Cute Halloween or Fall Cards 4 Kids!

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Cute Halloween or Fall Cards 4 Kids. Create and link any cute Fall or Halloween card for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. We start early here at SAS4Kids because late October would be too late to get your cards to our kids who are in the hospital on this holiday (if you wanted to send it in.) Please no scary cards or creepy cards for this challenge or for our kids!

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: The Paper Shelter is giving their winner a $20 gift certificate! Delicious Doodles is giving their randomly picked winner 4 digis of their choice!  And QKR Stampede’s winner gets 5 digis of their choice! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card above features a cute digi from The Paper Shelter called "A Great Harvest". I thought he had a great haul of candy so I used that pun in my sentiment. The digi was already colored so making this cute card for one of my kids was easy and fun. 

My second card highlights a fun spider from Delicious Doodles. I started with a little embossing and paper pieced the spider. The sentiment is from Crackerbox Palace.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

Punches and/or Diecuts 4 Kids at SAS4Kids!

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Punches and/or Diecuts 4 Kids. Create and link any card for a child featuring punches and/or diecuts and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have three very generous sponsors this week: Delicious Doodles is giving their winner 4 digis of their choice! And Sassy Studios is giving their randomly picked winner 4 digis of their choice! QKR Stampede’s winner will receive 5 digis of their choice!  TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card above features a sweet image from Delicious Doodles called Bear and Baby. I paper pieced both bears and cut out a circle with my Nestabilities. I cut another larger circle and then cut out a slice to frame the bear circle over a fun patterned cardstock. The love is a die from W Plus 9 and I die cut it with the same patterned cardstock.

My second card features Princess Arial from Sassy Studios. I paper pieced her dress and colored the rest with my Copics. I framed her with a fancy square die cut from Spellbinders. I figured she was a princess so she needed a castle, so check out the inside of the card which I cut with my Silhouette Portrait and a Silhouette America cutting file:

Perfect for a little princess! The doors and windows even open:) I am entering these cards in the Child's Play challenge at Crafty Catz and the Anything Goes challenge at Sister Act.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

Birthday Fun 4 Kids at SAS4Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Birthday Fun 4 Kids! Create and link any card appropriate for a child’s birthday and you could win one of our great prizes. We have three very generous sponsors this week: QKR Stampede is giving their winner 5 digis of their choice! And Scrapping Memories is giving their randomly picked winner 10 cutting or digi files of their choice! Delicious Doodle’s winner will receive 4 digis of their choice!   TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

I made a CAS birthday card above with the darling digital image called Doggie in a Box from Delicious Doodles. I let the embossing say Happy Birthday, cut a frame from the blue strip, and paper pieced the doggie and his present box. 

My second card features a super cute bunny from QKR Stampede saying I Love You This Much and Happy Birthday too. The happy b-day is an old stamp from TAC, but the "love you this much" digital stamp comes with the bunny. I printed the bunny on pink paper and paper pieced his vest.

My last card today again lets the embossing say Happy Birthday, this time in three layers circling a sweet girl called Kari Cupcake from Scrapping Memories. I did some coloring and paper piecing again and raised her with pop dots. I am hoping a little girl at the Milwaukee Children's Hospital might like this card.

I am entering these cards in the CAS birthday challenge at CAS-ual Fridays and the challenge at Paper Crafting Journey to use a sentiment.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

Aything Goes at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

It’s Saturday so it must be time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is everyone’s favorite- Anything Goes 4 Kids! You can make and link any kind of card as long as it is appropriate for a child. And remember we are a card only challenge- cuz that is what we are all about- cards for our kids!

We have three very generous sponsors this week: Delicious Doodles is giving their winner 4 digis of their choice! And Joan’s Gardens is giving their randomly picked winner a $25 Gift Certificate! Dollar Graphic Depot’s winner will receive a $15 gift certificate!  TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card features a super cute Bee and Flower from Delicious Doodles which I paper pieced with several papers. I cut him out with a lacey circle die from Spellbinders, layered it on another yellow lacey circle and wove black and white baker's twine in and out before tying a bow at the top. It is a fun way to frame a CAS image.

My second card features two sweet Skating Kids by Alice Smith for Dollar Graphics Depot. I created an oval skating rink for them with some silver paper and cut the bottom of the card in that shape as well. The sweet images were pre-colored so I just cut them out and attached, then added a perfect sentiment (from Crackerbox Palace) to complete the card for one of our kids.

