October 2018 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We had 23 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,660 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: Clocks, Mermaids, Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options: Book paper.

Who Sent What To Whom:

LaVon in Illinois sent Dee in Kenya 

Dee in Kenya sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Gail in Norway 

Gail in Norway sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Jo in England 

Jo in England sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Lise Mariann in Norway 

Lise Mariann in Norway sent Karren in New Zealand

Karren in New Zealand sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Jerrie in Wisconsin 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Beveley in Alabama

Beveley in Alabama sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Jane in Great Britain 

Jane in Great Britain sent Lorraine in the UK 

Lorraine in the UK sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent Janet in Mauritius

Janet in Mauritius sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio 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 2,660 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 7th December to 6th January. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd February, 2019.

Hope to see you here as we once again wrap the world with a chain of friendship, crafty fun and frolics!

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 October, 2018, we've exchanged over 2,660 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.