The Card Concept

The Card Concept #226 {Patriotic Blooms}

2026-04-08T08:00:00.062-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

Before we get started on our April challenge details, we want to announce that our sweet Tenia Nelson will be stepping down from our Design Team.

Tenia is very talented in so many ways and is stepping down so she can focus on her family and her other artistic outlets, especially music! We hope you can stop by her blog and continue to keep up with her adventures! We will miss you, Tenia!

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc226).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the patriotic

ribbon/theme and, of course, the colors for my

Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I found my inspiration in the

beautiful red, white, and blue blooms and featured

them in my Clean and Layered card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: The patriotic ribbon and the

colors inspired my Clean and Layered

Memorial Day card.

Karen Ksenzakovic
Karen's card is on the way!

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: My design inspiration came from the
patriotic colors, beautiful blooms, and the USA flag which inspired
my addition of the star in creating my Clean and Layered/
Freestyle Collage card for this FUN challenge.

Jennie Maier
Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors-
red, white, blue and kraft- to create a
Clean and Simple graduation card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the wreath and

the beautiful colour combo this month for my

Clean and Layered style card.

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, May 11th 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- #225 {Spring Flowers}

2026-04-08T07:00:00.005-04:00

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

#225 {Spring Flowers} Challenge!

Thank you for joining our March challenge! We had a gorgeous spring gallery and our Design Team had fun checking out all of your creations!

Our Design Team has voted and again, we have a tie for our Main Winner.....

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

#2- Karen Walker

Michelle Lupton

And our six Honorable Mentions ...

a record for us!

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

SmilynStef

fabiola

Kathy S.

Jan R.

Donna Phelan

Joanne James

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #225 {Spring Flowers}

2026-03-11T08:00:00.032-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc225).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the florals and colors

for my Clean and Layered Mixed Media card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I love the spring flowers and those

shiny blue boots! I included them both in 'my
Clean and Layered card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: A Clean, Layered and Graphic take on

the floral theme and bright colors.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the tulips in the boot
along with the bright and cheery colors
for my Clean and Layered card today.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was drawn to the bright spring

colors when creating this Clean and Layered card.

Jennie Maier
Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the cute, spring-like
colors of the boots and flowers to create a
Clean and Layered card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the floral theme

and the lovely spring colours for my

Clean and Layered style card

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's card is on the way!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, April 6th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

WInners #224 {Monochromatic Greens}

2026-03-11T07:00:00.061-04:00

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

#224 {Monochromatic Greens} Challenge!

Thank you for joining our February challenge! We had a lovely gallery and our Design Team had fun checking out all of your creations!

Our Design Team has voted and again, we have a tie for our Main Winner.....

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

Christy Stanford

Joanne James

And our four Honorable Mentions ...

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

Julia Sager

Arnoldo

Totally Awake4Life

(IG post and unfortunately,

IG does not allow us to copy the photos well)

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #224 {Monochromatic Greens}

2026-02-11T08:00:00.027-05:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc224).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the monochromatic green

theme and the white in the tablescape items to create a Mixed Media

card using items from my stash along with a stamp from 2006.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's taking a break for this challenge!

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors

(loving the green tones) and the shapes of the plates

which made me think of the Gears & Textures Dies set

to create a fun masculine Clean and Graphic card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the
monochromatic theme and the greenery
in the photo for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was drawn to the gorgeous
Monochromatic Greens when designing this
Shabby and Vintage card to share with you.

Jennie Maier
Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the white and
green colors, the greenery and the plaid to create a
Clean and Layered St. Patrick's Day card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colour

scheme this month for my Clean and Layered style card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's card is on the way!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, March 9th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #223a {Cozy New Year} and #223b {Sweet Valentine}

2026-02-11T07:00:00.004-05:00

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

#223a {Cozy New Year} and #223b {Sweet Valentine} Challenge!

Thank you for joining our January challenge! We had a small but beautiful gallery and it was difficult to narrow down our winners!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

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

Christy Stanford

Carol Mc

And our four Honorable Mentions ...

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

Nora N

Valerie Kaye

Jeanne J.

Karlova Diana

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #223 {Cozy New Year}

2026-01-14T08:00:00.041-05:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

This month we are adding a second photo to inspire you! With Valentine's Day so close to the start of our next challenge, we thought that the 223b photo would be better for this month :-)

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc223 or #tcc223b).

