AnnaBlendzArtsy No. 8 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/AnnaBlendz-Artsy-No.-8.html
Paper Textures No. 3 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/PaperTextures-No.-3.html
MiniDots No. 1 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/MiniDots-No.-1.html
Artsy Stains No. 3 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyStains-No.-3.html
Paper and Butterfly: Inclement Artplay Palette: https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Inclement.html
Paper: Opacus Artplay Palette: https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-MiniPalette-Opacus.html
Key: Kinsfolk Artplay Palette https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Kinsfolk.html
Birdhouse: Take Flight Artplay Palette https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Take-Flight.html
Hearth WordArt No 1 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Hearth-WordART-Mix-No.-1.html
I started my composition by compositing together an art doll from various copyright-free images on the internet, blending components together with the Artsy Brushes, and using scale techniques often employed by my friend Nancy Gene Armstrong in her collage work. I made a background from Opacus Solid Paper 1 over Inclement Artsy Paper 5 on multiply blending mode and then dragged in the birdhouse, butterfly, and key. The journal and title came next.
With these fundamentals in place, I enriched the composition using a variety of brushes, each on its own layer, some in black, some in colors sampled from the layout. I added the big blue dots to complement the little blue minidots on the birdhouse and background.