Card Chain Challenge Reveal - May 2025

Hello and welcome to the

May 2025 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

 

If this is the first time you've visited the Card Chain Challenge 

we hope you'll sign up and join in the fun!

 

We are all about spreading love around the world, one handmade card at a time!!

We had 21 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.

 

Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,687

We had one new player this month, Wendy in Ireland.  Welcome Wendy.

 

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Chickens / Smiles and Laughter / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Ribbon or Lace / Lacé

Who Sent What To Whom

 Mia in Greece sent  Carol in the UK

Carol in the UK sent  Wendy In Ireland

Wendy In Ireland sent Robyn Oliver in Australia

Robyn Oliver in Australia sent Hilary in the UK

Hilary in the UK sent Barbara in Switzerland

Barbara in Switzerland sent Greta in Oregon

Greta in Oregon sent Arlene in California

Arlenein California sent Marianne in Greece

Marianne in Greece sent Daja in Germany

It's on the Way!

 

Daja in Germany sent Gundi in Germany

Gundi in Germany sent Lucille in New Jersey

Lucille in New Jersey sent Linda in Michigan

Linda in Michigan sent Gail in Canada

Gail in Canada sent Gail in Norway

Gail in Norway sent Dagmara in Poland

Dagmara in Poland sent Linda W in Minnesota

Linda W in Minnesota sent Brenda in the UK

Brenda in the UK sent Tina in Slovenia

Tina in Slovenia sent Imke in Germany

Imke in Germany sent Jo in UK

Jo in UK sent Mia in Greece 

 

And that brings us full circle.

Thank you, everyone, for sharing your artistic talent and doing your part for global relations! We've now exchanged over 4,687 cards by participants from 41 of the 50 United States and 33 countries.

If you want to see more of these artists' card art, check out their blogs and please leave 'em some love in the comments!

Want to join the fun????

Hey, Gentle Readers, if you want to join in the fun you can sign up for the Card Chain Challenge.  All sign ups run in advance, from the 7th of the preceding month to the 6th of the exchange month.  All reveals happen on the 2nd of the month after the exchange is complete.

Hope to see you here!

Thanks for stopping!

Gail and Jo

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 honour-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  31st May 2025 we've exchanged over 4,687 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, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands (Holland), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya,  Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa and USA. (We only need to get some countries that begin with L, O, Q, R, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z to keep up with our alphabet list!)  Total global participation here we come!!!

As for the USA, past participants come from: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, 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, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. We're still missing: South Dakota, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Wyoming.

If you're new to the Card Chain Challenge this is an event where everybody wins. 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 personalised swap, sort of, and it's a ton of fun! Go here for past Chains.