I am entering these cards in the challenges at Stamp n doodle (Anything Goes) and The Stamping Chef (blue, white and silver.)

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

Animal Cards 4 Kids at SAS4Kids!

It's time for another new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids and our theme this time is Animal Cards 4 Kids. Any animal will do- just make a card for a child that includes some kind of animal and enter it in our challenge for a chance at two great sponsor prizes. Delicious Doodles and Stamping Dragon Designs are both awarding their random winners 4 digis of their choice! Just click on their names to check out all the wonderful choices at their websites! We will also be picking a Top Three who win a blog badge and the chance to join our design team for an upcoming challenge.

My first card features a super cute giraffe from Delicious Doodles. I printed him and cut him out- so sweet and easy! The border die is from Quic Kutz and I took three of the circles to highlight the sentiment from Verve.

My second card features a sweet mouse and his cheese from Stamping Dragon Designs. I love cheese (and am a proud cheesehead:) so couldn't resist this digital stamp. I printed him and paper pieced with a little coloring of the eyes and nose. The cheese on the bottom was created with a bubbles edge punch from ek success and a layer below that was sponged just slightly darker. The perfect sentiment is a digital stamp from Clear Dollar Stamps.

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenges at Divas by Design and The Paper Shelter.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

What if? Wed. Sketch Challenge

It is time for another sketch challenge at Repeat Impression's blog, The House that Stamps Built. The sketch you should use to design your card for this challenge is below. Please visit the blog for all the details on what you can win and to see the other Rock Star's cards using this sketch.

I created a fun winter card starting with a white card with two different shades of blue attached, and then embossed the whole thing with a snowflake embossing folder. I stamped Snowcat and Friends and did a little coloring and sponging before layering on navy and attaching.

I am entering this card in the Winter Wonderland challenge at Delicious Doodles.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Cuttlebug Spot and Digi Doodles Shops Best Challenges

The challenge this week at the Cuttlebug Spot is to use texture and make a Winter Scene and at Digi DoodlesShops Best the theme is embossing. The texture in the card is created by embossing the scalloped circle and also the raised dots created by the embossing folder by Cuttlebug.The winter scene is a beautiful digital stamp called Snowy Mailbox by Delicious Doodles. CAS but I love how it turned out.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Valentines for Kids at SAS4Kids

It's time for the first challenge of 2012 at Send a Smile 4 Kids and we are challenging you to make a Valentine card that a child would like. We are always working ahead here at SAS4Kids because if you decide to send in your Valentine for one of our kids in the seven children's hospitals we are currently servicing, we would need to receive it at one of our four addresses by February 1st to ensure time to get them to the hospital before the holiday. But don't worry- if we get cards after a mailing deadline, we will save them for the next year or arrange a rush delivery. And feel free to enter our challenges even if you can't donate the card to SAS4Kids. Make a Valentine for your child or grandchild or friend and enter it in the challenge for a chance to win some great prizes! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the TEAM S.A.S cards.

Our wonderful sponsors for the Valentines for Kids Challenge are: Stamp Shoppe Creations and their prize is a $15 gift certificate to their on-line shop; Delicious Doodles and they are offering one random winner 4 digital images of their choice; and Bugaboo who is giving 7 free digis of the winner's choice! I had so much fun with the sponsor's images, I had to make one card for each sponsor!

My first card (above) features a sweet Valentine turtle from Stamp Shoppe Creations. Many of you know this on line shop is the place you can go to get the fun stamps that my friend, Heidi Erickson, of my local Stamp Shoppe has created. I belong to a stamp club at Heidi's shop and consider it my home away from home. The Valentine sentiment is also from Stamp Shoppe Creations. I created a square card using a large heart border punch from Martha Stewart punched 4 times and added a small heart punch (ek success) to the corners. I raised the cute turtle and waved the sentiment to complete the Valentine.

For my second card I used this super cute Valentine dino from Bugaboo. I paper pieced him and placed him on a white circle. I used a nestie and my No More Shims pad to create the embossed frame and added the sentiment (Stamp Shoppe Designs) and some hearts to complete the card.

