gesso and glued a used DYER SHEET to the magazine cover first. then gesso the page.
Glue a couple pages together for extra strength also helps when you apply the gesso, 
Make sure the Gesso is dry before doing your next set of pages.you can leave a couple pages without Gesso and glue water color paper or other types of paper for you art journal, what ever you want to do, as long as you have fun doing it.
you could even add photo paper and use those Inks you ve been wanting to try. LOL….
I trimmed the extra paper from the sides. and made it all look even. Then I tore some green paper and glued to USED DRYER SHEET. Next I Painted the sky blue, and watered down the paint.Dabbed it with paper towel to give it lighter puffy cloud look. made some knot stitch flowers of yellow and some of blue.
next I added Shimmer to grass blades, with watered down Pearl Ex powder.next I sewed the glass green beads on , for a flowery look.And the Yellow flowers got a golden stem of gold thread..
Then I added my tree which is made from Sisal Twine,I untwisted it and pulled apart and finger painted it with black and Brown Acrylic paints. also made a nest also with Twine used more paint and added yellow for a slight tinge of color change on the nest. cut and glued branches in place. and tree. added a 3d puff behind the bird. {The Bird was a gift from a swap came with a bunch of die cuts from CANDY LOWEKE.. Which a big thank you for this … Love them….
Ill share what I do with this book as I do the pages. thanks for the comments, its always great to get them….
