Monday 2 September 2024

Card Chain Challenge - August 2024 Reveal

Hello and welcome to the August 2024 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!


We had 24 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.
 
Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,467

We had one new player this month, Lyneen in Washington.  Welcome Lyneen.
 
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:  Music / Funny / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Tissue Paper / Rocker Card
 
 
Before we get to the reveal I would like to announce the winner of the beautiful digital Egyptian Dreams kit sponsored by Relatively Thoughtful.  The lucky winner is
 
MIA
 
Congrats Mia.  Email me at craftynomad @ gmail .com
 
 
Now here is the awesome August reveal.......


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 4,467 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 August 2024, we've exchanged over 4,467 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.

4 comments:

Tina Z. said...

Wow, I love our beautiful chain, always a pleasure to watch.
Crafty hugs to all xx

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Gorgeous cards, everyone!! I commented where I could...

Joanne said...

I am really going to have to try making a rocker card one of these days; I love some of the ones shown here! It's so fun to see what everyone comes up with each month.

Mia said...

Wow! What a lovely surprise! I am excited to be the winner of this beautiful digi kit. Thank you so much!!!!!!