Friday 2 October 2020

September 2020 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We had 30 fabulous participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month. You guys rock!
 
Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 3,107.  
 
All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:
 

Color Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)


Sketch Option
(Orient as desired.)


Theme Options: 
Steampunk / Birds / Friendship
 
Product / Technique Options:  
Sequins / Shaped card (not a square or rectangle)


Who Sent What To Whom
 



 
 


 
 



 



 

 



and because of a last minute addition to the list Gail was twice blessed this month.......
GerJanne in the Netherlands also sent Gail in Norway

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 3,107 cards by participants from 39 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 Two Challenges
Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the October Card Chain Challenge from until 6th October. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd November, 2020.

The November Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on October 7th and ends on November 6th. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30th November and will be revealed here on December 2nd, 2020. 

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping!
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 30th September, 2020, we've exchanged over 3,107 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, Idaho, 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, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

If you're new to the Card Chain Challenge this is an event where everybody wins. 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.


3 comments:

Marianne said...

Such wonderful creations. Love seeing how everyone was being inspired by the inspiration prompts.

Suzanne H said...

Such great ideas this month!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Beautiful cards, everyone!! Sorry I can't comment on each and every one!