did she say, "victorian HYBRID card??!"

yes i did. but it's actually even better than that, it's a victorian hybrid *sketch* card! here's the sketch (laura's #47 from 2S4Y):

and here's the card:

i mostly used the gorgeous french ooh la la paper kit i got during the house of 3 birthday sale a couple of weeks ago. i laid everything out in printshop, played with it, sized it, and then printed the individual bits on plain white cardstock and glossy photo paper so i could reassemble them. i added in a few "real life" enhancements, like lace and ribbon flower trim along the edge, real jet beads on the birdcage, and handstitched swirls.

of course you know i love to use foam tape for dimension--the artisan label is on two layers, the birdcage on a third; then finally, i finished off with a bit of machine stitching around the panels for extra texture! i am pretty pleased with this one, actually. and of course the best part about digi is, you can use the same ingredients as many times as you want, in as many different ways as you can come up with, and you only need to print the projects you like! niiiiiice. :)

(materials, digi: french ooh la la 12x12 kit (re-sized & cropped), swirl cluster brushes (re-colored) & birdcage brushes, rhonna farrer, house of 3; graphed paper pack #2 (re-colored), katie pertiet, designer digitals; software: broderbund printshop; materials, scrappy: patterned paper: pink paislee; white cardstock: staples; glossy photo paper: kodak; lace & ribbon trim: michaels; rub-on: basic grey; embroidery floss: dmc; tiny nail gems from the lovely terrie bailey; black glitter glue: ranger; adhesives: diamond glaze, tombow monorunner, 3m foam tape, hot glue, sewing machine.)