Using a sketch

   This month the them for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is to make a card using a sketch. The sketch I have used is this

   Apart from various coloured card and mirri card I used a topper from Hunkydory and some die cut butterflies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes

   Allsorts - spring flowers with anything goes

   The Crafter's Cafe - CAS with anything goes

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with add flowers

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - layer it up

   C.R.A.F.T. - spring, Easter, anything goes

   Addicted to Stamps and More - any occasion

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Easter bunnies

   This month the theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is animals.

   I have combined pieces left over from various Hunkydory Little Books after making decoupage pictures.

 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional for the girls

   Little Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional CAS

   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

   The Paper Shelter - anything goes with optional buttons/bows

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Creatalicious - anything goes with use green

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Origami dinosaur

 

   This month the theme for the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is fun folds. I decided to use origami for my fun folds and made a dinosaur following online instructions! The background is a download from Carnation Crafts practically prehistoric set with a computer generated sentiment added.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with blue and green

   The Crafter's Cafe - birthdays with anything goes

   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes

   Creative Knockouts - something to say

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft -anything goes

   Crafty Animals - anything goes

My favourite friends

 

   The first Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge of 2025 has the theme 'make new friends but keep the old' and they would like you to use a stamp.

   I have used an old Lili of the Valley stamp which is new to me called 'my favourite friends' and coloured it using ProMarkers. The sentiment is computer generated. I have used paper strip off cuts to form a frame to the design before mounting it onto the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Creative Inspirations - something old, something new

   I Love ProMarkers - anything goes with optional sketch

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Stamping Sensations - anything goes with hand coloured image

   Passion for Promarkers - anything goes

   Digi Design - hand coloured image

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with use a sentiment

   The Paper Shelter - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - something new

   C.R.A.F.T. - new with anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Sweet Stamping - new

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   My Time to Craft - new

   Pearly Sparkles - something new, something old

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  anything goes

Christmas teddies

   The theme for this month's Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge is winter cards.

   I found some old 3D decoupage sheets from Craft Creations and these Christmas teddies were among them.  The sentiment on the blue card was printed using a font on my computer.

 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional Christmas presents

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Allsorts - it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas with anything goes 

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Make My Monday - CAS winter card

  

Posting letters

   This month's theme for the Aud Sentiments challenge is non traditional Christmas colours and/or winter.

   I have chosen another image from Hunkydory's Winter Wishes decoupage book and added some card and ribbon.

 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional blue Christmas

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional winter flowers and fauna

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional thanks

   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes 

   Creative Moments - winter

   Creative Knockouts - tis the season

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Nativity

 

   This Christmas card was made using dies from Carnation Crafts Away in a Manger clean and simple set. Apart from the textured background card the pieces were cut from various scraps of card that had accumulated in my stash!

   I would like to enter this into

   Beccy's Place - holiday cards