Month, 2014, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!
Hello and welcome to the 2014 August Card Chain Challenge Reveal, sponsored by A Day for Daisies!
If you have never experienced this company's beautiful digital art, you have truly been Missing Out. Please visit the site for plenty of free samples to download and play with before you buy (and you will want to buy, believe me). See below to find out which one of our cardmakers won a $12 gift certificate!
We had 16 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month - check out their fabulous art!
Monica in Illinois sent Arlene in California:
Joy in Ohio sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:
Lucille in Colorado sent LaVon in Illinois:
LaVon in Illinois sent Becca in North Dakota:
Becca in North Dakota sent Gail in Norway:
Helen G. in Ohio sent Dawn in New Zealand:
Dawn in New Zealand sent Jo in England:
Jo in England sent Oreet in Colorado:
Oreet in Colorado sent Cat C. in Maryland:
Cat C. in Maryland sent Lisa in Massachusetts:
Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Sabrina in California:
And that brings us full circle! Thank you, everyone, for sharing your artistic talent and doing your part for global relations!
If you want to see more of these artists' card art, check out their blogs and please leave 'em some love in the comments! (Don't forget to Pin your favorites!)
As stated above, a $12 gift certificate from our August sponsor, A Day for Daisies was this month's prize. I randomly drew the winner from a pool of the cardmakers whose cards were received by their recipients by August 31, and the winner is...
Number 12: Robyn!
Congratulations, Robyn! Please send me an email by September 15 so I can get you hooked up with your GC.
Our September Sponsor
The legendary Lawn Fawn if offering a prize of the Sweater Weather 6x6 patterned paper pad and the winner's stamp set of choice - YOWZA!!!
Hope to see you there!
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 August 1, 2014, over 1,400 cards have been made and mailed 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 include: 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, North Dakota (NEW!!!), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. We're still missing: Connecticut, South Dakota, 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! In addition, participants whose cards are received by the last day of each month are eligible for a sponsored prize. September's sponsor is Lawn Fawn!
Go here for past Chains.
Read the Revised Guidelines & FAQ's (revised April 25, 2013).
Another lovely reveal! Thanks Deborah, you are a total star, Jo x
Posted by: Dotty Jo | September 3, 2014 at 12:25 PM
Fabulous cards from everyone. It always amazes how varied the styles and ideas are. Count me in again this month. It's just too much fun and what a great sponsor
Posted by: ionabunny | September 3, 2014 at 04:43 PM
my goodness aren't we a talented lot! All are just so pretty. I love partaking in this challenge. It's a real WIN WIN. thanks Deborah for keeping it up.
Posted by: Dawn T | September 4, 2014 at 02:47 AM
You are all so very welcome. Thank all of YOU for participating!
Posted by: Deborah | September 5, 2014 at 04:02 AM
What wonderful card designs! The variety is amazing and the chance to win a prize just adds to the fun! I think I'll need to join in here soon!
Posted by: karenladd | September 6, 2014 at 12:08 AM