January 2019 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the January 2019 Card Chain Challenge Reveal! 

Welcome back to our regular players - it feels like way too long since we had a reveal to enjoy together. New players are very welcome too. Hey, wouldn't it be great to grow the list of participating states and/or countries... anyone from Idaho, Connecticut or Zambia out there? 

In January we had 17 participants who exchanged cards across the globe during the month (making our total number of exchanged cards a staggering 2,699 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

A 'double the fun'
Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired)

or 

Theme Options:
Snow, New Year, friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options:
Die Cuts, Sparkle, Vellum

Who Sent What To Whom

Linda in Michigan sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Karren in New Zealand

Karren in New Zealand sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Janet in Mauritius

Janet in Mauritius sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent Jane in Great Britain

Jane in Great Britain 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 over 2,699 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 Challenge

Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the February Card Chain Challenge until 6th February.  All cards exchanged in February will be revealed 2nd March.  Sign ups for the March Card Chain Challenge start 7th February. All cards exchanged in March will be revealed here on 2nd April, 2019.

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 31st January 2019, we've exchanged over 2,699 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!