Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The Card Concept #183 {Pumpkin Party}- There's Still Time!

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

                      #183 {Pumpkin Party} Challenge!






Our gallery link will be open until  
Monday, November 14th at noon (EDT)!  
Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The Card Concept #183 {Pumpkin Party}

           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's Inspiration:  I was inspired by theme to 
create this fun Mixed Media card.


Kerry's Inspiration: The colours inspired my 
Halloween-themed Clean and Layered easel card.




Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the patterns on the 
pumpkins as well as the colors for my 
Mixed Media pumpkin kitty card!


Michele's Inspiration: I was inspired by the bold and graphic 
color palette and the lush pumpkins for my 
easy breezy Clean and Simple (CAS) card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pumpkins
in the photo along with the colors for my
Clean and Layered card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the idea of making
some FUN black and white pumpkins when creating this
simple Clean and Layered card.


Jenny's Inspiration: The colours and patterns inspired 
me to make a Mixed Media card.


Nancy's Inspiration: Pumpkins and colors inspired 
my Clean and Layered card. 




Mackie's Inspiration: The pumpkins inspired my 
Clean and Layered Style card!


Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Layered card was inspired 
by the fabulous patterned pumpkins, the woodgrain 
and the general color scheme.




Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pumpkin theme 
and all the pretty pumpkin patterns.  I created a
 Clean and Layered styled card.

The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, November 14th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
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Also, please remember if you would like to be included in our entries for possible Winner or Honorable Mention, make sure you include our inspiration photo in your blog/IG post, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge.  
Thanks again for playing along with us!


Winners #182 {Harvest Bounty} or {Christmas Joy}

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

                       our #182 {Harvest Bounty} or {Christmas Joy} Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with our dual challenge! All of our entries were fabulous and our DT always has a difficult time narrowing down our winners and honorable mentions!

Our Design Team has voted and our Main Winner is... 

 


(sorry for the blurry picture, photos from IG
 do not post well to blogger) - her entry is #11 in our 
gallery and if you follow the link above, you can 
check out her gorgeous card!

     And our three Honorable Mentions ...



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



                      Samantha R (photo also from IG)
  
              
Congratulations to all of our winners!!
We hope that you will take the time to visit each of the Winner/HM 
blogs to see how they created their cards, and, if you have time, leave a comment and show 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.  

Stop back at 8 am EST to check out our new challenge! 

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Card Concept #182 {Harvest Bounty} or {Christmas Joy}- There's Still Time!

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

  #182a {Harvest Bounty} or #182b {Christmas Joy}                                       Challenge!





Our gallery link will be open until  

Monday, October 31st at noon (EST)


Click HERE to play along!

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

The Card Concept #182a {Harvest Bounty} or #182b {Christmas Joy}

             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.  

This challenge is our double challenge - the second challenge of every month, we are posting two challenge photos!  You can choose whichever photo you prefer, or you could create two separate cards, one for each photo!    

We hope this new option will be one that you enjoy as much as we do- our Designers will let you know which one they decided as well.

We know many of you like to work ahead on your Christmas cards so this challenge will allow you to choose a fall/Thanksgiving theme or Christmas :-)

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's Inspiration:  My Mixed Media card was inspired 
by the Christmas Joy inspiration board.


Kerry's Inspiration: My Clean and Layered mini 
slimline card was inspired by the crate of apples
in the Harvest Bounty picture.


Julie's Inspiration: I am so far behind on my Christmas cards 
so I was inspired by the red and white of the Christmas Joy 
photo to create an Elegant and Classy/Mixed Media card!



Michele's Inspiration: I fell in love with the colors, the apples, 
and the imagery of abundance of the Harvest Bounty challenge, 
and used them in my Clean and Graphic card.


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by photo 182b Christmas Joy
I was inspired by the colors and the pine boughs in the photo 
for my Freestyle Collage card


Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Harvest
Bounty image and colors when creating my fun
Shabby and Vintage "Chic"/Layered Thanksgiving card.


Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the 'JOY' sign
 and colours of the Christmas Joy photo to create
 a Clean and Layered card


Jenny's Inspiration: I was so inspired by both of our photos 
and the crate of apples in the Harvest Bounty 
 photo to create my second Clean and Layered card!


Nancy's Inspiration: The word JOY from our 
Christmas Joy photo inspired my 
Mixed Media Christmas card. 


Mackie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Harvest Bounty 
colors to create my Clean and Simple card.



Kim's Inspiration:  My Clean and Layered card was 
inspired by the horizontal look of the shelves, the various 
words on the shelves, mantle and pillow, and was loosely 
inspired by the colors of our Christmas Joy photo.


Betty's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Christmas Joy theme, 
colors, and patterns.  I created a Clean and Layered Styled card.



The deadline to participate will be  
Monday, October 31st  at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!
---------------------------------------------------------

Also, please remember if you would like to be included in our entries for possible Winner or Honorable Mention, make sure you include our inspiration photo in your blog/IG post, and, if possible, explain how you were inspired by our challenge.  
Thanks again for playing along with us!


Winners #181 {Colors of Fall}

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

                       our #181 {Colors of Fall} Challenge!

Thank you for playing along with our challenge! All of our entries were gorgeous and our DT always has a tough time narrowing down our winners and honorable mentions!

Our Design Team has voted and our Main Winner is... 

 




     And our three Honorable Mentions ...



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




                                   Hannelie


                                 Stephanie L.


Also, for this challenge we were offering a 
free stamp set to a random winner.  


Our random winner is #18- Birgit Norton! 
Congratulations Birgit!  
Please contact us at Geardrja@comcast.net 
with your mailing address by October 31, 2022. 


                   
Congratulations to all of our winners!!
We hope that you will take the time to visit each of the Winner/HM 
blogs to see how they created their cards, and, if you have time, leave a comment and show 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.  

Stop back at 8 am EST to check out our new challenge!