altered microscope slide holder

This month's alternative swap was an altered microscope slide holder. I have to say the card ones are much nicer that the fluoro pink plastic ones I use at work.
I wanted to work in colours other than vintage and love the look of the cobalt teal that I associate with Claudine Helmuth and Sally Jean. It was harder than I thought. Anyway, here is my offering.

The embellishments on the front are from the Harlequin Cuttlebug die set. I love the various shapes in this set. I used chip board and embossed it in the rough diamond folder before painting and highlighting it with Copper wax.