SAS4Kids: Christmas in July 4 Kids

Hi, everyone! Hope you and yours are enjoying a fun holiday weekend.

This is the first Saturday of the month which means it's time for a new Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge! This month, we are focusing on Christmas/holiday cards for family and/or hospital staff members to give to our kids this holiday season.

MFT dp; SU and Recollections cardstock
Paper Crafts stickers
Creative Memories double square punch
Paper Smooches wave die
SU owl punch (for tiny noses)

I had two guiding principles when making this card. The first was to actually use a few of those great stickers I bought at a neighborhood garage sale last fall. They were so cute... and so cheap. And I promised myself I would actually use them for cards this holiday season. The second goal was to not overly complicate these cards. Trying to keep things simple and sweet. 

The one extra mile I went was to replace the noses on all three stickers. Each sticker had a tiny red gem. I swapped these out with teeny, tiny punched out cardstock noses... just in case this card ends up in some teeny, tiny hands.

Even though the DT is focusing on Christmas cards this month, any kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up for our monthly challenge. You have until August 2 to play along. Hope to see you in our July gallery. And hope you'll stop by SAS4Kids to check out our other DT cards. 

As always, thanks for stopping... and Happy Scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Cards 4 Tweens/Teens

Hi, everyone! Happy June! 

It's the first of the month... which means it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This month, our DT is featuring cards for our older (tween, teen) patients. 

This card has been in my stash from a crafting event for a while now. And, I honestly can't remember where I made it. I'm thinking it's from last year's Simon Says Stamp's CREATE. There's also a chance it was made at a foiling class at Creative Chaos, a favorite local haunt. But, for the life of me, I can't remember, Nor do I remember the company being represented. Sigh... It sure ain't easy getting old, is it?! 

The current SAS4Kids challenge is open until July 5. While we are featuring tween/teen cards this month, any kiddo appropriate card can be linked up to play along. 

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see your works of heart in our SAS4Kids June gallery. Until next time, happy scrappin'!

Hi, everyone! 

It's May... which means it's time for Dad/Guy cards over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. These are cards for the kids to give to give to the dads (or special guys) in their lives. It's worth noting that the deadline for getting dad/guy cards to our SAS4Kids shippers is May 15.

Lawn Fawn Dad Jokes stamp set
???? gifted paper

Love, love, love this card for three reasons. Actually love it because of three special ladies: 1) Friend Anna and I were spending a lovely day checking out a couple of our favorite scrapbook stores when I came across this sweet little stamp set. 2) Friend Irene brought tons of paper that she had been gifted to a card-making afternoon to share with us. That's where this cool green paper came from. 3) The card's design was tweaked from a card I received from friend Lori. I loved the idea of a shorter front panel and thought it was perfect for featuring two jokes from that stamp set. 

I had initially thought about coloring the images. Then I decided to go with a classic black-and-white palette... but it looked too plain. So, I added some hand-drawn pencil accents, along with a couple of punched out stars, for some extra interest.

Hope you'll stop by the SAS4Kids challenge blog and check out our DT's cards. Looks like the kids' dads will be getting some really cute cards. Then hope you'll stop back by and link up a card of your very own. 

Thanks for stopping.... and happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Cards 4 Moms/Special Ladies

 Hi, everyone! 

It's hard to believe today is the first of April. It's even harder to believe that the SAS4Kids deadline for Mother's Day cards is April 15... which is just nine days away! These are cards for the kids to give to give to the moms (or special ladies) in their lives.

I dug out one of my absolute favorite Stampin' Up! stamp sets for my card. It's one of those that I ink up time and time again. I decided against any sentiment so that it could be used for a multitude of occasions, including Mother's Day. And I did a bit of paper piecing for a splash of color on our celebratory gal's dress.

SU Beautiful You stamp set and dsp

Hope you'll stop by the SAS4Kids challenge blog and check out our DT's cards. Then I hope you'll stop back by and link up a card of your very own. 

Thanks for stopping.... and happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Cards 4 Boys

Hi, everyone! It's the first Saturday of March, which means it's time for a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids. Our theme this month is Cards 4 Boys. 

For my card, I took the advice of crafting friend and fellow SAS DTer Bobbi to take advantage of those great cardmaking kits. My card is from Stampin' Up!'s Rock Legend Kit. 

Hope you'll stop by SAS4Kids to check out all our DT's cool cards and then stop back later to link up a card of your very own. Any kid-appropriate card can be linked up to play along this month. 

The deadline to get Spring/Easter cards to our shippers is this Monday. So, if you still have cards you were planning on sending to your favorite shipper, please reach out to them as soon as possible.

As always, thank you for all you do for our SAS4Kids kids. And, as always, thanks for stopping by. Happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Love/Valentine Cards 4 Kids

Hello, crafty friends! Hope you enjoyed a fun and festive holiday season... and that 2024 is off to a wonderful start.

This is the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for a new Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge. This month we are focusing on Love/Valentine cards that can be given to inpatient kids by family and/or hospital staffers. Please note that the deadline to get Love/Valentine cards to your favorite SAS4Kids shippers is January 15. Please contact your favorite shipper(s) if you have cards that might be arriving a little late.

For my card, I decided to go with a subtle heart theme (heart on hat, hat dp)... because I just wasn't quite ready to put away this cute little snowman die yet.  :)

Hero Arts Peeking Snowman die
My Favorite Things stitched rectangular dies
various punches for circles, snowflakes and tiny heart
SU cardstock; Doodlebug Designs dp

There are some seriously cute kiddie V-Day cards over at SAS4Kids. Stop by to check out our DT's crafty creations... and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own, You have until noon EST to join in the fun this month.

As always, thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Happy Holidays 4 Kids

Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday! Happy weekend!

Today is such an exciting day here at Send a Smile 4 Kids. Not only are we announcing our November challenge, but also we are welcoming Melanie Hungerford to our Design Team!

Melanie, who shares her adventures in card making at Cards by Melanie has been a loyal supporter of SAS4Kids for a while. You have probably seen her creations featured in several of our mid-month Design Team Shout-outs. Melanie has the sweetest design style -- a perfect style for kiddie cards -- and we are thrilled that she has joined our SAS4Kids family. THRILLED! Welcome, Melanie!!! 

FYI  The deadline for getting holiday/Christmas/winter cards to our shippers is December 5. So, this month we are focusing on holiday cards for the kids.  

MFT Happy Pawlidays stamp set and pattern paper

Hope you will stop by Send a Smile 4 Kids to check out our DT's seasonal greetings... 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 happy crafting!