Art Journal

I've been wanting to create an art journal for a very long time but I haven't had much luck finding a book to use as the base for my journal. The reasons why ran the gambit from- to big, to small, to old, to new..... I finally came across a book to use, this little vintage darling of a book with an embossed cover titled, "I Dare You."I had bought a pop up book with cute animal pictures on every page, I just had to pull it apart to use in my journal. This page is called, "Life is a Circus." There are soooooo many layers of paint on these two pages... I glued two pages of the book together to make a nice canvas to work on. I found that painting on just one page of the book made the pages curl. I dug through my huge stash of Dresden trim to spell the word circus. I think it adds a nice little pop to the background. I think I'll be doing more work in my journal when the mood strikes me. It did take me a long time to finish just this one page.... I could have used a heat gun to speed things up, but I like the drying time too... gives me time to start yet another project! *wink*