February 2020 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the February 2020 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We had 23 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2,930 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:  Nature / The Moon / Friendship

or

Product / Technique Options: Glossy Accents (or similar)/Watercolouring

Who Sent What To Whom

Mia in Greece sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Joanne in UK

 

Joanne in UK sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Jutta in Canada

 

Jutta in Canada sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Greta in Oregon

 

Greta in Oregon sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Betty in Nebraska

Betty in Nebraska sent Suzanne in Pennsylvania

 

Suzanne in Pennsylvania sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Chris in Ilinois

Chris in Ilinois sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Kath in the UK

Kath in the UK sent Mia in Greece

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 2,930 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 March Card Chain Challenge from 7th February to 6th March.  All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd April, 2020.

The April Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th March and ends on 6th April. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30th April and will be revealed here on 2nd May, 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 29th February  2020, we've exchanged 2,930 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.