Saturday, May 26, 2012

Winners for Buttons, Ribbons and/or Bows Challenge

(For the current challenge, please go here.) 

It't time to make 6 stampers very happy by announcing they are winners at Send a Smile 4 Kids in our Buttons, Ribbons and/or Bows Challenge! We have three generous sponsors offering prizes to 3 lucky random winners today: Di's Digis winner of a $10 gift certificate is #1 Deanne! The winner of the $20 gift certificate at The Paper Shelter is #2 Sharette! And the winner of the $12 gift certificate at A Day for Daisies is #7 Stacie! Congrats to these lucky ladies! Please contact me at khasheck@gmail.com so I can put you in touch with the sponsor to redeem your prize. And remember to grab your winner's blog badge from the side of the blog.

Now for our Top Three! These very talented stampers were chosen for that honor by TEAM S.A.S.:

Top Three Card by Spyder

Top Three Card by Carrie  

Top Three Card by Michelle B. 

Fun fun cards ladies! Please grab your Top Three blog badge from the side of the blog and email me at khasheck@gmail.com if you would like to join us as a guest design team member on a future challenge.

Remember you have until Friday June 1st at noon CST to join in our current challenge, Anything Goes for Kids here. And you can also join in the challenge at Paper Crafting Journey (same theme) for a chance at some more great prizes as they host a Card Drive for SAS4Kids! You do not have to send in your card to enter either one of these challenges, but we would sure love it if you did- and so would our kids:) For all the details on how to donate your handmade card(s) to SAS4Kids, just click on the tabs above.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen   

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Anything Goes for Kids Challenge

It's time for another new challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids and this time Anything Goes! Any card appropriate for a child can be entered in this challenge for a chance to win some great prizes from our sponsors and/or be picked for our Top Three! Both of our generous sponsors for this challenge are offering you the chance to win 3 digital stamps of your choice in our random drawings! Our sponsors are: Wee Stamps and Karen's Doodles. Please click on their names to visit their websites and check out their wonderful stamps!

We are pleased to have a guest design team member this week. Linda was a previous Top Three Winner and she had so much fun with the Wee Stamps images we shared with her, she made three cards with them! Please visit her blog here to see these and other cards this talented designer has made.



Now for more inspiration, here are the TEAM S.A.S cards using our sponsors' images. As always, click on their names to go to their blogs for all the details on these and other wonderful cards.

Lucianna's Cards 


Deonna's Cards 


Karen's Cards 


Hilde's Cards 


Sarah's Card

Shelby's Card 

Christy's Card



You have until June 1st at noon CST to enter our Anything Goes for Kids Challenge. And to make it even more fun, if you post your card to your blog after May 24th, you can also enter it in the Anything Goes for Kids challenge at Paper Crafting Journey. PCJ is hosting a Card Drive for SAS4Kids from May 24 - June 6th and we are so thankful to them for that. (EDITED TO ADD: Paper Crafting Journey is allowing back linking to their challenge if you have posted to SAS4Kids between 5/19 and 5/24 when their challenge goes live, you can also enter their Anything Goes for Kids Challenge.) We will be posting more info and some great cards on our home page on May 24th so stop back for that. You are not required to send in your cards to SAS4Kids to enter either of these challenges, but we would sure love it if you did! And so would our kids! For all the details on how to donate your card(s), please click on the tabs at the top of the blog.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 



Saturday, May 12, 2012

For The Boys Winners!

(For our current challenge, please go here.)

It's time to announce the winners of our For The Boys Challenge! We have three random sponsor prizes to award and we are also announcing our Top Three!

The winner of the prize of 7 digis of their choice from Bugaboo is #42 Crafting VickyStamp Shoppe Creation's prize of a $15 gift certificate goes to #29 Linda Palmer! And the winner of 3 digital images from Karen's Doodles is #3 Suzie Q! Congrats ladies! Please send me an email at khasheck@gmail.com so I can put you in touch with the sponsors to redeem your prize. And grab your winners blog badge on the side of the blog.

 These prize winners are chosen by Mr. Random and occasionally one of them is also chosen by the design team as part of the top three. Today is one of those days. Here are our top three in no particular order:

Linda Palmer's Top Three Card 

Top Three Card by Lisa V. 

Top Three Card by Peggy R.

Congratulations to these talented stampers! Please grab your Top Three blog badge and display on your blogs with pride! And send me an email if you would like to be a guest design team member on a future challenge. 

As always to visit any of the winning blogs or our fantastic sponsors, just click on their names. And to see all the Top Three cards and TEAM S.A.S. cards for inspiration, just visit our Pinterest board here

You have until Friday May 18th at noon CST to enter our current challenge  Buttons, Ribbons and/or Flowers for Kids for more chances at great sponsor prizes. After you do, please consider sending in your card(s) to cheer the children inpatient in one of the children's hospitals we are serving. All the information you need to donate is under the tabs above.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 


Saturday, May 5, 2012

Buttons, Ribbons and/or Flowers for Kids

It's time for a new challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids and we are challenging you to make and link a card with some buttons, ribbons and/or flowers that a child would like. We have three generous sponsors for this challenge: Di's Digis is offering a $10 gift certificate to their random winner; The Paper Shelter's prize is a $20 gift certificate; and A Day for Daisies is giving their winner a $12 gift certificate! And we will be picking a Top Three who will win a blog badge and the opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

To inspire you, here are the cards TEAM S.A.S. has made this week using our sponsor's images:

Shelby's Cards 

Sarah's Card 

Deonna's Cards 


Hilde's Cards 


Karen's Cards


Lucianna's Cards 


Christy's Card

So grab some buttons, ribbons and/or flowers and make a fun card for a child and enter our challenge for a chance at some great prizes. You have until noon CST on Friday May 18th to participate in this challenge. You do not have to send in your card after entering it, but you would make a child in a children's hospital very happy if you did! For all the information you need to donate your hand made cards, please see the tabs at the top of the blog. 

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen