These are for Operation Write Home. I used the current sketch challenge and twist, which was to make one rather straight up and then do a second card stepped up a bit. 
Here are the other challenges that also inspired me. Use dinosaurs for Here Come the Boys challenge #19. I pulled all these blue papers from my stash for the Shopping Your Stash challenge #36 – Winter Blues. I love blues and had a ball matching these patterns to form a couple of masculine cards for the troops to send home. Something for the Boys is the challenge at The Crafty Pad #154. Challenge #40 at the Birthday Sundaes is to have the sentiment on the front. I printed my sentiments, punched it out with a Stampin’ Up! punch, and popped it up on dimensionals. 
Thanks for looking in on me today! Please consider making some cards for Operation Write Home too. Read about it on their blog or pop me a question here.
Excellent! Love this huge Dinosaur!! Love the colours too! Thanks for playing at Here Come The Boys! Woo x
Both of these turned out great! What fun image & sentiment combos and the distressing on the second card is terrific. Thanks for supporting OWH!
Paula S.
OWH Blog Team
operationwritehome.org
Great cards, JoyceAnn! I love that T-rex stamp and those sentiments are perfect for him! Thanks for joining us in this week’s OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge!
hehe I love the sentiment with both these cards! They are both adorable! Thank you so much for taking the time to share and play with us this week at The Crafty Pad
Wonderful cards…you did a great job with the step up! Great image and sentiment!!!TFS!!!
the sentiments are great – lots of smiles provided by them – love the distressing – thanks for supporting OWH
Barb Housner
I love both these cards! You made them for a great cause too! Thank you for playing along with us at Birthday Sundaes!
Maribel
What a superb Dinosaur card, thanks for playing along at Here Come the Boys ‘Dinosaurs’ Challenge. Hugs Teresa xx
Cool cards! I know a few boys who would LOVE them! Thanks for joining us over at SOS for our “Winter Blues” challenge
Such a super card, love the sentiment too, thanks so much for joining us at HCTB’;s Karenx
these are some great dinosaur cards…love the way you followed the sketch for them too…thanks for joining us at shopping our stash this week!