June, '15, Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Welcome to the 2015 June Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

I don't know about the rest of y'all, but June flew by for me! I apologize for not having this up at the crack of dawn, but I've been very busy dealing with my father's Medicaid. (Yes, he's finally been accepted and I hope that is the end of that particular bureaucratic nightmare!) Which is definitely a good thing since he was just diagnosed with lung cancer. Not to worry too much, though! The cancer was discovered early (Stage One) and will probably require the minimal amount of radiation therapy. We're both feeling quite optimistic! 

Alright, onto the business at hand!!!

We have a new participant this month - everybody welcome Christy in California - bringing our number of participants to 36, all who were required to use at least one of the following options:

Color Palette  

 

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

OR

Sketch

You can orient this sketch in any direction and/or flip it. (BTW, I apologize for basically giving y'all the same sketch two months in a row - I totally failed to recognize that until later - LOL!)

OR

One of the following themes: – Patriotism  or  Sports  or  Friendship

OR

One of the following products: Bling!

Who Sent What To Whom

Christy in California sent Darnell in California:

Darnell in California sent Chris in Texas:

 

Chris in Texas sent Lucille in Colorado:

 

Lucille in Colorado sent Cat C. in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Becca in North Dakota:

 

Becca in North Dakota sent LesLee in  California:

 

LesLee in  California sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana:

 

Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana sent Sabrina in California:

 

Sabrina in California sent Vickie Y in Indiana:

 

Vickie Y in Indiana sent Jana in Germany:

 

Jana in Germany sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Loly in Alabama:

 

Loly in Alabama sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

 

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Asha in Portugal:

 

Asha in Portugal sent Jerrie in Wisconsin:

 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Arlene in California:

The outside...

and the inside!

Arlene in California sent Marga in Spain:

 

Marga in Spain sent Monica in Illinois:

 

Monica in Illinois sent Barbara in Florida:

 

Barbara in Florida sent Christi in Colorado:

 

Christi in Colorado sent Oreet in Colorado:

 

Oreet in Colorado sent Sara in Missouri:

 

Sara in Missouri sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Mrs. A in England:

 

Mrs. A in England sent Joy in Ohio:

 

Joy in Ohio sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Dee in Kenya:

 

Dee in Kenya sent Lizzy Hill in Australia:

 

Lizzy Hill in Australia sent Toni in Washington:

 

Toni in Washington sent Carol in Scotland:

 

Carol in Scotland sent Janet in Mauritius:

Janet in Mauritius sent Emily in Iowa:

 

Emily in Iowa sent Judy I. in Florida:

Judy I. in Florida sent Christy 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!)

This Month's Winner

This month's prize was a sentiment stamp set from Jillybean Soup via Hampton Art.

I randomly drew the winner from a pool of the cardmakers whose cards arrived at their destination by the last day of the month, and the winner is...

Gail in Norway!!!

Congratulations, Gail! Please send me an email by June 15 so I can hook you up with your prize!

The July Challenge

If you want to join in the fun, you can still sign up for the July Card Chain Challenge until Monday, July 6, 2015, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on August 1, 2015.

 

If your card arrives at its destination by the last day of July, you'll be eligible to win this month's prize (selected by random draw):

 

 

The August Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. All cards exchanged in that challenge will be revealed here on September 1, 2015.

Hope to see you here!

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 July 1, 2015, we've exchanged over 1,650 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: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain (aka: England), Greece, Holland (aka: The Netherlands), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya,  Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa. (We only need to get some countries that begin with L, O, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z to keep up with our alphabet list! We have 161 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, Iowa, 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, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. We're still missing: Connecticut, South Dakota, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 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

[Dotty Jo]

A stunning reveal! Nice work ladies and as always, a big thank you to Deborah for making all of this happen, Jo x

[LesLee Stone-Rasmus]

Great and awesome cards!!!! This is so much fun... I am working on the next one as I type this... A big big thanks to Deborah for all the work you put into making this happen... (clapping clapping clapping).....Muah and hugs.

[Greta H]

What a lovely group of cards! So glad your dad's cancer was caught early, Deborah--wishing him well.

[Lizzy Hill]

Gosh, these are all sooo beautiful! Loving the CCC....hope your Dad is OK....it does sounds positive getting the cancer early - a good thing indeedy :):)

[Patti J.]

What a wonderful group of cards! Great job by all. I had to sit out June, but would love to sign up for July! Thanks, Deborah!

[ionabunny]

Hi Deborah and girls of the CCC. Wow everyone. What a gorgeous reveal. Extra happy dancing to be the lucky prize winner, although I feel like a winner everyevery every month with a beautiful card arriving from a CCC friend. Hugz everyone. Thanks for all your hard work Deborah, despite all the hits. Hope everything goes well with your dad. Thinking of you. Hugz