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! 🤣🤣🤣

 

Merry Christmas Challenge

 

It's January 1st - So I'll send Happy New Year greetings to all my Cardland buddies!

And what a fabby way to start 2025 as we open a new year of inspiration over at Merry Little Challenge Blog with a sweet little Anything Christmas Goes Challenge.  

I spotted this gorgeous stamp and sentiment set from Uniko a little while back and knew I had to buy it. Isn't it pretty, and oh, so versatile too. I love the two examples that Beverley made and may have to give the glittery, sparkly version a try. How lovely that you can also use this set for a Diwali card too. Nice!

We're having a change of 'leader' over at MLCC, and so, as she steps down, I'd like to thanks lovely Leslie for all her hard work and encouragement. We're now going to be in the very capable hands of Tina and I'm sure you'll all join in wishing her all the very best in her new role!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge #103 - G is for Galaxy

The Sisterhood's latest challenge is simply out of this world as Edna hops into her little blue spaceship and races off around the galaxy!

Once again, my card is a little light on snark as I decided to use a gorgeous stamp set which I won a while ago on the 25 Tags of Christmas Challenge (Thanks, Lindsey!). The set is from Uniko and is called Reach for the Stars. This is the first set I've used from this company and I have to say it stamps beautifully. I created my galaxy background after finding a great tutorial on Pinterest... which, typically, I can't find again. Why, oh, why did I not bookmark it!
The sistahs have created some really brilliant cards for this challenge and we seem to have a mini Dr. Who challenge within the wider challenge. Please head on over, take a look and play along...