SAS4Kids: February Favorites

Hi, everyone! Happy Weekend! We hope you all are doing well after recent weather events. 

A huge heartfelt thanks to everyone who made spring/Easter cards this year for our in-patient kids. With Easter just a few weeks away, our shippers are busy packing up their hospitals' spring/Easter boxes. (Please note: Our deadline for sending in Easter cards has passed. So please contact your shipper(s) ASAP if you have Easter cards you were planning on dropping in the mail. Thank you!)

Spring/Easter cards can be so cute, so fun, and so colorful. Here are three cards from last month's gallery that caught the eyes of our designers.

8. Andrea's Paper Antics

Nothing says spring like pastel colors and flowers, right?! 
And, we love, love, love interactive cards around these parts.

12, For Each Petal...

What a cute image... and what fabulous coloring.
Great job, Lisa!

15. I Luv Scrapping Too

Suzanne's perfectly-colored bunny gnome is so cute...
and that stitched background is awesome!

Congratulations, ladies! Thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us. 

• Be sure to grab our Top 3 badge to display on your blog.
• If you would like to join us a Guest Designer for a future challenge, email Sybrina at cards[dot]by[dot]sybrina[at]gmail[dot]com. Please include SAS4Kids in the subject line.

Our current challenge runs until March 31. While we are featuring Cards 4 Boys this month, any kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up for the challenge. It is not required that you donate your card after entering, but a hospitalized kiddie/tween/teen would surely appreciate it if you did. 

Upcoming Deadlines for Getting Cards to Shippers:

Spring/Easter: Deadline has passed

Mother's Day: April 15

Father's Day: May 15

As always, thank you for your support of SAS4Kids. We so appreciate everything you do to bring smiles to our SAS4Kids patients and their families.

SAS4Kids: Cards 4 Boys

Hi, everyone! Thanks for joining us for our new challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

As our shippers make final preparations to ship out boxes of spring/Easter cards to our hospitals, our Design Team turns its attention to Cards 4 Boys. Our shippers always do a special happy dance when they receive guy cards from their cardmakers.  

So, without further ado, here are the guy cards our DT created for this month's challenge.  

Jen

Bobbi

Celeste

Debi

Karen

Mary

You have until noon CST on Friday, March 31, to join in this current challenge. While we have focused on Cards 4 Boys, any kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up to play along. It is not required that you send your card to one of our shippers. but an in-patient child/teen would love it if you did. 

Here are the deadlines for getting cards to your favorite shipper(s) for a few upcoming holidays. As you can see, our Easter deadline is right around the proverbial corner. (I actually mailed my cards yesterday.) So, if you still have Easter cards you will be sending to your shipper(s), please let her/them know your cards are on their way.

Spring/Easter: March 12

Mothers Day: April 15

Father's Day: May 15

As always, thank you soooo much for your support of SAS4Kids. We can't wait to see what you share with us in this month's gallery.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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SAS4Kids January Gems

 Hi, everyone! Welcome back!

Our thanks to everyone who played along with last month's Love/Valentines 4 Kids Challenge and/or sent cards to our shippers. It can be tough gearing up to make Valentine cards so soon after the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. We appreciate all of our wonderful card makers who did just that. You all are the best! 

Our January Gallery was filled with adorable cards. Here are three that caught our eyes. It's interesting how these cards were created using such vastly different techniques: intense masking and inking, using some fun stickers, and creating an intricate high-tech pattern. Yet, these three different techniques resulted in three fabulous kiddie cards. Great job, ladies!  

13. Karen Dunbrook

Karen masterfully inked a rainbow-colored card 

that a tween/teen will love receiving!

17. Alicia

Alicia's letter-bearing gnomes are sure to bring a huge smile to a little face!

19. Deanne

And, Deanne's shaped critter card is just so stinkin' cute!

Congratulations, ladies! Thanks for sharing your amazing talents with us. 

• Be sure to grab our Top 3 badge to display on your blog.
• If you would like to join us a Guest Designer for a future challenge, email Sybrina at cards[dot]by[dot]sybrina[at]gmail[dot]com. Please include SAS4Kids in the subject line.

Our current Spring/Easter Cards 4 Kids Challenge runs until March 3. While we are featuring Spring/Easter 4 Kids this month, any kiddie-appropriate card can be linked up for the challenge. 

It is not required that you donate your card after entering, but a hospitalized kiddie/tween/teen would surely appreciate it if you did. This year, the deadline for getting Easter cards to your favorite shipper(s) is March 12.... which will be here before we know it. Right? 

Thanks for stopping by. And, as always, thank you for all you do for our SAS4Kids patients.