#223 {CozyNew Year}

#223b {Sweet Valentine}

Choose a design style (or combine styles), create a card, and in your blog post, let us know what inspired you from either one of the photos, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge :-)

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the nordic patterns

and textures of the hot chocolate photo for my Clean and Layered/

Mixed Media card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the hearts,
love theme plus the black and white for
my Shabby and Vintage card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: Let's ring in the New Year with a
cozy cup of tea! I was inspired by the cup and the cozy colors
for my Clean and Simple card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: A cozy cup shared with friends

for a textured Clean and Layered card picking

up the color scheme.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Love Nest theme as
well as the colors in our 223b Sweet Valentine photo for my
winter get-away Clean and Layered style card!

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors

for my Clean and Layered card today.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by all the red hearts in our

#223b photo as well as the colors for my

Clean and Layered card!

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the warm

Wintery colors and coffee theme when creating

this festive Freestyle Collage card!

Jennie Maier

Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the red and

neutrals and the yummy looking mug in our

#223 Cozy New Year photo to create a

Clean and Layered card.

Jennie Maier

Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by all the hearts and

colors in our #223b Sweet Valentine photo to create a

Valentine's Day card in a Clean and Graphic/Mixed Media style.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the hot drink

theme and the warm winter colours for my

Clean and Layered card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia is taking a break for this challenge.

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, February 9th at 12:00 pm EST.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #222 {Christmas Gathering}

2026-01-14T07:00:00.003-05:00

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

#222 {Christmas Gathering} Challenge!

We know that this is a busy time of year and we are so thankful for the ones who had a chance to join us for our challenge!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner...

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

Christy Stanford

Karren J

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Arnoldo

Jenny Martin

Valerie Kaye

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Congratulations- the random winner of our stamp set

prize from our #222 Christmas Gathering Challenge is

#2- Arnoldo!

Arnoldo, please keep an eye out for an email from Karen L. She will be contacting you for your mailing address- thanks again for playing along with us!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #222 {Christmas Gathering}

2025-12-10T08:00:00.051-05:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc222).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, textures,

Christmas theme and rugs for my Mixed Media

Christmas card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I love the beautiful red and white
Christmas colors for my Clean and Layered card.
I was also very inspired by the Christmas wreath
in the window. Shouldn't thete be a cardinal on it?

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: Colors and theme for a

Clean and Layered floral holiday card featuring

Real Red Christmas Roses.

Karen Ksenzakovic

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

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was especially drawn to the darling
little cottages/villages I see in the inspiration photo. I
completely ignored the suggested color palette, and I
went with the tiny houses, the wreath and the black/
white gingham when creating my Mixed Media card.

Jennie Maier
Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors,
the plaid rugs and cute kitchen to create my
Clean and Layered Christmas card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the Christmas

home for my Mixed Media style card

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and the
home for my Clean and Simple!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, January 12th at 12:00 pm EST.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

Merry Christmas !! Random Prize Offering!

Merry Christmas! For this challenge, one lucky winner from our gallery (USA entries only, sorry) will be randomly chosen for this cute stamp set!

Karen L. has graciously offered this set as a prize for our random winner, thank you, Karen!

Remember, the deadline to link up is Monday, January 12^th at noon EDT.

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #221 {Give Thanks}

2025-12-10T07:00:00.001-05:00

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

#221 {Give Thanks} Challenge!

We know that this is a busy time of year and we are so thankful for the ones who had a chance to join us for our challenge!

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

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

Christy Stanford

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Lorraine A.

Pauline C.

Darlene Pavlick

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #221 {Give Thanks}

2025-11-12T08:00:00.029-05:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc221).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and theme

for my Shabby and Vintage Mixed Media card!

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired to create a second card!

Again, the colors, theme and gourds inspired

my Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: My inspiration comes from the woodsy feel

of the gourds and the soft colors and shapes of the leaves

for my Clean and Layered card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: Dark Purple and Teals Colors with a

touch of Gold and a Leaf for a Clean and Graphic styled card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors
and the gourds for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the rich
Autumn colors and textures when creating
my Clean and Layered card.

Jennie Maier

Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the gourds,
leaves and flowers and colors to create a
Classy and Elegant wedding card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by those gorgeous

leaves for my Clean and Layered mixed style card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia is taking a break for this challenge.

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, December 8th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #220 {Autumn Days}

2025-11-12T07:00:00.001-05:00

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

#220 {Autumn Days} Challenge!

What a gorgeous gallery! Thank you, again, for taking the time to play along with us!

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

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

Julia Sager

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Yvon Doensen

Ashwini Rao

Donna T

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #220 {Autumn Days}

2025-10-08T08:00:00.044-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc220).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the autumn colors

and textures for my Clean and Layered/

Mixed Media card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: My inspiration is the pumpkins,of course! I LOVE the colors and shapes of pumpkins, a few autumn leaves and a vintage page for my lush Clean and Layered look.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: Knitted Throws, Book Pages,

Pumpkins and Colors for a Clean and Layered

styled card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the overall

theme and the beautiful fall colors for my

Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the book (printed text), the pumpkins, warm tones, leaves, and the thought of Autumn being Cool & Crisp when creating my Clean and Layered style card to (hopefully) inspire you.

Jennie Maier
Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pumpkins,
cozy blanket and the colors to create a
Clean and Layered card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by those beautiful fall

colours for my Clean and Layered card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia is taking a break for this challenge!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, November 10th at 12:00 pm EST.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #219 {Blooms and Butterflies}

2025-10-08T07:00:00.002-04:00

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

#219 {Blooms and Butterfies} Challenge!

What a beautiful gallery! Thank you for taking the time to play along with us!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

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

Julia Sager

Nora N

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Margaret Wake

Carrie Sheridan

Pauline C

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

The Card Concept #219 {Blooms and Butterflies}

2025-09-10T08:00:00.003-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc219).

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:

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the floral and

colors for my simple layered Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michelle's Inspiration: Bright butterflies and blooms inspired my
Clean and Layered card loaded with layers of bold color!

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: The beautiful fall colors were my starting

point for this Clean and Layered styled Hello card created

with a variety of dies.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the butterfly

on the flower along with the colors for

my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the

rich colors, the butterfly and all the warm

tones when creating my Clean and Layered card.

Jennie Maier

Jennie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the green, black,

rust and peach colors and the pretty flower to create a

Mixed Media card.

Karen Mead

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the gorgeous red

florals and that stunning butterfly for my

Clean and Simple style card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's taking a break for this challenge.

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, October 6th at 12:00 pm EST.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #218 {Summer Days}

2025-09-10T07:00:00.054-04:00

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

#218 {Summer Days} Challenge!

What a gorgeous gallery! Thank you for taking the time to play along with us this past summer!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

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

Wanda Cullen

Donna Phelan

And our five Honorable Mentions ...

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

Teri T

Christy Stanford

Laurel Seabrook

Unfortunately IG photos will not download well-

please click the link above to see her entry :-)

Jennie M

Charlotte E

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our next challenge!

Introducing Our 2025/2026 Design Team!

2025-09-09T08:00:00.006-04:00

Welcome Back to The Card Concept!

We hope all of you had a great summer/winter break and we are back with our monthly inspiration challenges starting tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10th at 8 am EST.

Now, please welcome our Fall/Winter 2025 Design Team

Julie Gearinger

Hi Everyone! My name is Julie and I live in Maryland. As a fairly new widow, I am fully relying on the Lord to give me strength to take of all of the chores that my beloved hubby used to do for me. I am also, slowly, continuing to remodel my home and create cards in my spare time, lol! I have been artistic all of my life, and in addition to creating cards, I enjoying quilting, drawing/painting, and vintage junk journaling! Since I enjoy experimenting with different styles and mediums, my overall 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. My husband and I, along with our feline fur babies live here in tropical Florida where we love the beautiful beaches and the year-round golf! When I'm not crafting, I work as an Employment Consultant for people with intellectual disabilities. I love working with layers of paper and color and am thrilled to be a part of The Card Concept!

Jolanda Johnstone

Hi, I'm Jolanda. I currently live in Greenville, South Carolina, originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am now retired and very happy to have the time to pursue my hobbies and principally my cardmaking every day. I have been stamping for most of my adult life. Along the way, I discovered card challenges and set up my blog site The Inque Spot Studio in 2020 to better participate and share my creativity. I just love combining challenges. A layout from here, colors from there, and a theme from yonder. It is exciting to see what develops. I am such a fan! What fun to be asked to join the talented group of Designers of The Card Concept as a Guest Designer. I am delighted! The Card Concept has been a favorite of mine ever since I discovered them. Such great inspiration and I am looking forward to what is to come. Cheers.

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 37 years. I have 2 adult children, a 3-year-old puppy and 1-year-old puppy. My son is a soccer coach, and my daughter is chemist. I've worked in accounting for over 40 years, mostly at the same company. I love to cook & bake, garden and I've sewed, crocheted, knitted and cross stitched. My biggest passion is card making which I've been doing for over 16yrs. When I was introduced to Stampin' Up! years ago I fell in love with their product. I decided to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 7 years ago and love it. I love designing all styles of cards from clean and simple to collage. I love layering and especially love water coloring and coloring with alcohol markers.

Karen Letchworth

Hey there, crafty friends! I'm Karen Letchworth of My Cup Runneth Over. First and foremost, I love the Lord Jesus Christ; and I live for Him. I've been crafting most of my life...cross stitch, scrapbooking, card-making and now even doing fun arts & crafts projects with my (6) beautiful grandbabies. I'm a retired, married (39yrs), wife and mother (3 grown kids) who spends the vast majority of my free time either in my craft room or in front of the tv watching my favorite shows. I'm excited to be part of The Card Concept Design Team, and I hope that some of my cards/designs will inspire you.

Jennie Maier

Hi, my name is Jennie Maier and I live in New Berlin, WI. My husband Steve and I are empty nesters, as our three adult kids are all on their own and adulting. I am a Substitute Teacher. We enjoy traveling, pickleball and golf. When I'm not crafting, I love to read! I'm also on a mission to visit all 50 states, having only 12 left to visit. I've been a Stampin' UP! Demo since 2007. My blog is Jennie M's Stampin Spot. I love to play with all kinds of challenges. I'm so excited to join The Card Concept Design Team!

Karen Mead

Hi, My name is Karen Mead and I live in Tasmania, Australia. I am a Christian, Wife, Mother of boys, fur babies and chickens. I have been cardmaking for many years and love to try all styles of cards. I especially like using inky techniques and copic colouring. I am so delighted to be joining the lovely team here at The Card Concept and can't wait to be inspired by all the future challenges.

We are looking forward to inspiring you to join us for our new monthly 2025

Fall/Winter Challenges!

Our September Challenge starts tomorrow, Wednesday September 10th at 8 am EDT.

The Card Concept #218 {Summer Days}

2025-06-11T08:00:00.027-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

Before we share our inspiration photo for our last challenge before our summer break, we wanted to say farewell to a few of our Design Team Members.

Esther Asbury and Jenny Martin will be stepping down from the Design Team due to wanting to spend more time with family and other commitments.

We will miss both of these talented artists and their inspiration!

Esther and Jenny, we wish you all of the best!

Now, on to our last challenge before the summer break...

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc218).

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
seashells when I created my mixed media card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the summer theme

and blues for my Clean and Layered/

Mixed Media card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I loved the idea of those

carefree summer days where we all just had fun!

I was inspired by the beautiful nautical color

palette and fun by the seaside.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: Warm Natural Colors, Shelving

and Vases for a Clean and Layered card.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration:I was inspired from the theme, Summer Days,
along with the colors for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth
Karen is taking a break for this challenge!

Jenny Martin

Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by shells and colours in

the photo, to make a Clean and Layered Card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's Inspiration: My inspiration was the colors

for this Clean and Simple card.

Since this is the last challenge before our summer break, we have extended the deadline to Monday, August 25th at 12:00 pm EDT.

Our Design Team will be on break and will try to comment as they can over the summer.

Thanks again for playing along with us and we look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #217 {Patriotic Decor}

2025-06-11T07:00:00.034-04:00

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

#217 {Patriotic Decor} Challenge!

What a fun gallery! We were so excited to see all of your red, white and blue cards this month! Thank you for taking the time to play along with us!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

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

Karen Mead

Kathy S.

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Wanda Cullen

SmilynStef

Wendy R

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our last challenge before our summer break!

The Card Concept #217 {Patriotic Decor}

2025-05-14T08:00:00.009-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc217).

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 colors and
flags for my Shabby and Vintage style card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the flags, the doily

and the colors for my Shabby and Vintage/

Mixed Media card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele is taking a break for this challenge!

