April, 2016, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

My apologies for the late post - I had it set to publish at 5:00 p.m. instead of the intended 5:00 a.m. What a goof!

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

We had 31 participants this month - including two new players: Jane in Great Britain and Denise in California. Let's all holler, "Howdy!" to Jane and Denise!!!

Our cards this month had 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.

OR

One of the following themes: – Cinco de Mayo  or  Cats  or  Friendship

OR

One of the following products: Penny Black

Who Sent What To Whom

LesLee in  California sent Linda in Michigan:

 

Linda in Michigan sent Nat in Canada:

 

Nat in Canada sent LaVon in Illinois:

 

LaVon in Illinois sent Cat C. in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Mrs. A in England:

 

Mrs. A in England sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

 

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Stacy in Nevada:

Stacy in Nevada sent Toni in Washington:

 

Toni in Washington sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Christi C in Colorado:

 

Christi C in Colorado sent Arlene in California:

 

Arlene in California sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Jerrie in Wisconsin:

 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Lucille in Colorado:

 

Lucille in Colorado sent Sabrina in California:

 

Sabrina in California sent Helen G. in Ohio:

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Denise in California:

 

Denise in California sent Christy in California:

 

Christy in California sent Sara in Missouri:

 

Sara in Missouri sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Jane in Great Britain:

 

Jane in Great Britain sent Marga in Spain:

 

Marga in Spain sent Betty in Nebraska:

 

Betty in Nebraska sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Agata in Switzerland:

 

Agata in Switzerland sent Judy I. in Florida:

 

Judy I. in Florida sent Asha in Portugal:

 

Asha in Portugal sent Jutta in British Columbia, Canada:

 

Jutta in British Columbia, Canada sent Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana:

THIS ONE'S IN TRANSIT - CHECK BACK LATER!

Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana sent LesLee 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 this cling stamp from Penny Black:

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...

Agata in Switzerland!

Congratulations, Agata! Please send me an email by May 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 May Card Chain Challenge until Friday, May 6, 2016, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on June 1, 2016.

 

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

 

 

The June Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on May 7, 2016. All cards exchanged in that challenge will be revealed here on July 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 May 1, 2016, we've exchanged 2,038 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

[Agata]

Thank you for this beautiful post full of lovely cards! And thanks for the prize!!! 😍

[ionabunny]

Gorgeous cards from and to everyone. Love being part of this wonderful chain. Thanks for your hard work Deborah. Congrats Agata. Hugz