November, 2014, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

Welcome you to the 2014 November Card Chain Challenge Reveal, unofficially sponsored by Hampton Art! (I have a bunch of extra clear stamp sets they sent me earlier this year, and I'm fixin' to spread some of the love!)

We have a number of new cardmakers joining us this month, so please welcome Nicole from the Netherlands, Jerrie from North Dakota, Asha from Portugal (someone from a new participating country, I might add - YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!), and Pat in the UK!

And now... onto the show! We had 29 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month - check out their fabulous creations....

Laura in Washington sent Lucille in Colorado:

Lucille in Colorado sent Joy in Ohio:

Joy in Ohio sent Karen in California:

 

Karen in California sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Marga in Spain:

Marga in Spain sent Pat in the UK:

Pat in the UK sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Asha in Portugal:

Asha in Portugal sent Arlene in California:

Arlene in California sent Helen G. in Ohio:

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Judy I. in Florida:

 

Judy I. in Florida sent Jerrie in Wisconsin

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Janet in Mauritius:

Janet in Mauritius sent LaVon in Illinois:

LaVon in Illinois sent Cat C. in Maryland:

Cat C. in Maryland sent Monica in Illinois:

Monica in Illinois sent Loly in Alabama:

Loly in Alabama sent Sabrina in California:

 

Sabrina in California sent Gail in Norway:

Gail in Norway sent Monika in Germany:

 

Monika in Germany sent Jo in England:

Jo in England sent Nicole from the Netherlands:

 

Nicole from the Netherlands sent Becca in North Dakota:

 

Becca in North Dakota sent Barbara in Florida:

Barbara in Florida sent Betty in Nebraska:

Betty in Nebraska sent Heather in Ireland:

Heather in Ireland sent Dagmar in Denmark:

Dagmar in Denmark sent Deborah (yours truly in Indiana):

Deborah (yours truly in Indiana) sent Laura in Washington:

OUT UNTIL SHE RECEIVES IT - CHECK BACK LATER!

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!)

A clear stamp set from Hampton Art was this month's prize. I randomly drew the winner from a pool of the cardmakers whose cards were received by their recipients by yesterday, and the winner is...

Number 19 - HELEN!

Congratulations, Helen! Please send me an email by December 15 so I can hook you up with your choice of one of the five sets I have to share.

Hey, Readers, the Christmas season is officially upon us, and we always take December off so we can focus on our families.

 

If you want to join the fun in the new year, here's the 2015 schedule:

 

 

(I'm using the month of December to move up the sign-up process so the closing date will allow enough time for cards to be mailed overseas and still arrive by the first of each month.)

 

So come back here in six days and see who our next exciting sponsor is!

 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

W H O' S   B E E N   P L A Y I N G

 

(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 November, 2014, we've had over 1,480 cards in this little jaunt - most of whom are 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, Portugal, (NEW!!!) Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, 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 163 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).

Comments

[Heather Doran]

Deborah, loved seeing the November CCC cards that went whizzing around the world! Thanks for organising all the fun:)

[Nicole Parmentier]

Helen congratulations. Love all the cards that went around the globe. Thank you Deborah for hosting the fun!

[Nancy Ward]

Beautiful cards this month! Thanks for posting the schedule for 2015, somehow I missed the November challenge!

[Helen Gullett]

YAY! Thank you so much, Deborah! I will send you email :)
And this cards reveal is amazing! All are gorgeous!

[Dotty Jo]

Thanks for another fun CCC, Deborah! Jo x

[ionabunny]

Fabulous cards everyone. So proud to be part of this wonderful exchange. Thanks Deborah for all your hard work. Have a great Christmas everyone. Looking forward to sending and receiving more amazing snail mail in 2015! Hugz

[Dawn T]

Gorgeous cards from everyone. I got so caught up with things I forgot to sign up... missed my card this month!!!!!! I'll be signing up for next months for sure.

[Lisa (ThePurplePlace)]

Sorry I'm late to the party -- I am however, happy to be here today and LOVE seeing all the wonderful cards that were sent for November! Great Job everyone!

Congratulation to Helen on being this month's winner! Woohoo!

Looking forward to having fun with the new changes for 2015 -- Great idea and thanks Debbie once again for ALL your time and hard work!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you ALL!!