Just a reminder that you still have time to join us for our
#187 {Winter Cocoa} or {Winter Snow} Challenge!
Our gallery link will be open until
Monday, January 30th at noon (EST)!
Click HERE to play along!
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The Card Concept #187 {Winter Cocoa} or {Winter Snow}
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!
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 Winter Snow
theme when I created my Mixed Media card.
by the snow-covered trees and colour palette
of option b.
photo- the colors, textures, greenery for my
Clean and Layered card!
Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the winter color
combination and the snow on the pines for my
Clean and Simple Winter Snow card.
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors,
pinecones and tree stump coaster for my
Clean and Layered card.
was inspired by the chalkboard, snow sentiment,
wood, colors, and pretty greenery found in the
187b Winter Snow Inspiration Photo option.
Jenny's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was
inspired by the festive cup of cocoa and colours in
the first picture #187a.
the Winter Snow photo, and created a Mixed Media
birthday card.
Clean and Layered style card by that adorable
gingerbread man popping out of the cup!
Kim's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was
inspired by the colors, the snowflakes and the pine
boughs of the Winter Snow graphic.
Betty's taking a break-
please stop by her blog to say "hi"!
The deadline to participate will be
Monday, January 30th 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, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge. Also, please make sure that we are the only inspiration challenge and direct link to our challenge site.
Thanks again for playing along with us!
Winners #186 {Holiday Gatherings}
Happy Wednesday! Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our
#186 {Holiday Gatherings} Challenge!
Thank you, again for playing along with us! We had a smaller gallery but each entry was gorgeous and made it difficult for our DT to narrow down our winners and honorable mentions for sure!
Our Design Team has voted and our Main Winner has been chosen...
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.
Please stop back at 8 am EST to check out our new challenge!
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
The Card Concept #186 {Holiday Gatherings}- There's Still Time!
Just a reminder that you still have time to join us for our
#186 {Holiday Gatherings} Challenge!
Our gallery link will be open until
Monday, January 16th at noon (EST)!
Click HERE to play along!
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
The Card Concept #186 {Holiday Gatherings}
Welcome to The Card Concept !
Happy New Year! 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!
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 greenery and stars
when I created my Mixed Media card.
the pool over the long summer holidays inspired my
Clean and Layered card.
Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and the
textures to create a Shabby Chic and Vintage card!
glittery green and used them in in sparkly
Clean and Simple card! Happy New Year!
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the
colors for my Clean and Layered Card
Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the gorgeous
gold elements when creating my Freestyle Collage
Style card.
Style card.
and the colours to make a Clean and Simple
Mixed Media Card!
the photo, which inspired my Elegant and Layered
glam card (my made up style!).
Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired the green and gold
colors to create my Clean and Layered card.
Kim's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered card was inspired
by the colors (although I used metallic champagne instead
of gold) and the neutral elegance of the inspiration.
Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by colors, stars, and
patterns. I created a Clean and Layered Style card.
The deadline to participate will be
Monday January 16th 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, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge. Also, please make sure that we are the only inspiration challenge and direct link to our challenge site.
Thanks again for playing along with us!
Winners #185 {Christmas Blessings}
Happy Wednesday and Happy New Year! Julie, here with the Winners and Honorable Mentions for our
#185 {Christmas Greetings} Challenge!
Thank you for playing along with us! We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and we were so thrilled that you found the time to play along!
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 has been chosen...
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.
Please stop back at 8 am EST to check out our new challenge!