Japanese card

Hello there crafters!
I'm finally enjoying my summer holidays and this means ... a bit extra time to spend in my craft room, whoopee!! Time spent there is always too little, though!
I have a card to share with you today - it's a card definitely with an Asian feel. I made it for the birthday of a friend who's much into Japan and its culture, therefore these Graphic45 papers were absolutely perfect for the purpose. The collection is called "Birdsong" and believe me, those papers are absolutely beautiful! The photo is a bit shiny and it's not doing those gorgeous papers justice.
I wanted the greeting "Happy birthday" to be in Japanese, too, so I resorted to Google translator hoping it wouldn't fail! :D
So no stamping at all on this card for a change, but I do like how it turned out.
Thank you for stopping by and enjoy this crazy summer - it's pouring again here!

Hugs, Vittoria

Asian card

Hi there stampers! :D
I have another card to share with you today which I made for one of my colleagues who loves Japan ans its culture. The geisha image was used as a cameo - I framed it using one of my Floral Ovals nestabilities dies. I love them, they look so great on cards! The tag is a 3-tag punch I've been having for years but which still works great. The gorgeous ribbon was bought at a craft exhibition in Milan - I loved it as soon as I saw it!
Thanks for visiting and have a nice Sunday!
Love, Vittoria