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Sunday, 2 July 2023

June 2023 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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


We had a truly impressive 36 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.
 
This month we had two new players and they gave us a new US state, with Jill in West Virginia, and a new country, with Alice in Finland.  Welcome ladies and thanks for helping us with our goal of total world coverage.
 
Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,041.  
 
All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:


Colour Palette Option


or

Sketch Option


or 

Theme Options: Vintage/Wheels/Friendship

or 

Product/Technique Options: Lace/Shaped card



Who Sent What To Whom
 









It's on the way!!!!




























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 4,041 cards by participants from 41 of the 50 United States and 31 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 30th June, 2023, we've exchanged over 4,041 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, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 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, West Virginia and Wisconsin. We're still missing: South Dakota, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont 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.

2 comments:

  1. Wow, lovely cards as always ! I was able to left some love on some blogs. I hope to comment more this week....

    Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

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  2. Gorgeous cards, everyone! I commented directly wherever I could...Thanks again to Gail & Jo for coordinating!! Happy summer all...

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