July 2021 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

We had 25 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 3,388 

 

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: Summer / Snacks / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Scraps / Fancy Fold

Who Sent What To Whom   

 

Nelleke in the Netherlands sent GerJanne in the Netherlands

GerJanne in the Netherlands sent Peggy in Maine

 

Peggy in Maine sent Cat C. in Maryland

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Hilary in the UK

 

Hilary in the UK sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Janis in Idaho

 

Janis in Idaho sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Greta in Oregon

 

Greta in Oregon sent Dee in Kenya

 

Dee in Kenya sent Dawn in New Zealand 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent LaVon in Illinois

LaVon in Illinois sent Lia in The Netherlands

 

Lia in The Netherlands sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Linda W in Minnesota

 

Linda W in Minnesota sent Nelleke in the Netherlands

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 3,388 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

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, 2021.

The September Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th August and ends on 6th September.  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 July, 2021, we've exchanged over 3,388 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.