Another Birthday card

This time for a friend. I have two cards for this lady. This one is going to be from us.
I have used a Smeared Ink image from the vintage range, Smitten set.
Coloured with pencils and blended with m.o.

Blue is her favorite colour, hence the colour scheme. Just a touch of glamour dust on the shawl and head feathers.

The front of the card is a matt silver textured cardstock.
The pleating of the ribbon surrounding the aperture is inspired by a Christmas wreath done by Meiflower over on her blog. The ostrich feathers and pearl strands were threaded into a long silver bead and stuck on with pinflair glue-gel.
Inside, plenty of distress ink.The verse will be on the pages following the image.

I am entering this into the challenge over at
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