The Card Concept #228a {Summer By The Sea} or #228b {Christmas in July}

             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 #tcc228a or #tcc228b).

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 Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by "The Summer by the Sea" 

theme for my Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: Get ready for a bright and glittery 

Christmas in July with a Clean and Layered card inspired 

by traditional Christmas colors!

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: I was inspired by the nautical theme 

and the general color scheme for my Clean and Layered 

Father's Day card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: I was inspired by the tree shape and 

the general color scheme for my very Clean and Simple 

single layer holiday card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the overall 

theme along with the lighthouses and colors 

in the photo for my Clean & Layered Card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's card is onn the way!

Jennie Maier

Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 

colors-the red, white and blue, to create a 

Clean and Layered card.

Jennie Maier

Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Christmas 

theme and colors to create a Clean and Layered card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by 'The Summer by the Sea' 

theme for my Clean and Layered style card.

The deadline to participate will be  

Monday, August 31st 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!