a big thank you

this past week, my friend and her husband came down to visit me in florida! i hadn't seen them for over a year, and it was such a great visit - i'm SO sad to see them go. i knew i wanted to create a thank you card to show them just how much i really appreciated their company (and all the time off they took from work, and all the money we spent - he he!).

i decided to combine my idea for their thank you card with the new challenge over at everything but the kitchen sink - challenge 21! the challenge this week is below:

i have never created anything (card, layout, etc) with a cup-thing before, but i have been wanting to try it for sometime. and with this sketch, it seemed like it was screaming for it! not to mention how it resembles a snow-globe. i love LOVE how you can shake the card and it's like a mini snow-globe! how fun!

i was going for a polka dot theme - ha ha! i also added some brads at the bottom of the card, because although i do like, clean cards, it seemed like it needed just a little touch extra down there!

anyway, that's my card! and i really hope my friend likes it! more importantly, i hope it conveys to her just how special and thankful i am for her!

enjoy!