The Card Chain Challenge Reveal - June 2026

Hello and welcome to the

Month 2026 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

 

If this is the first time you've visited the Card Chain Challenge 

we hope you'll sign up and join in the fun!

 

We are all about spreading love around the world, one handmade card at a time!!

We had 25 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 5,002. Yes, folks we've reached and passed a new milestone here at CCC because 5,000 cards have flown around the planet since the challenge began. Thank you so much to everyone who has made this possible!

We thought we'd have a Random Draw to celebrate and we have a lovely Seven Hills gift voucher for one lucky recipient...

Congratulations to Hilary from Fiddling About!

Congrats, Hilary, please could you email Jo at dottypudding@aol.com so we can link you to your prize.

Thanks again to all of our wonderful CCC comunity who have entered and created and sent and received over the years to made this challenge such a joy!

Shall we take a look at the June Reveal? Here we go then...

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: Tea or Coffee / Safari / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Embossing / Shaped Card

 

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Gail in Norway sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Majda in Slovenia

Majda in Slovenia sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Imke in Germany

It's on the way!!

 

Imke in Germany sent Mia in Greece

Mia in Greece sent Daja in Germany

Daja in Germany sent Lucille in New Jersey

Lucille in New Jersey sent Gail in Canada

It's on the way!

Gail in Canada sent Kathy in the UK

Kathy in the UK sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Alice in Austria

Alice in Austria sent Julia in Massachusetts

Julia in Massachusetts sent Chris in Illinois

Chris in Illinois sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Joanne in Connecticut

Joanne in Connecticut sent Arlene in California

 

Arlene in California sent Brenda in the UK

It's on the way!!

 

Brenda in the UK sent Joanne in UK

Joanne in UK sent Dagmara in Poland

 

Dagmara in Poland sent Jeanne in Minnesota

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Patricia in Texas

Patricia in Texas sent Wendy In Ireland

It's on the way!!!

 

Wendy In Ireland 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 5,002 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  3028th 31st February, 2026 we've exchanged over 4,620 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 personalised swap, sort of, and it's a ton of fun! Go here for past Chains.