Penguins and Macaroons!

We've had a busy half term week starting with a family wedding which took place at London Zoo... it was great fun and we made a weekend of it, staying in London with close family to celebrate the happy day. We kept forgetting we had our posh gear on walking around the zoo!!.... we wondered why folks were looking or perhaps it's because we were trying to get a family photo with the very obliging penguins at Penguin beach!!?? :)

Anyhow, onto my card for Seven Hills Crafts this week and I tried my hand at water-colour painting on a die cut ....

I made this card for a friend who loves her Cornishware crockery so the mug had to have those bold blue stripes too and it was easier to die cut it from watercolour card and paint them on myself using distress inks. The macaroons are stamped with coloured ink onto the same card so they had a no line effect when I'd finished painting them....

I just happened to flick through a paper pad and found a good match in this pretty pastel check so that helped to finish the card design... mmmm I just want to pick one of those macaroons up right now :)

I'm linking up to the AAA cards challenge which is Watercolour... I rarely get time to play in challenges anymore so it's always a happy coincidence if my card fits a theme and the DT have some great inspirations projects to show you too if you click the link above :)

Stash used:

Stamps: (Bonjour) Avery Elle

Dies: (Hot Cocoa Cups) MFT dienamics

Paper: (Sunny Days Ahead) Echo Park

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x