Challenge #21 - Sunflowers

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

Hello card makers! We are excited about this challenge and we hope you are too! For this challenge we are looking for a country/sunflower theme! You must use the theme and create your card in one of the styles of the designers. Happy crafting!

The styles are explained HERE.

Deanna Dean

Ground your sentiment by having it touch your image.

Mary Marsh

sunflowers, vase, twine and checkered tablecloth are my inspiration

Sue Trembeth

The black background makes a dramatic "hello die" against the sunflower.

Kay Miller

Yoonsun Hur

I was fascinated by those beautiful sunflowers!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

I took inspiration this week from the colors, flowers, gingham and bow!


Kristie Larsen

This was a challenge for me! I used distress inks and old book paper to create my shabby look.

LauraJane 

I used masks to create a freestyle collage of sunflowers.

Cindy Lovell

I was inspired by the brown and yellow of the sunflowers!!

Angela Maine

A touch of lace for an elegant country feel

Kim Heggins

I added the beautiful rain stones to add a bit of elegance to my sunflowers. 

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 (if you can). Everyone loves comments!

This challenge will end on Monday, October 27 at Noon (PST).

Challenge #20 - Winners

Hello Tracey here with the winners for The Card Concept challenge #20 - Color Challenge! We loved seeing how you were inspired.  The projects in the linkup are all so creative. 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 #21 goes live in one hour at 5:00 AM (PST).

If you are viewing this in Google Reader, please visit our blog, to see the winning projects, by clicking on the pictures.

Challenge #20 ~ A Color Challenge ~ There's Still Time!

There is still plenty of time for you to play along with our current challenge  - to create a card using the colors of the inspiration photo. This challenge will end Monday, October 13th at noon (PST).

There are lots of fabulous entries already, check them out if you'd like some inspiration to get you started! 

Here is a reminder of our rules if you'd like to join in the fun:

1. Use the challenge to create a card

2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for a summary of the different styles.

3. Explain in your post which style you used. 

4. Link to your blog post for this challenge only, not your whole blog. 

5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!

Go HERE to link your creation!

Challenge #20 - Colour Challenge

Welcome to The Card Concept. 

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.

Laurie Willison 

I was inspired by the colors and all I could think of was fall! My favorite time of year!  

Yoonsun Hur

I was inspired by the colours and yummy orange pumpkin!

Geri Greening

Hand drawn black lines paired with bold, block letters & a simple image 
maintain a clean & graphic style.

Kim Heggins

I was inspired by the colors, orange and black, such a wonderful pair and they are not just for Halloween...I love baseball and the San Francisco Giants. 

Kerin Sylvester

I was inspired by the checkered tablecloth and found a DSP that mimicked that pattern.

Sue Trembeth

Using sticky back paper I made my own flame stencil.

Narelle Farrugia 

I decided to use the challenge colours for a pretty flower that I used as my focal point on my card.

Cindy Lovell

When i saw the colors,i,of course thought of Halloween right away!!

Cathy Weber

I used lots of iconic Halloween images and made my own twine closure.

Mary Marsh

Inspiration from fall theme, colors, pumpkins and tablecloth

Colleen Dietrich

The gingham tablecloth, color scheme, and candelabra inspired my card!

Kristie Larson

I love the colour combo and the candelabra made me think of the Victorian Era; hence the damask background

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, October 13 at Noon (PST).

Challenge #19 - Colour Challenge Winners

Hello Tracey here with the winners for The Card Concept challenge #19 - Color Challenge! We loved seeing how you were inspired.  The projects in the linkup are all so creative. 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 #20 goes live in one hour at 5:00 AM (PST).

If you are viewing this in Google Reader, please visit our blog, to see the winning projects, by clicking on the pictures.

Be sure to click on the images to visit the winning blogs.

1. LauraJane's choice: I was quite taken by Shirley-Bee's Freestyle watercolor Poppies	2. Ardyth's Choice: Kristie's vibrant leaves pop against all the glorious white space! Gorgeous!	3. Kay's Choice- I absolutely loved the watercolor paper and the beautiful leaves on Julia's card!
4. These bright and beautiful leaves on Karen's card just blew me away, like a fall leaf!	5. Deanna's Choice: I love Sandie's CAS layout and the beautiful crisp colors. Congrats!	6. kristie Larsen- LOVE this great technique with fabulous leaves and colour. very striking and simple
7. Yoonsun's Choice: Love pretty autumn colours. Nancy's card is simply beautiful!!	8. Kim's Choice: I love that Lucille used festive balloons instead of leaves, such a fun card.	9. Cindy's Choice:I just love Ceal's card! The ink splatters and beautiful leaves!! Amazing!!
10. Angela's Choice: Flo's butterfly has interesting colorful layers with all that great white space!

Challenge #19 ~ Color Challenge Winners

Challenge #19 ~ Color Challenge ~ There's Still Time!

There is still plenty of time for you to play along with our current challenge  - to create a card using the colors of the inspiration photo. This challenge will end Monday, September 29th at noon (PST).

There are lots of fabulous entries already, check them out if you'd like some inspiration to get you started! 

Here is a reminder of our rules if you'd like to join in the fun:

1. Use the challenge to create a card

2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for a summary of the different styles.

3. Explain in your post which style you used. 

4. Link to your blog post for this challenge only, not your whole blog. 

5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!

Go HERE to link your creation!