Mixed media journal page

Hi everyone! I have my first ever mixed media art journal page to show today and after putting off doing this style of book for a long time I'm glad I tried even though I still have that nag in my head that this is in a book rather than on a canvas, may be I'll get over that eventually. I'm not really one for repeating work either so transferring to a canvas afterwards doesn't really appeal but I do like the fact that eventually I'll have a book of work that's all in one place and that I can flick through.

I made my own journal from a large old book which is an idea from the Christie Tomlinson workshop and this is also where the idea for cupcakes came from. For the book I tore out pages every so often throughout the book then glued those left together two at a time and painted on gesso as the base. I've used scrapbooking paper for the cake cases and butterfly and everything else including the background is painted with acrylic paint. I used a Katzelkraft flourish stamp for partial stamping in black archival ink around the background, some bubble wrap and white paint here and there anda white gel pen for the hearts. So, something different for me, I have lots of sketch books, I've always sketched but using one for mixed media is new and I really enjoyed creating this double page spread.

Back tomorrow with another owl family watercoloured sketch. Enjoy your evening :)