Saturday, September 26, 2015

Winners Announced for Cute Fall or Halloween Cards 4 Kids

(For our current challenge, please scroll down.

It's another fun Saturday at Send a Smile 4 Kids because we get to make 6 lucky and talented participants in our Cute Fall/Halloween 4 Kids challenge very happy!  We have three lucky winners of our randomly chosen sponsor prizes and we are also announcing our Top Three.

The lucky winner of the $15 gift certificate from Dollar Graphics Depot is #35 Carrie!  The winner of 7 digis of their choice from Bugaboo is #14 Joanie!  And the winner of the prize of a $12 gift certificate from A Day for Daisies is #37 Jennifer!  Congrats to the winners! Please grab your winner’s blog badge from the side of the blog and send me an email via the Contact Form also on the side of the blog, and I will put you in touch with the sponsor to claim your prize.  Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors! To visit their websites easily, just click on their blog badges on the side.


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

Top Three Card by Nazeema 

Top Three Card by Andrea

Top Three Card by Cristina 

WOW - What awesome cards for kids! Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week, 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 fill in the Contact Form on the side of the blog and I will get back to you with all the details.

You have until Friday October 2nd at noon CST to enter our current challenge for a chance at some great sponsor prizes and/or the top three. It is not required that you donate your card after entering, but our kids in the 15 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, September 19, 2015

Fall Colors 4 Kids Challenge

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Fall Colors 4 Kids! Create and link any cute fall colored card appropriate for a child, and you could win one of our great prizes.

As you know, we start early with our holiday and seasonal challenges to remind our donors now is the time to make and send in Fall or Halloween cards. Please no scary or dark images like tombstones or skulls on the cards for this challenge or for the cards you send in for our kids who are in the hospital on or around Halloween. 

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Lacy Sunshine is giving their winner 3 digis of their choice!  Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet is giving their randomly picked winner a $10 gift certificate!  And Inspired by Stamping's winner gets a $20 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

We are happy to have a previous top three winner join us today as a guest dt member. April Story shared this fun card with us using our sponsor’s images: 

Now for some more great inspiration, here are the cards created by TEAM S.A.S. for this challenge using our generous sponsors’ images. To visit any of their blogs or to go to our sponsor’s websites, just click on any of the names or the pictures at the side of our blog.
Mary's Cards 


Berni's Cards 


Kathy's Cards 


Karen's Cards


Deonna's Cards 



Lucianna's Card


Wonderful cards for kids as always from our awesome design team!  You have until Friday October 2nd at noon CST to enter this challenge. After you do, please consider sending in your card(s) to cheer a child who is inpatient in one of our fifteen children’s hospitals. All the information you need is under the tabs at the top of the blog.

**We have decided to continue a new tradition here at Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge. We all love comments and followers on our blogs, right? So we are suggesting- but not requiring- that all participants in our challenges pick 2-3 (or more) other participants in the challenge, click on their card, visit their blog, leave a positive comment about the card and become a follower of that blog. In your comment, leave a link to your card and blog and hopefully the blogger you visited will come to your blog and become a follower too. **

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Anything Goes 4 Kids Winners Announced

(For our current challenge, please scroll down.

It's another fun Saturday at Send a Smile 4 Kids because we get to make 6 lucky and talented participants in our Anything Goes 4 Kids challenge very happy!  We have three lucky winners of our randomly chosen sponsor prizes and we are also announcing our Top Three.

The lucky winner of the $6 gift certificate from Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet is #33 Robyn!  The winner of 6 digis of their choice from Flat Friends is #58 Julie!  And the winner of the prize of 3 digis from Crafty Sentiments is #20 Lisa!  Congrats to the winners! Please grab your winner’s blog badge from the side of the blog and send me an email via the Contact Form also on the side of the blog, and I will put you in touch with the sponsor to claim your prize.  Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors! To visit their websites easily, just click on their blog badges on the side.

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

Top Three Card by Tanja 

Top Three Card by Linda

Top Three Card by Sue

WOW - What awesome cards for kids! Thanks for sharing your talents with us this week, 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 fill in the Contact Form on the side of the blog and I will get back to you with all the details.

You have until Friday September 18th at noon CST to enter our current challenge for a chance at some great sponsor prizes and/or the top three. It is not required that you donate your card after entering, but our kids in the 15 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, September 5, 2015

Cute Fall or Halloween 4 Kids Challenge

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Cute Fall or Halloween 4 Kids! Create and link any cute fall or Halloween card appropriate for a child, and you could win one of our great prizes.

As you know, we start early with our holiday challenges to remind our donors now is the time to make and send in these types of cards. Please no scary or dark images like tombstones or skulls on the cards for this challenge or for the cards you send in for our kids who are in the hospital on or around Halloween.  

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Bugaboo is giving their winner 7 digis of their choice!  Dollar Graphics Depot is giving their randomly picked winner a $15 gift certificate!  And A Day for Daisies’ winner gets a $12 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

Now for some great inspiration, here are the cards created by TEAM S.A.S. for this challenge using our generous sponsors’ images. To visit any of their blogs or to go to our sponsor’s websites, just click on any of the names or the pictures at the side of our blog.

Lucianna's Cards 


 Berni's Cards 


Kathy's Cards 


Deonna's Cards 


Karen's Cards 


Mary's Cards 


Wonderful cards for kids as always from our awesome design team!  You have until Friday September 18th at noon CST to enter this challenge. After you do, please consider sending in your card(s) to cheer a child who is inpatient in one of our fifteen children’s hospitals. All the information you need is under the tabs at the top of the blog.

**We have decided to continue a new tradition here at Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge. We all love comments and followers on our blogs, right? So we are suggesting- but not requiring- that all participants in our challenges pick 2-3 (or more) other participants in the challenge, click on their card, visit their blog, leave a positive comment about the card and become a follower of that blog. In your comment, leave a link to your card and blog and hopefully the blogger you visited will come to your blog and become a follower too. **

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen