January Card Chain Challenge

Helloooooooooo, Stampers!!!

Here it is 2010, and it's time for the January Card Chain Challenge (CCC). We had a few less participants last month because of the holidays, but the cards were as delightful and as well-received as ever.

For anyone new to the CCC, the basic idea is that you receive a fellow cardmaker's snail mail address, make her a card, and mail it to her. The next person on the list does the same thing with you, so you get a card as well. Each person makes a card for the person immediately above her in the chain, and the first person in the chain makes a card for the last person in the chain.

Everybody gets a hand-crafted card so everybody wins!

You also post the card you receive in the online gallery of your choice, and I will post these blog/gallery addresses on my blog along with a picture of the card. Everybody gets increased visibility and/or blog traffic, so everybody wins!

The whole process is fairly straightforward, so the chances of my screwing up are minimal. Everybody - except me - avoids administrative duties, so everybody wins! (As luck would have it, I did make a tiny little error last time 'round, but it was fixed before anything disastrous happened.)

Please click here to read Guidelines / Rules.

3 Challenge Options

You can use as many of the following options as you like, but you're only required to use one of them.

Color Palette:

 

Template:

Theme:

Valentine's Day

OR

Inspiration (in honor of MLK, Jr.)

Deadlines

Mr. Linky sign-up: Midnight, EST, Sunday, January 10, 2010. Make sure you also send your email and snail mail addresses, etc to:

Mail your card: postmarked no later than Monday, January 25, 2010, in your area of the world, to the person you've been assigned. Send that individual an email telling her to be on the lookout! 

Upload and send me a link to the received card: email me the link no later than Midnight, EST, Sunday, February 7, 2010.

If you have any questions, please email me or leave a comment.

I hope you'll consider trying this. Feel free to ask those who've participated thus far: it's thrilling to open your mailbox and find a handmade card (especially when it's got foreign stamps on it)!

Comments

[Heather Maria]

I was about to sign up for the CCC on Sunday night when the server crashed. Had a mad, bad weekend with frozen pipes and no heating so that's how I left it till the last minute. Hopefully I'll get to take part in February's CCC.

[Judy Jung]

Let the fun begin!! So glad so many signed up. Thanks, Deborah!!

[Deborah Nolan]

Ill see if I can change it up a bit to make sure everybody gets a new person.

Glad to have you join in!!!

Deborah

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[Janet Ribet]

Darn it. Missed it by 10 hours. Never mind - next month!

[Dawn T]

I'm in again Deborah.... I've even got the same recipient again ( I think) I wasn't even looking at who was a head of me....

[Norma J]

This is going to be alot of fun!! Can't wait to get started!!

[Lee Anne]

OK, I'm in. I'm new to this, so I hope I can reach the bar! My blog hasn't been updated in awhile. Hope that is OK. I also have a Flickr photo stream that is probably more recent! Here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36795264@N04/

Can't wait to start something with you gals!

[Lynda Pleckan (Joyful Stamper)]

Count me in again...it was so much fun the last time. Thanks for doing this Deborah. I think I put the wrong link, too.

[Aga]

sorry, I put the wrong link, but count me in! :)

[judy1223]

Hello and happy new year! I am SO in on this ... I love it! Thanks for organizing it again, Deborah!

[Anette H]

Thanks for organizing again, Deborah! So exciting!

[dustypenny (aka Joy)]

Thanks, Deborah! Lots of fun!

[Agata]

Hi! I'd love to participate in your CC! Signed up with Mr. Linky...