Celebration Cards 4 Kids at SAS4Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Celebration Cards 4 Kids! Create and link any celebration card appropriate for a child, and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: The Paper Shelter is giving their winner 3 digis of their choice!  DRS Designs is giving their randomly picked winner a $10 gift certificate!  And Fred She Said’s winner gets a $10 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 above features a sweet digital stamp from DRS Designs called I Scene a Stocking. I printed it on lightly patterned paper and one white and cut it out. The card base is a top folding red patterned cardstock. I attached a green strip down the middle and then attached the stocking scene. 

My second card features a cute birthday girl colored digi from The Paper Shelter. I printed her on white cardstock and cut out in the shape of a square. I cut a slightly larger square out of the front of a two sided purple cardstock and attached her in the inside of the card. I die cut Happy Birthday from Die-Versions, added glitter paste and a purple gem to the bow and attached the card.

I am entering these cards in the Let's Celebrate challenge at Southern Girls  and the Anything Goes challenge at Crafty Girls Creations.

For the Girls Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is For the Girls!  Create and link any card for a girl, and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Flat Friends Boutique is giving their winner 6 digis of their choice!  The Paper Shelter is giving their randomly picked winner 3 digis!  And Bugaboo’s winner gets 7 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 colored digital stamp called "Sophie in the Country" from The Paper Shelter. I printed her and cut her out with a rectangle stitched die from Lil Inker. I cut another stitched rectangle frame and attached that to the blue cardbase. I punched a bunch of flowers from a colorful scrap made with Brusho Colour Crystals and glossy paper. Then I put pop dots on the back of the sweet girl piece for dimension.

My second card features a beautiful princess called "Cinders" from Flat Friends Boutique. I used my rectangle stitched dies from Lil Inker again (loving those dies!) and created a frame inside a white piece that I embossed with a floral embossing folder from Couture Creations. I printed Cinders twice and one of the digital prints is the background on the card under the frame with her castle and shoe. I colored the blue skies with my Gelatos and a baby wipe. I cut out "Cinders", colored her hair and paper pieced her dress. Then I popped her up with pop dots over the inside frame. 

I am entering these cards in the Summer Colors challenge at Cute Card Thursday and the Anything Goes challenge at Brown Sugar.

Punches and/or Die Cuts 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 Die Cuts 4 Kids! Create and link any card for a child using punches and/or die cuts and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Flat Friends Boutique is giving their winner 6 digis of their choice!  The Paper Shelter is giving their randomly picked winner 3 digis!  And Sassy Studio’s winner gets 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.

My first card above features a digi image called "Skate Away with Me" from Flat Friends Boutique. I paper pieced her skating outfit and did a little coloring. Her white cardstock piece was attached to a top folding navy blue card with a strip of snowy dp on the top. Then I added a bunch of punched and die cut snowflakes and some gems for a fun winter card.

I used oval stitched die cuts to frame this pretty little girl and her dog from The Paper Shelter. The digi is called "Bath Time" and I printed the colored version of the digi then cut the ovals to create the frame. I added some punched blue birds to complete the cheery card for one of our kids.

Normally I make two cards for my SAS4Kids blog posts, but when I saw the awesome Frozen digis from our third sponsor Sassy Studios, I just had to get them and make another card. Sassy Studios has a whole set of all the sayings from Frozen and I chose the famous "Let it Go". I punched it out with a circle punch and layered onto a die cut snowflake. I printed the Snow Queen Elsa (also from Sassy Studios) and paper pieced her beautiful gown and hair. Then I added a Memory Box snowflake swirl, another punched snowflake and some gems. I am hoping a little girl who absolutely loves Frozen gets this card.

I am entering the second card in the Animal challenge at The Paper Shelter, and the Frozen card in the Anything Goes challenge at Wonderful Wednesdays, and the Design Team Showcase.

Anything Goes at Through the Craft Room Door

It’s Tuesday and time for another Through the Craft Room Door challenge. As always the theme is my favorite, Anything Goes! There is a new challenge every Tuesday at TTCRD. I am on Team A and this week is our turn to post our cards. The sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter. Check out the TTCRD blog for all the details and great cards by the rest of the dt.

