January 2020 Card Chain Challenge Sign-Up.

Hello Card Chain Challenge friends.  This will be our final post for 2019.  

We, Gail and Jo, would like to say a very big thank you to you all for playing along in the challenges during the past year and for wrapping the planet in friendship and creativity!  We love running this challenge, chatting with you all and seeing how you use the themes and options each month.  We'd like to wish you and your families a very happy Christmas and a wonderful new year!

If this is the first time you've visited the Card Chain Challenge*, we hope you'll sign up and join in the fun!  We've now exchanged over 2,889 cards by participants from 38 of the 50 United States and 30 countries.

• This is an international card exchange. Please do not sign up unless you are willing to actually make and send a card.  

• Please email us (craftynomad at gmail dot com) a 100-200k photo of your handmade card by 30th January 2020. 

•  Your card should arrive at its destination by January 31st 2020. 
  
  

Challenge Directions 

Make a card using at least one of the following options. (You can actually use two, three, or all of the options if you like, but you are only required to use one of them.)  

Color Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

or

Theme Options: New Anything / Bears / Friendship

or

Product / Technique Options: Dies

Sign Up Deadline  

You have until 6th January 2020, to sign up below.  

Reveal Post

All of the cards with links to their creators' blogs or online photo galleries will be revealed here on 2nd February 2020.

Sign up below (please include a link to your blog/photo gallery). Please sign up using your first name and your state, province or country. EX: Ann in Texas; Betty in Ontario; Cathy in Wales; Darla in Italy.

Thanks for signing up!

Deborah, Gail, and Jo 

*This is an international card exchange - you send a handmade card to the person above you on the list, and you receive one from the person below you on the list. We do a reveal of all the cards with links to the challenge participants' blogs or online photo galleries - which is a great way to increase exposure to your blog or photo gallery! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Helpful Links

Past CCC Reveal

   

Please read the Rules & FAQs if you want to play along.        

November Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We had 18 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,889 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: Trees / Baubles / Friendship

or

Product / Technique Options: Glitter

Who Sent What To Whom

Joanne in UK sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Kath in the UK

Kath in the UK sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Greta in Oregon

 Greta in Oregon sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Nat in Canada

 Nat in Canada sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Jo in England

 Jo in England sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Chris in Ilinois

Chris in Ilinois sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado sent Suzanne in Pennsylvania

Suzanne in Pennsylvania sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Joanne in UK

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 2,889 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!

Our Next Challenge

Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the January 2020 Card Chain Challenge from 7th December to 6th January. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd February, 2020.

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 30 November, 2019, we've exchanged over 2,889 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.

October 2019 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We had 21 participants (seems to be a lucky number for CCC) who exchanged cards across the globe this month. Our total number of exchanged cards is a fabulous 2,871 thus far! Most of you were inspired by our rather lovely colour combo and the beautiful season that is Autumn/Fall - depending on which part of the globe you inhabit. 

Here are the options that inspired your cards:

Color Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

or

Theme Options: Unicorns / Leaves / Friendship

or

Product / Technique Options: Die Cuts

Who Sent What To Whom

Linda in Michigan sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Nat in Canada

Nat in Canada sent Suzanne in Pennsylvania 

Suzanne in Pennsylvania sent Greta in Oregon

  
Greta in Oregon sent Denise in California

Denise in California sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Suze in NZ

Suze in NZ sent Robyn in Australia 

Robyn in Australia sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Shylaa in India

Shylaa in India sent Hilary in the UK 

Hilary in the UK sent Joanne in UK

 

Joanne in UK sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain  sent Jo in England 

Jo in England sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Chris in Ilinois

Chris in Ilinois 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 2,871 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 January 2020 Challenge from 7th December to 6th January. Don't forget that we have a little break because of the Festive Season. All cards exchanged for the January Challenge will be revealed here on 2nd February 2020.

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 October, we've exchanged over 2,871 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.