Nature's Botanicals

Morning all!  Here is a card that I made quite awhile back, May or June I think.  It just never got posted so I thought it should have its day today.  My love of polka dots shows through with this one, in the background paper and the ribbon.  This is a fun technique where you stamp your image, colour it and then attach acrylic fragment pieces to it.  I used glossy accents for that.  Let it dry throughly and then cut the pieces apart.  Then reassemble the pieces and mount onto a black background with a slight gap between them.  I mounted them on the beaded square nestie shape and added black rhinestones to the border.  It is difficult to see but I did a bit of sewing around the edge of the pink background paper.  I tied a fancy bow using the white organza polka dot ribbon and added a black button from my craft stash and a few decorative pins.  I have been asked this question many times about how I secure the ends of the pins so you don't get stuck.  There are several ways to do this, but I either stick the ends into background cardstock (usually, I mat and layer so there is enough thickness there) or I stick the ends so that they are embedded into the knot of the bow.  I have never had any problems with getting stuck by them.  I did also make sure these pins were not as long in length as the ones that I had seen on the market as I found them to be a problem.  You can also purchase very inexpensively, earring backs that will fit them too.  I added some rhinestone swirls to fill in the background a bit and voila, finished!  I would love to know what you think.  All for now, Sue x