Welcome back to another challenge from Inspiration Station. We hope you are inspired by this gorgeous image - it could be memories of holidays taken, the beach scene, the colours, the houses, the shadows. Anything that inspires you but do let us know what it was from the image that drew your creativity. Mine was the little houses and I suddenly remembered an old stamp I had that hadn't had much love. Isn't it amazing that no matter how much crafting stuff we may have we can still remember that one stamp or paper or die cut!
The stamp I used is an old Chocolate Baroque stamp called Mushroom House. Sadly the owner and designer of Chocolate Baroque stamps Lesley passed suddenly late last year and I'm not sure what's happened to the company since.
I used the gel press for the background with some Tim Holtz paints and layering the paint horizontally to see what image I would get. I quite liked how it created a bubbly sort of texture and a round idea of sky, sea and sand. I added a stencil by Alison Bomber for the branches and hand drew the leaves. I stamped the little houses and used the same paint to colour in the thatch. I thought the sentiment which comes with the set was just perfect for this challenge.
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