November 2017 - Card Chain Challenge reveal

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

This will be our final Reveal for 2017 and we, Deborah, Gail and Jo, wish to thank everyone who has played along and joined in the fun during the past year! It's been a blast and you gals make all the work that goes on behind the scenes totally worthwhile! Thank you so much.

So, let's get down to business one last time for 2017. We had 22 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,451 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options:
Blessings/ Deer/ Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options:
Papertrey Ink/ Watercolours

Who Sent What To Whom:

Dawn in New Zealand sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Nat in Canada

Nat in Canada sent Sabrina in California

Sabrina in California sent LaVon in Illinois

LaVon in Illinois sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Gwendolyn in Germany

Gwendolyn in Germany sent Anita in Norway 

Anita in Norway  sent  Greta in Oregon 

Greta in Oregon sent Robyn in Australia 

Robyn in Australia sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Janet in Mauritius

Janet in Mauritius sent Denise in California 

Denise in California sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Lorraine in the UK

It's on the way

Lorraine in the UK sent NanaConnie in California 

NanaConnie in California  sent Dawn in New Zealand

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 2,451 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 January Card Chain Challenge from Thursday, 14th December to Saturday, 6th January. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on Friday 2nd February, 2018.

The February Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on Sunday 7th January, 2018. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by Wednesday, 28th February and will be revealed here on Friday 2nd March, 2018. Don't forget that February is a short month!

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping by!

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 1st December, 2017, we've exchanged over 2,451 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.