FALL INTO COLOR.

Before I get into our new challenge I would like to introduce you to our 3 new Design Team Members.  Please meet...............                                                                         
                                                                         Cheryl

Caroline

Carly

You can read all about them and the rest of the Design Team under our new Tab Meet the Design Team.  Welcome Aboard Girls!!!!!!

And, with that said I'm sad to say that our Tammy will be stepping down from the Team.  Thank you for all you have done for the Team and we wish you the best. 

Now if your looking for the Winner of our last Challenge please click on our Winners Tab.  Thank you and we hope to see you join us this time around. 

Our Sponsor for this Challenge is MELJENS DESIGNS

Welcome to the Meljen's Designs digital stamp shop. You'll find plenty of cute and whimsical digis here including mice, cupcakes, fairies, teacups, children, teddy bears, bunnies and more. There are a few designs for men (and boys) too! 

Thank you Meljen's for being our Sponsor as they are so kind in offering the winner of this challenge 4 IMAGES FROM MELJEN' STORE!

Since it is now officially Fall what better way to bring in the new Season but, to have a challenge with FALL COLORS.  So, lets see your cards/projects that have fall colors on them.  To give you some inspiration here is what our Design Team came up with using Meljen's Designs Images.

TAMMY

KEVIN

CAROLYNNE

CAROLINE

CHERYL

CARLY

ANNE

NATALIYA

BETH

TAMMY LOUISE

There you have it.  So, lets see what you come up with.  Good Luck and Thanks for playing!!!

3D DECOUPAGE

If your looking for the winners of the past challenge please goto our Winners Tab.  Thanks!

Before I get into the new challenge I just wanted to let you all know that we have added some tabs under our header to make things easier for everyone to find what they are looking for including a tab to see if you were a winner of our past Challenge. 

We also want to say Thank you to each and everyone of you who submitted an application to be on our Design Team.  We will be in touch soon.


This up coming challenge is being Sponsored by Stamping Dragon Designs 

Janette was a busy beaver the past few weeks creating our new lines 3D/Decoupage.  These fine creatures have been colored for you. All you need to do is cut and put them together and add a few of your magic touches.  So, that brings us to our next challenge.  SHOW US YOUR 3D OR DECOUPAGE PROJECTS!!!  It doesn't have to be a card but, it must either have a 3D effect or Decoupaged.  The winner of this challenge will win 4 images of their choice from our Store Stamping Dragon Designs. 

Our Design Team had a blast creating their projects for you so here they are.......

ANNE

Beth

Kevin

Nataliya

TAMMY

TAMMY LOUSIE

Carolynne

WINNERS FOR SEND A SMILE......

We want to say a BIG Thank you to all who sent cards to Send A Smile For Kids.  Im sure each and every child that receives your card is going to have a smile from ear to ear.  Thank you again!!!

Now for the winners....................


The winners of 4 images of their choice is...............

  #2 CHERYL

and

#1 Nana Connie

Now the winners of 2 digi images of their choice are

#3 Karen Haseck

and

#4 Diane Money Godsby

You all did a great job and we Thank you very much for joining us.  If all 4 of you could please contact me at beth.colella0126@gmail.com to collect your prize that would be great. 

Also, please don't forget we have a Design Team Call going on.  You can find all the details on how to submit your entries here.

OCCUPATIONS

Before I get into the new challenge I want to take the time to say Thank you to each and everyone of you who donated your cards to Send A Smile For Kids.  I know they are going to appreciate them in many ways.  So, Thank you again!

I'm happy to bring back Bugaboo Stamps as our Sponsor.

Bugaboo Stamps are hand drawn by the very talented Jodie.  She has a wide variety of images from kids to old people.  You just need to take a look for yourself and I'm sure you won't be able to leave without purchasing some yourself.  

Our challenge this time is for you to HONOR ANY OCCUPATION!  It doesn't have to be a police officer, fire fighter, or Emergency Services, it could be your local dog catcher, house keeper or even your local garbage man.   There are so many to choose from so, lets see them.  You could have a chance to win 7 images from Bugaboo Stamps. 

To get you started we have 2 Special Design Team Members from Bugaboo that used images from our store Stamping Dragon Designs .   

Meet

AMY ELY

Amy used our Penny Nurse which you can find

here. 

and this is

LORI PADBERG

Lori used our image Surgeon Moo Cow which you can find

here.

Please stop by their blogs and leave them a comment or two.  Thank you so much for joining us girls as your cards are beyond cute!

Now, our Design Team was busy working on images from Bugaboo and this is what they came up with................

KEVIN

TAMMY

BETH

ANNE

NATALIYA

CAROLYNNE

TAMMY LOUISE

There you have it and now we would like to see what you come up with. 

 

WINNERS FOR THE RED, GREEN, AND WHITE CHALLENGE.

Better late than never???  Sorry for not posting the winners sooner so, here they are......

Our TOP 3winners are in no particular order......................


                                                                  #31  Paulaholifieldcrafts

                                                                        

 #27 KATJA

and

#19 Charis

CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THE TOP 3.  PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO GRAB YOUR BADGE FOR YOUR BLOGS. 

Now, our winner of 6 images from our New Christmas Line is...................

