November, 2015, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

Hello and welcome to the 2015 November Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

I have some very exciting news... exciting to me, anyway! It's been five years of waiting, but as of this month's challenge, thanks to the fabulous An'Jenic, we can add the grand state of Mississippi to our role of United States participants! (Welcome, An'Jenic!)

It can be argued that the original drive to have every state and country represented has faded since Gigi is now in the 8th grade and my days of teaching her geography are past. However, it's hard for me to let go because I want the Whole Set!

Soooo... if any of y'all know any card makers from Connecticut, South Dakota, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and/or Wyoming, tell 'em to come play! (I'm not leaving out the countries of the world because they don't matter - it's just there's 161 of them to go and this post is already crazy long!)

Okay, let's get to this reveal, shall we? We had 38 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month using 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.

OR

One of the following themes: – Landscapes  or  Holiday  or  Friendship

OR

One of the following products: Felt

And away we go....

 

Who Sent What To Whom

 

Toni in Washington sent An'Jenic in Mississippi:

 

 

An'Jenic in Mississippi sent Shawna in Michigan:

 

 

Shawna in Michigan sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada:

 

 

 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Arlene in California:

 

 

 

Arlene in California sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

 

 

 

Lisa in Massachusetts sent LesLee in  California:

 

 

 

LesLee in  California sent Janet in Mauritius:

 

 

 

Janet in Mauritius sent Jeanne in Minnesota:

 

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Loly in Alabama:

 

Loly in Alabama sent Agata in Switzerland:

 

 

Agata in Switzerland sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

 

 

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Sara in Missouri:

 

 

Sara in Missouri sent Marga in Spain:

 

 

 

Marga in Spain sent Asha in Portugal:

 

 

Asha in Portugal sent Christi C in Colorado:

 

Christi C in Colorado sent Mrs. A in England:

 

Mrs. A in England sent Monika in Germany:

 

Monika in Germany sent Monica in Illinois:

 

Monica in Illinois sent Sabrina in California:

 

Sabrina in California sent Chris in Texas:

Chris in Texas sent Vickie Y. in Indiana:

Vickie Y. in Indiana sent Becca in North Dakota:

 

Becca in North Dakota sent Nathalie in Canada:

IN TRANSIT - CHECK BACK LATER! 

Nathalie in Canada sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Carol in Scotland:

 

Carol in Scotland sent Christy in California:

 

Christy in California sent Helen G. in Ohio:

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Oreet in Colorado:

 

Oreet in Colorado sent Jerrie in Wisconsin:

IN TRANSIT - CHECK BACK LATER! 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Julie in Ireland:

 

Julie in Ireland sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Judy I. in Florida:

Judy I. in Florida sent Ruth in Australia:

 

Ruth in Australia sent Lizzy Hill in Australia:

 

Lizzy Hill in Australia sent Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana:

 

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

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 bundle put together by yours truly in honor of the holiday season and the last CCC of the year. I hope the winner enjoys this homemade "kit":

 

1. Simon Says Stamp Winter Warmth stamp set
2. 12 pieces of BoBunny 6" x 6" Candy Cane Land patterned paper
3. Memory Box Stitched Snowflake Circle Frame die cut
4. Memory Box Dazzling Snowdrift Corner die cut
5. Memory Box Let it Snow Circle Frame die cut
6. Memory Box Dancing Snowflake Frame die cut
7. Memory Box snowflake die cuts (from Newbury Ornament Vignette)
8. (4) coordinating sets (4 pieces each) of punched snowflake shapes
9. 1 yard of seam binding (great for coloring with Copics or spray inks)
10. Elizabeth Crafts stickers
11. Bazzill chipboard snowflake
12. Starfoam Transparent silver glitter stickers (love using these instead of gems for a flat card)
13. Memory Box snowflake gem stickers
14. Packet of confetti/sequins
15. 15 buttons

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...

Chris in Texas!

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

Our Holiday Break & Our Next Challenge

Because December is already crazy-busy with holiday cards, we don't have an exchange in that month. However, the January Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on Monday, December 7, 2015 (the post link will activate at that time) and closes on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at 11:55 p.m. with cards to be received by January 31st. All cards exchanged in that challenge will be revealed here on February 1, 2016.

 

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

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 December 1, 2015, we've exchanged over 1,900 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, Mississippi, (NEW!!!) 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, 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 December, 2015). 

Comments

[Christi C]

Wow! Each month I say that the cards cannot get any better and each month I am blown away!! See you after the Holiday break and HUGE Congrats to Chris in Texas xx Christi

[Janet Swanlady21]

Wonderful cards again ladies!

[Julie M]

Gorgeous cards - lots of lovely festiveness!!

Julie

[Jutta M]

Beautiful cards every one! Thank you Deborah for the generous prize and congrats to Chris. Also thanks for the work you do to keep this going I really enjoy getting some happy mail. Have a wonderful Christmas and all the best for the New Year! Jutta

[Deborah]

It's always so exciting for me to receive the pictures of everyone's cards and put the post together. Although I sometimes put things together with a lick and a promise because life is getting in my way, I love doing the CCC because it gives me the warm and fuzzies to host a forum where so many pretty cards are sent across the globe.

I love watching individual styles develop through the years and hearing about the little extras people sometimes include or how folks come together to send a card to a participant that's hitting a rough patch.... Well, the memory of it is making it hard for me to see my keyboard right now.

What a lovely, caring, and talented bunch of ladies! And what an excellent showing of cards this month!!! Thank you all for giving me so much joy and for having patience when I'm experiencing "technical difficulties" - LOL!

[Dotty Jo]

Thanks again, Deborah, for organising this lovely, lovely challenge! Life really does have it's ups and downs for us all but friendship and crafting really helps! Hugs, Jo x

[ionabunny]

Wow. Lovely, gorgeous, amazing cards again this month. So proud to be a link in this chain of amazing crafty ladies. Congrats to Chris on being the lucky recipient of that amazing crafty package. Deborah, thanks for all your hard work organising this. You are amazing. I will definitely be signing up again. Can hardly believe it will be my third year!! Haven't missed a month since I found CCC in January 2014 and hope I never will. So much love here. Have I told you how proud I am to be a small part of this amazing chain? Big hugz and best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season. You are all amazing. HUGZ

[ionabunny]

Oh I forgot to ask. How long did it take?? Hugz

http://craftynomad.blogspot.no/2015/12/last-ccc-of-2015.html

[Deborah]

Gail, you are SUCH a cheeky monkey! 😜

(Did my little winking emoticon show up? I'm trying it for the first time in a comment.)

To answer your question about how long it took to make that darned CCC public service announcement... I'm not really sure because I wasn't timing it, but I'd hazard a guess at, say, 30 minutes? (It should have taken no more than five!)

I was almost finished once and then hit the wrong key and lost everything. So I had to start from scratch... and then made the same stupid mistake and lost it all AGAIN. But the third time found me being very careful of where my fingers went and all was saved successfully.

[Lisa Haines]

Thank you Debbie for every thing! Merry Merry Christmas!

[ionabunny]

Hurrah. Third time lucky and the public have been served. I really appreciate the efforts you go to to keep us entertained. Hugz

[An'Jenic]

Wow all of the cards is amazing! I had so much fun joining you all last month and look forward to the coming year. So excited! Thank You For Having Me.

[Vickie Y]

Beautiful cards! And, congrats to the winner Chris in Texas!

[Greta H]

Congrats to Chris--such a wonderful prize package! I can't find the next sign up. Too early?