Botanicals Blog Hop

Tonight we are featuring the new Botanicals stamp set with a special technique themed blog hop event!
For my card tonight I choose sewing for my technique.  This is the first time I have every sewed on paper, even though I have sewn all of my life for some reason I had a fear of sewing on paper.  Last month for my birthday my husband and son bought me a Janome Mini sewing machine and still it sat there for nearly a month waiting for me to get my courage up.  Well I have to say I really enjoyed it and will be using it often.  Botanicals is the stamp set that comes as a card kit this month from Gina K Designs and I have to say it is very cool.  For some reason when I was thinking about what type of card to make tonight I thought of a Christmas card.  So I inked up the branch with memento markers and stamped it over the text background stamp.  Next I added some sponging around the image and then added highlights to the "berries" with a white gel pen.  the designer paper is Wassail from Basic Grey.  the card stock is pure luxury kraft, ivory, wine with everything and fresh asparagus. Gina has a wonderful video on sewing on paper here on StampTV.

Well I couldn't stop there so I made another botanical card this time for Melissa's Sketch on StampTV.

Please visit these designer's blogs for their project using a variety of techniques all made with the Botanicals stamp set:

• Jessica Fick
• Suzanne Dean
• Colleen Schaan
• Bev Gerard
• Jennie Harper
• Sharri Seffens
• Donna Baker
• Lee Murphy
• Nina Brackett
• Erika Martin
• Brenda Turner (you are here)
• Giovana Smith
• Tina Gilliland
• Carla Suto
• Linda Payne
• Kay Simmons
• Vicki Dutcher
• Karen Knegten

Then, for even more samples with the Botanicals stamp set, visit the StampTV gallery here: botanicals.  To view more information about the free card kit that is included with the purchase of the Botanicals stamp set, click here.



Card Details

Card #1
Stamps Botanicals, The Magic of Christmas- Gina K Designs

Paper Pure Luxury kraft, wine with everything, ivory, fresh asparagus, Basic Grey Wassail

Ink: Memento rhubarb stalk, cantaloupe, bamboo leaves

Other: stain ribbon, sewing machine

Card #2

Stamps: Botanicals- Gina K Designs

Paper:Pure luxury ivory, fresh asparagus

Ink: Memento bamboo leaves

Other: EK Success boarder punch, pearls