July 2023 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the July 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 4,073

We had one new player this month, Dagmara in Poland.  Welcome Dagmara.

Poland is a new country on our list so thanks so much for helping us with our goals of global coverage Dagmara.

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: Fish / Circles / Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options: Buttons / Stitches 

Who Sent What To Whom

 

                                            Alice in Finland sent Daja in Germany

Daja in Germany sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Patricia in Texas

Patricia in Texas sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Dagmara in Poland

Dagmara in Poland sent Joanne in California

Joanne in California sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Lucille in New Jersey

Lucille in New Jersey sent Jo in UK

It's on the way!!

Jo in UK sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Michaela in Austria

Michaela in Austria sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Chris in Illinois

Chris in Illinois sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Brenda in the UK

Brenda in the UK sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Kati in Germany

Kati in Germany sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Jill in West Virginia

Jill in West Virginia sent Robyn in Australia

Robyn in Australia sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Viv in UK

Viv in UK sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent  Bonnie in Colorado 

Bonnie in Colorado sent  Alice in Finland

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 4,073 cards by participants from 41 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 July, 2023, we've exchanged over 4,073 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, Holland (aka: The Netherlands), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya,  Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa and USA. (We only need to get some countries that begin with L, O, Q, R, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z to keep up with our alphabet list! We have 162 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.