February 2018 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the February 2018 Card Chain Challenge Reveal! 
It's good to see so many regulars returning to play again, plus Shylaa in India joining our worldwide circle of friends for the first time!

We had 23 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2491 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: Dogs/Hearts/friendship

or

Product Options: Buttons/Torn Edges

Who Sent What To Whom

Linda in Michigan sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Jane in Great Britain

Jane in Great Britain sent Jo in England 

Jo in England sent Arlene in California 

Arlene in California sent Cat C. in Maryland 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Betty in Nebraska

Betty in Nebraska sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Gail in Norway 

Gail in Norway sent Nat in Canada

Nat in Canada sent Sara in Missouri 

Sara in Missouri sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Lorraine in the UK 

Lorraine in the UK sent Dee in Kenya 

Dee in Kenya sent NanaConnie in California 

NanaConnie in California sent Helen G. in Ohio 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Christy in California sent

Christy in California sent Linda in Michigan 

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 2,491 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 still sign up for the March Card Chain Challenge until 6th March. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd April, 2018.

The April Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th March and ends on 6th April. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30th April and will be revealed here on 2nd May, 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 28th February, 2018, we've exchanged over 2,491 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.