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: I was attracted to the
fabric table runner and the wood elements
for my Clean and Layered design.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors,

the wooden crate and the jar in the crate

for my Clean and Layered card

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the

rustic elements, the barn wood, and the

patriotic theme/colors when creating my

Mixed Media card for this challenge.

Jenny Martin

Jenny's Inspiration: inspired by the pattern of the

runner in the photo and the colours to make a

Clean and Layered card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia is taking a break for this challenge!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, June 9th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #216 {Spring Celebrations}

2025-05-14T07:00:00.001-04:00

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

#216 {Spring Celebrations} Challenge!

What a fun gallery! We were so excited to see all of your beautiful cards this month! It is so difficult for us to narrow down winners and honorable mentions for sure! Thank you for taking the time to play along with us!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

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

Karen Mead

Donna H.

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Christy Stanford

Wanda Cullen

Deborah Wheeler

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our May 2025 Challenge!

The Card Concept #216 {Spring Celebrations}

2025-04-09T08:00:00.050-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc216).

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 gradient green cake
and tropical leaves for my mixed media card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors, graphic

elements and leaves for my Clean and Layered/

Mixed Media card!

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: What's more adorable than

a giraffe? Bring on the cuteness for a

Clean and Layered design.

Jolanda Johnstone
Jolanda's Inspiration: Jungle Safari for a fun
Clean and Layered design.

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful
pastel colors along with the leave, birthday balloons
and cupcakes for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: The soft pastels, sweet
color palette and balloons were my inspiration
when creating this Mixed Media card.

Jenny Martin
Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the
colours and Spring theme for my
Mixed Media card.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's Inspiration: I was inspired by the soft colors

for my Clean and Simple card!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, May 12th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #215 {Floral Heart}

2025-04-09T07:00:00.040-04:00

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

#215 {Floral Heart} Challenge!

What a beautiful gallery! We were so excited to see all of your gorgeous cards this month! You definitely make it difficult for us to narrow down winners and honorable mentions for sure! Thank you for taking the time to play along with us!

Our Design Team has voted and we have a tie for our Main Winner..

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

Nance Salkeld

Karen Mead

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

Wanda Cullen

Julia Sager

Diane H.

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our May 2025 Challenge!

The Card Concept #215 {Floral Heart}

2025-03-12T08:00:00.006-04:00

Welcome to The Card Concept !

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

If you would like to join us on Instagram, please follow us at our new IG acct- @thecardconceptchallenges2

Also, if you post on social media, please tag @thecardconceptchallenges2 and use the hashtag #tccxxx (xxx=challenge # for ex: this challenge would be #tcc215).

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 flowers, colors, and white space
when I created this clean and layered card.

Julie Gearinger

Julie's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors and textures

of the florals for my Clean and Layered card.

Michele K. Henderson

Michele's Inspiration: I was really inspired by the contrast

of bright florals against a crispy white background

for my Clean and Layered/Freestyle Collage card.

Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda's Inspiration: The colors, white space and texture
inspired my Clean and Simple card (with texture).

Karen Ksenzakovic

Karen's Inspiration: I was inspired by the colors along with

the flowers on the heart for my Clean and Layered card.

Karen Letchworth

Karen's Inspiration: The heart with flowers

was my primary inspiration. I also incorporated

the color scheme and wonderful textures when

creating my Clean and Layered card.

Jenny Martin

Jenny's Inspiration: I was inspired by the pretty flowers

and colours to make a Clean and Layered Card.

I also incorporated the hearts with the

embossed background.

Tenia Nelson

Tenia's Inspiration: My inspiration was the colors and heart
for this super fun Clean and Layered card!

The deadline to participate will be

Monday, April 7th at 12:00 pm EDT.

We look forward to seeing your artwork in our gallery!

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Thanks again for playing along with us!

Winners #214 {Valentine Fun}

2025-03-12T07:00:00.003-04:00

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

#214 {Valentine Fun} Challenge!

What a pretty gallery! We were so excited to see all of your beautiful cards this month! You definitely make it difficult for us to narrow down winners and honorable mentions for sure! Thank you for taking the time to play along with us!

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

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

Amy Koenders

And our three Honorable Mentions ...

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

fabiola

Karen M.

Cindy Beach

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" :-)

Also, if you have a chance, check out our Facebook page as well as on our Pinterest board to see all of our Challenge and Honorable Mention winners!

Please join us in an hour for our March 2025 Challenge!