Daisy Grunge

  Hi everyone and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. We are now near the end of April and mother nature is really blooming. It won't be very long until I can plant up my pots in my tiny sunny garden with summer bedding.  My make today uses the delightful "Daisy Grunge" stamp set with a background set and stencil. Daisy Grunge is so versatile and I have used the main bloom from the set with the sweet tiny daisy and one of the sentiments to make this spring inspired card. 

These are the products I used;

Daisy Grunge stamp set

with a stamp from the  Round in circles background stamp set 

and the Leafy stencil

This is what I got up to;

I taped the stencil onto a piece of white card and blended through these distress inks. Did you know that Visible Image now stock a large range of distress inks and other Tim Holtz products on their website? Do check them out. 

I cut my background down to 5 1/4" square and stamped the large circle cluster from the Round in circles background stamp set  using green oasis Versafine claire ink across the middle.

Next I stamped the large daisy from the Daisy Grunge stamp set onto a scrap of white card, using Nocturne ink, clear heat embossed and cut it out.  I added a little colouring using distress watercolour pencils. 

For some extra dimension I added Glossy accents to the centre of the flower.

I randomly repeat stamped the little daisy from the set all over the background, adding some gold pen detailing. I  stamped the Daisy grunge in the centre of the background and decoupaged the cut out daisy onto it, adding a litttle foam tape under some of the petals to lift them up. Finally I stamped the Smile sentiment below.  As a finishing touch I machine stitched around the edges using my trusty sewing machine. 

I matted onto green card and then adhered to a 5 3/4" square white card blank. 

Here is my finished card again

with a couple of close ups

and one final shot.

I hope I may have inspired you to check out the these lovely stamps and stencil and be inspired by all the stunning colours Mother Nature is sharing all around you to make something spring themed. 

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our kind, friendly and supportive customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group.  A heads up that we are  celebrating 3 years of swapping and the May swap sign up opened yesterday. 

Don't miss this one as there is this amazing giveaway too. One randomly selected participant will win a £30 coupon code to spend on new Visible Image goodies on their website. The sign up will close on Saturday 27th April so hurry on over if you would like to join in. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome. Over 150 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only, if that suits you best.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Visible Image also has its own You Tube channel here where you can see videos and Lives to give you lots of inspiration and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

and their website is here 

 You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell most days, where I share many, many more makes than I have the time to blog. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy these light filled spring days.

Bye for now,

Jane x