Contemporary snowman

   The theme for this fortnight's challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is early holiday wishes. It is being sponsored by

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a $15 gift certificate

and

Dies R Us who are also offering a $15 gift certificate

   I have gone for contemporary colours for this Christmas card. I matted paper from Papermania onto gold mirri and then wrapped blue satin ribbon round it before matting onto white card.

   The image from Dollar Graphics Depot is from their Brrr It's Cold set and I coloured it using Promarkers in the main. I used a gold gel pen for the snowflake and Stickles on the snow. After cutting it out using a Spellbinders oval die I matted it onto purple card and then attached it to the card. Using a Tattered Lace die I cut five snowflakes from gold mirri and attached these to the ribbon.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - use dies
   The Crafter's Cafe - die cuts and/or punches
   Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Kitty Bee Designs - kiddy cards
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas
   Addicted To Stamps and More - make your mark
   Alphabet - o is for oval

Bunny apron

   The theme for the challenge starting today at Send A Smile 4 Kids is anything goes. It is being sponsored by

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a $15 gift certificate

and 

Kitchen Sink Stamps who are offering a $25 gift certificate

as a prize.

    I have made an apron shaped card using dies from Tattered Lace's his apron die set. The digi image coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut is from Dollar Graphics Depot garden bunnies set.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges: 

   Dream Valley - anything goes

   Ooh La La Creations - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Scrapping 4 Fun - lace/ribbons

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with girly

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes with summer fun
   Pattie's Creations Design - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Bunny builder

   Today sees the start of a new challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids. This time the theme is for a boy and as usual it is being sponsored by two very generous sponsors.

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a$15 gift certificate

and 

Tonic Studios who are offering 8 drops.

   My background paper was printed using The Craft Hut Garden Sheds CD ROM and was left over from a previous project. I matted and layered it onto black and then white card. I cut a part circle from yellow shiny paper to create a sun. The bunny builder was printed from Dollar Graphics Depot  set of the same name, fussy cut and attached to the card. Finally I added a sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Allsorts - birthday boy
   Incy Wincy Designs - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - quick and easy

Guitar boy

   The challenge this fortnight at Send A Smile 4 Kids has the theme of anything goes for kids. It is being sponsored by:

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a $15 gift certificate

and 

Kitchen Sink Stamps who are offering a$25 gift certificate.

   Like most crafter's I am reluctant to throw scraps away because 'they may come in useful'. I used some of these scraps to create the background to my image (The wonders of using a set square!) and then outlined the edges with black peel off strips. The central image is from the Dollar Graphics Depot set called band kids. After colouring it using Promarkers I cut it out using a Spellbinders oval die and matted it onto red core'dinations cardstock which had been cut out using a Spellbinders scalloped oval die. The musical notation was cut from black card and the original card was cut using the musical notes dies from Tattered Lace. Finally I finished the card with a peel off birthday sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Oh La La Creations - for a man or boy
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Passion for Promarkers - sports/hobbies
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Paper Creator's Crafts - anything goes
   Inky Chicks - anything goes
   Everybody Art - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Let's go skating

   The challenge this fortnight at Send A Smile 4 Kids has the theme winter fun for kids. As usual there are two generous sponsors:

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a$15 gift certificate 

and

Dies R Us who are also offering a $15 gift certificate 

   I have used coloured images from Dollar Graphics Depot's  skating penguins set to print a scene which I then cut out and attached to a white card base. I printed the two penguins again separately, fussy cut them out and decoupaged them to the scene.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenge:
   Animal Friends - anything goes
 

Poisettias

   It's Saturday again (they come round so quickly!) and there is another challenge beginning at Send A Smile 4 Kids. For this one we would like you to use punches and/or diecuts. It is being sponsored by

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a $15 gift certificate as  a prize 

and

Bugaboo who are offering 7 digis.

   My image is one of the Candy Cane Critters from Dollar Graphics Depot. I cut it out using a Spellbinder circle die and matted it onto gold mirri card which had been cut out using a scalloped circle Spellbinders die.
   The poinsettia was made from a combination of card and thick paper cut using Tattered Lace dies and assembled on a scalloped circle of gold mirri card. The greeting is also from gold mirri card again cut using a Tattered Lace die.
   The background design of poinsettias has been in my stash several years and I forget which CD ROM is used to print it from. This was matted onto gold card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - cute with anything Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with animals
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Simon says Stamp Wednesday - animal magic
   Open Minded Crafting - seasons/holidays
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   The Crafter's Cafe - something for a child
   A Bit More Time To Craft - anything goes
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Winter fun

   Send A Smile 4 Kids' last challenge of the year begins today. I hope you will join in. The theme is winter fun and is being sponsored by three very generous sponsors:

Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 gift certificate),

Lacy Sunshine (3 digis)

and 

One Happy Cut ($15 gift certificate).

   My first card uses the digi It's Snowtime from Dollar Graphics Depot. I matted it onto green core'dinations cardstock and then red card, after which I attached strips of gold peel off along the edges of the card and image. The bow was cut from gold mirri card and is part of a Tattered Lace florentine bells die cut. The letters were cut from red mirri card using the Tattered Lace alphabet circus dies.

