Beautiful Birthday Card

One of the great things about having friends who are as crazy about stamping as I am is that I get some great cards for various occasions.  My friend Christine Kokiw made me a gorgeous card for my big day yesterday and I just have to share it with you all.  Check this out:

Beautiful Birthday card made for me by my stampin' buddy Christine Kokiw

This was her first attempt at a dahlia fold...not bad, eh?!?

She even made the inside pretty!

Ok, so it is widely known that I have a thing for layers and embellishments on my cards.  I am often teased because of my addiction affinity for all things pretty and Christine made sure she made a "Leena-esque" masterpiece for me.  I have to say I LOVE it!!!  First of all, she used one of my favourite DSP packs of all time:  Cottage Wall.  Secondly she used some of my favourite embellishments (pearls and ribbon) and thirdly she used LOTS of layers.  Everyone at my party yesterday thought it was stunning and so do I!  Thanks so much for working so hard on my birthday card, Christine!  It is just perfect!!