B is for Buildings

I'm just a bit excited to be posting this morning as the new subject over at The Alphabet Challenge is mine.  I get to pick the winners so let's see what you can do with the topic of 'Buildings'. I will admit that when the theme popped into my head I had no clue what I would create so it is still a challenge for me.  I had a good old rummage around in my stamps thinking that I must have something to fit the bill and found an old coastal town that may have been Papermania.  It certainly was from one of the Do Crafts lines.  I bought a couple of these stamps years ago and became a bit overwhelmed by the amount of colouring. I remember using it for the spotlight technique once leaving most of it uncoloured and just doing the lighthouse.  I was still a bit unsure but decided to get the watercolours out.  It could have gone either way at this point as I am no artist.  Even when I was doing it I couldn't leave it alone and kept adding more colour and then taking it off.  I really didn't like it.  Anyway, about teatime, I gave up and went off to the kitchen.  I nipped back the following morning and I found it had dried really well.  I'm a big fan of walking away and checking later.  Even with Alcohol inks I find I often like it better once it's dried.  Anyway, here it is.  What do you think?

I just layered it onto some similarly coloured backing paper and added some thread and a couple of gems.  I may try some more water colouring now I've got my eye in.

Please pop over and play.  It would be nice to have some cards to judge.  

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x