July 2020 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

 

Before we get this party started we'd just like to say a very big thank you for all the gorgeous cards that have been dropping through our letter boxes! We love CCC, and it's great to know how much you guys do too. Thanks so, so much.

We had 27 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 3,053 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

or

Theme Options: Under The Sea / Cogs / Friendship

or

Product / Technique Options: Twine / Stencil

  Who Sent What To Whom

  Dee in Kenya sent Karen in Virginia

Karen in Virginia sent Dawn in New Zealand

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Nat in Canada

Nat in Canada sent Chris in Illinois

Chris in Illinois sent Elena in Ohio

Elena in Ohio sent Janis in Idaho

Janis in Idaho sent Suzanne in Pennsylvania

Suzanne in Pennsylvania sent Betty in Nebraska

Betty in Nebraska sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent GerJanne in the Netherlands

GerJanne in the Netherlands sent Janet in Mauritius

Janet in Mauritius sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Kath in the UK

Kath in the UK sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Dee in Kenya

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 3,053 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! (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 August Card Chain Challenge from 7th July to 6th August. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd September, 2020.

The September Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7 August and ends on 6 September. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30 September and will be revealed here on 2nd October, 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 31 July, 2020, we've exchanged over 3,053 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, The Netherlands (Holland), 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 ("CCC") 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.