Wednesday, December 14, 2022

The Card Concept #185 {Christmas Blessings}- There's Still Time!

                Just a reminder that we extended our gallery deadline for our    

           #185 {Christmas Blessings} Challenge!




Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, January 2nd at noon (EST)!  
Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

The Card Concept #185 {Christmas Greetings}

              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 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 ice skates 
when I created my Clean and Layered card.


Kerry's Inspiration: Those luscious wreaths 
inspired my Mixed Media card.


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the greenery along with 
the colors to create a Clean and Layered card!


Michele's Inspiration: I was so inspired by the sled, 
skates, and that bright red door and featured 
them in my Christmas Greeting Clean and Layered card!



Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 
wreath and the door and the colors for my
Clean and Layered card!


Karen's Inspiration: I took my inspiration 
from  the ice skates when creating my 
Shabby and Vintage style card.


Jenny Martin
Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Greenery 
on the door and the colours to make a 
Clean and Layered card.


Nancy's Inspiration: The red front door with it's symbol 
of the holiday, the wreath, inspired my 
Clean and Layered card.




Mackie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered Style 
card was inspired by the red and green colors!



Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Layered card was 
inspired by the wreaths, the colors and textures, 
and the winter feel.


Betty's taking a break for this challenge!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

To give our Design Team a break for the holidays, we will be extending the deadline to participate for this challenge. 

The deadline to link up to our gallery will be  
Monday, January 2nd at 12:00 pm EST.
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Also, please remember if you would like to be included in our entries for possible Winner or Honorable Mention, make sure you include our inspiration photo in your blog/IG post, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge.  
Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #184 {Happy Thanksgiving} or {Merry Christmas}

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

            #183 {Happy Thanksgiving} or {Merry Christmas} Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with us! As always, each entry was fabulous and this makes it so difficult for our DT to narrow down our winners and honorable mentions!

Our Design Team has voted and our Main Winner had two entries and both were chosen... 

 






     And our three 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.  

Stop back at 8 am EST to check out our new challenge! 

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The Card Concept #184 {Happy Thanksgiving} or {Merry Christmas}- There's Still Time!

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

 #184 {Happy Thanksgiving} or {Merry Christmas} Challenge!





Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, November 28th at noon (EST)!  
Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

The Card Concept #184 {Happy Thanksgiving} or {Merry Christmas}

               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.  

This challenge is our double challenge - the second challenge of every month, we are posting two challenge photos!  You can choose whichever photo you prefer, or you could create two separate cards, one for each photo!    

We hope this new option will be one that you enjoy as much as we do- our Designers will let you know which one they decided as well. 

Remember, 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 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 colors in the 
Christmas board when I created my Mixed Media card.


Kerry's Inspiration: The housing ornaments and silver 
baubles, as well as the colour palette, inspired 
my Mixed Media card.


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Christmas tree along 
with the gold and whites for my Clean and Layered/ 
Classy and Elegant card!


Michele's Inspiration: I love the wintery color palette
 and the tiny Christmas village and included them 
in my Clean and Layered Merry Christmas (184b) card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Merry Christmas 
Photo (184b) for my Clean and Layered Card.  
The pine tree with the snowflakes and the silver 
and gold caught my eye.
Karen's Inspiration:  My Shabby Chic Vintage Card
was inspired by the colors, the little houses
and warmth in the inspiration photo. 


Jenny's Inspiration: The beautiful Christmas tree and 
decorations as well as the colours, inspired me to 
make my Clean and Layered card.

Nancy's Inspiration: Those trees and colors inspired
 me to create my Mixed Media card.



Mackie's taking a break for this challenge and 
will be back for the next one!


Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Simple card was 
inspired by the colors of Happy Thanksgiving, 
the leaves and the texture in the fireplace.


Betty's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the church, 
the snowflakes, the pinecones, the greenery, and the 
soft color palette.  I created a Clean and Layered 
styled card.

The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, November 28th at 12:00 pm EST.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
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Also, please remember if you would like to be included in our entries for possible Winner or Honorable Mention, make sure you include our inspiration photo in your blog/IG post, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge.  
Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #183 {Pumpkin Party}

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

                           #183 {Pumpkin Party} Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with us! As always, each entry was gorgeous and this makes it so difficult for our DT to narrow down our winners and honorable mentions!

Our Design Team has voted and our Main Winner is... 

 



     And our three 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.  

Stop back at 8 am EST to check out our new challenge!