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!

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #751

 

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 

Here is the sketch for this week.

 

 

 For my card, I used various papers from a SU paper pack and added that pretty flowered die cut from Pink and Main.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

 

 

 

Baseball Birthday Card

 Today I made a card for my grandson, who will be 19 in a couple weeks.  He lives and breathes to play baseball.  When he was much younger, before T-ball, he loved fire trucks and was going to be a fireman when he grew up.  We worried about the dangers he would encounter as a firefighter.  Then he discovered baseball and things changed.  So far playing baseball, he has broken his arm, sprained his ankle twice, and last fall took a ball to the face and broke his nose in 2 places.   But he is always ready when the Ref says "batter up".

(I used a pinstriped card base from a SU Paper Pumpkin kit and random stamped a baseball cap on it to create my background.  The baseball was from the kit, as well.)

 

This card follows the sketch for 

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #680.

The circle sentiment is a MFT die and the stamped sentiment is from the MFT Big Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set.

 

Additional Challenges:

Seize the Birthday Challenge #275 - Embossing (wet or dry).  The red card stock is embossed.

Aud Sentiments Challenge #309 - Make Your Own Background and/or Birthday with a sentiment

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #704

 

 

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

Here is a new sketch for you to try:

 

I like the bold borders on this sketch.

Now it's your turn.

Hope you'll share your ideas with us at

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge.

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

Hello, Irresistible

 About 3 weeks ago, I placed a Stampin' Up order.  Because we were in the process of returning to Pennsylvania from warm, sunny Florida, I had the package delivered to my son's address.  When we got back, he gave it to me.  It took a lot of self control to not open that package until after I had completed our income taxes this past Thursday.  But yesterday, I broke the seal and put the items in my stash except for a 6x6 package of paper called Hello, Irresistible.  

Here are two birthday cards I made today using one of the 6x6 papers.

I'm so happy that I ordered this, even if I didn't need any more paper.

I'll be sharing the first card in the following challenges:

AAA Birthday Challenge:  Game #48

Make My Monday Challenge #198 - Frame It!

Seize the Birthday Challenge #259 - Alcohol

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #702

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

Here is the sketch for this 2 week challenge:

For this challenge, we are partnering with the 

Double Trouble Challenge. 

Double Trouble Challenge has long been a favorite of mine.

You are not required to enter the Double Trouble Challenge, but if you'd like to have a little fun while creating your card this week....

 Here are the items required for their challenge: 

 

First: Create a project using as many colors as you wish using either traditional rainbow colors or pastels suitable for Easter or springtime. 

Second:  Use the Tuesday Morning Sketches' image along with the rainbow colors.

Third:   If you used rainbow colors and the Tuesday Morning Sketch, enter your project at Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge.

 

 

Here is a Mother's Day card that I created for both challenges:

 

 

I used Stampin Up tulip paper in a rainbow of colors.  Then I printed a digital image by Power Poppy and colored those tulips to match, fussy cut the image, and used foam tape to pop it onto my card.  I used Spellbinders Circle Dies.  And the sentiment was computer generated.

I hope you'll play along with both challenges.

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

  Don't forget that this TMS Challenge will run for 2 weeks to coincide with the DTC.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #700

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

Here is a new sketch for you to try:

I'm just about finished making Mother's Day cards.  So I started making Father's Day cards.  

 

I thought this was an easy design and great for using scraps.

 

 

 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #691

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

For the first few Tuesdays in 2023

the design team is taking turns choosing 

their favorite sketch from 2022.  

This was my favorite.

I needed 2 birthday cards to start off the new year.  

For these two cards I used papers and flower stamps from an old Paper Pumpkin kit.  The sentiments are from a Spellbinders stamp and die cut set called Many Birthdays.

The punch out leaves and sequins are from the kit.  The little flowers in the corner of the sentiment square were stamped, colored with markers and then fussy cut. Then I added a stamped flower colored with markers to both the inside of the card and the envelope flap.

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.