Card Chain Challenge Reveal - December 2023

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

We had 27 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,227.

Challenge Directions 

We played Gail's festive, but fiendish...

TIC-TAC-TIC-TAC-TOE!!

To keep it interesting we went with a 5 x 5 grid and things beginning with 'B'!

Your task was to pick a line, horizontal, vertical or diagonal, for your card and to

interpret the prompts as you wanted.  Exact colour matching was not required!

 

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Gail in Norway sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Chris in Illinois

 

Chris in Illinois sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Dagmara in Poland

Dagmara in Poland sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Renate in the Netherlands

Renate in the Netherlands sent Michaela in Austria

Michaela in Austria sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Bonnie in Colorado

Bonnie in Colorado sent Patricia in Texas

 

Patricia in Texas sent Barbara in Switzerland

Barbara in Switzerland sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Alice in Finland

 Alice in Finland sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Viv in UK  

   

Viv in UK sent Ellie in Illinois

 

Ellie in Illinois sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Gail in Canada

Gail in Canada sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Daja in Germany

Daja in Germany sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Gail in Norway

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 4,227 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, December 31st we've exchanged over 4,227 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.