November 2023 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the November 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 4,200. 

Before we get into the challenge, look what happened in Mid-November...

Two people, who quite clearly hate having their photograph taken, met in an English country pub for a lovely evening.  No, we don't know them either but it was a nice pub bwahahahahahahaaa.

 

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

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required)

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as required)

or 

Theme Options:

Winter/ Indian/ Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options:

Scraps/Quilling

Who Sent What To Whom

Lou Z in Australia sent Patricia in Texas

Patricia in Texas sent Dee in Kenya 

Dee in Kenya sent Tina in Slovenia

 

Tina in Slovenia sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Viv in UK

Viv in UK sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Daja in Germany

Daja in Germany sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Brenda in the UK

Brenda in the UK sent Barbara in Switzerland

Barbara in Switzerland sent Renate in the Netherlands

Renate in the Netherlands sent Jill in West Virginia

Jill in West Virginia sent Robyn O in Australia

It's on the Way!

Robyn O in Australia sent Joanne in California

Joanne in California sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Dagmara in Poland

Dagmara in Poland sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Michaela in Austria

Michaela in Austria sent Alice in Finland

Alice in Finland sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece  sent  Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Gail in Canada

Gail in Canada sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Helen G. in Ohio

Helen G. in Ohio sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Ellie in Illinois

Ellie in Illinois sent Bonnie in Colorado

Bonnie in Colorado sent  Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent Ella in Germany

Ella in Germany sent Lou Z in Australia 

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 4,200 cards by participants from 41 of the 50 United States and 33 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 November, 2023, we've exchanged over 4,200 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 (Holland), 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!)  Total global participation here we come!!!

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.