May 2021 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Hello and welcome to the May 2021 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We had 30 wonderful participants who sent their cards spinning around the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 3,339. 

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: Tea or Coffee and Optional Cake/Mandala Patterns/Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options: Embossing Folders/Heat Embossing

Who Sent What To Whom

Dawn in New Zealand sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Renate in the Netherlands

Renate in the Netherlands sent Janis in Idaho

 

It's on the way!

 

Janis in Idaho sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Nelleke in the Netherlands

Nelleke in the Netherlands sent Peggy in Maine

Peggy in Maine sent LaVon in Illinois

LaVon in Illinois sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Annerieke in the Netherlands

 

Annerieke in the Netherlands sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Sandra in the Netherlands

Sandra in the Netherlands sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Lia in The Netherlands

Lia in The Netherlands sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Hilary in the UK

 

Hilary in the UK sent GerJanne in the Netherlands

GerJanne in the Netherlands sent Robyn in Australia

 

Robyn in Australia sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Alex in Germany 

Alex in Germany sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Helen G. in Ohio

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Dawn in New Zealand

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 3,339 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, if you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the June Card Chain Challenge from 7th May to 6th June. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd July 2021.

 

The July Card Chain Challenge Sign Up starts 7th June.

Hope to see you here!

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 May 2021, we've exchanged over 3,339 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.