The Card Chain Challenge Reveal - August 2026

We are all about spreading love around the world, 

one handmade card at a time!!

Hi there, card fans it's time for another Reveal over at The Card Chain Challenge. This month we had 26 lovely participants who exchanged cards across the globe and they've made some truly wonderful creations!

 

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: Elephants and/or Mice / Baking / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Lace / Collage

Here's what I sent to Joanne in Connecticut.

I decided it would be fun to play with this gorgeous Katzelkraft elephant and to give him a little mouse pal! The lovely lacey background was a gift from a crafting buddy, and is just perfect for this challenge. 

My sender this month was Hilary in the UK and just look at the beautiful card she made. What a surprise to see we used the same background! Thanks so much, Hilary, it's been a treat to be your recipient once again.

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.

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #114 - Reindeer Games!

 

Over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge I'm so happy to be playing again with the lovely Loll from Stamping With Loll and I know you'll LOVE the card she's made to get our crafting party started.

Loll has picked such a fun theme for our September challenge...

Challenge #114 - Reindeer Games

We would like to see reindeer this month, please, and LOTS of them! 

Here's what I made:

I'm so glad I bought these little reindeer dudes from Mama Elephant as they are so, so cute. And here's my second card using the same 'sentiment' - just proves that context is everything! No points for spotting a fun Art Impressions gal against that lovely Simon Says Stamp Christmas Tree background. Sadly, both sets appear to be discontinued.

Rudolph is especially pleased with the theme this month, and is offering a fun prize for his Random Raffle!

Loll and I can't wait to see what you guys get up to when you play those Reindeer Games!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #271 - B is for Black, Black Heart

We're having far, far too much fun over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers with Challenge #271 as we play B is for Black, Black Heart. Doesn't Edna look the bizz? 

We'd like to see anti-valentines or black on your cards, or even a combination of the two - whatever floats your crazy little love boat. 

Here's what I made using one of my most favourite stamps from Rubber Moon designed by Mary Engelbreit. I don't know why this lil gal makes me laugh so much, but she does! 

BTW, you may be relieved to know I'm not sending the card above to my hubby. He's getting this one instead!

The XOXOXOXO background is from Simon Says Stamp and I cannot stop playing with it. Seriously, I. Just. Can't. 

I'm linking this little chameleon card over at Inkspirational because their word prompt of XOXO just seems to fit perfectly! 

The current AAA Colourful Challenge also seems like a good place for my cards to go and play. 

And I'm also linking to Lost Coast Design as rightly, or wrongly, I think my chameleon card fits in here too... sort of!

Card Chain Challenge Reveal - November 2025

It's a bright and chilly start to the day here in the UK and I'm very slightly in shock as I can't believe it's the 2nd of December! However, that can only mean one thing... yes, a brand new Card Chain Challenge Reveal! 

We had 25 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month, and in doing so brought our total number of cards exchanged to 4,832. A huge thank you to everyone who plays this challenge - you've made a wonderful little crafters community and it's such a pleasure to join the fun each month. A big thank you to Gail for all she does to keep this fun challenge rolling along. 

 

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: Feathers / Vintage / Friendship

 

Product / Technique Options: Buttons / Abstract

 

I found myself sandwiched between Linda's this month and I sent this cared to Linda in Michigan...

Card Exchanging Friends from Simon Says Stamp
and Bohemian Collection by Crafters Companion

And received this beautiful creation from Linda W in Minnesota.

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.

Dani Doodles Day!

If it's Thursday, then it must be my day to share a Dani Doodles creation! 

Today, I'm showcasing More Narky Sentiments and proving how well Dani's sentiment stamps pair with just about any image you may have in your stash! 

I love this Stamplorations border called Coffee Pot Row, but have always lacked the perfect wording to partner with it... Until now! The 'hello' is a super-oldie from Simon Says Stamp. 

Hope you're having a happy day!

The Card Chain Challenge Reveal - February 2025

Over at The Card Chain Challenge we had 26 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month. this makes the total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,621. I think that's pretty amazing, don't you?

We had one new player this month, Darlene in Canada.  Welcome Darlene, so happy to have you as a link in the chain.

 

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

 

Colour Palette Option

or

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Celestial / Hearts and Flowers / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Embossing Powder / Die Cutting

I bagged the lovely Gail in Norway as my recipient for this month. For me, this card was always going to be all about the words. Thank you for being a very, very dear friend, Gail.