For this challenge, I created a simple yet beautiful card using Rose from The Paper Shelter. Rose is available as a colored digi or uncolored for those of you who love to color. I printed the colored version twice and cut into two different sized squares. The top one was die cut with Sizzix Celebra’tions pierced squares die and attached with pop dots to raise. I added some punched butterflies (SU and Martha Stewart) and gems and layered onto an aqua blue cardbase.

**Don’t Miss It! The January/February 2015 issue of Through The Craft Room Door magazine is available for your viewing pleasure in the "Subscribers Only Area" of the TTCRD website.  It is loaded with over 100 pages of paper craft tutorials, tons of inspirations and projects you can create. Plus free digis, an article by me on Bisters and 9 of my cards! Come check it out! If you do not currently subscribe to the magazine you will need to go to the top of the page and click on the Subscription/Renewals tab. I highly recommend everyone get a subscription to this great on line magazine!**

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Scribble and Scrap and 613 Avenue Create, and the Design Team Showcase.

Celebration Cards 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Celebration Cards 4 Kids! Create and link any celebrations card for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. Halloween, Christmas, Birthday- any celebration opportunity will do.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge:  Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet is giving their winner 2 digis of their choice (a $6 value)! The Paper Shelter is giving their randomly picked winner a $20 gift certificate!  And Crackerbox Palace’s  winner gets 3 digis from any of their stamps at their website! 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 some really cute stamps from Crackerbox Palace. I cut a film strip window with a die from Pretty Pink Posh using two sided dp. I flipped the cut out paper squares, taped them together haphazardly, and stamped the perfect sentiment on them before attaching it to a blue card base. I stamped three of CBP's cute fish on brightly colored dp, cut them out and attached them in the film strip window.

My second card features "Brave and Cute Knight" from The Paper Shelter. I printed him on white cardstock and cut him out. I embossed the red piece with a Cuttlebug numbers embossing folder and cut out the "u r 4" with Memory Box alphabet and numbers dies. I think this card could be perfect for a little boy turning 4 while in one of the nine children's hospitals SAS4Kids serves.

I am entering these cards in the For the Boys challenge at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards, and the Anything Goes challenge at Sister Act.

Bright Colors 4 Kids Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

 It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Bright Colors 4 Kids! Create and link any card for a child with bright colors on it and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge:  Bugaboo is giving their winner 7 digis of their choice! QKR Stampede is giving their randomly picked winner 5 images of their choice!  And The Paper Shelter’s winner gets a $20 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 bright card features a fun colored digi from The Paper Shelter called "My Racing Car." I printed him and cut him out, then attached him with mounting tape over a couple circles cut out with my nesties. I die cut 'hi" with a Paper Smooches die and added some bright colored dots.

I love this Ladybug Stack from Bugaboo- aren't they sweet? I paper pieced all of the ladybugs and flowers with bright colored scraps. Then I cut "thanks" from Lil' Inker twice, layered just offset and attached. Our kids do use thank you cards for their medical staff and other special people, so cards like this one are requested by the hospitals we serve.

I am entering these cards in the Child's Play challenge at Creative Knockouts, and the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapper's Delights.

For The Boys Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is For The Boys.  Create and link any card for a boy and you could win one of our great prizes. We created this challenge to draw attention to the need we have at SAS4 Kids for boy’s cards, particularly cards for pre-teen and teenage boys. This is the category of cards we receive the least of, so if you are designing cards to donate to SAS4Kids, please keep our boys in mind.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge:  The Paper Shelter is giving their winner a $20 gift certificate! Jellypark is giving their randomly picked winner 4 digis of their choice!  And Sassy Studio’s winner gets 4 images 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 the cute Robot and Sign from Jelly Park. I cut the right side of the front of the card off and layered a grey piece that I embossed and sponged. I printed the robot and his sign on grey patterned paper and cut out. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday and I added some black brads to the sign.

Oh how this card makes me long for warmer days! Happy Times Beach Boy is a colored digi from The Paper Shelter- isn't he sweet? I printed him and his beach scene, and cut a circular frame with my Spellbinders circle dies.The sentiment on this card is from Paper Smooches.

I am entering these cards in the All New challenge at Southern Girls,(the digis are all new to me) and the Anything Goes challenge at QKR Stampede. 

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

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