October 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 3,413 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 100-200kb photo of your handmade card by 28th OCTOBER, 2021.

•  Your card should arrive at its destination by 31st OCTOBER, 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: Transport / Shoes / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Brads / Faux Stained Glass

 

Sign Up Deadline  

You have until 6th October 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 November, 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 Card Chain Challenge Reveals

   

Please read the Rules & FAQs if you want to play along.        

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August 2021 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the August 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 3,413

 

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: Movie Magic / The Sea / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Vellum  / Stamping

Who Sent What To Whom

Hilary in the UK sent Cat C. in Maryland

Cat C. in Maryland sent Jeanne in Minnesota

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Marianne in Greece

 

Marianne in Greece sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent GerJanne in the Netherlands

GerJanne in the Netherlands sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Julia in Massachusetts

 
Julia in Massachusetts sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Janis in Idaho

 
Janis in Idaho sent Dee in Kenya

 

Dee in Kenya sent Gail in Norway

 

It's On The Way!

 

Gail in Norway sent Peggy in Maine

 

Peggy in Maine sent LaVon in Illinois

LaVon in Illinois sent Nelleke in the Netherlands

 

Nelleke in the Netherlands sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Linda in Michigan

 
Linda in Michigan sent Lia in The Netherlands

 

It's On The Way!

 

Lia in The Netherlands sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Jo in England

Jo in England sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Hilary in the UK

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 3,413 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 September Card Chain Challenge from 7th August to 6th September.  All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd October  2021.

The October Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7 September and ends on 6 October. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 31 October and will be revealed here on 2nd November, 2021.

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 August, 2021, we've exchanged over 3,413 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.