Hello and welcome back for the 2014 May Card Chain Challenge Reveal! The sistah's have been busy as the proverbial bees and have made some fantastic cards this month!
May's CCC had 20 participants, and they made some lovely cards using 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: Flags or Food or Friends
OR
One of the following products/techniques: colored pencils
And what did all of our amazing participants create? GORGEOUS CARD ART!!!
So check out the May, 2014, CCC's and don't forget to pin your favorites!!!
Pat in Virginia sent Monica in Illinois:
Monica in Illinois sent LaVon in Illinois:
LaVon in Illinois sent Robyn in Australia:
Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Helen G. in Ohio:
Helen G. in Ohio sent Jo in England:
Jo in England sent Loly in Alabama:
Loly in Alabama sent Jutta in British Columbia:
Jutta in British Columbia sent Gail in Norway:
Gail in Norway sent Linda in Holland:
Linda in Holland sent Joy in Ohio:
Joy in Ohio sent Lucille in Colorado:
SOON TO ARRIVE - COME BACK SOON!
Lucille in Colorado sent Janet in Mauritius:
Janet in Mauritius sent Arlene in California:
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 June CCC until Wednesday, June 18, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on Tuesday, July 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 Mary 1, 2014, we've exchanged over 1,300 cards in this little jaunt... 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, 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).
Delightful cards.
Posted by: Arlene | June 1, 2014 at 11:06 AM
Thanks for another lovely CCC Deborah! Great cards girls, Jo x
Posted by: Dotty Jo | June 2, 2014 at 03:12 PM
Beautiful cards, thanks Deborah!
Posted by: Jutta Maraun | June 3, 2014 at 11:54 PM