Happy Holidays 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s the first Saturday of a new month and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Again this year, all challenges at SAS4Kids are Anything Goes 4 Kids! We will often have an alternative theme that you can choose to follow, but are not required to. Create and link any card that is appropriate for a child and your card could be chosen as one of our top three cards and you could join us as a guest dt member on a future challenge. We are also continuing as a monthly challenge so new challenges will be posted on the first Saturday of every month and you will have a whole month to make and link your cards.

 

The theme for this challenge is: Happy Holidays 4 Kids Or Anything Goes 4 Kids. As always, be sure to check the current needs page before sending any cards in and stay safe and healthy. 

I made my slimline holiday card with two layers of  Tonic Studio’s pearlescent paper cut with Rubbernecker’s stitched slimline dies. I raised the center one and cut out “hugs” with an alphabet die from Karen Burniston. “Christmas” is also from Karen Burniston and I added some gems to finish the card.

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the cards from TEAM SAS here and we would love it if you entered our challenge. 

Slimline See Through Cards With Laminating Pouches From My Newest Video

I had so much fun making see through cards with laminating pouches for my newest video, that I made a total of seven cards for the video. The four I am sharing today are slimline and this fall card has leaves and confetti in a colored laminating pouch as well as a pretty slimline die from Rubbernecker. Here is a peak at the inside of this card:

I love this leaf die from Gina Marie designs and the sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

Here is another slimline card with a colored laminating pouch filled with snowflakes and confetti. "Christmas Blessings" is a die from Sue Wilson and "Peace, Love & Joy" is a die from Penny Black. I added some silver punched snowflakes with gems from Gina Marie Designs.

This faux shaker slimline card features a window slimline die from Whimsy Stamps and the butterfly is a layered die from Birch Press Design. I call it a faux shaker because all the windows look like I shook a shaker but the confetti stays in one place. 

This card also features a slimline die from Whimsy Stamps and confetti and glitter from Maker Forte. The top two windows are faux shakers but the bottom window has confetti inside the window and also is a real shaker with beads and confetti that move. 

I hope you will watch the video and that my cards inspire you to give this fun look a try.

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Masked Friend Card

I am in the middle of a very busy few weeks here so that is why you are not seeing a new card every day here on my blog. Having lots of fun but it will be nice too when it is not so busy and my travels are done. I decided to sneak the time to post a card for the masking challenge at Love Love Cards this month. I masked the front of this card leaving only the strip on the left exposed, then stamped and sponged the strip with peach distress ink. I removed the mask and stamped the beautiful sentiment from Rubbernecker. (The floral swirl stamp is from Rubbernecker too.) I punched a couple butterflies out of a Brusho Goosebumps piece and added a trail of gems before attaching to a black cardbase.

I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at 613 Avenue Create.

In Loving Memory Card

I recently used some NBUS stamps to make a sympathy card - something we all need to have on hand unfortunately. I stamped the gorgeous scene (stamp from Local King Rubber Stamp) on watercolor paper, sprinkled on some blue and green Brusho Crystal Colours and spritzed with water. I created a stitched oval frame with a die from My Creative Time and stamped the lovely sentiment from Rubbernecker.

 I am entering this card in the all about stamping challenge at Virginia's View and the Anything Goes challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

In Loving Memory

I am sharing a CAS card I made with Bister crystals and saran wrap on watercolor paper. I have posted many cards made with this technique on glossy paper which results in a much more dramatic background, but this time I tried it on watercolor paper and the background is very subtle which is perfect for a sympathy card. After the background dried, I simply sponged black distress ink through a lovely leafy branch stencil from Stencil Girl and stamped the beautiful sentiment from Rubbernecker.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp and Wonderful Wednesdays.

Brusho Bokeh Stars and Dreams Card

I saw this sentiment stamp from Rubbernecker recently and knew I had to get it. I loved the font and what it had to say. I heat embossed the sentiment onto watercolor paper with black embossing powder. Then I sprinkled on yellow and blue Brusho Crystal Colours, spritzed with water and let it dry. I punched a star in acetate and applied white pigment ink through the star opening for a starry bokeh background.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at 613 Avenue Create and the "use a stamp, not a digi" challenge at Allsorts. 

"Perfectly Normal Family" Brusho Card

I keep finding cool new stamp companies and cannot resist buying more and more stamps (and dies and accessories- what a fun addiction this is!) This sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamps cracks me up and will be perfect for my sister's birthday card. It is a little small- if you can't read it, click on the card and it should get bigger. I was playing with my Brusho Crystal Colours and decided to try a cling wrap background on regular watercolor paper (rather than glossy paper.) This subtle blue and green background was the result. I sponged black ink through a brass stencil for the birds. I attached a glittery black tape to the left side of a white top folding A2 card, then attached the Brusho piece. The perfect sentiment was stamped on a diagonal green piece and I added some black dots to complete the card.

I am entering this card in the CAS challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the Anything Goes challenge at Simply Papercraft.