Card Chain Challenge - August 2019 Reveal

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

We had 20 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,829 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: Water, Balloons, friendship
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Product / Technique Options: Foil/Twine

Who Sent What To Whom

Helen G. in Ohio sent Dawn in New Zealand 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Jeanne in Minnesota 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado sent Hilary in the UK 

Hilary in the UK sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Greta in Oregon 

Greta in Oregon sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Kath in the UK

Kath in the UK sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Chris in Ilinois 

Chris in Illinois sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Jane in Great Britain

Jane in Great Britain sent  Helen G. in Ohio

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 2,829 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 September Card Chain Challenge until 6th September. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd October 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!)

As of 31 August, we've exchanged over 2,829 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.