The technique to try was to wreck the page by using water. Fortunately for me, my handmade journal pages are made from watercolour card, so I was happy to oblige.
I took my two blank white pages, a craft sheet, four Distress Inks, pine needles, broken china, peeled paint & weathered wood (all blues & greens), a Mini Mister filled with water, a paint brush & a heat gun.
I pressed the ink pads on the craft sheet, then spritz with water, swooshed the papers in the inks, drying each layer with the heat gun until I got the desired effect. I added a little more broken china by flicking it on with a paint brush.
I composed my poem & printed it out on one of the dried pieces of coloured paper. I tore each verse out, thus "wrecking" my journal page & adhered the pieces on the remaining page.
I added glass dewdrops & a heart punched out from the spare paper.
To finish, I sanded the edges of the page to remove the ink, creating a white border.
Postscript
The prompt link no longer works because they deleted the original posting & replaced the technique to try to using squares of tissue paper instead.
