Send a Smile 4 Kids May 2025 Challenge

 

The theme for the May Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is "Punny Cards".

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 

I pulled out a couple fun Great Impressions stamps to make this card.

 

 It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids .

(Cards only, please.)

Your cards need not be donated, but if you plan to do so, check the current needs of the volunteers and the deadlines on the Send A Smile 4 Kids Blog.

 (You have until  May 15th to send in Father's Day cards.)

 

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Jen

Mary

Celeste

 Melanie

Sybrina 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Double Trouble Challenge #190

 The theme for the newest Double Trouble Challenge is

"3-2-1 Recipe For Someone Special".

Required are:

3 layers; 2 colors from the color wheel (red & green); and 

1 background of patterned paper.

Check. Check. and Check.

 

I am also entering my card in

Challenge #669 - Try a Sketch on Tuesday

 

 

 

and

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge

 

Thanks for visiting my blog.

DTC #188

 

Thought I'd share this springtime birthday card I've made for the new Double Trouble Challenge.  My friend's birthday is the day after Easter.  I thought adding a few Easter eggs to the flower bouquet and placing it in an eggshell container would make Thing #3, aka Twisted Sister, happy and the card timely.

Double Trouble Challenge #188

Hippity Hoppity

 

This is the recipe provided:

3-2-1- Recipe "Hippity Hoppity"

Servings - Unlimited Portions of Fun

Ingredients:  

     3  Pastel Colors (Neutrals cannot be a choice of Pastels)     

     2  Words in One Sentiment 

     1  Slimline Card  (Mini or Regular)     

 

 For Thing #2, aka Double Dare, I followed Sketch #668 and entered the card in Try A Sketch on Tuesday Challenge, as well.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Hope you had a crafty day! 

 

 

Send a Smile 4 Kids April 2025 Challenge

 The theme for the April Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is "Sketch of Your Choice".

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 

Mother's Day is May 11th.

Father's Day is June 15th.

You might want to use this opportunity to make a card for either occasion,

The deadline for submitting Mother's Day cards to SAS4K is April 15th. 

You have until  May 15th to send in Father's Day cards.

 

When I first started blogging, almost 13 years ago, I always looked forward to the weekly sketch at the Mojo Monday Challenge.  I played that challenge almost every week until it closed several years ago.  Their sketches were a great jumping off point for me as I fed my card making addiction.

This sketch is of my favorites because it has several components.   Using SU products,  I made 3 cards for you to enjoy.  Hope you do!

Looking back, always an enlightening experience,  I used this same sketch for 2 cards for a Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge, February 2015,  before I joined their design team. 

 

It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids .

(Cards only, please.)

Your cards need not be donated, but if you plan to do so, check the current needs of the volunteers and the deadlines on the Send A Smile 4 Kids Blog.

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Jen

Mary

Celeste

 Melanie

Sybrina 

Thanks for visiting!

Double Double Trouble

 This is the second card I've made for the current 

Double Trouble Challenge #187

Something, Anything and Everything

For the recipe part of the challenge I have used one bow, two colors (red and green) and 3 clusters of holly and berries. 

 

Thing #1 has requested everyone to make a Holiday Card.

(I have my Easter cards finished, so decided to make an early Christmas card.)

Thing #2 would like to see us follow the sketch from the Alternative Challenge, 

Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #666. 

And for Thing #3, I will note TSOT next to my entry link and enter their challenge, too.

 

Scroll down to see the first card I made.

or 

go to DTC and see all the design team cards and the various entries.  

Hope you get inspired and play along.

Piano Card

 This card is for a May birthday.  I know that I am getting ahead of myself a little bit, but I saw a piano card online and knew it would be perfect for a friend of mine.  I had to improvise a little bit to make the tiny butterflies.  Two of my friend's favorites are purple and butterflies.

Think she'll like it?

 

 BTW, I am submitting this to the new challenge at Double Trouble,

Something, Anything and Everything

For the recipe part of the challenge I have used one bow, two colors (purple and green) and 3 tiny butterflies. 

I think of a birthday as a "personal" holiday.

This card has also been submitted to  the

 Festive Friday Challenge #FF0180 Piano Day.

I have used 3 of the inspiration items, black, white, and musical notes.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Hope you had a crafty day!

 

My card was a....

 

 

More Double Trouble - Pinch Proof

 The new challenge at Double Trouble was, indeed, a challenge for me.

We are snowbirds and I travel with only a small stash of card making supplies.  And because I am always an overachiever and want to make all the Troubles happy, I needed to think out of the box for 

Challenge #186 3-2-1 Recipe "Pinch Proof" 

 

Thing #1's recipe posed my first problem.  I have no stencils here.  Using some dies I made two of my own, one a row of triangles and the other scattered leaves. 

Using the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #665, Thing #2's  request, was easy.

 

But Thing #3's idea to use shamrocks was almost a deal, or should I say challenge, breaker!  And then I had an epiphany and was able to comply.  Can you find my 3 shamrocks?

 Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.