Wednesday 2 October 2024

Card Chain Challenge Reveal September 2024

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

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We had 28 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.
 
Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,495
 
We are being very generously sponsored by 
 
 
 For September they offered a £30 gift voucher to the shop.  I put everyone into random draw and he came up with (me, me, me, me ,me) number 17........... The lucky winner is

BRENDA in the UK

Congrats Brenda on winning this awesome prize and big huge thanks to Relatively Thoughtful for sponsoring us.   Remember to leave a comment on the October sign up if you want to be considered for the digital kit that is the October prize.   Still time to sign up for October.
 
Back to September........ 
 
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: Egypt / Paws / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Embossing Powder / Inlaid Die Cut
 


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 4,495 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 September 2024, we've exchanged over 4,495 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:

karto_flana said...

I woud like to be considered for the random draw. Ella

brenda said...

Goodness gracious me, what a splendid surprise, thank you Peeps.

B x

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Wonderful cards everyone; I commented where I could on personal blogs. Congrats on the prize, Brenda!! Thanks Gail & Jo for all you do for the CCC!!!

Joanne said...

Congrats to Brenda! That's exciting.