June 2020 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

 

 

We had 26 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards a dizzying 3,026 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: The Beach / CAS / Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options: Book Paper / Tape

Who Sent What To Whom

Donna in Georgia sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Dawn in New Zealand 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent GerJanne in the Netherlands

GerJanne in the Netherlands sent Kath in the UK

Kath in the UK sent Betty in Nebraska

Betty in Nebraska sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Cat in California

Cat in California sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Lucille in Colorado

Lucille in Colorado sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Suzanne in Pennsylvania

Suzanne in Pennsylvania sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Chris in Illinois

 Chris in Illinois sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Donna in Georgia

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 3,026 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 July Card Chain Challenge here until 6th July. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd August 2020.

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

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping!

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 June, we've exchanged over 3,026 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.