I practiced ombre shading today, because of Summer School Day 4 found here: MFT Summer School

I found that it takes a lot of practice to get it right - 

 I blended 3 hues each of distress inks in blues and greens. After a few hours and tossing many bloopers into the trash, I finally settled on this background. I used Harvest Mouse from My Favorite Things which was colored with pencils. A tree die completed my little scene. The main panel was layered onto a dark blue panel and then white. The sentiment was heat embossed with an ivory powder. Thanks for looking in.....Patty

A happy day to get a start on this year's Christmas cards.

We have quite a few friends with doggies in their families so that is where I began.

I am happy to join My Favorite Things for this weeks sketch challenge, which happens to be number 500. WOW! I was inspired by this sketch and here is the link to it:   https://mftstamps.com/blogs/news/wsc500

Here is that sketch:

Here is my Christmas card:

The image is from the MFT stamp set Happy Pawlidays and the sentiment is from Deck the Howls (retired). The dog was colored with polychromos pencils, cut out and layered and glitter put on the white of the hat. I put him on the left side instead of the right. I was going to add those images you see below the card, but I liked the card just the way it was, so I will put them on the inside of the card....I do like this sketch and will definitely use it again. Thanks to My Favorite Things! And thanks for looking in.....PaddySue

Hello there,

I just made a birthday card for a dog.
A special Sheltie dog that does agility with his human mom.
His human dad passed away last year, so I knew that this card would surprise his "mom" and give her a much needed smile.....

This stamp set is retired from My Favorite Things - Best in Show
The images were colored with Prismacolor pencils and cut out with a Scan-N-Cut.

Sometimes a simple little card is good.....

I am sharing this with : Krafty Chicks Challenge #504 - All Occasions

I thought that a special dogs birthday is a good occasion.

Thanks for looking in....

Patty