Visible Image - Picnics/Summer

 

Hello!  Our theme at Visible Image this week is Picnics/Summer, and my brief is Clean and Simple.  I took my inspiration from this vibrant summery meadow filled with creeping buttercups, and from an earlier card I made, which you will see below.

I started by stencilling Fossilised Amber distress ink through the Sixty Four stencil, fading it out as I got further down the card.

I used the Precious Life flower for my buttercups.  After stamping one off the bottom of the card, I masked the flower head and leaves, then stamped another, masked that as well then stamped the third, where I had to bend the stem in order for the door to close.  

Then I added the sentiment in the central white space, along with a flick of colour to the petals and leaves.

I resisted the urge to add splatters :)

The trimmed panel was adhered to a buttery yellow card.

And here's a pic with the other card that I never shared when the stamp set was first released, which was also my inspiration, but there wasn't enough 'white' space for it to be CAS, hence my new card.

You can get the stamps and stencil, and many more, from the Visible Image store here.  Happy stamping!