Bird Song Card with Lori

I'm back from my little hiatus in September, and I wanted to share a pretty card with you today. Do you ever fall in love with some papers but wonder what to use it for?  I felt that way about these beautiful Bird Song papers from Graphic 45.  I usually buy my paper to use for scrapbooking, then use my leftovers and scrap pieces for cards. I'm sure I wouldn't have a use for a whole pad of this paper for scrapbooking, so I LOVE the smaller 8x8 pads that G45 offers!

I cut the fan shape, greenery, and all of the flowers using my Cricut and the Pagoda cartridge.  The circles are also cut using the Cricut; I used the Center Point feature to cut the circle around the portion of the geisha image I wanted.  I outlined everything using a gold leafing pen, and embellished with brads and ribbon from my stash.  Everything is adhered using ATG tape and the Kool Tak clear foam adhesive pads.  Finally, I used my Copic Spica pens to glitter up lots of stuff!  I used the red on the designs on the fan, clear to outline the flowers on the background paper, and both colors on my focal image.  It's very difficult to get the glitter to show up in photos, but this one shows it the best:

I used clear on the white portion of the kimono nearest her neck, then red along the next strip.  I even used clear on the pink flowers in the image.

I hope you enjoyed today's card!  I'd love to hear your comments on it.