I uploaded a couple images to my themes images directory.
I went to the page tried to insert
<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>
but the source I get back is
<img id="urt-videos" src="../wp-content/themes/urturt/images/media-first-layer.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<img id="urt-ventures" src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/images/media-second-layer.jpg” alt=”” />
the first image works, but not the 2nd