Card Chain Challenge Reveal - April 2024

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 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 4,360

We had one new player this month, Karolina in the UK.  Welcome to the Card Chain Challenge Karolina.

 

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: Spring / Food and drink / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Something You Were Given / Pop Up

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Karolina in the UK sent Renate in the Netherlands

Renate in the Netherlands sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Bonnie in Colorado

Bonnie in Colorado sent Daja in Germany

Daja in Germany sent Chris in Illinois

Chris in Illinois sent Patricia in Texas

 

Patricia in Texas sent Arlene in California

Arlene in California sent Dee in Kenya

Dee in Kenya sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Kath in UK

Kath in UK sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Dagmara in Poland

Dagmara in Poland sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Barbara in Switzerland

Barbara in Switzerland sent Alice in Finland

Alice in Finland sent Brenda in the UK  

Brenda in the UK sent Gail in Canada

Gail in Canada sent Viv in UK

Viv in UK sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Karolina in the UK

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 4,360 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 April 2024 we've exchanged over 4,360 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.