March 2011 Card Chain Challenge Sign-Up

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

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:

 
(You can make this into a rectangle or circle if you want.)

 
  Theme:

April Fool's Day  OR 

Friendship  OR

 Act Happy week (March 21st)

Deadlines

InLinkz sign-up ends at 11:59 p.m., EST, Thursday, March 3, 2011.

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 Saturday, March 12, 2011, 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 Saturday, March 19, 2011. 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, Saturday, March 19, 2011. (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 February CCC results!

They will be posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.

Please sign up for the March CCC below. This is a new link service that allows your link to be a picture of your choosing along with your name. Cool, huh? If you have a card you're particularly proud of, feel free to use a picture of that!

Comments

[Jo]

How I've missed having the time to play along with the CCC! Glad to be back, Jo x

[judy1223]

Yahoo! It's been a while for me, but I'm IN this time around! Thanks for doing this, Deborah...hope you continue to feel better each day!

[Deborah]

Welcome back, Judy and Jo! You've been missed!!!

[Hannah Nicole F]

Ive said it and I'll say it again, I Love signing up for CCC, hope you are doing better. I know its a good sign when I see you posting on flickr. 8~)

[joy]

Last month was my first month to participate - what fun it was! Thanks, Deborah, for organizing this. So glad you are feeling better.

[Daria Z.]

I'm loving those bright colors, Deborah. Glad you're feeling better.

[Barb :)]

Looking forward to another one, Deborah, and so glad you're feeling better! :)

[Janet Ribet]

This one's going to be fun . . . I like the April Fool's and Act Happy theme's!

[Wendy ten Hove]

What a lovely idea!!! Saw this link with Joy and I think it's such a wonderful idea, so I'd love to join! Love especially the idea that it's worldwide, so amazing to see a card in your mailbox that someone made for you from the other side of the world! Looking forward to making, sending and receiving!
Hugs, Wendy

[shamela]

Hi there

I just added my details to this month's challenge... do you email me the details for the recipient?? sorry... very new to this ... my first CCC
hugz
shamela

[shamela]

hi
I think I must be daft or something... I can't seem to see your email address... can you help please...this is my first time signing up...
;p)