March, 2016, Card Chain Challenge Reveal

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

This month was particularly special because... we passed an important number.

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As of April 1, 2016, we've exchanged over 2,000 cards!

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(2,007 cards have been exchanged, to be exact.)

This makes me incredibly happy. For everyone who has ever participated, thank you. Thank you so very, very much!

We had 33 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: – Easter  or  Spring  or  Friendship

OR

One of the following products: Paints or watercolor paper 

 

Who Sent What To Whom

LaVon in Illinois sent Monica in Illinois:

 

Monica in Illinois sent Jeanne in Minnesota:

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Cat C. in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Stacy in Nevada:

 

Stacy in Nevada sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

 

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Lucille in Colorado:

 

Lucille in Colorado sent Marga in Spain:

 

Marga in Spain sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Helen G. in Ohio:

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Christi C in Colorado:

 

Christi C in Colorado sent Betty in Nebraska:

 

Betty in Nebraska sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent LesLee in  California:

 

LesLee in  California sent Jerrie in Wisconsin:

 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Asha in Portugal:

 

Asha in Portugal sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Nat in Canada:

 

Nat in Canada sent Loly in Alabama sent:

Loly in Alabama sent An'Jenic in Mississippi:

 

An'Jenic in Mississippi sent Christy in California:

CHECK BACK LATER....

Christy in California sent Sabrina in California:

 

Sabrina in California sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Agata in Switzerland:

 

Agata in Switzerland sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada:

 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Sara in Missouri:

 

Sara in Missouri sent Judy I. in Florida:

 

Judy I. in Florida sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Janet in Mauritius:

 

Janet in Mauritius sent Ruth in Australia:

 

Ruth in Australia sent Arlene in California:

CHECK BACK LATER....

Arlene in California sent Vicky in Indiana:

 

Vicky in Indiana sent Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana:

Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana sent LaVon in Illinois:

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 Art Impressions Beach Babes by 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...

Nat in Canada!

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

Our Next Two Challenges

Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun, you can sign up for the April Card Chain Challenge until April 6, 2016, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on May 1, 2016.

 

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

 

 

 

The May Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on April 7, 2016. All cards exchanged in that challenge will be revealed here on June 1, 2016.

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 April 1, 2016, we've exchanged over 2,005 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 (revised August 30, 2015).

 

Comments

[Jutta]

Gorgeous reveal ladies, it's such fun to see the cards all together like this.
Congrats to Nat, enjoy your prize.
Thanks Deborah, when you get a moment could you pm me your snail mail address.
Have a great Spring every one!

[Dotty Jo]

Another great reveal! As always, I'd like to say a big thank you to Deborah... Without whom none of this fun would be possible, Jo x

[Lucille K]

Wow, what a creative bunch of ladies. Beautiful cards everyone. Thanks to Debi and Gail for keeping us on task and providing fun and friendship from all over our beautiful world :)

[NatQuebec]

All nice cards !!! Cool I am the winner :-) thanks Deborah, I'll email you.

[Deborah]

Y'all rock - no two ways around it! Thank you so much for participating each month!

[Helen Gullett]

Wow... They all are fabulous cards!!!

[Agata]

Great job everyone! Love those reveals! :) Thank you Deborah!