I've spent ages trying to work out where this scene is meant to be - it reminds me so much of Mousehole in Cornwall, but the fishing boat has a WY registration, which stands for Whitby, in Yorkshire. Yet the stonework on the buildings looks as if it's the Cotswolds - which has no coastline! So I think it's just a general purpose English fishing village.
Wherever it is - or indeed isn't - the decoupage and sentiment were printed from that faithful old workhorse of a CD, The best of La Pashe 2012. I wonder how many times i have used that over the years?
That background is the result of a failed experiment. I sprayed a square of card with orange and brown distress effects, then tried to get a crumbling brickwork effect by applying crackle glaze through a brick wall stencil and leaving it to dry. However when dried, the glaze just fell off, taking most of the ink with it. I do like the effect it created, although I'm sure there's a more straightforward way of creating something similar. Anyway, it makes a good background for the image, so it wasn't wasted.
I am sharing this with The CD Sunday Plus Challenge, where as usual the theme is Anything Goes
9 comments:
This is a fabulous card Jane. It's Robin Hood's Bay, which isn't too far from Whitby. It's very scenic and I can see why it reminds you of Cornwall x
Fabulous scene and as for your background I noticed that first and thought it was a brilliant effect
carol x
Lovely card and great background.
Defintely Robin Hood Bay, Jane. We were there a couple of years ago. A really lovely card.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood%27s_Bay#/media/File:Robin_Hood's_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_449087.jpg
Jane you may consider your background a disaster but I love it - you can see that it's meant to be a brick wall. A great card as always.
Pamela
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You've created a great background which works brilliantly with yoyr chosrn image. It makes me want to go on holiday.
Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us.
Jo
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Your disaster was not a disaster, it made a beautiful background which complements the card so well. Beautiful image and beautifully coloured
Thank you for joining us
Margaret
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Sometimes the best effects come from a 'mistake'. What you have created works really well. That village scene reminds me of the TV programme 'Doc Martin'. All in all a lovely card. Thank you for sharing with us.
Jocelyn x
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As a fellow lover, user and admirer of all things La Pashe I know what you mean about where it might be meant to be.
I can only admire your background making attempts as I wouldn't know where to start.
Love the card.
Carol xx
CD Sunday Plus DT
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