January 2023 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Hello and welcome to the January 2023 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 3,878

 

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: Cocktails / Elephants / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Distress Ink/ Oxide / Ombre

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Mia in Greece sent  Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Arlene in California

Arlenein California sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Ella in Germany

Ella in Germany sent Jeanne in Minnesota

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Patricia in Texas

Patricia in Texas sent Tina in Slovenia

 

Tina in Slovenia sent Michaela in Austria

Michaela in Austria sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent Viv in UK

Viv in UK sent Pia in Norway

 

Pia in Norway sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Joanne in California

Joanne in California sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Imke in Germany

 

Imke in Germany sent Mia in Greece

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 3,878 cards by participants from 40 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!

Want to join the fun????

Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun you can sign up for the Card Chain Challenge.  All Sign ups run in advance, from the 7th of the preceding month to the 6th of the exchange month.  All reveals happen on the 2nd of the month after the exchange is complete.

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 honour-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 January, 2023, we've exchanged over 3,878 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, Connecticut, 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: 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.