Saturday, June 23, 2012

Bright Colors 4 Kids Winners Announced!

(For our current challenge, please go here.)

It's another fun Saturday at Send a Smile 4 Kids because we get to make 5 lucky and talented participants in our Bright Colors for Kids challenge very happy! We have two lucky winners of our sponsors prizes and we are also announcing our Top Three. First up is the sponsor prizes where the winners are drawn randomly. The lucky winner of three digis of her choice from Little Miss Muffet Stamps is #3 Suzie McFloozy! And the winner of the $15 gift certificate from Prairie Fairy is #18, Sandy Trefger. Congratulations ladies! Please grab your winners blog badge from the side of the blog and send me an email at khasheck@gmail.com and I will put you in touch with the sponsor to claim your prize.

JUST A REMINDER: when you link up your card to ours or any challenge, please be sure you have clicked on the blog entry title so that your link is a direct link to the blogpost not just to your blog! If we click on your link after Mr. Random picks your name as a winner and it does not take us to the card you entered in our challenge and we have to search for it, you will not qualify for that prize, and that would be a shame:(

Now for our Top Three as chosen by TEAM S.A.S. in no particular order. Remember to see any of the winners blogs or our sponsors websites, just click on their names.

Top Three Card by Calypso
Top Three Card by Jo L.

Top Three Card by Anna 

Our theme was Bright Colors 4 Kids and these sure were fun and bright! Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week ladies, and be sure to grab our Top Three blog badge to put on your blog with pride. If you would like to join us as a guest design team member on a future challenge, just send me an email at khasheck@gmail.com. 

Remember you have until Friday July 6th at noon CST to enter our current challenge, Birthday Fun for Kids. That is a whole extra week because we have challenges on the first and third Saturdays and announce the winners on the second and fourth Saturdays. When there is a 5th Saturday like this month, we take the week off and give you an extra week to join in our challenge for a chance at great sponsor prizes and/or the top three.

It is not required that you donate your card after entering, but our kids in the seven children's hospitals we currently serve would sure love it if you did. For all the info you need to know before donating your card(s), just click on the tabs at the top of the blog. Thanks!

Stamping smiles 4 Kids, Karen 

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Birthday Fun for Kids

It's time for a new challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids and our theme this time around is Birthday Fun for Kids. Make a birthday card for any child and link it up for a chance at three great sponsor prizes and/or a spot in our Top Three! Our generous sponsors this week are: Stamp Shoppe Creations and their prize is a $15 gift certificate for their lucky winner; Tickled Pink is offering their random winner 2 digis of their choice; and Shelley's Images prize is a $9 gift certificate!

We are thrilled this week to have Kim Bell as our guest design team member. Kim was a Top Three winner a few weeks back and she designed this card with a digi she chose from our sponsor, Tickled Pink:


Isn't this card gorgeous? Thanks, Kim for sharing your talents with us today! As always, you can click on any of the designers names and/or the sponsors names to go to their blogs or websites for more inspiration and great stamps.

Here are the TEAM S.A.S. cards using our sponsors images:

Karen's Cards 


Hilde's Card

Lucianna's Cards 


Deonna's Card

Christy's Card

Sarah's Card 

Shelby's Card 

Hope these awesome cards have inspired you to make a fun birthday card for a child and to link it up to our challenge. It is not required that you donate your card(s) for our kids to enter our challenges, but the kids in our children's hospitals would sure love it if you did! For all the info you need to know to donate your cards, just click on the tabs above.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 



Saturday, June 9, 2012

Winners Announced for Anything Goes Challenge

(For our current challenge. please go here.)

It's time to announce our winners from our very popular Anything Goes Challenge today. I know Anything Goes is my favorite type of challenge, and based on the number of entries, it must be yours too! Thanks to all the participants who linked their cute cards for kids! The random winners of the sponsor prizes are: #66 Lisa won the three digital images of her choice from Wee Stamps; and Karen's Doodles winner of three digital images was #30 Sweetroses! Congrats to these lucky ladies! Please grab your winners blog badge from the side of the blog and send me an email at khasheck@gmail.com so I can put you in touch with the sponsors to claim your prize.

Here are the Top Three cards as picked by TEAM S.A.S. (in no particular order.) As always, you can click on any of the names to go to their blogs for more inspiration.

Top Three Card by Pat K. 


Top Three Card by Peggy R.

 Top Three Card by Diane A

Awesome cards ladies! Congrats on your Top Three honor! Please grab your blog badge from the side of the blog and place it on your blog with great pride! And if you would like to be a guest dt member on a future challenge, please send me an email at khasheck@gmail.com.

All the top three cards as well as the TEAM S.A.S. cards can be seen here on Pinterest, so if you are looking for ideas and inspiration, click on the link and take a look.

You have until Friday June 15th at noon CST to enter our current challenge, Bright Colors for Kids. So make a fun bright card for a child, and link it up for a chance at more great prizes and Top Three honors. Then we would love it if you would consider sending in your card(s) to help cheer a child inpatient in a children's hospital. All the details you need to know to donate your cards are under the tabs at the top of the blog. Thanks to all who have sent in their handmade cards for our kids and their families!

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Bright Colors for Kids Challenge

It's time for another new challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids and our theme this time is Bright Colors for Kids. Pick some bright reds, yellows, blues, pinks, purples- anything bright and cheery and make a card that a child would like and enter it in our challenge for a chance to win a great prize or to be part of our Top Three. We have two generous sponsors this time: Little Miss Muffet Stamps is offering their random winner 3 digital stamps of their choice; and Prairie Fairy's prize is a $15 gift certificate!

We are thrilled to have a guest design team member today who is sharing a card with us. Lynette was picked as part of our Top Three a while back and was given our sponsor's images to play with and here is the super cute card she designed:

You can click on any of the names of the designers and the sponsors to visit their blogs or websites for more inspiration. Here are the TEAM S.A.S. cards:

Lucianna's Cards 


Hilde's Cards 


Karen's Cards 


View #2 with punch line

Deonna's Cards 


Christy's Card 

Shelby's Card 
Sarah's Card


Awesome cards again from our guest dt and TEAM S.A.S., don't you agree? Now it's your turn- grab some bright fun colors and make a card for a child and link it up for a chance at some great prizes! You have until June 15th at noon CST to enter this challenge. After you do, please consider sending it in with any others you have that are appropriate for children in a hospital to one of the addresses found  under  the tabs above. 

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen