August 2021 - Card Chain Challenge Sign Up

Hello and welcome! If this is the first time you've visited the Card Chain Challenge*, we hope you'll sign up and join in the fun! 

 

 

We've now exchanged over 3,363 cards by participants from 39 of the 50 United States and 30 countries.

• This is an international card exchange. Please do not sign up unless you are willing to actually make and send a card.  

• Please email us (craftynomad at gmail dot com) a 100-200k photo of your handmade card by 28th August 2021. 

•  Your card should arrive at its destination by 31st August, 2021. 
  
  

Challenge Directions 

Make a card using at least one of the following options. (You can actually use two, three, all the options, but you are only required to use one of them.)  

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Movie Magic / The Sea / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Vellum  / Stamping

 

Sign Up Deadline  

You have until 6th August 2021, to sign up below.  

Reveal Post

All of the cards with links to their creators' blogs or online photo galleries will be revealed here on 2nd September , 2021.

Sign up below (please include a link to your blog/photo gallery). Please sign up using your first name and your state, province or country. EX: Ann in Texas; Betty in Ontario; Cathy in Wales; Darla in Italy.

Thanks for signing up!

Gail and Jo 

*This is an international card exchange - you send a handmade card to the person above you on the list, and you receive one from the person below you on the list. We do a reveal of all the cards with links to the challenge participants' blogs or online photo galleries - which is a great way to increase exposure to your blog or photo gallery! 

Helpful Links

Past CCC Reveal

   

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June 2021 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the June 2021 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 3,363

 

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

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Things That Fly / Rainbows/ Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Stencils / Stitching (real or faux)

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Gail in Norway sent  Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Nelleke in the Netherlands

Nelleke in the Netherlands sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

It's on the way!!

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Alex in Germany

 

Alex in Germany sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Janis in Idaho

 

Janis in Idaho sent Tina in Slovenia

 
Tina in Slovenia sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent LaVon in Illinois

 

LaVon in Illinois sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Peggy I from Maine

Peggy I from Maine sent Arlene in California

 

Arlene in California sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Linda W in Minnesota

 

Linda W in Minnesota sent Hilary in the UK

 

Hilary in the UK sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Lia in The Netherlands

Lia in The Netherlands 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 3363 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 July Card Chain Challenge from 7th June to 6th July. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd August, 2021.

The August Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th July.

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 30 June 2021, we've exchanged over 3,363 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.