   My second card uses a digi image from Lacy sunshine called Sammi Bee's hot cocoa. I coloured it using Promarkers and after dusting the background using distress inks added Fluffy Stuff and Stickles to the snow. I then matted it onto silver mirri card.
   I sanded the embossed core'dinations cardstock and matted it onto silver card. After attaching the image to the card I randomly added silver peel off snowflakes. The greeting was cut from silver mirri card using a Tattered Lace Christmas sentiment die.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Lacy Sunshine - Sweet dreams of Christmas
   Colour Your World - anything goes
   Oh La La Creations - let it snow
   I Love Promarkers - winter
   Crafty Catz - let it snow
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - winter
   4 Crafty Chicks - winter
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes with wintery
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - let it snow

Cute fall/halloween

   For our challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids this time we would like you to make cute fall or Halloween cards. Create any card appropriate for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. We again have three generous sponsors:

Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 Gift Certificate)

A Day For Daisies ($12 Gift certificate)

Bugaboo (7 digis)

   Black cats are often associated with Halloween so I choose these four cats from A Day For Daisy and coloured them using Promarkers. I then decorated one corner with black ribbon before matting and layering onto black card and white card. I finished the card off with a black peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   One Stitch at a Time - anything goes with fourlegged friends

   Craft Your Passion - anything goes

   Papertake Weekly - anything goes

   Brown Sugar - use something recycled (Black ribbon)

   Digi Designs - include a sentiment

   A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes

   Inspiration Destination - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - use a sentiment

   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

   Beccy's Place - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes with using a sentiment

   My second card uses overall bear digis from Dollar Graphics Depot. I created the background using My Craft Studio CD ROMS and matted it onto white card. I then edged it with gold peel offs. I printed two of the bears supplied several times and decoupaged them onto the background. Finally I added a greeting which I had in my stash.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - signs of autumn
   Creative Inspirations - warm colours
   Cute Card Thursday - autumn leaves
   Inky Impressions - decoupage your image
   CD Sunday - bear with me
   4 Crafty Chickens - fall
   Our Creative Corner - shades of autumn

Christmas in July

   Our new challenge today at Send a Smile 4 kids has the theme 'Christmas in July' and again we have three very generous sponsors: Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 gift certificate), A Day for Daisies ($12 gift certificate) and Fred She Said ($10 gift certificate).

   For my first card I cut white card out to form ridges of snow  and dusted the edges using distress ink. I then attached this to the lower edge of paper printed using a House Mouse CD ROM from Joanna Sheen to form a pocket and matted this combo onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I printed Boo Boo Bears Winter Frolic fron Dollar Graphics Depot twice. I cut the bears out from the second copy and decoupaged them onto the first. I then tucked this into the pocket formed ealier and fixed it to the card. I used a white Sakura gel pen to add falling snow to the decoupaged pieces.
   Finally I added  a peel off sentiment to core'dinations cardstock and attached it to the card.

   For my second card I die cut a red mirri card bauble using a Die'sire die, stuck it onto gold mirri card and cut round it. I threaded narrow satin ribbon through this and fixed it to paper from a Papermania contemorary Christmas pack. This was then matted onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I coloured the body of the Christmas bulbs digi image from A Day for Daisies using Promarkers. The antlers were coloured using a silver gel pen and the hooves and bulbs were coloured using glitter pens. The image was then attached to the card using foam pads.

   I would like to enter these cards into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas in July
   Crafty Calender - Christmas in July
   Crafty Hazelnut's hristmas Extra - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - Christmas in July
   Paper Creator's Crafts - Christmas in July
   One Sweet - Christmas in July
   Pile It On - Christmas in July
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - Christmas in July
   Beccy's Place - Christmas in July
   Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas in July

For a special male

   It's the first Saturday in the month and that can only mean the start of another challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids. The theme for this challenge is for a dad or special male and again we have three generous sponsors: Crafty Sentiments Designs (3 digis of winners choice), Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 gift cerftificate) and Inspired by Stamping ($20 gift certificate).

   For my first card I matted some paper which reminded me of coloured wood panelling onto white card. Using a Spellbinders small classic square die I cut four squares from the 'screw' paper which I had printed using My Craft Studio Limited Edition Everyday Men's CD ROM. I matted each of these onto grey core'dinations cardstock which I had cut out using a Spellbinders large classic square die. I then arranged these symmetrically on the card. 

   The coloured image is one  in the daddy's little helper collection from Dollar Graphics Depot and I cut this out using a Spellbinders small label die. I matted this onto navy embossed card which I had cut out using a Spellbinders large label die and fixed it centrally on the card. 

   I matted the sentiment onto grey core'dinations cardstock and glued a screw which I had cut out of the design paper onto each end of the banner before attaching it to the card.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - use a sentiment
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Buckwell's Crafty - spots or stripes or both
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting From The Heart - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - stripes and/or polka dots

   For my second card I matted and layered paper printed from Ooh La La Creations Boys to Men CD ROM onto turquoise card and then white card. I found a strip in my stash that toned in with this paper so I attached this to the left hand side of the card.
   The digi image is from Crafty Sentiments Designs and is called Patches done fishing. I coloured it using Promarkers and matted it onto the turquoise card before attaching it to the card. Finally I added a vertical happy birthday peel off to the left hand strip.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   The Cutie Pie - all about the boys
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes