Challenge #6 - Create a Birthday Card

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

This challenge we have a new 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 

Inspired by the colours and the longing for spring to arrive I created a one layer garden. Hope to see one out my kitchen window soon!

Deanna Dean

Keep your focal point to one side of your card to allow for lots of white space.

Clean & Graphic

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Substitute complex shapes with circles for a clean and graphic design - simple, bubbly and fun!

Geri Greening

The angles of the stripes and sentiment create nice movement without compromising a clean & graphic style.

Clean & Layering

Kay Miller

I was inspired by the pretty colors in the inspiration photo. I couldn't figure out how to incorporate the blue, but I did use the salmon and green.

Kerin Sylvester

My card doesn't even begin to resemble the inspiration photo, but it inspired me to use lots of white with pops of color!


Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I was tempted to add a cake to my card but in the end I stuck with the pretty colours in the flowers from the inspiration pic. 

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I was inspired by the colors - orange, green, yellow and blue and I anchored everything with white to make it come together.  I created this for a masculine birthday -- I tried to approach a more 'clean' shabby chic style with lots of layers and embellishments instead of lace and flowers this week!

Freestyle Collage

Karen Davis 

The cluster of pretty flowers on the cake, and the pattern on the cake stand, were the inspiration for my card this week. A direct approach. 

Cindy Lovell 

I was inspired by the texture of the cake and of course,the flowers and beautiful colors!

Classy & Elegant

Lesley Croghan (Guest Designer)

I was inspired by the colours in the photo and the pretty flowers! I added a lot of paper layers to the main panel of my card and a few gemstones to accent my flowers and butterflies.

Lee Ann Barrett

I chose to watercolor an image.  While this card has fewer layers than I typically use, I have added gold card stock, gold embossing powder and some glitz with glitter to keep it classy and elegant.

Cathy Weber

I was inspired by the beautiful cake in the inspiration photo.

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,March 31 at Noon (PST).

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Challenge #5 - Colours

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

We have our own Lesley Croghan joining us as our March Classy & Elegant Guest Designer.  Lesley is the creator of The Card Concept, has a keen eye for design and she is a fabulous designer herself. She also creates fantastic challenge blogs. 

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

The styles are explained HERE.

Clean & Simple

Tracey McNeely 



Spray ink can be used on a CAS card and long as it is used in moderation.

Deanna Dean

I was inspired by the contrast of the brown on the green.

Clean & Graphic

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Add dimension and interest to a simple focal point by 'shading' with darker ink!

Geri Greening

My card was inspired by the colors in the photo & the graphic pattern created by the sticks of the yummy cake pops!

Clean & Layering

Kay Miller

When I saw these colors, I immediately thought they would make a wonderful "guy" card!

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the photo to make lime the main color with accents of Espresso & White

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I took the colours Early Espresso & Gumball Green from the inspiration picture to create my shabby 

flowery creation.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I took inspiration from the shapes of the cake pops ... they looked like pretty blooms lined up in a row, so I recreated one using a paper flower, glitter chipboard leaves and a fun paper straw for the stem!

Freestyle Collage

Karen Davis 

This colour combination inspired a birthday theme for me. The large green '50' was my starting point and I 'Freestyled' from there.

Cindy Lovell 

First thing i thought of,was some sort of flowers when i saw the colors.So i choose my flower first and went from there.

Classy & Elegant

Lesley Croghan (Guest Designer)

I was drawn to the fresh colours and the lines of the sticks...so I used an embossing folder to mimic them.

Lee Ann Barrett

I was inspired by the gorgeous green contrasted with the white and dark brown.  The swirls on the candies inspired me to use a flourished template.

Cathy Weber

I was inspired by the decadent chocolate color and circular shape of the yummy treats.

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, March 17 at Noon (PST).

Card Concept #5 {Colour Inspiration}

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

This week we have some colours for you to try! You must use the colours and create your card in one of the styles of the designers. This month our Guest Designer is Lesley Croghan. She is joining the Classy & Elegant Designers. Lesley is the creator of The Card Concept, has a keen eye for design and she is a fabulous designer herself. Welcome, Lesley!

Lesley Croghan

The styles are explained HERE.

Clean & Simple

Tracey McNeely 



Spray ink can be used on a CAS card and long as it is used in moderation.

Deanna Dean

I was inspired by the contrast of the brown on the green.

Clean & Graphic

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Add dimension and interest to a simple focal point by 'shading' with darker ink!

Geri Greening

My card was inspired by the colors in the photo & the graphic pattern created by the sticks of the yummy cake pops!

Clean & Layering

Kay Miller

When I saw these colors, I immediately thought they would make a wonderful "guy" card!

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the photo to make lime the main color with accents of Espresso & White

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I took the colours Early Espresso & Gumball Green from the inspiration picture to create my shabby 

flowery creation.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I took inspiration from the shapes of the cake pops ... they looked like pretty blooms lined up in a row, so I recreated one using a paper flower, glitter chipboard leaves and a fun paper straw for the stem!

Freestyle Collage

Karen Davis 

This colour combination inspired a birthday theme for me. The large green '50' was my starting point and I 'Freestyled' from there.

Cindy Lovell 

First thing i thought of,was some sort of flowers when i saw the colors.So i choose my flower first and went from there.

Classy & Elegant

Lesley Croghan (Guest Designer)

I was drawn to the fresh colours and the lines of the sticks...so I used an embossing folder to mimic them.

Lee Ann Barrett

I was inspired by the gorgeous green contrasted with the white and dark brown.  The swirls on the candies inspired me to use a flourished template.

Cathy Weber

I was inspired by the decadent chocolate color and circular shape of the yummy treats.

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, March 17 at Noon (PST).

Challenge #4 - Use a Floral Theme

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

Before we get onto this week's challenge, the team and I want to let you know that we have been having difficulty commenting on both Stampin' Up blogs and blogs with Google+. If you have not heard from us, that is why! We feel badly about this and wish we could leave you some commenting love! We just wanted to let you know!

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



I was inspired by the beautiful roses in the inspiration and the soft peach colour.

Deanna Dean

I was inspired by the big blooms and these beautiful colors.

Laurie Willison (Guest Designer)

I was completely inspired by the colors and all the different shades of pink/red.  

Clean & Graphic

Ardyth Percy-Robb

To go clean and graphic, punch up the colours, simplify the shapes and use block (not script) text

Geri Greening

A tidy font paired with simple embellishments (like 3 small seed pearls) will not compromise a clean & graphic design.

Clean & Layering

Kay Miller

I was inspired by the beautiful springlike colors in the photo and of course the lovely flowers :)

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired to use flowers and greenery in a vase, although I used different colors than pictured in the inspiration photo.

Shabby Chic

Narelle Farrugia 

I was totally inspired by the flowers from the inspiration photo so I had a go at making them myself - they're kind of large, but I'm loving them.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I was inspired by the blooms from the vase - fully open, happy and so pretty!

Freestyle Collage

Karen Davis 

I imagined looking down on the vase, focusing on the rim, the flower layers and the grey/green foliage.

Cindy Lovell 

I started my card with the leaves,and from their i choose my flowers and colors,which of course i was inspired by the photo

Classy & Elegant

Lee Ann Barrett

I added lots of layers, embossing, flourishes, timeless images and sparkle to create this elegant look.

Cathy Weber

An intricate die cut edge adds instant elegance.

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,March 3 at Noon (PST).

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