December 2020 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We had 24 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 3,187

 

We played TIC-TAC-TOE

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Dee in Kenya sent Julia in Massachusetts

 

Julia in Massachusetts sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada

 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Dawn in New Zealand

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Arlene in California

 

Arlene in California sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Janis in Idaho

Janis in Idaho sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Nat in Canada

 

Nat in Canada sent Gail in Norway

 

 

Gail in Norway sent Jo in England

 

Jo in England sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Gundi in Germany

 

Gundi in Germany sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Annerieke in the Netherlands

Annerieke in the Netherlands sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Marga in Spain

 

It's on the Way!!!!

 

Marga in Spain sent GerJanne in the Netherlands

GerJanne in the Netherlands sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Renate in the Netherlands

Renate in the Netherlands 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 3,187 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 January Card Chain Challenge until the 6th January.   All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd February, 2021.

The February Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th January and ends on 6th February.  All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 28th February and will be revealed here on 2nd March 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 31st December, 2020, we've exchanged over 3,187 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.