Hello and welcome to the 2014 September Card Chain Challenge Reveal, sponsored by Lawn Fawn! The prize is a 6" x 6" pad of Sweater Weather patterned paper and the stamp set of the winner's choice.
I'd like to take a moment to thank Kelly Marie Alvarez, owner of Lawn Fawn, for her generosity and support. You're the best, Kelly!!!
Participants had to make (and send) a card using at least one of the following four options. (They could use two, three, or all four options, but they were only required to use one of them.)
OR
Sketch
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One of the following themes: – The Moon (in honor of Astronomy Week) or Halloween or Friendship
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One of the following products: Markers!
We had 18 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month - check out their fabulous art....
Sabrina in California sent Jo in England:
Jo in England sent Nikki in the United Kingdom:
Nikki in the United Kingdom sent Deborah (yours truly in Indiana):
Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Loly in Alabama:
Loly in Alabama sent Judy I. in Florida:
Judy I. in Florida sent Janet in Mauritius:
Janet in Mauritius sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:
Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Gail in Norway:
Gail in Norway sent Lucille in Colorado:
Lucille in Colorado sent Monica in Illinois:
Monica in Illinois sent Betty in Nebraska:
Betty in Nebraska sent Joy in Indiana:
Joy in Indiana sent Joy in Ohio:
Joy in Ohio sent Becca in North Dakota:
Becca in North Dakota sent Dawn in New Zealand:
Dawn in New Zealand sent Cat C. in Maryland:
Cat C. in Maryland sent Greta in Oregon:
Greta in Oregon 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 6" x 6" pad of Sweater Weather patterned paper and the stamp set of the winner's choice from our September sponsor, Lawn Fawn, was this month's prize. I'm not eligible for the prize (darn it!) but there were 16 cardmakers whose cards were received by their recipients by September 30, so they were eligible.
And the winner is....
Number #4, Becca from North Dakota!
Congratulations, Becca! Please send me an email by October 15 so I can hook you up with a 6" x 6" pad of Sweater Weather patterned paper and the Lawn Fawn stamp set of your choice.
Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!
Deborah
(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, 2014, we've had over 1,420 cards in this little jaunt - most of whom 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, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, 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! Go here for past Chains.
Read the Revised Guidelines & FAQ's (revised April 25, 2013).
Bravo ladies, a stunning reveal! Deborah, thanks for doing all the necessary hard work so that we can have so much fun, Jo x
Posted by: Dotty Jo | October 1, 2014 at 12:50 PM
AHHH! Hooray! The lovely card I got from Joy and the friendships here are prize enough, but I'm excited about the Lawn Fawn stamps!
Posted by: Becca Cruger | October 1, 2014 at 01:18 PM
Wow, fantastic cards from everyone. Congrats to Becca. Thanks for all your hard work Deborah. Big hugz Gail
Posted by: ionabunny | October 2, 2014 at 09:38 AM