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MFT Happy Pawlidays stamp set and pattern paper |
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Saturday, November 4, 2023
SAS4Kids: Happy Holidays 4 Kids
Saturday, October 7, 2023
SAS4Kids: Holiday/Celebration Cards 4 Kids
Hi, everyone! It's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for a new Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge.
Right now, our shippers are finishing up their Halloween boxes and getting ready to start on those Christmas boxes. So, this month, we are featuring Fall/Halloween, Christmas, AND Happy Birthday cards for our kids. (Yes, even during busy holiday seasons, birthday cards are appreciated. Always appreciated.)
Please note the deadline for getting fall/Halloween cards to our shippers is October 5. If you still have any of these cards to mail in, please touch base with your favorite shipper(s). Thanks!
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Stampin' Up stamp set, punch, cardstock My Favorite Things designer paper CASE design inspired by fellow SAS4KIDSer Bobbi |
Hope you'll stop by SAS4Kids to check out the other designers' cards and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own. We'd love to see one of your creations in our SAS4Kids October Gallery.
Until next time, take good care. As always, thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!
Monday, September 11, 2023
Home Tweet Home
Hello, everyone!
Okay, don't pass out. And, no, it's not the first Saturday of the month. I am here with a rare mid-month, non-SAS4Kids post. :)
The truth is I stopped blogging during the pandemic because I had pretty much lost my crafting mojo. While I envied friends who were finding some joy inking up and getting crafty, that wasn't the case for me. And then, like many folks, my priorities changed post pandemic. Yes, I've still been busy making cards... but I have gotten away from blogging about them.
But a funny thing happened this past weekend while making a new home card for some friends. Not only did I make a card that I really, really like, I found out there's a Card Design Superstar Contest going on over at My Favorite Things. Moreover, it turns out this tweet card -- sorry, I couldn't help myself -- seems to meet the criteria.
- MFT Pattern Paper: Tiny Check
- MFT Stamps: Tweet Greetings
- MFT Die-Namics:
- Branch & Leaves: Beautiful Branch
- Birdhouse Hanger: Filled with Joy
- Birds and Birdhouse: a retired set gifted to me years ago
- Versamark onyx black
- Stampin' Up cardstock: base, birdhouse, birds Core'dinations core paper: blue mat behind MFT check Ranger Distress core paper: leaves Recollections value packs: branch, black mat behind MFT DCWV Glitter Mat Stack: birdhouse hanger
Saturday, September 2, 2023
SAS4Kids: Cute Fall/Halloween Cards 4 Kids
Hello! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope everyone is enjoying this Labor Day weekend. And, I send heartfelt well wishes to all those who have been affected by Hurricane Idalia.
For us cardmakers, September means it's time to get out those pumpkin stamps and leaf die cuts, right?! At Send a Smile 4 Kids, our focus turns to cute Fall/Halloween cards. These are fun, whimsical cards that family members and/or hospital staffers can give to kiddo/tween/teen hospitalized patients. The deadline for getting these cards to our shippers is early October. So, there really is no time like the present to ink up those pumpkins and cut out those leaves.
I found the dies to make this cute little mummy -- with wiggly legs!!! -- while shopping at a scrapbooking store last year with my friend Anna. I just couldn't resist this little cutie. Since I had just gotten these sentiment rip strips from My Favorite Things... Well, how could I pass up this interactive combo?
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Stampin' Up dp and cardstock Spellbinder's Dancin' Mummy die MFT sentiment rip strip die Stampin' Up! Good Greetings sentiment |
Our designers really outdid themselves this month. Hope you'll stop by Send a Smile 4 Kids and check out their adorable kiddie cards... and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own!
Saturday, August 5, 2023
SAS4Kids: Birthday Cards 4 Kids
Hi, everyone!
Today is the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for a new Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge. Those of us who make cards for SAS4Kids will soon be making fall and winter holiday cards. So, this month, we are focusing on birthday cards... in the hope of helping our shippers stock up on birthday cards before we all start inking up pumpkins and cutting out Christmas trees.
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MFT pattern paper, MFT You Make My Tail Wag stamps and dies, sentiment: MFT Happy Pawlidays and BB Greetings Galore combo Stampin' Up! cardstock |
I've gotta give credit where credit's due.
This is a CASE of an adorable card by Jodi Williams.
Thanks for your amazing inspiration, Jodi!
Hope you'll stop by SAS4Kids to see some adorable birthday cards, and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own. Remember, you can link up any kiddie-appropriate card to play along. Even though we are featuring birthday cards, anything kid-friendly goes. :)
As always, thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!
Saturday, July 1, 2023
SAS4Kids: Christmas in July 4 Kids
Hi, everyone! Hope this is the start of a fun holiday to all those celebrating The Fourth here in The States!
This month at the Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge blog, our theme is Christmas in July 4 Kids. That's right, we are making cards for family and hospital staff to give to kids/tween/teen in-patients this coming holiday season.
So, I was crafting with a couple of friends earlier this year when Lori was making some adorable penguin cards... and making them a whole lot faster than I typically take. When I saw the punch and stamp set she was using, I decided that I needed to add these Stampin' Up! cuties to my stash. (Helpful Hint: The English-version stamp set was sold out... but not the French one. I mean, we all have sentiments we could use... right?!) The paper is holiday dp from My Favorite Things.
Hope you'll stop by SAS4Kids to see our DT's fun creations... and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own.
Thanks for stopping. Happy scrappin'... and Happy Fourth!
Saturday, June 3, 2023
SAS4Kids: Cards 4 Tweens/Teens
Hi, everyone! Happy Saturday!
Since it's a first Saturday, we have a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. This month, we are focusing on cards for our older tween/teen patients.
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My Favorite Things stamp set and cloud stencil images colored with Stampin' Up watercolor pencils clouds inked with Distress Ink oxide Paper Smooches dies; Distress Ink core paper; |
Hope you will stop by SAS4Kids to check out our DT's takes on this fun theme... and then stop back by to link up a kid-friendly card of your very own.
As always, thanks for stoppin'... and happy scrappin'!