Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The Card Concept HOL21 {Christmas Tree, Holiday Decorations or Fav 2021 Card} - There's Still Time!

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

                      #HOL21 {Christmas Tree, Holiday Decorations or Fav 2021 Card} Challenge!



We would love to have you join us! Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, January 3rd at noon (EST)!  
Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Card Concept HOL21 {Christmas Tree, Holiday Decorations or Fav 2021 Card } Challenge

                      Welcome to The Card Concept! 

 For those of you who are new to our challenge, every two weeks we normally post an inspiration photo challenge and hope that you will join us by creating a card for our challenge gallery. 

We will be giving our Design Team a well deserved break for the holidays, so we have an easy challenge for all of you for the next few weeks!  

Before we give you the details for the next challenge, we would like to say farewell to Anita Trippi.   

She will be stepping down from the Design Team to due to her work schedule as well as to spend more time with her family.

We will miss Anita greatly, but know that she will continue creating beautiful cards!  We are looking forward to seeing her play along with our challenges in the future! 

Best wishes to you and your family, Anita!

Now, on to our HOL21 Challenge!


For this challenge, we would like for you to share your favorite card that you created this year (any card that you designed) or a picture of your Christmas tree and/or holiday decorations.

This challenge will be our last one for 2021 and the gallery link will remain open until Monday, January 3rd!

Now for the Design Team's favorite card from 2021 and/or Christmas tree/holiday decorations:




Esther's Inspiration:  This Mixed Media Blooming Anemone
 card is one of several favorites that I created in 2021.


Kerry's Inspiration:   My favourite holiday card from 
this year was this Mixed Media creation.


Julie's Inspiration: This is one of my favorite cards from this year- 
I love using my older stamps and stash to create
 Mixed Media cards!


Michele's tree is on the way!



Karen's Inspiration: I used my favorite Clean and 
Layered holiday card that I made this season. 
 I just love these images.


Nancy's Inspiration: I think this is a favorite of all the 
cards I made this year. Made with The Greetery's Hour Glass 
and Winterberry sets. 
 

LeAnne's Inspiration: I loved making this front
door card; it was fun to color in the flowers and that 
little watering can complemented the bricks 
in the background!  Fun for spring!



Mackie's Inspiration: I loved this Christmas card because 
I love red & black! It makes such a bold statement!



Kim's Inspiration: I picked this "hugs" card as my 
favorite of the year because I love the cheerful colors - 
and I know everybody needs hugs after the last few years.


Anita's Inspiration: This was one of my favorite cards 
this year - I love the colors and overall design!



Betty's Inspiration: This is one of my top favorite cards 
of the year. This card has a Vintage/Mixed Media style using 
the Winter Warmth inspiration theme.  

 
Since this challenge is just for fun, we will not be choosing a winner at the end of the challenge.  We hope that you will join us as our Design Team members will be taking a break for the holidays.  

We will try to visit your blogs and leave comments, but if we are not able to do so, please know that we are thrilled to have you play along with us.  


The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, January 3rd at 12:00 pm EST.

We will return with our new Design Team for 2022 on January 4th and our regular inspiration challenge on January 5th, 2022!  

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


Winners #165 {Peace on Earth}

  Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our

#165 {Peace on Earth} Challenge!

Again, wow, what a gorgeous gallery!  We were delighted to see that so many of you were able to play along during this busy holiday season! 

As always, all of your beautiful entries make it extremely difficult for our Design Team to choose winners!  The votes are in and we have a tie for  our Main Winner, they are...



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










     And our Honorable Mentions ...



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


                             
Congratulations to all of our winners!!
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.  

We will be back in an hour with our final challenge for 2021!

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

The Card Concept #165 {Peace on Earth}- There's Still Time!

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

                      #165 {Peace on Earth} Challenge!



We would love to have you join us! Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, December 13th at noon (EST)!  
Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The Card Concept #165 {Peace on Earth}

      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 :-)

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Since we are so close to Christmas, for this challenge we are also allowing tags along with cards to be added to our gallery! 

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:  My Mixed Media tag was inspired 
by the pine branches and bright pops of red.


Kerry's Inspiration:  My ornament-shaped Mixed Media 
card was inspired by the candles, tartan ribbon, foliage 
and 'Peace' feature.


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the "Peace on Earth" 
theme as well as the gold and silver for my 
Classy and Elegant style card!


Michele is taking a break and will be back soon!



Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the gorgeous
 wreath in the photo for my Clean and Simple card.


Nancy's Inspiration: The gorgeous wreath inspired 
my Clean and Layered card.
 

LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by the candles, 
the wreath and greenery, and the plaid ribbon 
to create my Clean and Layered card.



Mackie's Inspiration:  My Clean & Layered style card 
was inspired by the green and red colors 
in that beautiful wreath.



Kim's Inspiration:My Clean and Layered card was 
inspired by the gorgeous wreath with the big bow
 and the simple "peace" below it.


Anita's Inspiration: The wreath, wood wall and 
the colors inspired my Clean and Layered card.




Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the wreath and plaid
 pattern.  I created a Clean and Simple styled card.

 
The Card Concept Guidelines:

1.  Use the challenge inspiration photo to create a card or a tag (tags for this challenge only)- 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, December 13th at 12:00 pm EST.

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 #164 Rustic Holiday

  Happy Wednesday!  Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our

#164 {Rustic Holiday} Challenge!

Wow, what a fabulous gallery!  We were so delighted to see so many different takes on our inspiration challenge, and again, you have made it extremely difficult for our Design Team to choose winners!  The votes are in and our Main Winner is...


     And our four Honorable Mentions ...



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




                              
Congratulations to all of our winners!!
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.  

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