dynamic December beach

If you’re like me, you’ve been seeing a lot of Christmasy and wintry creations online lately, or even still finishing up some of those projects yourself!  Today I felt the need for a little visual break from it.  I figured if people do “Christmas in July”, why not do something summery in December?

The current CAS(E) this Sketch and Dynamic Duos challenges easily lent themselves to my way of thinking.  Since I had the supplies out, I went ahead and made two very similar cards.  The first one follows the sketch challenge more closely than the second one. The designer paper is some old stuff I bought back when I did more scrapbooking than cardmaking – I would guess that it’s close to 10 years old. Yes, really. One of the sand dollars on each card is popped up with dimensional adhesive.

At the risk of sounding presumptuous, maybe you could even call this post a mini vacation for the eyes.  😉

I’m going to be sending both of these cards off to Operation Write Home.  Although I suppose these cards really could be gender neutral, I’m going to link them to the December OWH/Our Daily Bread Designs challenge for masculine cards.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Comments are always welcome and appreciated.

Supplies:
Stamps: Stipple Shells (Stampin’ Up); Year Round Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Kraft, Naturals White, Naturals Ivory (SU); designer paper (Creative Memories)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other: dimensionals (SU)