I used this set from Uniko to make her card. It's very plain, but very twinkly. My sender this month was Patricia in Texas. Her card is beautiful and it must have taken ages to carefully colour that embossing folder. Thanks so much, Pat, I love it.

Want to join the fun????

Hey, if you want to join in the fun why not 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 there!

And finally, the recipient of the above starry card has given me a nudge to sign up over at Simon Says Monday Challenge where they're playing Look to the Night Sky. Thanks for the hint Gail in Norway! 🤣🤣🤣

 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Reminder

Over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge Guest Elf Leslie from Love to Scrap 2 and I are asking you to

Fold it Fancy!

Here's Leslie and her lovely smile:

and here's a quick reminder of the stunning card she created for our challenge launch post. 

You can find all the details about how Leslie made her card by clicking here.

Just look at all the crisp mountain and valley folds Leslie created. Her creasing and measuring is just spot on and gives a great result.

For my inspired by... card I knew I wanted to grab Leslie's colour palette (so cozy) and use dimension and folds to create a little scene as I love an opportunity to tell a story with a card. Here's what I came up with:

I had to add some blue Stampin' Up! paper to create the sky.

When my hubby and I go for a walk we love to see a dog with a stick, so I thought I'd include one here. The pups are from Sunny Studio Dashing Dachshund which might just be one of my favourite dog stamps ever! The signpost and sentiments are from a now retired SSS set called Christmas Cheer and the snowflakes are also from SSS, and I think that background stamp is also retired. 

Thanks for the inspiration, Leslie, I would never have made this card without seeing your card first! If you want to see how to create this style of folded card take a look at Stamping Jill's fab tutorial. 

Rudolph has such a fun prize for his Random Raffle this month...

So why not come and join the fun!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #95 - Fold it Fancy!

It's the second of the month and time to launch a new challenge over at Christmas Kickstart...

We're in very good company for February as our elf is Leslie from Love to Scrap 2.

Thanks so much for agreeing to wear the elf hat this month, Leslie. You will love the theme Leslie's chosen as we're playing...

Challenge #95 - Fold it Fancy!

We'd want to see your choice of fancy/fun fold on a Christmas/Holiday card. 

Leslie really has created some folding magic with her card, so please go and take a look and prepare to be amazed!

If someone says 'Fancy Fold' to me I immediately see it as an opportunity to create an easel card. I do love an easel card and if, like me, you are a little fold-a-phobic, an easel card can be a great place to start. Just do a quick Google search and pick a style you like. I used Ardyth's instructions here, and you can see how she makes four different types of fun fold cards in her easy to follow video.

My card features this fun tired Santa from Whimsy Stamps and a Simon Says Stamp snowflakes background. I think the snowflakes may be out of stock right now, but there's plenty of similar stamps over at SSS. 

My second card is this one:

There's Wink of Stella on the tree on his jumper, the bobble on his hat and the mistletoe berries.

It's not a million miles from an easel card, but gives a very different 'look'. I know that I used a tutorial for this card too, but it's currently gone AWOL. I'll do a more thorough search and add the details later. Edited to add: Nope, still can't find it! 😟

If you like the little bear you can find him here. He's a cute digital stamp from the same set as the image on this card made by my CCC buddy, Imke.

 

Rudolph has such a fun prize for his Random Raffle this month:

Anyone entering the challenge (and following the guidelines) will go into the random draw to win this sweet stamp set.

Leslie and I can't wait to see your fabulous fancy folds and look forward to you playing along in our challenge.

The Card Chain Challenge Reveal - January 2025

We had 26 lovely participants who exchanged cards across the globe for our January Challenge.

 

The total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is a truly spectacular 4,595 which means we're closing in on our next big milestone of 5,000 cards sent.

 

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

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired)

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Theme Options: Moustaches / Cats / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Scraps / Spinner Card

The possibility of making a card combining the options of 'Moustaches' and 'Cats' was way too tempting to pass up, and so this is what I sent Barbara in Switzerland:

Don't you just love Hero Arts Cinco de Meow? It's currently reduced here in the UK. 😉

I paired this cute kitty with a Simon Says Stamp sentiment from the Happy Every Day set, which seems to be discontinued. 

The lovely Imke in Germany sent me this gorgeous card. Thanks you, Imke, I love it!

Hey, 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.