April Challenge- Paper This and That/ mini tutorial

Happy April!!!  Looks like we finally can say bye bye to old man winter here in Ohio, at least crossing my fingers!

I'm excited to be on Paper This and That design team.  This month's challenge is to create a layout or card with the theme of "April Showers Bring May Flowers".  I made a card from this wonderful digi stamp from GLITTERBABE’S DIGIS.
 
She is giving away 2 digi stamps of your choice to the winner.  The winner will be chosen by random.org.  Little hint..  how creative are you with digi stamps???  Contest will end April 27 at 11:59 PM

Here is what I did along with a little tutorial with one of my favorite craft tool... Glossy Accents.  I was able to achieve a wonderful tile look with my digi stamp.  First, I colored my image with simple colored pencils and then using mineral spirits ( I got this huge bottle at Walmarts for $5 in the paint section) and a paper nub, blend away.

I blended my colors to get a rich wonderful look. The best part is I didn't spend a fortune to get the look I want.  I then did the unthinkable... I gut my image into little blocks...gasp!!!

But no fear, I adhered my little "tiles" to the front of my card.  Then the fun begins!!!  Using Glossy Accents, I covered each tile.

 Here is the difference with and without the Glossy Accents...

It goes on a little cloudy but dries clear. (hint, don'e shake your bottle or you'll get bubbles) After it dried, I finished the rest of my easel card.

Here you can see the final card a little bit better...

 It looks like tiles when your done or even like your looking through a window!  Looking at the pic here, I think I'm gonna add a little something to the base, lol.  A scrapper is never done, lol!!!!