March 2023 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Hello and welcome to the March 2023 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We had 34 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 3,945

 

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: Irish / Birds / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Stamps / Rocker Card

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Daja in Germany sent Marga in Spain

 Marga in Spain sent Kath in UK

Kath in UK sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Lia in The Netherland

 

Lia in The Netherlands sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Kati in Germany

Kati in Germany sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Brenda in the UK

Brenda in the UK sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Greta in Oregon

 

Greta in Oregon sent Michaela in Austria

 

Michaela in Austria sent Joanne in California

Joanne in California sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Hilary in the UK

 

Hilary in the UK sent Pia in Norway

Pia in Norway sent Viv in UK

Viv in UK sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Ella in Germany

Ella in Germany sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Gail in Canada

 

 

Gail in Canada sent Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent Jeanne in Minnesota

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Lucille in New Jersey

Lucille in New Jersey sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Daja in Germany

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 3,945 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 March, 2023, we've exchanged over 3,945 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.