March, 2014, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

Hello and welcome to the 2015 March Card Chain Challenge Reveal! 

We had 24 participants in this month's exchange, and some of them were first-timers or were returning after a hiatus, so I'd like to extend a big ol' welcome to Annick, Jutta, and Oreek!!!

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

OR

Sketch

OR

One of the following themes: Easter or Arbor Day/Trees or Friends

OR

One of the following products/techniques: stencils

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

Annick from Mauritius sent Jutta in British Columbia:

 

Jutta in British Columbia sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Sally in England:

Sally in England sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Oreet in ???:

 

Oreet in ??? sent LaVon in Illinois:

 

LaVon in Illinois sent Joy in Ohio:

 

Joy in Ohio sent Chris in Texas:

 

Chris in Texas sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Mynette in Kansas:

Mynette in Kansas sent Linda in Minnesota:

 

Linda in Minnesota sent Kim in Australia:

Kim in Australia sent Betty in Nebraska:

 

Betty in Nebraska sent Helen G. in Ohio:

Helen G. in Ohio sent Arlene in California:

Arlene in California sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Lucille in Colorado:

 

Lucille in Colorado sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Cat in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Deborah (yours truly in Indiana):

Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Loly in Alabama:

 

Loly in Alabama sent Janet in Mauritius:

 

Janet in Mauritius sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Annick from Mauritius:

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 April, 2014, CCC until Wednesday, April 16, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on Thursday, May 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!)

As of this month, we've had 1,151 cards in this little jaunt - most of which were made by 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 are from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, 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, 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

[Dotty Jo]

Another great reveal! Thanks so much for organising all the fun Deborah, Jo x

[ionabunny]

Such beautiful cards everyone. So pleased with mine from Janet that arrived today. Thanks for doing all the hard work Deborah. Hugs all round

[Oreet]

So sorry, mine will be arriving late to LaVon, my 3-year old was just hospitalized with RSV. But it's on its way, I promise! Oh and I'm in Colorado!

[Linda W.]

Another gorgeous batch of card, everyone! Just got mine from Mynette, so beautiful! Sorry Kim - I'll take awhile for my card to reach Australia... Thanks for all the fun Deborah!!

[Ann LaMonte]

Hey Deborah - your twitter has been hacked. 😞 Time to change your password.

[Deborah]

Thanks for the head's-up, Ann! It has been changed!

Glad everyone is pleased with this month's batch of cards - I think they're fabulous, too!

[Greta H]

Wowzer! What an amazing gallery this month! I do love this exchange--thank you, Deborah!