January 2018 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal.

Hello and welcome to the January 2018 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We had 17 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,468 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

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Sketch Option

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Theme Options: Snowflake / Unicorn / Friendship

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Product / Technique Options: Glitter /Embossing

Who Sent What To Whom:

Dawn in New Zealand sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Jeanne in Minnesota 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Sara in Missouri

Sara in Missouri sent Jo in England 

Jo in England sent Nat in Canada

Nat in Canada sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Lorraine in the UK 

Lorraine in the UK sent NanaConnie in California

NanaConnie in California sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin 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 2,468 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 February Card Chain Challenge from 7th January to 6th February. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd March, 2018.

The March Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th February and ends on 6th March. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 31st March and will be revealed here on 2nd, April 2018.

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping!

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 January 1st, we've exchanged over 2,284 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.