May Card Chain Challenge

 Hello,

Its time for the Card Chain Challenge May cards reveal and the cards that went around the world in May 2026 can all be seen HERE.

To join in the chain add your link to the list - you will send a card to the person who signed up before you. then wait to receive one from the person who signed up after you.  Don't worry, instructions are sent out to everyone who joins the chain 

 It's a worldwide chain and 25 people made up the chain this time.  It turned out that I was the link between two lovely German cardmakers this time; I sent my card to Gundi in Michendorf and received this beautiful flower card from Imke

 

  All the cards exchanged in May used at least one of the following options:

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Floral / Postal / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Twine or Thread / Spinner Card

 

 

My card for Gundi

I chose the Floral theme and Friendship from the options, as a new link in the chain, I'm sending and receiving from new friends every time!

I'd made a similar card  a week or two earlier, I liked how it worked out so thought I'd make another in the same vein.  I chose a different flower from the same set and went with sunny yellows rather than pinks

 I used a couple of favourite die sets. 

The slatted square set from Craft Addiction uk  

I cut the 2nd largest die directly into the card front  

One of the lovely flowers from a Spellbinders set of a year or so ago - you can still find it, I've given the name and die number below 

I used Susan Tierney's special flower-making cardstock for the flowers and leaves, inked with various shades of green and yellow 

Inside was partially inked in a few shades of blue ink so that the colour would show through the slats and I added an extra leaf inside for interest. 

To finish I made a set of white on green sentiments using my graphics program and used one of them - the rest will come in handy later. I use Paint Shop Pro and we've just bought the latest version and I don't find it nearly as easy to use as our ancient version!

 Materials

from Spellbinders;

 

Susan's Garden Speciality Cardstock SCS-122 

 

 Simon Hurley Floral Stems Etched Dies S6-215

 Other

Slatted Squares die set: Craft Addiction uk 

Inks 

pc generated sentiment

 

 

If you buy paper craft goodies, such as dies, stencils, stamps etc you may like to use my Spellbinders link 

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx