Year of the Snake Calendar

So here is a great card received in the mail from my Stamp pal Gene L who lives in Las Vegas.  I love getting surprises from her. She does such creative Asian projects. One of the most memorable project she sent me is posted here. This one is also quite cool, too.  The words stamped and embossed on t he right side of the card say "Happy New Year" in Chinese. geeeze............I don't even have that stamp.  The black punched background is a Martha Stewart Modern Cube punch........nice, eh?  And, of course, love the shiny Gold background behind the black punched screen.

Snake stamped image with Black and white calligraphy paper for the mat:

Easel up revealing a calendar..............

Back view and you can see there is a spot to write a note, too:

Thank you Gene, for sending me another great inspirational Asian creation!!!