Wednesday, March 29, 2023

The Card Concept #192 {Happy Easter}

           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: My Mixed Media card 
was inspired by the theme and colors.


Kerry's Inspiration: My Mixed Media card 
was inspired by the theme.


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the neutral colors, 
the cross on the mantle, the sign and the overall Easter 
theme for my Clean and Layered card. 
Julie is taking a break for this challenge. 



Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the tulips,
 the bunny, the cross, and the greenery for 
my Clean and Layered card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the brick fireplace,
the bunny on top in the grass and the bow on the
bunny in the chair along with the colors 
for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen's Inspiration: My Mixed Media card was inspired
by the textures, bricks, candles, colors and warmth of
all the elements in this beautiful inspiration photo.


Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colours 
and rustic feel of the photo to create a
Clean and Layered Card.


Nancy's Inspiration: Colors, brick texture, the rabbit 
and flowers inspired my  Layered and
embossed Easter Card.



Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired to create this 
Clean and Elegant style by the bunny and
 the green colors.


Betty's taking a break for this challenge! 


The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, April 10th 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, 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 #191 {Signs of Spring} or {Blue Butterfly}

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

                   #191 {Signs of Spring} or {Blue Butterfly}  Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with us! Again, all of the entries in our gallery are spectacular! Again, you have made 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.  

Please stop back at 8 am EDT to check out our new challenge! 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

The Card Concept #191 {Signs of Spring} or {Blue Butterfly}- There's Still Time!

  Just a reminder that you still have time to join us for our 

        #191 {Signs of Spring} or                                                          {Blue Butterfly} Challenge!







Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, March 27th at noon (EDT)!  
Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The Card Concept #191 {Signs of Spring} or {Blue Butterfly}

              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: My Clean and Layered card was inspired 
by the colors and elements in the "Signs of Spring" 
inspiration board. 


Kerry's Inspiration: Inspiration for my Clean and Layered 
card came from the flower and butterfly in option b and 
colours from both palettes (namely navy, yellow and turquoise).


Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful blue 
sunflower and butterfly as well as the colors for my 
Classy and Elegant/Mixed Media card. 



Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by those big, 
juicy lemons for my Clean and Layered card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by photo 191a, Signs of Spring.  
I love the colors and the eggs caught my eye for my 
Clean and Layered card.


Karen's Inspiration: My card drew a bit of inspiration
from both photos.  The colors, butterfly, and touches
of Spring inspired my Clean and Layered card.


Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the blue and 
white china and table arrangement to make a 
Clean and Layered card.


Nancy's Inspiration: The vibrant blues of the butterfly
 card inspired my Elegant and Classy/
Mixed Media card.



Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and 
lemons to create my Clean and Simple style card.


Betty's taking a break for this challenge 
and will be back with us soon!


The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, March 27th 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, 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 #190 {Lucky Charm}

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

                              #190 {Lucky Charm} Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with us! All of the entries in our gallery are gorgeous! Again, you have made it so difficult for our DT to narrow down our winners and honorable mentions :-)!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner .. 
(listed in order of appearance in the gallery)

 


     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.  

Please stop back at 8 am EDT to check out our new challenge! 

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Card Concept #190 {Lucky Charm}- There's Still Time!

                   Just a reminder that you still have time to join us for our 

               #190 {Lucky Charm} Challenge!




Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, March 13th at noon (EDT)!  
Click HERE to play along!