Happy New 2020…a little late

Hello all, thanks for coming by! 🙂  I have 3 grandchildren staying with me, and a bum left knee, but, I’m going to try and keep up better!  I am so thankful for anyone who still has my posts saved to show up when I post! 🙂

Today I have some Valentine cards from Debbie Caldwell, one of my Send A Smile 4 Kids donors 🙂

My granddaughter just loves these cards! 🙂  She thought the paper was so cute, that she begged me to buy it so she and I can make cards for her school! 🙂

Thank you Debbie for these wonderful cards, I know the kids at our hospitals are going to love them! 🙂

Thank you everyone for stopping by! 🙂  I hope you’ll continue to check in and see what is going on 🙂  I’m hoping to become more regular with my posts 🙂

I can’t go to my basement right now and craft because of my knee, but I have lots of cards upstairs to share with you all and my hospitals! 🙂

 

SAS4Kids #187 cards 4 boys

I can hardly believe it’s been a month since I was last here!  I had planned on at least one more post in February, but I was sick 😦  Thankfully I’m much better now, just in time for the monthly SAS4kids post! 🙂

I’m glad you’re here and hope you enjoy the inspiration I have to share with you today 🙂  My card is a “boy” card, I know a lot of you have trouble with boy cards, I do too.  But this card actually came together pretty quickly 🙂

This card is using Stampin’ Up! stamp set Enjoy Life, all the images are silhouettes.  The sentiment is also from the set.  For the background I used a free image from Fred She Said Designs. Go here and scroll down below the bride, you will see I asked for this stand alone background, and Tracey graciously supplied it for free! 🙂  I resized it on my Print Shop program and I think it works great for this card! 🙂  It’s so easy to put together, I think I will make some cards for all of my hospitals! 🙂

I received some cards from a brand new (to me) donor 🙂  Her name is Jaydee and to visit her blog you can go here, Stampin! with Jaydee.  Jaydee sent about 240 cards!  It was almost impossible to decide what to share!  Some of the cards were duplicates, but there were plenty of cards for me to choose from! 🙂

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OMGoodness, thank you so much Jaydee! 🙂  There are so many more, please visit her blog above the cards 🙂  These cards will be shared with 4 different hospitals in IL & IN! 🙂

While I’ve been sick, I received a several more boxes that haven’t been gone through yet as I didn’t want to touch the cards while I had germs!  I will be sharing more cards from other donors soon! 🙂

Thanks for coming by today, I appreciate your interest in Send A Smile 4 Kids and the inspiration our donors share with our kids! 🙂

I am a Stampin’ Up! Demo, so I do receive monies from products I sell.  I do not receive any compensation for any products I showcase on my blog from anyone.

 

SAS4Kids- Easter

Welcome back! 🙂  I had intended to post another blog entry this month, and the month just flew by too fast, sorry 😦  But here I am, and today, I have a card to share for kids with Send A Smile 4 Kids! 🙂

I saw a card on Pinterest with these eggs by PaperTrey Ink and I thought they were adorable! 🙂  The green paper is Stampin’ Up! and the Happy Easter die is from Memory Box.  It was fun to put together with Stampin’ Up! inks 🙂

I have a couple of guests cards today 🙂  Please enjoy the Winter cards made by Trish Cudney of MN, where it’s still Winter as well as in IL!

Here are two cards showing what I mean by Seasonal, everyday cards 🙂  Happy Birthday and a miss you card.  Nice winter themes and paper, but with everyday sentiments 🙂

I love blue Winter cards, it’s my favorite color! 🙂  You can click on them to make them larger.  Winter themes with no sentiment can be used for any occasion! 🙂

Thank you Trish for these wonderful cards! 🙂  The kids will still be able to enjoy them during the deep freeze here in IL&IN! 🙂

Now I have some more Easter cards, this time from Vicki Luebke of IN 🙂

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Thank you Vicki, for these super fun, colorful and cheerful cards! 🙂

I would like to thank all of my donors for their continued support of our SAS4K, kids! 🙂  You help bring cheer to our kids all year long, and I know they will have large smiles on their faces when receiving these cards and all the cards sent in so far this year! 🙂

If you’re not a donor, that’s fine with us, we hope you enjoy our inspiration and hope you might join us at some point! 🙂

Thank you all for stopping by, I’m thankful for your interest! 🙂  I really do plan on having another post around the 15th of the month 🙂  If you sign up to follow me, you’ll receive my post in your email 🙂

 

