Introducing Our 2021-2022 Design Team!

                           Welcome back to The Card Concept!  

     We hope all of you had a wonderful summer and we are so thrilled to have our                                   2021-2022 Design Team back with our bi-weekly challenges!

We will be resuming our Fall/Winter challenges starting next week on Wednesday, September 8th  at 8 am EDT, but in the meantime, please help us welcome our fabulous returning & new Design Team Members!

Esther Asbury

Hello, my name is Esther, and I live in the beautiful state of Virginia with my husband, daughter, and two dogs. My mom encouraged me to take up cardmaking (in 2005) after a move across the country left me lonely and struggling. I’ve made some wonderful friends through this hobby, and love that I can use my creations to brighten someone’s day with a bit of handmade kindness in their mailbox!

Kerry Bunting

Hi, I'm Kerry Bunting from the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. I have two gorgeous adult daughters and began my crafting journey when they were young and I discovered scrapbooking, which then progressed to card making. My style was mostly Clean and Layered but lately I've been experimenting more with mixed media, shabby chic and clean and simple. I've been a teacher most of my adult life, firstly at high school, then in tertiary education and also teaching card classes for more than a decade. I'm thrilled to be a part of the Card Concept design team and look forward to many shared hours of crafting fun.

Julie Gearinger

Hi Everyone!  I’m Julie- I live in Maryland with my wonderful husband of 38+ years and our beautiful "fur-baby", Victoria.  I have been artistic all of my life and love creating cards, sewing, painting and recently, vintage junk journals!  Since I love to experiment, my style tends to be a bit eclectic. Hopefully I will inspire you to create a card and join us!

 Michele K. Henderson

Hi! My name is Michele. I have traded winter snow for some year-long sandy beaches here on Florida's Atlantic coast! My husband and I, along with our feline fur babies have found a new home here in tropical Florida where we love the beautiful beaches and the year-round golf! I've been artsy all my life but started card making a few years ago and fell in love with this wonderful crafting community.  I love working with layers of paper and color and am thrilled to join to be designing with The Card Concept!

                                                           Karen Ksenzakovic

Hello stampers!  My name is Karen Ksenzakovic and I am so excited to be a part of this creative team.  I live in central New Jersey with my husband of 33 years, 2 adult children and my13 year young lab mix.  I have a soccer coach son and a daughter who is in college for Forensic Chemistry.  I've worked in accounting for over 36 years and also work for a Dog Bakery Boutique for the past 4 years.  I love to cook & bake and I've always done some kind of crafting. I've sewed, crocheted, knitted, cross stitched and have been doing paper crafting for about 16yrs when I was introduced to Stampin' Up!  I decided to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 3 years ago and love it.  I love designing all styles of cards from clean and simple to collage and I've also done some scrap booking.  I love layering and especially love watercoloring and coloring with alcohol markers.

Nancy Penir

Hi! I'm Nancy Penir, and I'm overjoyed to be joining one of my favorite challenges, The Card Concept! Married, mom of 5, and grandmother of 11 darlings; 6 boys, 5 girls. I'd like to say my life's slowed down with an empty nest, but I've filled it with crafting! I love making cards, sewing, keeping up the garden, (we live on 2 1/2 acres), raising chickens, and watching it all grow! I've found the most wonderful community of talent and kindness through all of you. Nurturing our connection is my passion! Style? Making layers and patterns all work on a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" canvas!

LeAnne Pugliese

Hi stampers!  I am excited to be a part of this creative team!  I have always enjoyed crafts of almost any sort, but I truly love stamping cards and mailing them to friends and family!  I discovered Stampin' Up in 1999, joined as a demo in 2002 and have been using ink, paper and stamps ever since!  I live in southeastern PA, have a patient husband, a wonderful daughter and son-in-law and a granddaughter that I am "training" to love crafts as well.  I would say I have an eclectic style, although I do love vintage as well as clean and simple!

Mackie Robertson

Hello! My name is Mackie Robertson! I live in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina.  My very understanding of my stamping addiction , husband and I have been married over 40 years. We have a grown son and lovely daughter-in-law. I am a retired Dental Hygienist. I went to my first  Stampin' Up party several years ago and I have been inky ever since! I love ALL styles of stamping...from CAS to Mixed Media. If I'm not in my craft room creating something, then I am on Pinterest or Blogland looking at other's creations for inspiration!  I started my blog to share my creations, and  to hopefully inspire others to join this wonderful art form! Happy Stamping!

Kim Singdahlsen

Hello! My name is Kim Singdahlsen and I live in Colorado with my husband and two cats. We have two college-aged sons - one is nearby, the other far away.  I fill my weekdays as an accountant for my local town government and weekends enjoying our Colorado mountains. Living in a household of men and spending my days with numbers and spreadsheets, is it any wonder that I love the world of cardmaking?! I am most comfortable in the Clean and Layered style - a fresh look but not necessarily simple!

Anita Trippi

Hi crafting friends! My name is Anita and I am so excited to be part of The Card Concept team. I am originally from Buffalo, NY but have lived for the last 12 years in Durham, North Carolina. I have been married to my best friend for 45 years, We have 3 daughters and 2 grandchildren. Through the years I have been a Decorative Painter, quilter and cross-stitcher. That love of color translates now into card making, paper crafting and for this year, 2021, more journaling. I enjoy mixed media with a somewhat clean and simple style. Let's see what we can create together!

Betty Wright

Hello, I am Betty. I am thrilled to design for The Card Concept Challenge. Inspiration Challenges are my favorite.  I live in North Carolina with my husband, Greg, and our two cats. I am a high school English teacher. I have two children. My daughter Erica is a nurse, and my son Dawson is in college. I feel I have always done some sort of crafting since I was a kid. However, I really started paper crafting when I was a stay at home mom. I started scrapbooking our memories which led to cardmaking.

We are looking forward to inspiring you to join us for our

 new Fall/Winter session!  

Our challenges will start back again next 
Wednesday, September 8th at 8 am EDT !!

The Card Concept #158 {Long Summer Days}- There's Still Time!

 Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the 

                         #158 {Long Summer Days} Challenge!

We would love to have you join us!  Our Design Team is taking a break over the summer but we are keeping this challenge open until 

Monday, August 23rd at noon (EDT)!  

Click HERE to play along!

The Card Concept #158 {Long Summer Days}- There's Still Time!

  Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the 

                         #158 {Long Summer Days} Challenge!

We would love to have you join us!  Our Design Team is taking a break over the summer but we are keeping this challenge open until 

Monday, August 23rd at noon (EDT)!  

Click HERE to play along!

The Card Concept #158 {Long Summer Days}

      Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

In order to give our Design Team a break for the summer, this challenge will be open until Monday, August 23rd at noon EDT.  We hope you will be able to join us during your long summer days!

 We will be back on Sept. 1st with our introduction to the Fall DT and our first fall challenge will be on Wed., Sept. 8th! 

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: 

Esther Asbury

Esther's Inspiration:   I was inspired by the beach 

mug to create a card that's a cross between

 Clean and Layered and Mixed Media.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beach theme, 

the blues and browns as well as the textures to 

create a Mixed Media card! 

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the soft sea 

pastels and that big coffee mug for my nautical 

Freestyle Collage card!

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired first by the seahorses

 on the dishes, then the wooden tray and beach theme 

for my Clean and Layered card.

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration:  Summer at the seashore! 

Bright summery blues for my

Mixed Media shaker card.

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the colors of the 

welcome sign, the sand dollars, the knotted rope and the 

skinny letters on the mug to create my 

Clean and Layered birthday card!

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered style 

card was inspired by the beautiful colors and 

the sand dollars!

Kim Singdahlsen

Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Simple card was

 inspired by the soft colors and the beach theme.

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration:   I was so inspired by the indigo 

blue sea horse on the center plates with it's 

Clean and Simple design, I recreated it in a card!

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, the theme, and the adorable whales. I created a Clean and Layered styled card.

The Card Concept Guidelines:

1.  Use the challenge inspiration photo to create a card- no back linking.

2.  Use one of the challenge styles to create a card (or if you prefer, combine a few styles).

3.  Explain in a post which style or combination of styles you used and what inspired you from our photo. 

 

4.  Link your post using the linky tool (please link to the actual post on your blog and not just your blog) and please display our inspiration photo in your blog post.  

5. We do not mind if you combine our challenge with others, but please do not combine ours with another inspiration challenge.  

 

6.  Please try to comment on the cards ahead of you and behind you in the gallery.  Everyone loves comments!

This will be our last challenge before our summer break, but we want you to have a chance to play along over the summer, so we are leaving our link to the gallery open all summer long!

The deadline to participate will be  

Monday, August 23rd 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!

Winners #157 {Vacation Time}

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

#157 {Vacation Time} Challenge!

We are so thankful for all of you who were able to participate with our Vacation Time Challenge!  

What a fabulous gallery and our Design Team has narrowed down their votes.   

 Our Main Winner is ....

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

Jolanda Johnstone

     And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

I Card Everyone

   Jen W.

Robyn Rasset

Congratulations to all of the our winners!!

Please be sure to click on the winner's names to visit their blogs to see how they created their cards and, if you have time, leave them some "love" :-) 

Just a reminder, this year we will be highlighting our winners and honorable mentions on our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board.  

We will be back in an hour with our next challenge!

The Card Concept #157 {Vacation Time}- There's Still Time!

 Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to play along with us for the 

   #157 {Vacation Time} Challenge!

We would love to have you join us!

The deadline to add your card to our challenge gallery is 

Monday, June 21st at noon (EDT)!  

Click HERE to play along!

The Card Concept #157 {Vacation Time}

       Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

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: 

Esther Asbury

Esther's Inspiration: I was inspired by several things in the photo

 (stripes, oar, lantern, trees) when I created this 

square Mixed Media card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the mallard duck

 figure on the table (near the canoe) as well as the textures

 and colors to create a simple Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration:  I was inspired by a mountain lake 

vacation theme, and some of the colors in the photo 

for my Clean and Layered bold card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the trees 

in the  photo and the woodgrain for my 

Clean and Layered Card. 

Nancy Penir

Nancy's Inspiration: The lake painting and 

masculine  vibes inspired my 

Clean and Layered card.

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's Inspiration:  I was inspired by that little 

metal picnic tin as well as the colors on the blanket

 to create my Clean and Layered card! 

Mackie Robertson

Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 

boathouse  theme  to create my 

Clean and Layered style card!

Kim Singdahlsen

Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Layered card was 

inspired by the striped blanket and by 

the general theme of fishing.

Anita Trippi

Anita's Inspiration:  I was inspired by the picture of 

the lake and the lake itself for this 

Clean and Layered card.

Betty Wright

Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by different

 colors of buoys and textures.  I created a 

Clean and Layered styled card.

The Card Concept Guidelines:

1.  Use the challenge inspiration photo to create a card- no back linking.

2.  Use one of the challenge styles to create a card (or if you prefer, combine a few styles).

3.  Explain in a post which style or combination of styles you used and what inspired you from our photo. 

 

4.  Link your post using the linky tool (please link to the actual post on your blog and not just your blog) and please display our inspiration photo in your blog post.  

5. We do not mind if you combine our challenge with others, but please do not combine ours with another inspiration challenge.  

 

6.  Please try to comment on the cards ahead of you and behind you in the gallery.  Everyone loves comments!

The deadline to participate is 

Monday, June 21st at 12:00 pm EST.

Our Challenge Winner and the Honorable Mentions will be announced on Wednesday, June 23rd. 

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, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge and direct link to our challenge site.  

Thanks again for playing along with us!