January, '15, Card Chain Challenge Sign-Up

Ho, ho, ho! It's the Christmas season, and I thought I'd take advantage of our traditional break from the CCC to adjust the posting schedule so everyone will have a better chance of getting her card to its destination before the end of each month.

(If you're unfamiliar with this card exchange challenge, I've got a brief explanation near the bottom of this post, and you can also check out the Rules and FAQ's.)

January's Featured Stamp Company & Prize

I am so excited about this month's featured stamp company because I go way back with one of its co-owners. I always loved Kryssi Ng's cards when we were Hostesses for the Hero Arts Flickr group, and when she and her childhood friend, Angela,  started Mama Elephant, I immediately fell in love with their style.

 

Earlier this fall, Kryssi sent me some goodies, and I'll be sending a 4" x 6" clear stamp set to the cardmaker whose name is randomly drawn from the pool of those participants whose cards arrived by January 31!

 

Challenge Directions

Make a card using at least one of the following four options. (You can actually use two, three, or all four options, but you are only required to use one of them.)

Color Palette  

These colors are your guideline - exact matching is not necessary.

OR

Sketch

OR

One of the following themes: – Snow  or  Valentine's Day  or  Friendship

OR

One of the following products: Stencils, embossing paste

Sign-Up Deadline

You have until Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 11:55 p.m., EST, to sign up below and email me a photo of your card (please include a link to your blog/photo gallery). Please sign up using your first name and your state, province or country. EX: Ann from Texas; Betty from Ontario; Cathy from Wales; Darla from Italy. 

Reveal Post & Winner Announcement

All of the cards with links to their creators' blogs or online photo galleries will be revealed here on Sunday, February 1, 2015.

Come play with us and join the ranks of participants from more than 25 countries who've made and mailed more than 1,400 cards! I hope to see your name here!

Don't forget to check back here February 1st for the Reveal of all the cards made and exchanged in the January, 2015 CCC!!!

 

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

About this challenge. This is an international card exchange - you send a handmade card to the person above you on the list, and you receive one from the person below you on the list. If that's not enough of a win-win, I also randomly draw a prize winner each month. I do a reveal of all the cards with links to the challenge participants' blogs or online photo galleries - which is a great way to get new traffic. Please read the Rules and FAQ's if you want to play along. :~D

See example. If you want to see a past CCC reveal, go here.

Total cards exchanged as of December 1, 2014: 1,483.

Comments

[Becca Cruger]

Hey Deborah - Will the deadline to mail still be on the 15th with the new posting schedule?

[Deborah]

THAT is an excellent question, Becca! The idea here is that the sign up will be open for approx a month and will close on the 6th of each month. This way, I can get the addresses out to everyone so the folks who are mailing their cards out of country will have three weeks for their cards to arrive.

So if you are mailing to someone in your own state or country, you could probably wait until the 15th, but if you're mailing from the USA to Europe, you could have your card made and ready to drop in the mail the minute you got the recipient's address on the 7th of the month.

Whaddaya say? Think it will work?

[ionabunny]

That should give everyone lots of time. It will all depend on those pesky pigeons. Some of them seem to have a problem with their GPS! Hugz

[ionabunny]

Ooh look, I'm off to Finland. That's just next door. What fun. Have a lovely Christmas everyone. Hope you are all ready for the big day. I'm not and I have given up worrying about it. There's always next year ROFL. I'm sure it will all be all right on the night. Hugz

[Mynn xx]

Deborah, I just now signed up because the linky was still open--am I too late, or is this ok?! The post says it was supposed to end earlier... Mynn xx

[Deborah]

You're in great shape, Mynn!

[ionabunny]

Happy New Year everyone. Hugz

[ionabunny]

Hmmmm, green and purple Valentines. Sounds like Halloween love to me. Might have to give that a go just for the fun of it. Hugz

[karenladd]

Hi Deborah!
Just wanting to clarify what the mailing date and date to email our card photo to you is? Thanks!

[cat.]

Hey Deborah, just wanting to ask when we will get the addresses. I'm so excited. :-)