February, 2014, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

Hello and welcome to the 2014 February Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

February's CCC had 27 participants and we had some first-time players: Jenny from Scotland and Mynette (our first cardmaker from Kansas)! Welcome, ladies!!!

Our cardmakers had the following challenge options (they could use as many of them as they wanted but were only required to use one):

Color Palette

Sketch

One of the following themes: Glamour or St. Patrick's Day or Friends

One of the following products/techniques: wood veneer shapes

All of our artists created masterpieces, so check out the February, 2014, CCC cards!!!

Pat in Virginia sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent LaVon in Illinois:

LaVon in Illinois sent Linda in Minnesota:

Linda in Minnesota sent Gail in Norway:

Gail in Norway sent Sue in New Zealand:

Sue in New Zealand sent Monika in Germany:

Monika in Germany sent Jo in England:

Jo in England sent Dawn in New Zealand:

Dawn in New Zealand sent Greta in Oregon:

Greta in Oregon sent Jenny in Scotland:

Jenny in Scotland sent Betty in Nebraska:

Betty in Nebraska sent Cat C. in Maryland:

Cat C. in Maryland sent Helen G. in Ohio:

Helen G. in Ohio sent Mynette in Kansas:

Mynette in Kansas sent Kim in Australia:

Kim in Australia sent Lucille in Colorado:

Lucille in Colorado sent Lin in Ohio:

TO BE SEEN SOON!

Lin in Ohio sent Judy in Alabama:

Judy in Alabama sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Sally in England:

Sally in England sent Jacqueline in France sent:

Jacqueline in France sent Janet in Mauritius:

Janet in Mauritius sent Joy in Ohio:

Joy in Ohio sent Loly in Alabama:

Loly in Alabama sent Arlene in California:

Outside

Inside

Arlene in California sent Deborah (yours truly in Indiana):

Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Pat in Virginia:

And that brings us full circle! Thank you, everyone, for sharing your artistic talent and doing your part for global relations!

Thank you, everyone, for sharing your artistic talent and doing your part for global relations!

You should definitely check out our participants' blogs and please leave 'em some love in the comments! (And don't forget to Pin your favorites!)

If you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the March, 2014, CCC until Wednesday, March 19, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on Tuesday, April 1, so stay tuned....

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Who's Been Playing

(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!)

So far we've had over 1,130 cards in this little jaunt - most of whom are regulars. And where do they come from? Read on....

Past participants have hailed from: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain (aka: England), Greece, Holland (aka: The Netherlands), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, South Africa. (We only need to get some countries that begin with K, L, O, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z to keep up with our alphabet list! We have 165 countries to go before we have total global participation!!!

As for the USA, past participants include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, (*NEW*!) Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. We're still missing: Connecticut, both the Dakota's, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, 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.

Read the Revised Guidelines & FAQ's (revised April 25, 2013).

Comments

Fabulous cards everyone. Loved the one I got from Linda. Count me in again this month. Might try and round up some new players......

Posted by: ionabunny | March 1, 2014 at 08:02 AM

Love all the cards. Please, let me tell that the picture doesn't do justice to Joy's card. It's so beautiful IRL, the flowers are textured and have a soft shimmer, I'm sorry you can't see that in the pic. Thanks everybody for the inspiration!

Posted by: Loly Borda | March 1, 2014 at 03:59 PM

Wow, beautiful cards everyone. A big thank you to Deborah for hosting this fun exchange every month :)

Posted by: Lucille K | March 2, 2014 at 10:10 AM

What a wonderful array of cards -- I adore the wonderful card that Judy created and sent to me and can't wait to play again!

This has fast become one of my favorite creative projects to take part in each month!!

Thanks again to Deborah for ALL the hard work in putting this together! We LOVE IT!!

Posted by: Lisa (ThePurplePlace) | March 2, 2014 at 01:42 PM

Once again there are so many talent ladies joining in this fabulous fun exchange. All the cards this month are just gorgeous, many thanks to Deborah's hard work in hosting this monthly exchange, I just love send a card to someone special every month!!

Posted by: Kim Hall | March 3, 2014 at 05:40 AM