The beginning of my journal journey

I have used a technique from February Craft Stamper to create the front cover. It is on page 87 and called Gesso Smoosh and was very messy to do ( several mucky towels will vouch for that :) )and did take awhile to dry but cheated and speeded it up  with a heat gun after still not dry from leaving overnight .
 I then used Treasure gold in White Fire, Amethyst and lilac to highlight it all and now need to embellish the front .