Gesso

This gorgeous card was made by Sandra, in the flesh the colours and textures are sumptuous. I love how an imaginary land peaks out from behind the gesso.

If you haven't used gesso give it a go. One idea is to paste it through a stencil and leave it to dry naturally. Or, heated with a heat gun it rises, bubbles then pops so you can achieve different textures very easily.

Tip - Make sure you put your stencil straight into water and clean it with a small nail brush as soon as you have heated the gesso.