Friday 2 March 2018

February 2018 - Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the February 2018 Card Chain Challenge Reveal! 
It's good to see so many regulars returning to play again, plus Shylaa in India joining our worldwide circle of friends for the first time!


We had 23 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month (making our total number of exchanged cards 2491 thus far!) using at least one of the following options:


Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

or 

Theme Options: Dogs/Hearts/friendship

or


Product Options: Buttons/Torn Edges


Who Sent What To Whom








































Sara in Missouri sent Jerrie in Wisconsin














Christy in California sent Linda in Michigan 



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 2,491 cards by participants from 38 of the 50 United States and 30 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! (Don't forget to Pin your favorites!)



Our Next Two Challenges
Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun, you can still sign up for the March Card Chain Challenge until 6th March. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on 2nd April, 2018.

The April Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on 7th March and ends on 6th April. All cards exchanged in that challenge should arrive at their destinations by 30th April and will be revealed here on 2nd May, 2018.

Hope to see you here!
Thanks for stopping!
Deborah, 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 honor-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 28th February, 2018, we've exchanged over 2,491 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, France, Germany, Greece, Holland (aka: The Netherlands), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya,  Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa. (We only need to get some countries that begin with L, O, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z to keep up with our alphabet list! We have 161 countries to go before we have total global participation!!!

As for the USA, past participants come from: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, 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, and Wisconsin. We're still missing: Connecticut, South Dakota, Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.


If you're new to the Card Chain Challenge ("CCC") this is an event where everybody wins. Basically, 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.

6 comments:

Jerrie said...

What wonderful cards everyone has created!

Cat Craig said...

What a wonderful selection of cards! Thank you so much ladies for keeping this exchange going. I always enjoy it.

Jutta said...

Another month of gorgeous cards and inspirations.
Only 9 more cards until 2500, this will be something to celebrate.
Thanks for all your work, Deborah,Dot & Gail.

Dotty Jo said...

Thanks to everyone who plays along and makes this challenge so much fun! Jo x

Shylaashree said...

each card is gorgeous, Thank you CCC team for this beautiful exchange. i love to participate month on month

Dotty Jo said...

it's good to have you with us, Shylaa! Jo x