November 2010 Card Chain Challenge Sign-Up

It's the last Friday in October, so that means it's time to sign up for the November Card Chain Challenge (CCC)!

In October we had 36 participants hailing from 14 countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa (NEW!), Switzerland, and the United States.

Woo-whoooo!

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 send it off. The next person on the list does the same thing with you, and so on. 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!

Please click here to read Eligibility, Guidelines & FAQ's

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:  

Note: the colors and names are a guide, so no need for a perfect match.

(You also don't need to use all of them.)

Template:

  Theme:

World Kindness Day  OR 

Thanksgiving  OR

 Friendship

Deadlines

Mr. Linky sign-up ends at 11:59 p.m., EST, Monday, November 1, 2010.

If this is your first CCC, please send your email and snail mail and a link to one of your online photo galleries to:

Mail your card: postmarked no later than Wednesday, November 10, 2010, in your area of the world, to the Receiver if she lives in a different country. If Receiver lives in your country, you have until Monday, November 15, 2010. Make sure to send Receiver an email telling her to be on the lookout!

 

Upload and send me a link to the card you made: email me a picture of the card you made no later than midnight, Monday, November 15, 2010. (I prefer you email the picture as soon as you've uploaded it to your computer - makes it easier for me to keep track of everything.)

If you have any questions, please email me or leave a comment. Also please check out the FAQ post.

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)!

Don't forget to check out the October results!

They will be posted on Monday, November 1, 2010.

Feast on eye candy while you feast on your kid's Halloween candy

(it's kinda like dinner theatre....)

Comments

[Leni - the Netherlands]

Hi Deborah, I am from the Netherlands. I like the idea of sending a card to the one above you on the list. I hope to participate very soon!

[Brenda & Michael Urbanik]

Hi Deborah,
I'm Brenda, another newbie, from Texas! Well, not sure if I can say Texas yet as I have just hailed from South Africa 6 months ago! Looking forward to sharing. Thank you for organising this!

[Froggietalks]

Deborah, I'd like to do the CCC again this month.. however, my ability to add my blog link to your site isn't working, and I don't know why.. I hope you see this in time!

[ElvesInTheAttic]

This looks like fun. My first time too, Deborah.

I'm Julie and I live in the Pacific NW (US). I have an Etsy shop that I make cards and things for but also like to dabble just for the fun of it.

I found out about this challenge on the Hero Arts Flickr site. Looking forward to joining in the fun (and getting something besides bills in my mailbox!). :)

[Marian]

hi Deborah, Just signed up. so excited!

[Sharon D. from Canada]

Hi Deborah, I'm looking forward to participating again!

[Daria Zender]

I haven't done this in a while...I am really looking forward to it! Thanks, Deborah.

[Janet]

Ya, all signed up for another month.
Welcome Susan :o)

[Linda C. Baker]

Hi Deborah! Just signed up for November. Excited to do it again. Hopefully, I can come up with something since I am off work until Wednesday. Happy Halloween!

[Dawn T]

All signed up again... and see I got a new recruit.. Susan is a friend of mine ..

[Vivi]

Hi
This is my first CCC, and i'm looking forward to try it :)

[Barb :)]

Yay! Ready for another month! Love the sketch this time! Thanks for doing this, Deborah! Just love it! :)

[Hannah Nicole F]

I Love doing this!

[NancyK]

Loving the sketch for this month...count me in again!

[Linda W.]

Hi Deborah - looking forward to another CCC. Just love this month's colors! Hugs to you!!

[Cassi]

yay for a new month and a new card!

[Paula]

:D I'm all signed up & ready to go! I am all excited, I love these card challenges so much fun xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[Donna Przybylowski]

Hey Deb, hope all is well, back for another round this month and looking forward to it as usual. Hope you have a great Halloween, enjoy and see you on flickr.
Donna

And Welcome Susan, you will enjoy this challenge, great bunch of people and Deb is the best!!!

[Kelly Latevola]

and now I have left the same comment twice because it didn't show it had posted lol

[Kelly Latevola]

This will be my first time playing. I stumbled upon this blog last month but I didn't have the required number of cards in my gallery yet. Now I do ;) So excited!!

[Kelly Latevola]

I'm so excited I stumbled across this challenge last month and didn't have enough cards in my gallery to play but this month I do!!

[Anette H]

I didn't even realize, it was "that time of the month" (LOL), but I'm all signed up and ready to go (make a card)! Thanks again, Deborah, I so, so, so love this challenge!
Hugs!

[sheila]

this was so fun last month that I am totally in it for November. and, love the template and colors

[sanne]

Whooo hooo I´m back Deborah :) Looking forward to this - great template and colors this time!
HUGS Sanne

[Jan]

Looking forward to another great swap round.

[Deborah]

Welcome, Susan!!!

[Susan Butler]

Hello Deborah
Please let me introduce myself, my name is Susan and I live in New Zealand. I would like to participate in your challenge
This will be my first time.
smiles:)