September 2019 Reveal

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

We had 21 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,850 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Color Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

or

Theme options:
Humor, Things with Wheels, Friendship.

Product options:
Pencils, Crayons.

So let's take a look at the wonderful cards that went whizzing around the planet in September:

Who Sent What To Whom

Dee in Kenya sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Arlene in California 

Arlene in California sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent  Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent  Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Kath in the UK

Kath in the UK sent  Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Chris in Ilinois

Chris in Ilinois sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Gail in Norway

It's on the way!!!

Gail in Norway sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Jane in Great Britain

Jane in Great Britain sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Betty in Nebraska

Betty in Nebraska sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado 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 2,850 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 October Card Chain Challenge from 7th September to 6th October. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd November, 2019.

The November Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th October and ends on 6th November. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30th November and will be revealed here on 2nd December, 2019.  Please remember the November exchange is the final exchange for 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  30th September 2019, we've exchanged over 2,850 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.