March 2018 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We're hitting something of a milestone this month as we pass 2,500 cards sent and received! Yes, that's 2,500 gorgeous cards which have been sent criss-crossing the globe since our own dear, delightful Deborah started this whole fabulous gig on her blog The Society of Stampaholics on September 10th, 2009. A big thank you to everyone who has played along - I'm sure you'll agree this is some achievement!  So we are going to celebrate!!  Make sure you come back on the April 7th for the May sign up and the extra fun!!!

For our March challenge we had 21 participants who exchanged cards across the globe (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,512 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or
Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options:
Spring/Insects/Friendship 

or 

Product / Technique Options:
Stamps and Die-Cuts

Who Sent What To Whom:

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Marga in Spain

 

Marga in Spain sent Sara in Missouri

Sara in Missouri sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Nat in Canada

Nat in Canada sent Dee in Kenya

 

Dee in Kenya sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Linda in Michigan

 

Linda in Michigan sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent NanaConnie in California

NanaConnie in California sent Cat C. in Maryland

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada

 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Jane in Great Britain

Jane in Great Britain sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Arlene in California

On its way 

Arlene in California sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Lorraine in the UK

 

Lorraine in the UK sent Jeanne in Minnesota

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 2,512 cards by participants from 38 of the 50 United States and 30 different 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 April Card Chain Challenge from 7th March to 6th April. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd May, 2018.

The May Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on Saturday, 7th April and ends on Sunday, 6th May. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 31st May and will be revealed here on 2nd June, 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 31 March, 2018, we've exchanged over 2,512 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.