May, 2016, Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

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

I'd like to welcome Tetcha in Canada and Jane in Great Britain for joining us for the first time - wooo-whooo! Welcome, ladies, and I hope you enjoyed making and receiving a handmade card!

Thank you all for being so patient waiting for this post today. I tend to draft these over the month as the pictures of the cards come in - and that's what I did here, too. However, I must have inadvertently deleted it, because it was nowhere to be found this morning, and it's been taking me quite awhile to get it all back together.

We had 32 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: – Dogs  or  Food  or  Friendship

OR

One of the following products: Hero Arts products!

 

Who Sent What To Whom

LesLee in California sent Tetcha in Canada:

It's in transit - check back later, please!

Tetcha in Canada sent Asha in Portugal:

 

Asha in Portugal sent Janet in Mauritius:

 

Janet in Mauritius sent Sara in Ohio:

 

Sara in Ohio sent Robyn Oliver in Australia:

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Joyce in Pennsylvania:

 

Joyce in Pennsylvania sent Arlene in California:

 

Arlene in California sent Marga in Spain:

 

Marga in Spain sent Sara in Missouri:

 

Sara in Missouri sent LaVon in Illinois:

 

LaVon in Illinois sent Sabrina in California:

 

Sabrina in California sent Chris in Texas:

It's in transit - check back later, please!

 

Chris in Texas sent Greta in Oregon:

 

Greta in Oregon sent Mrs. A in England:

 

Mrs. A in England sent Gail in Norway:

 

Gail in Norway sent Betty in Nebraska:

 

Betty in Nebraska sent Cat C. in Maryland:

 

Cat C. in Maryland sent Jane in Great Britain:

 

Jane in Great Britain sent Lucille in Colorado:

 

Lucille in Colorado sent Nathalie in Canada:

 

Nathalie in Canada sent Stacy in Nevada:

 

Stacy in Nevada sent Judy I. in Florida:

 

Judy I. in Florida sent Lisa in Massachusetts:

 

Lisa in Massachusetts sent Christy in California:

Christy in California sent Helen G. in Ohio:

 

Helen G. in Ohio sent Jeanne in Minnesota:

 

Jeanne in Minnesota sent Dawn in New Zealand:

 

Dawn in New Zealand sent Jerrie in Wisconsin:

 

Jerrie in Wisconsin sent Jo in England:

 

Jo in England sent Agata in Switzerland:

Agata in Switzerland sent Deborah (yours truly) in Indiana:

 

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

It's in transit - check back later, please! 

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 Wine Labels cling rubber stamp from Stampendous:

 

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...

Sara in Missouri!

Congratulations, Sara! Please send me an email by June 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 still sign up for the June Card Chain Challenge until June 6, 2016, 11:55 p.m., EST. All cards exchanged will be revealed here on July 1, 2016.

 

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

 

NOTE: My lifetime InLinkz membership expired, so I had to create a "continuing" sign-up after the last person in the first sign-up (which has pictures). Just sign up on the new list - all will be well. (I apologize for the inconvenience.)

 

The July Card Chain Challenge sign-up begins on June 7, 2016. All cards exchanged in that challenge will be revealed here on August 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 June, 2016, we've exchanged over 2,065 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

[Janet Swanlady21]

Bravo everyone ... so much creativity and fun sent around the world!

[ionabunny]

So many lovely cards again this month ladies. Proud to be part of this chain. Thanks Deborah for all your hard work. Looking forward to next month. Congrats to Sara. Hugz