April 2019 - Reveal

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

We had 18 lovely participants participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,758 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: 

cats, umbrellas or friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options:

Designer paper, Glossy Accents

Who Sent What To Whom

Dee in Kenya sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Denise in California 

Denise in California sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Marga in Spain 

Marga in Spain sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Jerrie in Wisconsin 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Jane in Great Britain

Jane in Great Britain sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Jo in England 

Jo in England sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Lorraine in the UK 

Lorraine in the UK sent Dee in Kenya

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 2,758 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 current challenge

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 2019.

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!)

So far, we've exchanged over 2,758 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.