SAS4Kids: Sketch-Inspired Cards 4 Kids

Hello, everyone! Hope your weekend is off to a great start.

This is the first Saturday of a new month.... which means it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. This month's challenge is to use a sketch to make a kiddie appropriate card. Sketches can be an oldie-but-goldie -- any former OWHers out there? -- or one from a current challenge. Any sketch at all. 

For my card, I used one of the Taylored Expressions (Easy Strip) Maps. (Gotta say I have fallen in love with these Easy Strips. LOVE them!) And because the SAS4Kids Mother's Day deadline is April 15, I have made a card that an older child can give to his/her mom/special lady. 

TE (Easy Strip) Map and sticky sheet
Stampin' Up! designer paper; miscellaneous cardstock
Lawn Fawn Scripty Sayings sentiment in Versamark ink
tiny black hearts: SU owl punch

Card and Package of TE Maps

Hope you will stop by this month's SAS4Kids Challenge to check out the other designers' cards. (Our focus was on sketch-inspired mom cards.... and all the cards are just so sweet.) And, then please come back and link up a card of your very own. As always, ANY kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up.

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

SAS4Kids: Animal Cards 4 Kids

Hello, everyone! Happy March!

It's the first Saturday of a new month. So, it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. This month, our theme is Animal Cards 4 Kids. And, since the SAS4Kids Spring/Easter deadline is March 20, you are going to see lots of baby animals on designers' cards. 

The little bunny on my card couldn't be happier about having two -- TWO -- carrots!!! To allow for versatility, I left off a sentiment. This card could be used for spring or Easter... or even given to a child who loves bunnies to celebrate a birthday or special occasion. 

Stampin' Up! (retired) stamp set and dies
SU watercolor pencils and cardstock
SU and Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies
Paper Smoochies grass border die
SU owl punch for small circles in top right and lower left corners

Hope you'll stop by the SAS4Kids challenge blog to check out all our designers' cards... and then stop back by to link up a card of your very own.

As always, thanks for stopping! Happy Scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: Fun Fold Cards 4 Kids

Hello, everyone! Welcome back!

Today is the first Saturday of February, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids. Our theme for this month is Fun Fold Cards 4 Kids. Fun!!!

My card was inspired by a Thanksgiving card I received from card-making gal pal Irene. I decided to create a sentiment-free card that could be used for a boy/Dad birthday or Father's Day. I loved getting sentiment-free cards when I was a shipper for SAS4Kids because they allow for more flexibility.

Stampin' Up! Trusty Tools dp
Tools fussy cut   :)

Inspiration/CASE card from Irene

Stop by SAS4Kids to check out this month's Design Team cards. Then stop back by again to link up a card of your very own. You have until February 28 to play along with us. Any kiddie-appropriate card will be eligible for Top Three honors.  

As always, thanks for stopping. And, happy scrappin'!

SAS4Kids: "Make New Friends..."

Hello, everyone! Happy 2025! Here's hoping your holidays have been fun-filled and heartwarming. 

It's certainly been a while. Quite a long while in card-making circles. I am so very sorry to have been gone for so long and promise to do better this year.  

It's the first Saturday of a new month, which means it's time for a new card-making challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids. In the past, SAS4Kids challenges have corresponded to upcoming holidays.  This year, we have decided to change things up a bit. As the months pass, you will see that we are introducing some non-holiday-related challenges. 

To ring in this new year, our January inspiration is the lyric from an old Girl Scout song. (Any other former Girl Scouts out there? Think I still have my badge sash!) 

Girl Scout Song Lyric: Make new friends, but keep the old.

Our SAS4Kids Take: Use new stamps, but remember the old.

That's right, this month's challenge is to make a card with a new stamp you've been looking forward to inking up... or with an old stamp that you haven't used in a while... or with both old and new stamps. Let's call it a stamp-lovers Anything Goes!

For my card, I used a stamp from the very first sentiment stamp set I ever had. I honestly have no idea who made these stamps. nor how long I have had them. But, they were my go-to sentiments for a long, long time. I also decided to use a box of washi tape that I got from Michael's years and years ago. I can't remember how many times I've come across the box and thought that I really should be using these. And, truth be told, I have no idea why I waited so long to use this washi tape. I'm pretty pleased with the way this birthday card turned out. 

If you are interested in playing along with us this month at SAS4Kids, you can link up any kid-friendly card, even if you're not sure it exactly meets this month's challenge. And, it is not required that you donate your linked-up card to SAS4Kids... but a hospitalized child would surely love it if you did. Finally, the deadline to get Valentine's Day cards to our shippers is January 15.

As always, thanks for stopping! (Hope to see you back here in February.) And Happy Crafting!

SAS4Kids: Cute Fall/Halloween Cards 4 Kids!

Hi, everyone! Happy Saturday!

It's the first Saturday of the month... which means it's time for a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Since the deadline for getting fall/Halloween cards to our shippers is October 5, this month our DT is featuring fall and Halloween cards.

I apologize for not having an original card of my own to share this month. You know, sometimes life just gets in the way of crafting. Right?! But I couldn't pass up the chance to encourage you to stop by SAS4Kids and check out our designer's adorable cards.

As always, thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'! Hope to see your fall creations in our SAS4Kids September gallery.  :)

SAS4Kids: Birthday Cards 4 Kids

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

The months of September through December are really busy for our SAS44Kids shippers. So, we take the month of August to make birthday cards so that our shippers stock up on them before the holiday season gets underway. 

MFT dp and sentiment (created from two stamp sets)
Doodlebug 3-D dog sticker
stenciled doggie-themed background

Hope you'll visit SAS4Kids to check our DT's adorable cards... and then stop back by to link up a card of your own.

As always, thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'! See you in the SAS4Kids gallery!

 

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'!