January '16 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hello and welcome to the 2016 January Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We had 34 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month using at least one of the following options:

Color Palette  

OR

Sketch

OR

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

OR

One of the following products: Stencils / Embossing Paste

 

Who Sent What To Whom

Dawn in New Zealand sent Cat C. in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Arlene in California:

 

Arlene in California sent Monica in Illinois:

 

Monica in Illinois sent Marga in Spain:

Marga in Spain sent Loly in Alabama:

 

Loly in Alabama sent Asha in Portugal:

 

Asha in Portugal sent Agata in Switzerland:

 

Agata in Switzerland sent Christi C in Colorado:

 

Christi C in Colorado sent Jeanne in Minnesota:

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Nat in Canada:

 

Nat in Canada sent Mrs. A in England:

 

Mrs. A in England sent Janet in Mauritius:

 

Janet in Mauritius sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent An'Jenic in Mississippi:

 

An'Jenic in Mississippi sent LesLee in  California:

 

LesLee in  California sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

 

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada:

 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Oreet in Colorado:

 

Oreet in Colorado sent Helen G. in Ohio:

Helen G. in Ohio sent Sara in Missouri:

Sara in Missouri sent Vickie in Indiana:

 

Vickie in Indiana sent Betty in Nebraska:

 

Betty in Nebraska sent Jerrie in Wisconsin:

 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Ruth in Australia:

 

Ruth in Australia sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Lizzy Hill in Australia:
 

Lizzy Hill in Australia sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Toni in Washington:

 

Toni in Washington sent Julie in Ireland:

 

Julie in Ireland sent Christy in California:

 

Christy in California sent Judy I. in Florida:

 

Judy I. in Florida sent Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana:

 

 

Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

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

Bring On The Cake - a nice little stamp set from Avery Elle!

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...

 

LesLee in California!

 

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

 

The March Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on Sunday, February 7, 2016. All cards exchanged in that challenge will be revealed here on April 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 January 31, 2016, we've exchanged 1,939 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, 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 (updated December of 2015).

Comments

[ionabunny]

Beautiful cards ladies. What a fantastic gallery. Thanks Deborah for all your hard work. Hugz

[Dotty Jo]

Another great reveal! Thanks for organising everything, Deborah, Jo x

[Agata]

Great job everyone! Deborah, you are the most amazing lady I know! Thank you for all the hard work this challenge involves!!! Blessings!

[Nonna Murphy]

All the cards are just beautiful . Do they have a verse inside . I love this ideal . Sorry I can't make a card to send

[LesLee Stone-Rasmus]

WOW... I never get tired of the reveal.. even though I haven't received my card yet. The reveal makes everything so exciting... And I won... Thanks so much Deborah I will be e-mailing you!! Sincerely LesLee

[Julie M]

Another lovely selection of cards, Deborah - fab work, everyone!!! And congrats to LesLee on winning those cute stamps.

Thanks, Deborah.

Julie :o)

[NatQuebec]

Nice cards for sure.😊

[Janet Swanlady21]

So wonderful to see the diversity. Fun to see that Loly & I used the same stamps and dies.