Stampotique - Alter a Book

I haven't taken part in a Stampotique challenge for ages - time to put that right!  The current challenge is to Alter a Book - any kind of book, and it's a non compulsary Stampotique week - though I have used some of my (far too few) Stampotique images.

I decided it was high time to have a go at another page in my "journal" so here we go!

I started with a rough layer of gesso, then applied distress stains in spiced marmalade and tumbled glass, added some torn book pages, another layer of stains, spritzed with blue patina perfect pearls and started stamping!  The 'grungy circles' are Dina Wakley and the script on the flower is my fave Stamp in the Hand.

Check out the other fab entries at Stampotique - one lucky person will win a $30 gift certificate.