SAS4Kids: Holiday Cards 4 Kids!

Hello, everyone! Happy November! Happy Saturday! Happy weekend!

Since this is the first Saturday of a new month at Send a Smile 4 Kids, it's time for a new challenge. This month, our theme is holiday cards to be given to our hospitalized SAS4Kids. So it's time to ink up those Santas, reindeers, gingerbread people, snowpeople, and holiday sentiments.

When I purchased these Tim Holtz Christmas Cartoon stamps last year, I had already mailed my 2024 SAS4Kids box of cards. Nonetheless, I envisioned a frame of a black-and-white newspaper comic strip that a little one to color in. Gotta say I am pretty happy with the way this one turned out. And, since I wasn't doing any of the coloring myself, it was perfect for making a set of multiple cards. I think there were eight of these in my 2025 box. Ho, Ho, Ho!

BTW  The deadline for getting holiday/Christmas/winter cards to your favorite shipper(s) is December 5. And the January 15 Valentines' deadline will be here before we know it.

We hope you will stop by Send a Smile 4 Kids to check out our DT's wonderful holiday cards... and then stop back by to link up a kiddie card of your very own. While we are featuring holiday/Christmas cards, any kid-appropriate card can be linked up to play along. 

Thanks for stopping... and, as always, happy crafting!

SAS4Kids: Favorite Holiday Color Combo

Hi, everyone! Happy  World Card Making Day!

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. This month, our challenge is to make a card featuring your favorite holiday color combo. I've used my favorite Christmas color combo, but any holiday combo works for the challenge.

Several years ago, Stampin' Up! featured a collection called Santa's Workshop and I fell in love with the color combo in the dp: basic black, coastal cabana, early espresso, crushed curry, garden green, poppy parade, smoky slate, whisper white. Especially the combination of the bold-faced colors. 

This year, I came across the sweetest 6" x 6" paper and ephemera pack from Doodlebug Designs that gave those poppy parade, garden green, and coastal cabana vibes. Here are four cards that I made using those papers and ephemera.

Taylored Expressions easy strips: maps, dies, sticky sheets

You have until noon on October 31 to play along with us this month. And even though our theme this month is favorite holiday color combo, any kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up. Hope you will stop by SAS4Kids to see our design team's cute, cute, cute cards... and then stop back by and link up a card of your very own.

As always, thanks for stopping... and, as always, happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Cute Fall/Halloween Cards 4 Kids

Hi, everyone! It's the first Saturday of the month... which means it's time for a new SAS4Kids challenge. 

This month our theme is cute fall/Halloween cards 4 our kids. And, this month we have two wonderful Guest Designers joining us!

I went the Halloween route for my card, using a Stampin' Up die  and some SU cardstock and really cute designer papers.

Halloween seems to be a perennial favorite for our card makers. Hope you will stop by SAS4Kids to see the fun cards our guests and design team created for this challenge... and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own. Remember that although we are featuring fall and Halloween cards, you can link up any kiddie appropriate card to play along. And, the deadline for getting fall/Halloween cards to your favorite shipper(s) is October 5.

As always, thanks for stopping. Happy scrappin'!

SAS4KIds: Anything Goes 4 Kids

Hi, everyone! It's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

This month's theme is Anything Goes. Our design team is featuring Birthday Cards 4 Kids... because our shippers are always in need of birthday cards.  :)

For my card, I went with an all-time favorite stamp set. And, my layout was inspired by a card shared by card-making friend Anna.

Paper: Stampin Up! Tranquil Tide; stash white, black, and watercolor papers
Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs and accessories stamp sets colored with SU watercolor pencils
Sizzix embossing folder; Nestabilities circle dies

sentiment: a combination of three My Favorite Things stamp sets

Hope you'll stop by SAS4Kids and check out our team's super cute birthday cards. Then stop back by and link up an Anything Goes card of your very own. This month's link is open until noon EDT on Friday, September 5.

As always, thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Christmas in July 4 Kids

Hi, everyone! Happy 4th Weekend!

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. This month, we are continuing our annual tradition of celebrating Christmas in July 4 Kids, making Christmas/holiday cards for our SAS4Kids kids.

My card features some Yvonne Creations 3D Pull Out penguins. I actually made three of these, using supplies gifted to me by fellow SAS4Kids DTer Debi. Debi, I was blown away by how cute these cards turned out. Thank you soooo much! 

first card I made using pull outs from Debi.
Supplies: stash Distress Ink core paper, vellum, silver specialty paper,
Stampin' Up cardstock, Sizzix & Cuttlebug embossing folders, Ranger sander,
Nestabilities circle dies, various snowflake punches,
SU punches for small circles, thin dimensionals. 

the trio of 3D penguin cards

one set of 3D Yvonne Creation pull outs

I hope you'll stop by to check out all our designer's cards. They are really, really cute. Then please stop by to link up a card of your own. Even though we are focusing on Christmas/holiday cards this month, you may link up any kid-appropriate card to play along with us. And, you have until Friday, August 1 to join in the fun!

As always, thanks for stopping. Until next time, happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Summer Fun Cards 4 Kid

 Hi, everyone! I'm not quite sure where the year is going. But the calendar has turned to June, school is out for the summer, and the neighborhood pool is open. There are lot of smiling kids (and teachers) around here! 

Since it's the first Saturday of the month, it's time for a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids. Our theme this month is summer fun cards for kids. 

A while back, I was crafting with a couple of good friends. Suzanne had a new layered watercolor stencil from Pretty Pink Posh that she just had to share with us. And, I am so glad she did. Isn't this card adorable?!

Pretty Pink Posh layered stencil,  PPP coordinating sentiment stamp and dies
Stampin' Up! inks and papers

Hope you will stop by this month's SAS4Kids Challenge to check out the other designers' summery cards. And, then please come back and link up a card of your very own. As always, ANY kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up. You have until Friday July 4 to play along.

As always, thanks for stopping by. Happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Punny Sentiments

Hi, everyone! I'm not quite sure where the month of April went. But May is in full bloom and we are ready for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids.

Our theme this month is punny sentiments. And there are a couple of ways to go with this. Kiddie cards with punny sentiments would be great for family, friends, and staff to give to the patients. Or dad/guy cards with punny sentiments would be perfect for our kids to give to those special guys in their lives for Father's Day. The deadline for getting Father's Day cards to our shippers is May 15.

For my cards, I used Lawn Fawn's Dad Jokes stamp set and a Stampin' Up! pocket die to create a punny interactive card. Papers and vellum are from SU. Images and speech bubble text were stamped in Versamark black.

Dad Joke on Exterior of Pocket
Dad: Why did the bicycle fall over?
Child: *CRICKETS*

Answer Found on Paper Inside of Pocket
Dad: It was two tired.
Child: HA HA

Hope you will stop by this month's SAS4Kids Challenge to check out the other designers' cards. And, then please come back and link up a card of your very own. As always, ANY kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up. You have until Friday June 6 to play along.

As always, thanks for stopping by. Happy scrappin'!