April, 2014, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

Hello and welcome to the 2014 April Card Chain Challenge Reveal!  April's CCC had  23 participants and each of them made a fantastic card using one of the following challenge options (they could use as many of the following options as they wanted but were only required to use one of them):

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

And what did all of our amazing participants create? GORGEOUS CARD ART!!!

So check out the April, 2014, CCC's!!!

Pat in Virginia sent Jo in England:

Jo in England sent Greta in Oregon:

Greta in Oregon sent Janet in Mauritius:

Janet in Mauritius sent Monica in Illinois:

Monica in Illinois sent Cat C. in Maryland:

Cat C. in Maryland sent Judy in Alabama:

Judy in Alabama sent Helen G. in Ohio:

Helen G. in Ohio sent Joy in Ohio:

 

Joy in Ohio sent Loly in Alabama:

Loly in Alabama sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Arlene in California:

Arlene in California sent Linda in Minnesota:

Linda in Minnesota sent Betty in Nebraska:

Betty in Nebraska sent LaVon in Illinois:

LaVon in Illinois sent Dawn in New Zealand:

Dawn in New Zealand sent Oreet in Colorado:

Oreet in Colorado sent Lucille in Colorado:

Lucille in Colorado sent Kim in Australia:

Kim in Australia sent Mynette in Kansas:

 

Mynette in Kansas sent Gail in Norway:

Gail in Norway sent Deborah (yours truly in Indiana):

Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

Lisa in Massachusetts 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 May Card Chain Challenge  until Monday, May 19, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on Sunday, June 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 April, 2014, we've had over 1,170 cards exchanged in this little jaunt - mostly made by repeat participants. 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 hail 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]

A gorgeous reveal, and thanks as always for arranging all the fun! Jo x

[ionabunny]

Hey Ladies, aren't we looking good. Amazing cards everyone. So happy to be part of this talented group. Big hugs

[judy jung]

Wow! I do believe this is right up there with the best group of CCC cards ever!! I know I loved the card I received. Great job and a great way to "meet" people from all over the world. thanks, Deborah, for hosting and organizing and posting!!

[Lisa (ThePurplePlace)]

Deb,
I just wanted you to know that my card was sadly lost in the mail. I would not want you to think that I rec'd an adorable card like that and never thanked YOU! I'm bummed that it never arrived and can only HOPE it shows up at some point --- you really never know how long things can take with our mail system!!

Hugs and best of luck with ALL you have going on!! I love this Card Chain and have already signed up for the next on!!

Hugs,
Lisa

[Jutta M]

Great cards, I'm so going to join in this month again!
Thanks for organizing this Deborah!

[Deborah]

Woo-who! Awesomeness, Ladies, just plain aaaaawesomeness!