#4  DARLING HO

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!!! CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME AT beth.colella0126@gmail.com SO WE CAN GET YOUR PRIZE TO YOU!

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR THIS CHALLENGE.  WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR NEXT CHALLENGE THAT IS GOING ON NOW.  ALSO, PLEASE DON'T FORGET WE ARE HAVING A DESIGN TEAM CALL.  ALL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE.  BEST WISHES TO ALL!!!

                                                                      

SURPRISE AND DESIGN TEAM CALL.........

Alot is going on at Stamping With The Dragon.  But, before I get into this "Special" Challenge I want to take the time and let you all know that Stamping With The Dragon has a Design Team Call. 

We are asking that you use the below image and please submit your entries to both Janette (dragonslairdesigns@googlemail.com ) and me (beth.colella0126@gmail.com) .  Best wishes to all!!!

Now for our very "Special" Challenge.  It's special in two ways....One is because it's Janette's Birthday (August 30th) and we are hosting a Card Drive for Send A Smile 4 Kids (http://sendasmile4kids.blogspot.com/) in Janette's honor!

Send A Smile 4 Kids is a charitable blog created for the purpose of collecting donated handmade cards to be distributed to children while they are inpatient at Children’s Hospitals. Currently we are donating them to the Children’s Hospitals in Neenah and Milwaukee, WI. On any given day, there are 50-60 children inpatient in these hospitals so we would love to receive as many cards as you can send to cheer them and their families. The kids may also use your cards as Thank You Notes to the nurses and doctors and others. Any kid's cards are welcome including: birthday, holidays (not religious specific please) and happy anyday cards. 

So, since Janette's Birthday is just around the corner we thought it would be a great way to honor her Birthday by asking all of you to donate to this Special group and in return we will be offering 2 prizes.  But, before I announce what the prizes will be I ask that you please read the guidelines carefully for Send A Smile only because these cards will be going to kids and their safety is a must. 

Rules:  Please make either a holiday card  (any holiday is acceptable) or birthday card.  Your entries must fit the guidelines listed below.

Guidelines for Donated Cards
We ask that you read and follow these simple guidelines before making and sharing your cards.

-All cards must be handmade - no computer card-making programs please, such as Hallmark, etc. and no store bought cards.
-All cards should be made specifically for children ages 0-19.
-Please use loose glitter sparingly (make sure to shake off excess), stickles or glimmer mists are a great alternatives to regular shake-on glitter
-Small embellishments such as brads, buttons, googly eyes should not be used on cards intended for very young children (choking hazard).
-Please leave cards completely blank on the inside so the nurses and staff can write messages to the patient and their family. If there is something on the inside of your card, we can cover it with a blank inside piece or you can.
-Keep the cards upbeat (no "sorry you're sick", "get well soon", etc.), these cards are intended to take the focus off of the hospital and just be a cheery holiday, birthday or any day greeting.
-If you are able to, please include envelopes, especially if your cards are not the standard A2 size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2). If you cannot provide envelopes, you can still send cards and we will provide envelopes where needed.
-The hospitals ask that we not include religious symbols or themes in the cards. Many families have many different faiths and beliefs and the hospital staff is not always aware of what faith a child is.


-Suggested deadlines: Halloween October 10th; Thanksgiving November 5th; Christmas December 1st; Valentines January 20th; Easter: 3-4 weeks before the day it falls on this year.
Mothers Day (to give to the children to give to their Mom) April 30th; Fathers Day (for Dad from the hospitalized kids) May 20th.


If we receive cards later, we will save for next year or try to get delivered before the holiday. We accept any type of children's card anytime as long as it follows these guidelines. Please remember birthdays and everyday cheer cards too.


-About Donations Thank you for your support of SAS4Kids! We do have expenses such as envelopes, shipping and blog costs and if you would consider donating a check to help with those expenses, it would be greatly appreciated. You may send with or without a donation of cards.
Please send your check and/or donated cards to: SAS4Kids, C/O Karen Hasheck, 5507 Hickory St., Schofield, WI 54476. Please include an email address or snail mail address so we can acknowledge your gift.
-Please include an email address and your name or a snail mail address so we can acknowledge your gift of cards or monetary donation.

Other than that let your creativity run wild and put some smiles on those little faces!! You may sign or stamp the back of your cards if you wish. All cards received will be labeled "Send A Smile 4 Kids" on the back.

Thank you again! We can't wait to see what you send us for our kids!

Now, as I said we at Stamping Dragon Designs will be offering 2 prizes.  The first prize will be for a holiday card  and the second prize will be for a birthday card.  Both winners will receive 4 images from our store. 

Our Design Team has been very busy only because they all wanted to wish Janette a Happy Birthday along with making a card for Send A Smile 4 Kids.  So, from all of us on your Design Team.........


             HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                           KATE

                                                                                   TAMMY LOUISE

                                                                                  TAMMY

                                                                                      KEVIN

                                                                                  ANNE

                                                                                NATALIYA

CAROLYNNE

BETH

If you would love to see how these lovely cards/projects were made please stop by the Design Teams blogs and find out.  Please don't forget to leave them a comment too. 

Please help us celebrate Janette's birthday by putting a smile on a Child's face by entering our challenge.  We so can't wait to see what you come up with.