2015 Card Challenge - January

Welcome to the new card challenge for 2015!

I thought it'd be a good idea to get the info posted before we kick off with the first prompt tomorrow.

I wanted to create a challenge for 2015 that took my favourite aspects of the 52 Cards challenge but set a much more sedate pace for those who wanted to take part. Instead of following a weekly prompt this is how it's going to work:

• On the 1st of the month, I'll share 3 Pinterest prompts on my blog here.
• The 3 prompts will be: a sketch, a colour prompt, and a Pinspiration prompt.

Sketch prompt: duplicate the look of the sketch exactly or use it as a jumping off point to your card design.
Colour prompt: focus on the main colours in the image/colour palette or try and replicate the shades as best you can. Feature at least one or two of the colours in the prompt.
Pinspiration prompt: this prompt is simply an image with elements that could be interpreted in a card, e.g., design elements, colours, words, patterns, objects... so many possibilities!

• You can create a separate card for each of the 3 prompts, just focus on one prompt, combine all the prompts to create one card, whatever you fancy!
• How many cards you make is totally up to you. You could even create a Christmas card each month based on the same prompts if you want to keep ahead of the game.
• All prompts past and present for this challenge can be found on my blog and you can find them easily by clicking on the 2015 card challenge tag in the tag cloud in the left-hand column on my blog. I will also try and attach prompts to the first post of each monthly thread.
• You can share your cards in the dedicated thread here in the card forum, alternatively link them up on my blog - just add a comment to the relevant monthly prompt post. Check Coles Specials and Big W Catalogue.
• What if you don't have time to start now or play along every month? No problem! Just dive in and out of the challenge when you feel like it. :D Do as much as you want or as little. It's always lovely to have lots of people sharing their makes, but real life doesn't always allow for crafty time!

So that's hopefully everything covered, but if you have any questions just let me know! :)

Just one question - is it ok to combine this challenge with other challenges?

Of course, as long as it's clear that you've used one of the prompts as inspiration I can't see why not. :)

Thanks.

Happy New Year!

So this looks interesting Nat. I have three birthdays coming up shortly, hopefully there will be something that gets my imagination working from the prompts. Even one design to send to all three would do!:lol:

I really like the idea of the 3 prompts .. Not sure I can do colours though as I prefer to do black n white stamping, but may give it a go if I have the time!
I'm not a card maker originally, but do prefer handmade cards. Can't remember when I last bought one. I make them for my guides' birthday too. But like the idea of making Xmas cards as I simply ran out of time last year n decided I needed to start in the summer - but this would be ideal for me.

I also like the idea of dipping n diving n I may well do that so not to put pressure on myself !

Thanks ,great inspirations. I shall get my thinking cap on. I am definitely going to do Christmas cards too, need to get started early this year !

Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this much better than I did last year - looking forward to joining in x

Was thinking I need to join in with this again, I keep trying to give up card making in order to get more scrapping done, but I have so much cardmaking stuff and certain people expect handmade cards now. Thanks for getting it all together for us Nat.

I've updated the main post with the prompts for January! :D Happy crafting ladies!

oh this looks fab. I didn't made many cards in 2014, but have enjoyed lurking in the threads and dropping in 1-2 times throughout the year. Thanks to all who did participate and post their fabby creations.

I hope I may be able to make more cards this year, but will definitely need the prompts to help!

thanks Nat for both the 52 cards challenges you've done for that past few years and for taking on this challenge this year! looking forward to it

Thank you, Nat, that looks great !

I havent made any cards for a very long time so might just bob in and do one of these a month if I can

Great to see all the interest in this year's challenge. :D

In addition to last week's card...

http://koolkittymusings.typepad.com/...2015-01-01.jpg

...I managed one for the colour prompt too. :)

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lovely cards Nat.

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I have had a go at the colour challenge. Its not as green as the inspiration photo but not as blue as it looks here in real life.

Sorry it is so big but I have never before managed to get a photo to load on here so it is a start!

I'll say it here too Lythan, it's lovely to have you joining in and I totally loved the take on the colour prompt image including the circles and gold pearly accents! :D

Love the idea of a monthly challenge for card making! I've always started off the 52 card challenge with such great intentions then let it slide. Last year I made so many cards that it took over my scrapping, so I have already pre-warned previous recipients that I'm only making cards for a favoured few (I didn't use that phrase to them ;) ) so hopefully the monthly prompt will help with the odd few I intend to make this year and I will definately aim to do Christmas cards as I go along (famous last words?) ^_^

Almost forgot to say - fab cards Nik and Lythan, great start to the challenge :)

The thread's been pretty quiet so I thought I would give it a bump and see how you are all doing and what crafty things you are up to. :D

Hi Nat! I have been making cards but repeats I'm afraid from last year's designs because I needed a few and quickly. I tweaked them but since they weren't that different to the ones posted I decided not to put them on here. I did make a very quick one yesterday which would have fitted the colour scheme but it went in the post before I could photograph it!:roll eyes:

Other than that, it is wedding invitations all the way. I've just got to figure out where I can lay them nice and flat so the embellishments don't dig into the other cards and also somewhere that the dogs can't reach them and eat them. They love card and cardboard and have taken to eating light bulb boxes of late!!!:wacko: If I put them in a bedroom it would only take one moment of forgetting to shut the bedroom door and they will be in there as they were at Christmas when they ate the box of petit-fours which my sister had in her room and left the door open for a few seconds. I swear these dogs have a built in radar for these things.

I look forward to seeing what everyone else produces though.

Oooh I don't envy you the task of producing those wedding invitations! And the dilemma of where to put them - good luck with that and keeping your pooches away from the cards! LOL

I finally managed a crafty moment last night and despite the predictable way my card turned out, I am happy with the end result. Phew! Just need to get my blog post drafted for it to go live as part of this week's Daring Cardmaker's challenge. :) Then this weekend I'm hoping to get a Christmas card made for the last prompt in the January challenge. I think the weather will be good inspiration!

Thanks Nat, love your birthday card, message on blog.

Thanks for the lovely blog comment Suzie. :D

Well I managed to do the triple whammy - here's my card for the Pinspiration prompt - originally intended to go with a winter theme, but my thoughts went in another direction! ^_^

http://koolkittymusings.typepad.com/...2015-01-26.jpg

Lovely Nat, I love that sentiment :)

Great card Nat! So far I've not managed to make a single card this month but I'm hoping that I'll get the chance this weekend.