Daisy Days

It’s time for my Visible Image DT post and this week I’m sharing a card I made for the hospital ward staff who looked after my Mum when she broke her hip and needed surgery.  Mum has advanced Alzheimer’s and the staff treated her with kindness and dignity which I really appreciated.

For the background, I had a piece of inky mop-up lying around on my desk.  I can’t remember what I used on it but it’s a combo of yellow and green with some gold metallic on it too.

Using the Rotation stencil and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink, I added some stencilling in patches around the panel.

I clear heat-embossed the daisy from Daisy Days and fussy cut.  I used the solid petal stamp partially inked and Weathered Wood Distress Ink to add a little colour to the petals.  I used the solid circle to add colour to the centre but decided instead to stamp the flower centre on the little off-cut of inky background and cut that out.

To make some stamens for the flower, I wound some very fine metallic thread around 3 fingers, twisted it in the centre and adhered it to the back of the flower centre using thin foam tape.  I snipped the loops to make individual strands.  This was glued onto the flower, adding extra glue to the foam for added security.

To finish off the background, I clear heat embossed the sentiment from GrungeGreetings and doodled a border.

I think the main feature often looks better with some parts missing – it gives the brain something to fill in! – so I glued the daisy off-set and then trimmed off the overhanging petals.

To complete the card, the panel was mounted on black card and then onto a white A6 card blank.