SAS4Kids: Anything Goes 4 Kids!

Hi, everyone! Happy Saturday! It's time for a new challege here at Send a Smile 4 Kids. 

Before we get to our this month's challenge, I have the pleasure of announcing the July participant who has been randomly selected to join us as a Guest Designer. The lucky number was 1! Congratulations, Tinyworks! 

Please email me at cards.by.sybrina@gmail.com, including SAS4Kids in the subject line, to schedule your upcoming guest appearance. Our thanks to everyone who played along with last month's Christmas in July challenge. It was great fun to see snowy scenes, winter critters, and more than one adorable snowman.  :) 

This is our last challenge before we start focusing on fall and winter holidays. So, we thought this would be a perfect time for an Anything Goes month. Maybe you want to get an early start on those fall/Halloween or Christmas cards, inking up some jack-o-lanterns or Santas. Or maybe you prefer to make a few generic, non-specific themed cards to send to your favorite shipper(s). You will see that our designers focused on birthday cards... just in case our shippers needed to have a few of these on hand before the holiday season kicks into full gear.   :)

This month, we are thrilled to welcome Darlene of Dar's Crafty Creations as a Guest Designer. And "Crafty Creations" is a perfect name for Darlene's blog. Perfect name! Darlene loves trying her hand at a variety of different challenges: Christmas challenges, CAS challenges, sketch challenges, board challenges, element challenges.... Well, you get the idea! Thank you so much, Darlene, for sharing your talents and passion with us. This fun Disney card would surely bring a huge smile to a little face. 

Darlene

Jen

Celeste

Debi

Mary

Melanie

Michelle

Sybrina

Even though our DT focused on birthday cards, it is an Anything Goes month. ANY kiddie-appropriate card can be entered in this month's challenge, and you have until Friday, September 4, to link up your creation. While you aren't required to donate your linked-up card to SAS4Kids, one of our hospitalized patients would love it if you did. Card submission information can be found by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.

If you're interested in getting a head start on holiday cards for the kids, here are our upcoming holiday deadlines.

    Cute Fall/Halloween - October 5
    Thanksgiving - November 5
    Christmas/Winter Cards - December 5

As always, thank you for all you do for SAS4Kids. Can't wait to see your works of heart in our August gallery!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

SAS4Kids: Christmas in July 4 Kids

Happy July! Happy Saturday! For those in The States, Happy 250th, America!   

But before we get to our this month's challenge, I have the pleasure of announcing the June participant who has been randomly selected to join us as a Guest Designer. The lucky number was 9. Congratulations, Darlene! 

Darlene, please email me at cards,by.sybrina@gmail.com, including SAS4Kids in the subject line, to schedule your upcoming guest appearance. And a huge shout-out to all those who played along with us last month. From the look of things, there's a whole lot of fun going on this summer.  :)

While it was tempting to have a red, white, and blue card challenge this month given the America250 celebrations happening here, we decided to stick with our traditional Christmas in July Challenge. So, this month's challenge is to make Christmas/holiday cards for our kids. 

Here are a few cards that would be perfect for our SAS4Kids kids. 

Jen

Celeste

Debi

 

Mary 

Melanie

Michelle

Sybrina

While we are focusing on Christmas cards this month, any kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up for this month's challenge... and you have until Friday July 31 to link up your creation! Who knows? Maybe you'll make a red, white, and blue card? Or maybe a red, white, and blue holiday card? 

You aren't required to donate your linked-up card to SAS4Kids, but one of our hospitalized patients would love it if you did. Card submission information can be found by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.

As always, thanks for your support of SAS4Kids. We are looking forward to seeing your work(s) of heart in our July gallery. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

SAS4Kids: Summer Fun Cards 4 Kids

Hi, everyone! Happy weekend! It's a first Saturday, which means it's time for a new challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids. But, before we announce this month's theme, we have a couple of announcements.

For starters, we are thrilled to announce the newest member of our SAS4Kids Design Team Thrilled! Please join us in welcoming Michelle to our family. Michelle shares her adventures in cardmaking on Insta. Here's a bit about Michelle in her own words.

I live in NH with my kitty Daisy MaeMae, boyfriend and son. I have been a cardmaker since 2000. I love coloring with my Copics and using pattern paper on my cards. I’m definitely a paper junkie. Most of the cards I make are donated to Charity. If you wanna talk cardmaking 24/7, I’m your girl! 

I also have the pleasure of announcing the May challenge participant who was randomly selected to join us as a Guest Designer. The lucky number was 3. Congratulations, Arlene! Please email me at the following address to schedule your upcoming guest appearance, including SAS4Kids in the subject line. 

cards[dot]by[dot]sybrina[at]gmail[dot]com

Now for this month's challenge. This month's theme is to make a kid-friendly card that features summertime fun. Currently, we are between SAS4Kids holiday deadline times. So, we're using this time to focus on more generic summery cards. 

Now for this month's challenge. We are thrilled to be joined by our Guest Designer Jose, who shares her adventures in cardmaking at  https://josevoorbeeldkaarten.blogspot.com/. Jose's cards always have such lovely palettes, as often possess an ethereal aesthetic. Thank you, Jose, for sharing your talents with us this month! 

Jose

Jen

Celeste 

Debi

Mary 

Melanie

Michelle

Sybrina

Please stop by and check out the details for our designers' summer-themed cards. Then stop back by to link up a card of your very own. You have until noon Friday July 3 to play along. Remember that while the cards here have focused on summer-themed cards 4 kids, ANY kiddie-appropriate card can be shared. 

Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who support our SAS4Kids hospitals. We look forward to seeing your summery creations in this month's gallery.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter