Autumn is Coming!

Hi blogger friends!

I have another fall card to share today.

Entering in these blogs:

4 Crafty Chicks - #422 Happy Fall Y'all
Art Impressions - Vibrant Colors
Allsorts - #487 Autumn Glory
Always Fun - #77 AG
CRAFT - #484 Autumn/Weather
Crafting From the Heart - #221 AAG
Crafting With Friends - #74 AAG
Crafty Catz - #431 Colors of Autumn
Crafty Creations - #375 AG
Crafty Gals Corner - #175 Anything Fall Goes
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Fingers - #152 AAG
Creative Moments - #153 Autumn Colors
Cute Card Thursday - #549 Autumn
Cute n Crafty - #10 Fall/Halloween
Digi Choosday - #39 AAG
Hiding In My Craft room - #372 Freestyle
Jo's Scrap Shack - #253 AAG
Make My Monday - #80 Autumn/Fall Colors
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #1838 AAG
Penny's - #399 AAG
Polkadoodles - #39 AAG
QKR Stampede - #315 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #355 Colors of Autumn/Fall($30 WINNER!)
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fall is in the Air

The glitter leaf background and metallic dots paper is from the Die Cuts With a View Metallic Luxe stack and the metallic stripes is a small pak I got from Dollar Tree that goes perfectly with it. This adorable image is pre-colored from The Paper Shelter called "Autumn is Coming", isn't she a cutie!
I had one that I colored, but I didn't like the way it turned out, so I used the pre-colored one and colored the background.

This is the one that I colored. I mean it's ok. It was just a practice run anyway.

That's it for now, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by.
Thanks to the challengers above for lettin' me play along, you're awesome!
Blessings!
Pam D

Learning to color hair!

Hey coloring friends!

Just wanted to post my journey on my learning how to color hair a little better.
This is my first hair coloring I did when I took my beginning and intermediate Copic classes at least ten yrs ago. I'm not an artist so I had no idea what I was doing, but I was pretty pleased with myself at the time.

                             This is an early coloring I did.  Pretty newby.

                       A more recent coloring. My best coloring up to then.

                                          Most recent. Even better.

Over the last few weeks I've gone on YouTube and watched hours and hour and hours of videos. Some of those ladies I watched are brilliant colorists. Here are a couple practice sheets I've done.

                                                Some favorites.

                                 Most favorite

                            Experimenting with different colors.

                                My own blends and favorites.

I've gotten a little better, but have a long way to go.
The next techniques I want to learn is coloring flesh and clothes.

Hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Blessings!
Pam D

I'm So Happy!

Hey fellow crafters!

I've got the first of some fall cards to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - #420 Alcohol Inks
A Gem of a Challenge - #227 Females
Allsorts - #Create a Scene
Aloha Friday - #127 Kiddie Cards
Always Fun - #76 Fall Colors
Artistic Inspirations - #207 AAG (Won Design Team Fav!)
Art Impressions - #241 Circles
Aud Sentiments - #212 Fall
Cardz For Galz - #80 Thought of Fall
City Crafter - #429 Fall Colors
Crafting From the Heart - #220 AAG
Crafting With Friends - #73 AAG
Crafty Creations - #374 AAG
Crafty Gals Corner - #174 3+ Layers
Crafty Sentiments - Fall Colors
Creative Fingers - #152 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #547 Dies/Punches
Cute n Crafty - #9 Kids
Digi Choosday - #37 AAG
Jo's Scrap Shack - #251 AAG
Make My Monday - #80 Autumn/Fall
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #1837 AAG
Penny's - #397 AAG
Polkadoodles - #37 AAG
QKR Stampede - #313 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #353 Embossing*
* The Spellbinders die is embossed

I am also very happy! Fall is my favorite time of year and these papers from Bo Bunny (Forever Fall Collection) are probably my favorite fall papers!
I love fall because the weather cools down, time to pull out the sweaters and boots, the colors are awesome, time for pumpkin spice lattes, I love everything about it!
I also love this little Magnolia Tilda in the Leaves image, so cute! I used to also love playin' in the leaves as a kid.

That's all for now, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
And thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along, your awesome!
Blessings!
Pam D

Up, Up and Away...

Hey crafty friends,

I have a balloon scene to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts  - #485 Create a Scene
Art Impressions - #241 Circles
Always Fun - #75 Create a Scene
Artistic Inspirations - #206 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #353 Embossing
Tuesday Throwdown - #409 One Layer

*The Paper Shelter - the edges, hills and balloon decorations are embossed.

This was a make and take that I made at a stamp n craft show that I decided to embellish a little more and make a card out of.

I tried to show the circle at such an angle so the glitter would catch the light.

That's all folkes! Thanks for stoppin' by!
And thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along, your awesome!
Blessings!
Pam D

Exploding Box!

Hi blogger friends!

I have an exploding box to share today.

Entering in this challenge:

Fab n Funky - #407 Exploding Box (Won Top 5!)

I got this octagonal exploding box from Scrapbooking Mad which is a digital company out of the UK. You can go here. Pretty high quality images and a huge assortment of  card types and themes. And they provide the instructions for everything. I've purchased several kits from them. Pretty reasonably priced too. But you have to print and fussy cut everything.

                        Top

                A bunch of The Paper Shelter images I've collected over the years.

             A little surprize gift box in the middle.

                     Pretty fun!

That's it for today, thanks for stoppin' by!
And thanks to Fab n Funky for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

Birthday Card

Hi crafty friends!

I have a black and gold birthday card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - #206 AG
Butterfly Spot - #106 E
Crafty Catz - #428 Add a Butterfly (Won Top 3!)
Crafty Creations - #373 AG
Crafty Gals Corner - #173 AG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Fingers - #152 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #546 AG
Digi Choosday - #36 AAG
Hiding in My Craft Room - #369  SSS
Jo's Scrap Shack - #250 AAG
Pammie's InkyPinkies - #1835 AAG
Penny's - #396 AAG
Polkadoodles - #36 AAG
QKR Stampede - #312 AAG

Butterfly* - Butterfly & Embellishments

This is a birthday card made with the Charleston Paper pak and the Art Nouveau Butterfly Dazzles by Paper Wishes, and the brushed gold paper from Crafters Companion.

                          Inside

That's all for now, thanks for stoppin' by!
And thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along, you're awesome!
Blessings!
Pam D