January 2020 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the January Card Chain Challenge Reveal: our first Reveal of 2020.

We had 18 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month making an amazing total of 2,907 exchanged cards - we're chasing down that 3,000 milestone big time! 

The January options were required to use at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options:

New Anything, bears or friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options:
Dies.

Who Sent What To Whom

Arlene in California sent Gail in Norway 

Gail in Norway sent Kath in the UK 

Kath in the UK sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Lucille in Colorado 

Lucille in Colorado sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Shylaa in India 

Shylaa in India sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Chris in Ilinois

Chris in Ilinois sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Cat in California

Cat in California sent Suzanne in Pennsylvania 

Suzanne in Pennsylvania sent Arlene in California

And that brings us full circle.

Thank you, everyone, for sharing your artistic talent and doing your part for global relations! 

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 February Card Chain Challenge until 6th February. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd March 2020.

The March Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th February and ends on 6th March. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by March 31st and will be revealed here on 2nd April, 2020.

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping!

Deborah, Gail, and Jo

WHO'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, 2020 we've exchanged over 2,907 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.