Three cards each very different

Improvising isn't really my strong point but I am getting better at it. I am babysitting and I have brought cards to finish off, colour in, put together and photograph for challenges. I have bought so much with me, my son will start to worry I am moving in or not paying much attention to the children but I still manage to forget the essentials. In this case it was the camera, so I have had to improvise with lighting and use my phone.

Edit: Im sorry I really hate the photos and I have become so obsessive, not sure if you will all get this as a post again, my apologies if you do but I had to retake all the photos as replace, much happier NOW

This first card is an image from Mo's Digital Pencil, isn't she a sweetie. I have watercoloured rather loosely. Before printing up I played around and added some extra frogs, even snuck one in behind. I have used a die to cut a piece of plaid paper as a frame and sit this on a piece of blended cardstock.

Here you can see the bits of gold paint on the mushrooms and that cheeky frog behind her waiting for a kiss.

Just love the sentiment  'You need to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince!'

For this card my inspiration came from the Muse Card Challenge #224 

I was inspired by the shapes, one up one down, the mix of colours, 

separate panel and the inset sentiment.

What I have been trying to do recently is start using stamp sets I bought goodness knows how long ago. Stamp sets I just had to have and then they ended up in that NBUS pile, my goal is to use them at least once and see if they inspire me and I can see myself using them more. If yes then continue to keep them, if not then its time to move them to a friendlier environment.

So here I have used a set I bought that is three layers, diamonds. I have used mainly Altenew Inks and the stamp set is from The Ton. Each time you stamp with a darker colour and it defines the heart better.

I then die cut the 'celebrate' sentiment once from the front panel and once from white fun foam, added the panel to the front of the card. Glued everything back in place and finished off with glossy accents.

This last card was very quick and easy. I silver embossed a strip along the card. The strip is from a set of lacy panels from Penny Black. There are about 6 to 8 different lacy panels and they really are pretty and haven't been used enough. Perfect for this type of card.

I stamped and coloured with copics a few flowers and leaves, fussy cut then added a few little white dots with white gel.

As you can see here I have used the same pink to colour the petals just gone over the petals a second time. Added a few green leaves and all done.

Finished the card off with the silver mirror cardstock diecut 'with love'. 

Challenges:

Muse Card Challenge #224

Celebrate card

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge : Use Plaid

You need to kiss a lot of frogs

Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge #248 Anything Goes

You need to kiss a lot of frogs

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog Challenge #62 Floral

Best Wishes Card

Sisterhood of snarky Stampers #88 K is for Kids

mmmmm this is one of those times you think to yourself is kissing frogs somethings snarky you would say to a kid just to get even or was it meant to be cute.... I'll leave it to you.

Crafty Creations Challenge #346 Anything Goes

Celebrate card

Thanks so much for coming to look and I hope you come again soon.