Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The Card Concept #223 {Cozy New Year}

                Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct-  @thecardconceptchallenges2  

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc223).

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: 



Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the nordic patterns 
and  textures for my Clean and Layered/
Mixed Media card.



Michele's Inspiration: Let's ring in the New Year with 
a cozy cup of tea! I was inspired by the cup and the cozy 
colors for my Clean and Simple card.


Jolanda's Inspiration: A cozy cup shared with friends 
for a textured Clean and Layered card picking 
up the color scheme.



Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors 
for my Clean and Layered card today.


Karen's card is on the way!



Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the red and 
neutrals and the yummy looking mug to create a 
Clean and Layered card.

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the hot drink 
theme and the warm winter colours for my 
Clean and Layered card.


 Tenia's card is on the way!

The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, February 9th 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 #222 {Christmas Gathering}

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

                       #222 {Christmas Gathering}  Challenge!

 
We know that this is a busy time of year and we are so thankful for the ones who had a chance to join us for our challenge!  
 
Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner...

 

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






   And our three Honorable Mentions ...



again, 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" :-) 

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!  

We will be announcing the random winner of our prize soon! 

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!