Send A Smile 4 Kids Valentines

Yes, SAS4Kids has been off for the month December.  I meant to come on anyway and show some cards, but you know how that goes during the holidays 😉

Going forward with the SAS4Kids challenge blog, it’s been decided that there will be only one challenge posted on the first Saturday of each month.  That will give people a whole month to join in the challenge! 🙂

SAS4Kids will continue to do our “work” of sending or delivering cards to Children’s Hospitals! 🙂  We still have awesome volunteers ready to accept your cards for the kids! 🙂

I will still try to post twice a month, or maybe 3 times, depends on what’s going on 😉  I haven’t been receiving as many cards as in previous years, I hope we aren’t wearing you out! 😦

I have a Valentine card for you today 🙂  I’ve been trying to make more “boy” cards 🙂  I never seem to get enough “boy” cards 😦  So here is what I made for Valentine’s Day 🙂

This card is on Stampin’ Up! Real Red, with Basic Black, and I used my Stampin’ Up! dies to cut the image.  The image is from Etsy, at a store called TeaBreakArt. I found it listed under SVG files, but it also comes with a PNG image that’s great for cards 🙂  The white heart paper came from my stash, could be Stampin’ Up! but it would be discontinued, sorry 😦  I hope a boy will enjoy this card, but I guess girls might like it too 😉

Here are some cards from Sandra Borsheim of MN 🙂  I may have shown the next three shares on our FB page, but it’s all I’ve gotten so far.

Some cards from Ruby Haugen of MN 🙂

And finally, some cards from Donna Wakefield of IN 🙂

Thank you ladies for sharing your wonderful cards with us and our kids! 🙂  You are all so generous and talented! 🙂

This may seem like a lot of Valentine cards, but I assure you, I will need more! 😉  I have 4 hospitals and they all receive Valentine cards 🙂

Thank you all for stopping by, I appreciate your interest whether you make cards for SAS4Kids or you just come for some inspiration! 🙂  I hope to be back soon with more cards 🙂  If you follow my blog, you will get an update whenever I post one 🙂

I wish you all a very Happy New Year!! 🙂

 

Winter cards for SAS4Kids #184

Welcome friends! 🙂  Here is another card for Send A Smile 4 Kids blog challenge 🙂  I also have a repeat guest today to share her cards with you! 🙂  Here is my card :

My guest will be following, but I wanted to give her credit for CASEing her card.  It can be found here.  Scroll down until you find Trish Cudney.  There you will find a card very similar to mine 🙂  Thanks Trish, you may have also CASEd your card, but I still think it’s a great! 🙂  Trish’s card is from last year, 2017.

For this card I used Cabin Fever, by Carta Bella.  If you can’t find the actual printed  product, you can find it here, in digital form, from SnapClickSupply, at the bottom of the page 🙂  I also used Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede cardstock.

Now for some of Trish Cudney’s newest cards 🙂

These cards have the same image and different layouts and papers! 🙂

On the left are two cards with the same layout, but different images and papers 🙂

Most of Trish’s cards have now sentiments, great examples of making Christmas/Winter cards with no sentiment, they can be used for anything! 🙂  Thank you Trish for these wonderful cards! 🙂

Check out our FB page, I’ve just uploaded some new card photos! 🙂

Thank you for coming by today, I hope you’ve enjoyed our cards! 🙂  I appreciate your interest whether you share cards with us or you’re just stopping by for a visit! 🙂  I hope you come by again soon! 🙂

Please note that I receive no compensation from SAS4Kids, where I am a volunteer.  I also receive no compensation from websites, stores or brands.  I do sell Stampin’ Up! products, but that is the only compensation I receive.

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge #183

Welcome to another post featuring Christmas and Winter cards! 🙂  I’ve been so busy, I almost forgot to do this post!  This post will be kinda long, so I hope you’re all ready! 🙂

Christmas is an exciting time of year for our kids in hospitals!  Well, it’s exciting for us getting ready to ship them cards!  I know that I love to get cards to share with the kids and see what our generous donors have made to bring smiles to kids faces! 🙂

My husband came home from work late and let me know that it’s snowing outside, as I’m sure it is in many parts of the USA!  So here is my card to share to get things going:

It’s a Winter Birthday card! 🙂  I heard that some people don’t quite understand what “every day cards with Christmas, Winter themes” actually means.  Here is a great example, well, I think so anyway 😉

