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It is always fun to try new mediums and attempt new techniques. This journal page was one such example.

I did the background with Distress oxide sprays in Vintage Photo, Cracked pistachio ,Fossilized Amber and Walnut Stain. This was my first attempt with the distress oxide sprays and I fell in love with them. The issue with distress oxide is they react with water anytime, I solved this by giving coat of matte medium to seal the page.

The foreground was done with loads and loads of texture mediums. I first mixed Liquitex Glass Bead Gel with FW Acrylic ink in black and applied the same using spatula. Once it dried I applied Finnabair Golden Nugget Paste through Gwen Lafleur compass stencil (from Stencilgirl).I dry brushed Finnabair Mettalique Paint in Green  to enhance compass image. The edges of the foreground were blended out with water and Inktense pencil in brown and black. 

Stenciling with same compass stencil was done and  I stamped with  Distress Archival Ink pad using Itsybitsy texture stamp and Mudra stamps.

I didnt know how to complete the page and was stuck, a week later I suddenly came up with thoughts of using pink color.

So the focal piece was done using SethApter stencil and 3D Matte gel. Once dried I painted multiple layers with  FW acrylic pink Process Magenta. I wanted to further layer the focal point, so I picked Mudra Mozaic Border Chipboard, heat embossed it with golden embossing powder (I heat embossed  it multiple times to give good dimension ). I broke the chipboard and rearranged it to like a cross and stuck it with foam sticker.