Freshly Made Beach

It's Wednesday, so time for a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches!  Jen M, who makes me spend a lot of money with her awesome creations, is our hostess this week.  She has a fun sketch that I had such a blast with.   It looks a bit different than the sketch, but if you are like me and drop your phone while you are looking at it and it turns sideways, you'll totally see my card!  ;)

Can you see it?  If you lean your head to the right you can totally see a shape just like an old Polaroid, right?!  Once I saw that, I knew I wanted to combine the sketch with a Dare to Get Dirty challenge.  I can't share that one with you, but if you are a fan club member you can see it in the gallery over on Splitcoast.  

And because August is SMA Awareness Month, here's a graphic about that.  You can also read more about it here.  

PP75: A Dinosaur Christmas

I have the honor of being the guest designer this month at The Paper Players.  I love spending time with my amazing friends over there; they are such a great group of women!   For the first December challenge, Nance asked us to create something for Christmas without using traditional holiday stamps or colors.   I was a bit stumped with this one and still dealing with a never-ending sinus headache, so my card is a bit silly.   I hope you'll find it fun though. I ended up really liking it and would love to make them as my personal card this year. It's just so different and I would think anyone receiving it would just have to smile! 

What do you think?  Too silly?  The more I look at him, the more I laugh!   I love him!   I decided to use both non-traditional colors and stamps for my card.  Maybe the Friday Mashup is rubbing off on me a bit?  :o)   I was trying to find a good dinosaur color combination and settled on Not Quite Navy (my favorite SU color), Pool Party, and So Saffron.  Dino looked a bit washed out in saffron, so I changed him up to More Mustard so you could see him better.  I probably could have left off the distressing, but I thought I'd add it in there since Ann kept hers clean this time.   Somebody had to use the 7-sided tool and sponges, right?  I added a bit of glitter to the stocking because even dinosaurs need a little bling at Christmas!  

I do want to say a HUGE thank you to my friend Brandi for reminding me about the hat from Crab & Company.   I was going to try to make one from the pennant set and punch and I have a feeling that would have made my headache much, much worse.  

I hope you enjoyed my card and will pull out YOUR non-Christmas stuff and create something fun with us! 

Stamps:  Dinoroar, Petite Pairs, Crab & Company (retired), Northern Hearts

Ink:  More Mustard, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Staz On black

Paper:  So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Whisper White, retired designer paper

Tools/Accessories:  Cutter Kit, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, sponges, Dazzling Details