July, 2014, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

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

July's CCC had 18 participants who made some Tee-rrific 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  Fish  or  Friends

OR

One of the following products/techniques: Embossing Paste!

Check out our beautiful July, 2014, CCC's!!!

 

Monica in Illinois sent Arlene in California:

 

Arlene in California sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Lucille in Colorado:

 

Lucille in Colorado sent Mynette in Kansas:

 

Mynette in Kansas sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Joy in Ohio:

 

Joy in Ohio sent LaVon in Illinois:

 

LaVon in Illinois sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Dawn in New Zealand:

Dawn in New Zealand sent Cat C. in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Betty in Nebraska:

 

Betty in Nebraska sent Chris in Texas:

 

Chris in Texas sent Loly in Alabama:

 

Loly in Alabama sent Oreet in Colorado:

 

Oreet in Colorado sent Helen G. in Ohio:

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Deborah (yours truly in Indiana):

Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Monica in Illinois:

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!)

And the winner of the free Hampton Art Clear Stamp Set is... we're going to have to wait a few hours because I haven't heard back from everyone yet. Check back tomorrow!

If you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the August, 2014, Card Chain Challenge until Saturday, August 16, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on Monday, September 1, 2014, so stay tuned....

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 July 31, 2014, we've had over 1,386 cards in this little jaunt - most of which were made by regular 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 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).

Comments

[ionabunny]

Fantastic cards again this month from everyone. Enjoyed the fish theme. Love that mermaid stamp you used Deborah. Where you get that then??

Hope things are going well with your dad. Thanks for all the work you put into CCC for our enjoyment. Hugs

[Dotty Jo]

Another lovely 'Reveal!' Thanks again for being a great hostess, Deborah! Jo x