Cards 4 Moms at Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge

It's the 1st Saturday of the month and that means it is time for another challenge at the Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge Blog.  The theme for this challenge is Cards 4 Moms or Anything Goes 4 Kids.  This challenge no longer has sponsors so you will be participating for pride not prize.

Send a Smile 4 Kids charity is dedicated to collecting and distributing handmade cards to children who are inpatient at Children's Hospitals.  Please send us your handmade kids' cards for holidays, birthdays, and everyday cheer.  Help us put a smile on our kids' faces.

Cards 4 Mom Card Recipe

This year's card started with a left over background from Stamp Joy 2021.  Taylored Expressions hosted a day long make and take called Stamp Joy.  It was a virtual event that was presented on Facebook Live.  We made 9 cards I believe and this particular background was actually used as a stencil for one of the cards.  Pretty cool right.  I got 2 backgrounds for the price of 1.  I used an old Hero Arts stamp and die set for the Happy Mother's Day.  The die cut is the word happy and I popped that up on fun foam.  Mother's Day is the stamped part of the set and I cut that out with a small banner die from My Favorite Things.  I inked the edges with Tim Holtz Oxide Ink so it would blend in with the background.  The dots are from Nuvo.  You will be seeing some of the techniques that I learned from Stamp Joy on some future cards.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Consider entering our challenge and donating your hand made cards to our great charity.

You can find the Make a Wish die here:  https://stamplorations.com/search?q=make%20a%20wish

Stamplorations is a one woman owned business and she is a pleasure to work with.  She also makes beautiful stamps, dies and stencils.

Here are some affiliate links to the products I used.  It doesn't cost you a thing, but I get a small commission which helps me purchase my crafting supplies.  

 

   

  

Have a great day, eat some chocolate and be kind to everyone.

April