I used a 6×6 paper pad by Echo Park, called Celebrate Winter.  What fun colors and images they have in this paper pad! 🙂  And it’s a Birthday card! 🙂  I know you shouldn’t start a sentence with “and”,  sorry 😉

I used Stampin’ Up! Basic Black cardstock and sentiment.  I’m not sure which set it came out of because it’s in my “favorites” box that I use all the time.  Both papers came from the same paper pad, and there are other fun papers as well 🙂  No I don’t get paid to promote Echo Park, I just love their paper pads, and they work well with Stampin’ Up! cardstock! 🙂

Next I have some great cards from repeat donor, Lee Mae Elkins from WA.  I know you’ll enjoy her cards! 🙂  Click on them to see their sentiments 😉  Here are some Christmas/Winter Birthdays!

Every day cards with Christmas/Winter themes 🙂

Here are a couple of Blank/no sentiment, Christmas cards 🙂

Some Merry Christmas for those of you missing the “official” Christmas cards 😉

And finally, some “other than Merry Christmas” cards 🙂

Thank you Lee Mae for giving everyone something to love! 🙂  Great examples of almost every kind of Winter/Christmas card! 🙂

I’d like to thank all of my donors for their efforts this year to bring happy smiles to kids faces! 🙂

Thank you for stopping by! 🙂  I hope we’ve given you some inspiration to get through the holiday card making season! 🙂  I hope you’ll come join us again for more cards! 🙂

Please stop by Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge blog to see more cards, or enter your own! 🙂

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! 🙂

SAS4Kids, Happy Holidays or AG

Hello everyone! 🙂  Are you getting excited for Christmas or something like it?!  I’ve had a request from one of my hospitals for more generic sentiments instead of “Merry Christmas”.  I didn’t pick the title, but it reminded me that some people don’t celebrate Christmas.  Feel free to send in cards with different sentiments like: Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Holiday Wishes.  There are lots to choose from lately, but you can also make “Christmas” cards and leave the sentiment off 😉

I have my own card to share that you can find over on the SAS4Kids blog 🙂  Check it out for other cards with inspiration! 🙂  Here is my card:

I used the same paper pad as last week, “Sugarblush”, by Recollections, from Michaels.  The black with snowflakes was printed off my computer, as well as the sentiment.  I thought pink would be fun for the kids 🙂

Now I have a guest this week, Debbie Caldwell from MI 🙂  Debbie is a repeat sender and she’s made some great cards for the kids that are Post Office friendly for the kids to share with their family or friends 🙂

Debbie has used some great papers, a lot are the same with different layouts 🙂  She used some great layouts more than once as well 🙂  These cards all still look different and will not all go to the same hospital, so these are great choices! 🙂  These are more Winter cards than Christmas, but she also sent Christmas that I will share another week 🙂

Thank you Debbie for sharing these wonderful cards with our kids in the hospital! 🙂  I know these cards will be loved! 🙂

Thank you to all my card makers for sharing their talents! 🙂  Your cards bring lots of smiles to our kids! 🙂

If you’re just stopping by for some inspiration, I hope you found some! 🙂  We are happy to share what we do for kids in the hospital to help cheer them and make them smile! 🙂 We have volunteers in a number of states, we would be happy to accept your donation of cards, if you would like to share 🙂  We appreciate A2 cards as they are easier to mail.  You can contact any of our volunteers on our contact page and see if the size cards you make would be acceptable 🙂

If you already make and donate cards, I’m pretty sure you’ve had this conversation with your volunteer 🙂

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you’ll visit again! 🙂

 

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge #180

Hello visitors! 🙂  I’m so happy to be here for the SAS4Kids Celebration Cards 4 Kids Challenge #180! 🙂  I’m posting my card and you can go to our blog to see the other cards made for the challenge, and you can join in too! 🙂  Here is my card:

I was thinking boy, Winter, Birthday 🙂  I used a Birthday die from Stampin’ Up!, and all Stampin’ Up! cardstock.  The printed paper is from a stack by Carta Bella, called Cabin Fever, I love this paper stack.  If you can’t find the paper anymore, you can get it digital from Snap Click Supply.  I used the digital 6×6 paper #1&2.  I have a nice Cannon printer and I used Matte, photo paper.

This post will be a little long, I have two guests to share their cards! 🙂  First is Brenda Zellner 🙂

Most of Brenda’s cards are Winter cards, but there are some Christmas included as well 🙂  Thank you Brenda for these wonderful cards, they are perfect for our kids! 🙂

Next I have cards from Paula Kysilka 🙂  Paula lives in FL but truly understands Winter, and Christmas from a lot of other states! 🙂

Thank you Paula, these are also wonderful cards that our kids will love! 🙂  Thank you both for sharing your talents! 🙂

Lots of these cards have general sentiments, and very few actual “Merry Christmas” cards.  I’ve been asked to send more cards that have Non-“Merry Christmas” sentiments, such as “Happy Holidays”, “Seasons Greetings”, and such.  I know it’s a sign of the times we live in, but it makes me sad just the same 😦

I want to thank all of my donors who can “go with the flow” and adjust to whatever our hospitals ask for! 🙂

Thank you all for stopping by! 🙂  I hope you’ll come back again and maybe join our challenge! 🙂  You don’t have to make cards to enjoy our wonderful card makers efforts! 🙂

I hope you all can celebrate the holiday season whatever way makes you happy! 🙂

Send A Smile 4 Kids Sept. 15th, 2018

OMGoodness, I totally forgot what day it is, I’m so sorry! 😦  It was a very trying evening 😦  This is going to be a short post, but I will plan on a longer post next time! 🙂

I have a card today that I made for the challenge over at the Send A Smile 4 kids blog 🙂   I hope you’ll go over and check it out! 🙂

Here is the card I made, it’s Thankful with a handful of Fall! 🙂

Now I have a few cards from Tammy Gullett of IA! 🙂

I got the inspiration for my card from Tammy 🙂  You can see we used the same paper, her’s on the top, left.  It came from a 6×6 pad, from Echo Park, called Celebrate Autumn.  Lots of fun colors and images in there! 🙂  I love her turkey paper, she told me she bought it at Hobby Lobby, but it was the only paper I liked in the stack 😦

I love all her cards, especially the little girl and boy in the leaves! 🙂  There is even one that says Happy Birthday! 🙂  Thank you for these great cards, Tammy! 🙂

Ok, I’m off to bed. My husband works second shift and I want to be in bed before he gets home, he says I sleep too late in the mornings 😉 lol  This post will be scheduled to post at 8am, Sat. the 15th, the same time our SAS4Kids blog will be up 🙂

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you’ve gotten some inspiration to get you started on some cards! 🙂  I hope you’ll come back for some more cards soon! 🙂

Have a wonderful weekend and Fall season! 🙂

SAS4Kids and More Fall

Here we are with another card for Send A Smile 4 Kids 🙂  I also have some cards with other sentiments on Fall themed paper 🙂  My post this week will be short, sorry 😦  My computer was down for over two days and I got really far behind on everything! 😦  I did make it back online in time to post my card for today’s challenge, yay! 🙂

So, here’s my card, made especially for a kid at one of “my” SAS4Kids hospitals 🙂

This card was made with an adorable, pre-colored, digital image from Fred She Said Designs 🙂  It’s called Halloween Rosey and it’s in the store 🙂  It comes pre-colored or uncolored in a set.

I also used a new color from Stampin’ Up! called Gorgeous Grape.  The Die Cuts are Stampin’ Up! as well as the Halloween Paper (retired), Washi Tape (retired), and the thick Whisper White card base 🙂  I found this sentiment in my stash of stamps.

The new Stampin’ Up Holiday catalog will be out next week and I’ll have it on my sidebar to the right if you’d like to check out what’s new for this holiday season! 🙂

The current challenge #178 is Cute Fall or Halloween cards 4 kids or Anything Goes, please stop by and check out the other DT cards and enter your card! 🙂

Now I have donor Alissa McKinney of IN! 🙂  Alissa sent in some really cute cards with different sentiments and Fall/Halloween themed papers 🙂  Thank you Alissa for continuing to be one of my donors, I know the kids will love your cards! 🙂

Lots of leaves, pumpkins, owls, and wonderful colors! 🙂  Sentiments include: You’re so sweet, A Halloween hello, Hello, You brighten my day, Happy Birthday, Happy day, and Enjoy the little things 🙂  Lots of inspiration here! 🙂

Winter “themed” cards can look similar using Winter papers and adding general sentiments such as these above 🙂  Winter has sledding, penguins, skating, snowball fights, moose, deer, snowmen, or snow women 😉  I’ll be showing you some Winter cards coming up soon 🙂

I’m sorry for such a short post today, the computer being offline has really messed with me and a lot of the things I do 😦  Please come back again to see what is going on with more cards! 🙂  I appreciate your interest in my blog and Send A Smile 4 Kids! 🙂