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

Stamping Contrasts - Layers

I have another card to share from the Stamping Contrasts week over at Make the Day Special stamp store blog. Yesterday Kate and I were on the blog showcasing Layers V's One Layer and we used Lawn Fawns Home Sweet Home.

I've become a fan of One layer cards since joining in with card challenges over the years... having the card front as my only blank canvas reduces the decisions I need to make. I still like to try and add some interest to a OLC by trimming away a strip of the front panel....

I carefully inked and stamped the small twig stamp in the set three times to make a larger branch that could stretch across the card, I then used a ruler and knife to trim a section of the front panele and freehand cut around the image.

I love how the contrasting paper strip shows through to the front :)

Kate has made a brilliant Shaker card with the same stamp set.... please hop over and take a look and whilst you are there you can check out the rest of the Stamping Contrasts blog posts :)

I'm going to pop this in over at AAA cards where the theme is Springtime... Spring is my favourite season and the birds are certainly busy in our garden nesting and feeding.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x