Wednesday 2 August 2017

July 2017 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the July 2017 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We have another gorgeous reveal to share today, but before we start we'd like to welcome back the lovely Betty in Nebraska, and to say a big 'Hi there' to new players Gwendolyn in Germany and Cheryl in Michiganand welcome them to our worldwide chain of friends! 


We had 24 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,357 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:
 

Color Palette Option

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Sketch Option

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Theme Options: Cacti / Mythical Creatures / Friendship

or

Product/Technique Options: Hemptique Cord / Lace / Spray Inking

Who Sent What To Whom


And that brings us full circle.

Thank you, everyone, for sharing your artistic talent and doing your part for global relations! We've now exchanged over 2,357 cards by participants from 38 of the 50 United States and 30 countries! 

If you want to see more of these artists' card art, check out their blogs and please leave 'em some love in the comments! (Don't forget to Pin your favorites!)

Our Next Two Challenges

Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the August Card Chain Challenge from 7th July to 6th August. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2 September, 2017.
The September Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on Monday, 7th August and ends on Tuesday, 6th September. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by Saturday, 30th September and will be revealed here on Monday, 2nd October 2017.

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah, Gail, and Jo

W H O' S   B E E N   P L A Y I N G
(If you're reading this and have never participated, please consider doing so. And if you see that your country or state has never been represented, you are honor-bound to sign up and show that y'all are friendly and interested in building global peace - and your stamp collection - one card at a time!)

As of 31 July, 2017, we've exchanged over 2,357 cards in this little jaunt - most of which were made by regular participants. And where do they come from? Read on....

Past participants have hailed from: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland (aka: The Netherlands), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya,  Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa. (We only need to get some countries that begin with L, O, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z to keep up with our alphabet list! We have 161 countries to go before we have total global participation!!!

As for the USA, past participants come from: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. We're still missing: Connecticut, South Dakota, Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

If you're new to the Card Chain Challenge ("CCC") this is an event where everybody wins. Basically, you make a card for the person above you on the chain and you receive a card from the person below you on the chain. It's a personalized swap, sort of, and it's a ton of fun! Go here for past Chains.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Love this month's creations!!! Thanks to everyone who plays along!

Jutta said...

Beautiful cards ladies!