Tween Cards or Anything Goes at Send a Smile 4 Kids

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 Tween Cards 4 Kids 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.

Tween Cards 4 Kids Card Recipe

I have been playing with a new set I received from HSN by Diamond Press.  I absolutely love rainbows and especially rainbow colors.  The latest set included a rainbow die, cloud dies and a cloud stencil.  I played around with my Tim Holtz Oxide sprays and those new dies and stencil to create this card.  Hello seemed like an appropriate sentiment and could be useful for any number of occasions - birthday, just to tell someone hi, etc.  I know I will be using this set many more times.

  

  

   

Make a card and join the challenge.  You can also send your cards to Send a Smile 4 Kids collection points to help those families with sick children.

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

April

Dad/Special Guy Cards 4 Kids Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

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 Dad/Special Guy Cards 4 Kids 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.

Dad/Special Guy Cards 4 Kids Card Recipe

I was perusing Etsy to get an idea for this month's card and I found the sentiment - Dad - You're One in a Minion.  I knew that was the sentiment I wanted to use.  It just so happened I had some Minions that I'd cut out with my Cricut year ago.  I put them together and put them in a container for later projects.  Guess what - this is just the later project I had in mind.  I typed the sentiment in Word and printed it in 3 different fonts.  I cut out the one I like the best and then took Momento Paris Dusk ink and used it to ink around the edges.  I found a blue background with polka dots that I liked.  And I found another blue piece of card stock in my left over bin to put behind the sentiment.  I inked around all the edges with the Momento Ink.  I popped up the Minion and the sentiment and added 3 yellow enamel dots.  Then I put it on a card base.  Anything with googly eyes and Minions is adorable.

  

  

   

Make a card and join the challenge.  You can also send your cards to Send a Smile 4 Kids collection points to help those families with sick children.

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

April

Boy Cards 4 Kids 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 Boy Cards 4 Kids 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.

Boy Cards 4 Kids Card Recipe

I am definitely a flower and cute animal card maker.  I struggle when it comes to cards for boys, so I stuck to the basics for this month's card.  I found some wood grain card stock from My Favorite Things.  I went through my embossing folders and found one that looked like metal.  I don't use embossing folders enough

 so it was refreshing to include one in my project.  I used some cool silver paper from Paper Cuts to get that iridescent look.  I stamped Happy Birthday in black on some Kraft card stock and cut out the banner using a die cut from My Favorite Things.  I added 3 silver enamel dots to coordinate with the silver embossed piece.

 

  

  

   

Make a card and join the challenge.  You can also send your cards to Send a Smile 4 Kids collection points to help those families with sick children.

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

April

Winter Cards 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 Winter Cards 4 Kids 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.

Winter Cards 4 Kids Card Recipe

I recently went to a crop last month and saw this adorable stamp set by Avery Elle and I am going to confess that I CASE'd the card they had as a sample.  I had some snowflakes expand after I stamped them in Hero Arts white Unicorn ink, but snow isn't perfect, right?  I stamped the trees in brown ink using my new MISTI that I bought at the crop from the Doodlebug in Jasper, IN.  I'm not sure I see the benefit of the new MISTI, but I am sure I will.  :-). I'm definitely a MISTI fan be it the old or the new.  I stamped the birds on some thick card stock that held a charm pack of fabric so it was very thick.  I had to dry the ink with my heat gun because I stamped on the shiny white side.  I used my Tombow markers to color the birds and I fussy cut them out.  The sentiment also came in the stamp set.  I am going to use this set to make cards for my card swap group.

Here is a link to the Doodlebug store in Indiana - if you're ever in that area you should stop by - Hannah has a wonderful little shop

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

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

Happy Holiday Card 4 Kids Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

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 Happy Holiday Card 4 Kids 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.

Holiday Cards 4 Kids Card Recipe

I used a technique I recently learned at a crop at Lake Barkley in Kentucky.  A friend of mine, Rita, always has the coolest techniques in her classes.  In this technique I used glue from Tonic Studio and covered my rubber stamp in the glue.  I stamped the snowflakes from Hero Arts on the black card stock.  Once the glue was no longer white, I sprinkled Tonic Silver Gilding Flakes and used a sponge in a circular motion to 'rub' in the flakes.  I die cut the be jolly sentiment from Stamploration in a glittery red card stock.  I cut out multiple layers of the sentiment to give it some dimension.  I added some bling with clear rhinestones and that is my card.

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

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

Cards 4 Teens Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

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 Teens 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 Teens Card Recipe

This card features a free printable from Catherine Pooler.  You can find it here:  https://shop.catherinepooler.com/products/spreading-rainbows-download?_pos=2&_sid=6ebd23991&_ss=r

You can print it on plain white paper and ink it up or use your water color look paper, print it and add your favorite embellishments.  I decided to ink mine up with rainbow colors.  My granddaughter says her favorite color is rainbow and I think that might be my favorite color too.  Rainbows are so bright and happy and just make me smile.  I think a teen might enjoy getting this card from someone.  Once the ink dried, I spritzed it with water to get the splotchy look and I added some colored gems.

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

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

Cards 4 Dads Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

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 Dads 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 Dads Card Recipe

This card 4 Dads was inspired by a card we made during Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy.  We made a birthday card using the repeating happy and I applied that technique to this Father's Day card.  I used 2 different colors of brown ink from Hero Arts and a stamp from Lawn Fawn for the Father's Day sentiment.  I put the kraft card stock in my MISTI and carefully lined up the HAPPY as I stamped it.  I moved the card stock instead of the stampThe wood grain background card stock is from Hobby Lobby and the wood dots are from my stash.  As I've said before I struggle with masculine cards, but I was very pleased with how this one turned out.  

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

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