I’ve been playing around with collages for a while, but without producing anything I really love.

But I’m really pleased with this effort – not exactly a masterpiece but some nice little touches.

The background I took from a very old paperback copy of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca which was falling to bits plus some scrapbooking papers.

The paper flowers are also from scrapbooking papers. I don’t have a die cutter so used this tutorial from YouTube.

The caption was printed onto another scrapbook paper, the individual words cut out and then edged with ink. For those that don’t know it, it’s the opening words from L P Hartley’s novel The Go Between – “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” One of my favourite books (and films).

The photo is of my mother’s grandmother, so I’m giving the finished picture to my Mum.

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