Friday 2 August 2024

Card Chain Challenge Reveal - July 2024

Hello and welcome to the July 2024 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 4,443.
 
 
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: Asian / Feathers / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:
Ribbon or Lace / Embossing



Who Sent What To Whom


 




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 4,443 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  31st July, 2024, we've exchanged over 4,443 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.

 

3 comments:

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Great takes on the options, everyone!! Thanks for the inspiration and thanks to Jo & Gail for all their work!!

Dotty Jo said...

Another fabby Reveal, guys! Thanks to Gail for being wonderful once again, and I've tried to comment on everyone's cards, but a few haven't been posted as yet. Have a great week, Jo x

Imke said...

Wow, so many lovely creations - as each month. I left some love on some of the blogs. I did not managed everyones blog but i love all the cards.

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE