatches included?
I decided to create a Clean and Layered card!
LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by the cute red
truck and the pumpkins in the back to create my
Clean and Layered card this week!
Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful
fall colors to create my Clean & Layered style card.
Kim's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was
inspired by the old-fashioned scene and the gorgeous
mix of fall colors in the background.
Anita's Inspiration: My inspiration came from the truck
and pumpkin images and the colors, too, for
my Mixed Media Style card.
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the autumn colors
and red truck. I created 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 the linky tool (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 gallery. Everyone loves comments!
The deadline to participate will be
Monday, October 18th at 12:00 pm EDT.
We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
---------------------------------------------------------
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, direct link to our challenge site and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge. Thanks again for playing along with us!
Winners #160 {Sunny Sunflowers}
Happy Wednesday! Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our
#160 {Sunny Sunflowers} Challenge!
Wow, what a fantastic gallery with so many gorgeous entries! We had such a difficult time narrowing down our choices, but our Design Team has voted....
Our Main Winner is ....
And our four Honorable Mentions ...
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.
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!