SAS4Kids Christmas in July 21, 2018 Blog Hop

Hello Peeps,

I am so excited to take part as one of the SAS4Kids Alumni in this Christmas in July Challenge and Blog Hop Celebrating their 175th Challenge!

Welcome to the huge blog hop and celebration of Send A Smile 4 Kids’ 175^th Challenge! The theme of the blog hop is Christmas in July 4 Kids because it is never too early to start making holiday cards for all the kids in the many children’s hospitals we now serve. 

We would love for each child to receive a holiday card as well as be able to pick some for special medical staff or loved ones they are missing during the holiday season. 

Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock, Memory Box Frosty Border, Marianne Creatable icicle die, Die-namics snowflakes, Hero Arts Sentiment, Crafter Companion sparkle pen

There are 17 stops in the blog hop and at each stop you have one or two chances at winning just by leaving a comment. You can also earn a chance to win a prize by commenting on the blog post on our SAS4Kids blog and also by entering the Christmas in July challenge which starts July 21^st and runs through August 3^rd at noon. 

Here is a list of all our wonderful sponsors and the prizes that you could win:

on my (Berni) first card I am featuring the cute Dancing Penguin from Fred She Said. 

• Kitchen Sink Stamps $25 gift certificate
• Sparkle N Sprinkle  $5 gift code
• Fred She Said $10 gift certificate
• Motion Crafts by Uchi's Designs 3 prize packages each with 1 die set and 1 stamp set $35 value each
• Bugaboo $12 gift code
• Tonic Studios USA Six Tonic Studios Paper Trimmers (159e)
• Stampendous Five prizes: CRS5101/DCS5010 Rose Garden Cling Stamps and Dies, CRS5067/DCS5067 Hydrangea Garden Cling Stamps and Dies, DCP1009 Spring Borders Cutting Dies Set, DCP1007 Build a Wreath Cutting Dies Set, DCP1008 Pop Up Stages Cutting Dies Set
• Paper Nest Dolls Two prizes of 3 digis each of the winner's choice plus one free digi for a commenter on each blog that uses a Paper Nest Dolls image
• Doodles Paper Playground Four prizes of one package of Fairy Dust Sparkle Blends sequin mixes
• White Rose Crafts  Gorjuss Tweed Craft Card Compendium (makes 24 cards - retails at $16.99)
• Dies R Us $15 gift code
• Cheapo Dies (owned by an American I know) $15 gift code
• All Dressed Up Stamps - two digital stamps
• Janet Bailey - three Stampin' up Stamp Sets

Here are the rules for this blog hop:

**You do not need to comment on every stop of the blog hop to have a chance to win a prize. One comment on any of the blogs or on the main SAS4Kids blogpost qualifies you to win one of the prizes on that blog. If you leave a comment on each stop, you will have earned 17 chances to win a prize, and if you enter a card in the Christmas in July 4 Kids challenge, you will also earn a chance to win one of 8 random prizes there.

**You MUST have an USA mailing address to qualify to win any of the prizes. We apologize to any of our readers outside of the USA, but this is a requirement to win any of the prizes in this blog hop and in the Christmas in July challenge.

**The blog hop will start July 21^st at 8:00 a.m. CST and continue until July 31^st at midnight CST. When the blog hop is done, all the winners will be drawn randomly from the commenters on each blog and on the main blog, and announced on the SAS4Kids blog on August 4th and on each individual blog. If your name is listed as a winner, you must contact Karen at khasheck@gmail.com BEFORE August 18^th at midnight CST with your NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS AND MAILING ADDRESS. If you do not contact Karen before August 18^th at midnight CST, your prize will be forfeited.

**The Christmas in July 4 Kids challenge at SAS4Kids will run from July 21^st until August 3^rd at Noon CST (as is typical of our two week challenges.) You can qualify for one of 8 prizes by entering a Christmas or holiday card appropriate for a child following the rules of all of our challenges found in the page above. The prizes will be awarded by random drawing and announced with the rest of the winners on August 4^th on our blog.

We are so happy to have some of the volunteers who collect and distribute cards to our many children’s hospitals as well as some TEAM SAS alumni and previous Top Three winners join the SAS4Kids TEAM SAS in this blog hop!

My (Berni) second card is called Dress Tree Avery from Paper Nest Dolls. This blog will have two winners, one will win a set of three digis of their choice from Paper Nest Dolls and the other will win one digi of their choice also from Paper Nest Dolls.

Supplies: Bo Bunny Silver and Gold collection, Spellbinder Curved border, Anna Griffin sentiment, colored with Spectrum Noir Markers

Here is the list of the participants in the blog hop with links to their blogpost: If you get lost along the way, you can always go back to SAS4Kids Blog

• SAS4Kids Blog (six prizes awarded here) 
• Karen Hasheck
• Hilde Marsh
• Mary Draper
• April Story
• Sybrina King
• Janet Bailey
• Anne Slattery
• Cathy Cusson
• Jill Blasche
• Cindy Amaya 
• Ina Grehan
• Deonna Bemish
• Berni Cutttino (you are here - 2 winners here)
• Mary Moisan.
• Donna Wakefield
• Dena Hughes

Thank you so much for supporting Send a Smile 4 Kids and our wonderful sponsors of this blog hop. Have fun in the drawings! Leave a comment here and hop for more chances at many prizes.

THE NEXT STOP IS: Mary Moisan

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