My Missing Puzzle Piece

 I make a lot of love cards, but not many Valentines.  Cards for Soldiers can use love cards all year, not just in February.  The Color Throwdown inspiration is perfect for this type of card!

Kraft background layer, Berry Burst, Pink Passion, Pixie Pink paper for the puzzle, stash ribbon.  

Spring & Easter Cards 4 Kids

SAS4Kids always works a month or two ahead, so while many people are making Valentine cards, we have moved on the Spring and Easter cards!  Be sure to link up your creation at the SAS4Kids challenge blog.  

I don't often stamp on patterned paper (this one from DoodleBug), but I thought this cute image from Kat Scrappiness would be cute with the ears and feet fussy cut and colored.  Yes!!!

A Sheetload of Cards!

Call Me Crafty Al has a YouTube channel that encourages using entire sheets of paper to create multiple cards.  There are even instructions and measurements that you can download!

I am always looking for masculine card ideas, and this layout was perfect.  Paper Pumpkin sentiment, ancient DCWV The Guy Stack paper, stash die cuts.  I made 9 cards from 3 12 x 12 sheets.  

#SUYSJan2022 #ShowUsYourSheetLoad #SheetLoadOfCards

Missing You Like Crazy

I treated myself to the Taylored Expressions Simple Strips bundle for Christmas, and I love how easy it is to get straight, even cuts for narrow sentiments.  

I used a Recollections embossing folder, various die cut hearts, and a preprinted Simple Strips sentiment.  I inked the edges of some of the hearts to keep them from blending into the background.  Sharing this one with Shopping Our Stash My Heart BEETS for You challenge, use a heart or vegetables.  Check out the design team inspiration, very clever!

Plaid and Silhouette

 Just Us Girls (JUGS!) prompt this week is plaid.  

Lawn Fawn plaid, Hero Arts sentiment, SU Just Jade ink, stash die cut and bling.  Here is the JUGS visual prompt:

Join us at Send a Smile 4 Kids on February 6 for our new challenge!

Freshly Made Love

 Judy from Freshly Made Sketches has a great challenge this week:

Spellbinder background die layered over bright silver metallic (sooo hard to photograph).  The oval mirror sentiment has been in my stash for at least 10 years!  I make more love cards than Valentines, since they will be donated to Cards for Soldiers and general cards have a longer shelf life.  

Super simple, but I have the red and silver combination for this sketch:

Come play along with us at Send A Smile 4 Kids for our Love Challenge!

Valentine and Love Cards 4 Kids

Happy New Year!!  Time for a brand new monthly challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, the challenge is to create Valentine and Love Cards 4 Kids. These are cards that would be appropriate for a parent or hospital staff member to give to an inpatient child/tween/teen. However, ANY kid/teen/tween-appropriate card can be linked up for the monthly challenge and will be eligible for Top Three recognition.  Be sure to link up your creation on the SAS4Kids blog.  

Is this pup from Great Impressions adorable?  I fussy cut and paired him with an ancient piece of Boxer paper, and embossed it with a Darice Paw Prints folder.