Challenge #12 - Use a Nautical Theme Winners!

Hello Tracey here with the winner's for The Card Concept challenge #12 - Use a Nautical Theme!  We loved seeing all of your creative nautical designs. We have each chosen a winner who we liked the best but not necessarily in our own design style, and who followed the rules and challenge.

Challenge #13 goes live in one hour at 5:00 AM (PST).

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1. Narelle's Choice: There are so many gorgeous details that make Amy's card totally fabulous! Love it!

2. Geri's Choice: I love Jean's aqua & gold color combo & the velum sentiment banner :)

3. Colleen's pick: Renata's sea life card tickled me aqua! The fancy porthole is such a great touch.

4. Kerin's choice: Jean's clean, crisp design and fabulous texture really caught my eye!

5. Cathy's Choice: I loved the watercoloring and hand made life preserver by Maria F. Cute!

6. Tracey's choice: Carol's shaped card with the stitched dies and chained anchor is a fabulous design!

Challenge #12 - Use a Nautical Theme

Welcome to The Card Concept. This week we are excited to welcome Colleen Dietrich to our design team! Welcome, Colleen!!! Karen Davis has decided to step down to focus on work. Thank you Karen for your gorgeous creations and teamwork! You will be missed!

This week we have a theme for you to try! You must use the theme and create your card in one of the styles of the designers. 

The styles are explained HERE.

Clean & Simple

Tracey McNeely 

Clean & Graphic

Geri Greening

Traditional nautical colors, including the navy & white in the photo, were the source of inspiration for my card. 

Clean & Layering

Kerin Sylvester

The anchors in the photo really caught my eye, so I used them as my inspiration.

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I love a nautical themed challenge so I've gone to town on every nautical element I could find!

Freestyle Collage

Cathy Weber

I was in die-cut heaven while making this card!

Classy & Elegant

Colleen Dietrich

The cool, soothing neutrals in the photo really inspired me!

Our Rules

1. Use the Challenge to create a card.
2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for the different styles summary.
3. Explain in your post which style you used.
4. Link up your blog post here, not your whole blog.
5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!

This challenge will end on Monday, June 23 at Noon (PST).

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