My third card features a fun Valentine Bug from Delicious Doodles. I paper pieced him and then cut and embossed with a wacky rectangle nestie. I raised him with mounting tape and placed him above a dp layer and an auqua strip with a punched heart edge (Martha Stewart). I used two of the words from the sentiment from Stamp Shoppe Creations and a heart gem to make the sentiment tag.  Some gems and a button complete the card.

I am entering these cards in the challenges at Simon Says Stamp (New Something), Whimsy Inspirations (New Beginnings) and My Mum's Craftshop (Something New.) All the stamps I used were new to me and I had fun making these Valentines for the kids in children's hospitals.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Delicious Doodles and Stampin' For the Weekend Challenges

Anything Goes at Delicious Doodles and Stampin' for the Weekend and so I am sharing a winter card I made. I started with a beautiful snowflake diecut from Memory Box and used the cardstock after I punched out the snowflake. Is that the positive or negative? I am never sure of the correct term to use, but love the look. I punched the edges with a Martha Stewart snowflake edge punch and added a fun winter sentiment. Then I raised that piece up with mounting tape and attached to a white card. I finished the card with a small snowflake stamp and gem in the middle.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Paper Creations Ink Halloween Challenge

It's a Halloween challenge at Paper Creations Ink and we are challenging you to make anything with paper and Halloween related for a chance at a great prize from our sponsor, Delicious Doodles. Please visit the PCI blog for all the details and to see the other great Halloween creations by the PCI design team.

I started with a great Halloween silhouette stamp from Delicious Doodles and printed it twice- once on yellow paper and once on Halloween patterned paper. I cut out the house and moon and attached it to the dp. A little layering and a seasonal ribbon piece and this CAS Halloween card is done.

I am entering this card in the Halloween challenge at One Stop Craft Challenges.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Fun with Delicious Doodles Digital Stamps

I won some awesome digital stamps from Delicious Doodles and have been having so much fun designing cards with them and am sharing today. I just love the Lovey Dovey Silhouette stamp and used it as the focal point on this Napkin Fold Wedding Card (tutorial on how make one here). I printed the Lovey Dovey stamp on white cardstock and cut it out with a circle nestie and added Pearl Pen pearls to accent all the way around. The corners were punched with a Fiskars corner punch and pearls added to each. I created a band using a ek success border punch punched twice on a black cardstock strip and attached a silver ribbon down the middle. The circle piece is attached to the ribbon band and it slides off to open the napkin fold card.

This is what the inside of the napkin fold card looks like. I punched a Martha Stewart hearts border and added a wedding sentiment to complete the card.

I used another beautiful Delicious Doodles digital stamp to make this CAS holiday card. I love how if you have a beautiful stamp and a fun fold like above, or a great embossing folder like this one, it is so easy to make a lovely card. I used a Marianne Design embossing folder that cuts and embosses, rounded the corners, added some Pearl Pen pearls and the shaped Snowy Mailbox image and the end result is a beautiful holiday card.

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenges at Woodware USA and Craft Your Passion.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Mojo Monday 200 and Freshly Brewed Challenges

It is Mojo Monday's 200th sketch challenge and this is the great sketch they are featuring this week. At Freshly Brewed Challenges they want us to use an animal in our card. I chose this Zebra and Foal from Delicious Doodles- too cute. The sentiment is from TPC Studios and was cut out with a square nestie and then sponged while still in the die. I like to think a handmade card is like a hug you get through the mail.
The border punch is from Martha Stewart and I added a black checked ribbon to complete the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Sweet Stamping and Totally Gorjus Challenges

The challenge this week at Sweet Stamping is One for the Boys and at Totally Gorjus it is All About Boys. I have been trying to make some more cards for my boys at SAS4Kids so these challenges are perfect for that. I won this awesome frame digital stamp from Delicious Doodles and it makes the card! I printed it on brown paper and cut it out. The deer is a stencil and I sponged him in brown ink on wood like paper. I attached to a black card and it was done. CAS but I love it.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Simon Says Stamp and Paper Shelter Challenges

The challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp is Anything Goes and at The Paper Shelter Challenge it is "For the Birds". I won four awesome digital stamps from Delicious Doodles and Lovey Dovey Silhouette is the first one I picked. Is it not gorgus?! So easy to make a CAS but lovely card with an image like this! I printed on white paper and added the Sizzix embossing to frame it. Rounded the corners, added some pearls and a simple sentiment from Flourishes and the card was done.

Stamping smiles, Karen