The Bude Light

After a brief detour, I'm returning to photos from our holiday in Devon, though for this page we'd crossed the border into Cornwall.

I had a single portrait photo of the Bude Light, and picked a challenge to suit it - this month's Twistback Thursday from Sketch-n-Scrap. It's made up of an archive sketch with a twist, and this time the twist is to use a mask.

I've already chosen to do my holiday pages on Dotted Swiss cardstock, and the embossed dots made working with a mask a bit tricky. My first attempt was a mess, so I used something simpler for the second, a plain circle which I used to surround the photo. Once my papers were in place, I ran my title around the circle and wrote my journalling on a tag.

The original Bude Light was a very bright oil lamp invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and named after his home town. It worked by introducing oxygen to the centre of the burner, and they were used in lighthouses and the Houses of Parliament. This Bude Light was created as part of the millennium celebrations and the 30 foot concrete cone is lit up internally using fibre optics.

Supplies

Cardstock - Bazzill Dotted Swiss

Paper - 7 Dots Studio Illumination
Washi Tape - Papermania

Mist - Docrafts

Ink - Docrafts

Tools

Heidi Swapp Circle Mask

Big Shot & Sizzix Wallflower Alphabet Dies
X-Cut Small Circle Punch