In celebration of my bestest buddy in the whole wide world's birthday, I made this little card for her and tucked it in a box with a few Stampin' Up! goodies for her to play with. If you recall, Barb is the person responsible for my financial woes addiction journey into paper creativity! She made this phenomenal card for my birthday earlier this year. I can't compete; ain't even gonna try. But I hope she likes this card, as simple as it may be. Under the awning of the sweet shop is a message that says "Fat-free, Sugar-free, Guilt-free!" We are both battling the bulge. I'm losing. 
This is the card I CASEd, but I added my own twist to it. There's an acetate sheet window, to look like glass. I used DSP instead of plain cardstock (adhered to textured CS). There's some embossing along the bottom window sill, inspired by Sandi McIver. And I was going to put shutters on the sides of the window but ran out of time, so I added the little punched hearts instead.
The window frame was cut using the Paper Cutter. I penciled the cutting lines on the back side of the cardstock, then used the slide cutter to carefully cut out each window pane.
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes (111618), Yummy (retired)
Cardstock: Whisper White Textured (108589), Rich Razzleberry (115316)
DP: Razzleberry Lemonade (115675)
Inks: Melon Mambo Classic (115656), Soft Suede Classic (115657), Real Red Stampin' Write Marker (100052), White Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen (105021)
Accessories/Tools: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Finial Press Textured Impressions die (115963), Paper Cutter (104152), Scallope Edge Punch (112091), handheld heart punch (Fiskars)
I just had to share the gorgeous birthday card my BFF sent me! This is the woman who is directly responsible for my addiction to papercrafting, LOL. We have been bestest friends since we met in junior high school forty-two 22 years ago. ;-)
Barb obviously has mastered the ribbon blossom, which I still struggle with, but I'm determined to "get" it someday! Isn't this just beautiful? My photo doesn't do it justice, trust me.
And along with the lovely card, came the Silhouette she's no longer using, because she just got the new Cricut!!! I'm so excited, but I can't play with it yet until I get my b.day gift from hubby - a new laptop for my craft room. I am so stinkin' spoiled!!!
