The Card Concept #172 {Easter Blessings}

        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!

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 bunnies, 

carrot, and greenery when I created my 

Mixed Media card.

Kerry Bunting

Kerry's Inspiration: The bunnies, pastel eggs, 

and check pattern inspired my 

Vintage and Shabby layered card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the mossy green

 bunny and the Easter theme to create a 

Clean and Layered Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I love the color combination and 

the fresh grassy feel and used them as inspiration 

for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: The bunnies and colors 

inspired me for my Clean and Simple card!

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration:  I was mainly inspired by the 

carrot! The color combo also inspired my 

Clean and Layered card.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: The simple beauty of an 

artful holiday arrangement inspired my 

Clean and layered card.

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by the plaid 

bunny and the little wooden plaque 

to create my Clean and Layered Easter Card.

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the 

Easter theme to create my 

Clean and Layered style card.

 

Kim Singdahlsen

Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Layered card 

was inspired by the various patterns, 

the "Easter Blessings" sign, and the colors.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the wooden 

plaques on the top tier of the inspiration photo. 

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, April 11th 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 #171 {Spring Garden}

   Happy Wednesday!  

Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our

#171 {Spring Garden} Challenge!

Wow, what a gorgeous gallery! Such a great selection of cards and we are thrilled that you were able to play along!  

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

Rosemary D.

     And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

#3 Crafty by Dottie

Kim Lackenbach

Tenia Nelson

                        

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 next challenge!

The Card Concept #171 {Spring Garden}- There's Still Time!

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

                           
                #171 {Spring Garden} Challenge!

We would love to have you join us! Our gallery link will be open until  

Monday, March 28th at noon (EST)!  

Click HERE to play along!

The Card Concept #171 {Spring Garden}

        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!

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 

theme when I created my floral 

Mixed Media card. 

Kerry Bunting

Kerry's Inspiration: My soft Shabby and Vintage 

style card was inspired by the 

garden theme.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors 

and the  spring theme to create a 

Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card. 

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's card is on the way!

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the whole 

picture, the flowers, rain boots and colors 

for my Free Style Collage Card!

Karen Letchworth

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

flowers and the darling rainboots when making

my Shabby and Vintage style card.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration:  My inspiration came from the 

spring colors, and I created a Mixed Media card.

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration: I was inspired by those fun 

boots and the garden theme to create 

my Clean and Simple card this week!

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's taking a break for this challenge and 

plans to return for challenge #172!

 

Kim Singdahlsen

Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Simple card 

was inspired by the spring theme, the garden 

of flowers and the colors.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 

Spring Garden theme and 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, March 28th at 12:00 pm EST.

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!