July 2023 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 4,005 cards by participants from 40 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 July 2023. 

•  Your card should arrive at its destination by 31st July 2023. 
  
  

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: Fish / Circles / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Buttons / Stitches

Sign Up Deadline  

You have until 6th July 2023 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 August 2023.

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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May 2023 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

 

We had 32 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month. 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,005!

 

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: Hats / Flowers / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Embossing Powder / Ripped Edges

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Arlene in California sent Dawn in New Zealand

Dawn in New Zealand sent Patricia in Texas

Patricia in Texas sent Daja in Germany

Daja in Germany sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Bonnie in Colorado

Bonnie in Colorado sent  Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Brenda in the UK

Brenda in the UK sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Kath in UK

Kath in UK sent Viv in UK

Viv in UK sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Michaela in Austria

Michaela in Austria sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Joanne in California

Joanne in California sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Mia in Greece

 

Mia in Greece sent Kati in Germany

Kati in Germany sent Suze in New Zealand

Suze in New Zealand sent Gail in Canada

Gail in Canada sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent  Pia in Norway

Pia in Norway sent Marga in Spain

Marga in Spain sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Arlene in California

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 4,005 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 May, 2023, we've exchanged over 4005 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.