April 2018 Card Chain Challenge - Reveal

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

We had 18 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,530 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: Luck / Rabbits / Friendship

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Product / Technique Options: Fussy Cutting

Who Sent What To Whom

LaVon in Illinois sent Anne, NZ

Anne, NZ sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Linda in Michigan 

Linda in Michigan sent Cat in California 

Cat in California sent Marga in Spain

 

Marga in Spain sent Gail in Norway 

Gail in Norway sent Dawn in New Zealand 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Sara in Missouri

Sara in Missouri sent Helen G. in Ohio

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Janet in Mauritius

Janet in Mauritius sent Lorraine in the UK

 

Lorraine in the UK sent Greta in Oregon 

Greta in Oregon sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent LaVon in Illinois

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 2,530 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 May Card Chain Challenge from 7th April to 6th May. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd June, 2018.

BONUS! If your card arrives at its destination by the last day of May, you'll be eligible to win this month's prize (selected by random draw) just as long as you have adhered to the Card Chain Challenge requirements as detailed in the sign-up post here.

The June Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th May and ends on 6th June. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30th June and will be revealed here on 2nd July, 2018.

Hope to see you there!

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 April 30th, 2018, we've exchanged over 2,530 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.