Gold Fingers ....

.... that's what I had after finishing a card for my friend's 50th birthday.  I do like a little bit of glitter, from time to time, but this card was absolutely laden with it, and the shiny debris was everywhere - under my nails, on the floor and, thanks to a few little spillages, all over one leg of my trousers!!!  Here's what I made:

 

I used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday and I'm also entering this the following challenges: Sentimental Sundays ("Flowery Springtime"), My Time to Craft ("Mother's Day/Special Lady"), Brown Sugar and Crafty Girls ("Anything Goes") and Charisma Cardz ("Birthday Girls").

 

My inspiration for this card was the gift I bought for Jocelyn - I was out to lunch in Monkstown on St. Patrick's Day and when walking back to the car, saw this jewellery designer's lovely shop - Vivien Walsh - I bought this beautiful bracelet for Jocelyn.  It's gold (appropriate for a 50th birthday, I thought!) and the white stones are jasper.  As the birthday girl is heading off to the sun for her birthday week, I thought this would look so pretty against a tanned arm!

 

 

So I used white and gold as the colours for her card.  I used some very old Japanese paper and some corrugated card painted white and embossed with gold.  I made rolled roses and glittered gold numbers (Jocelyn laughed when she saw them and said "Thanks for keeping the numbers small" - she's not relishing the thoughts of this birthday!).  Here's a close-up of the roses:

 

Recipe:

Font: Notera - www.dafont.com

Punch: MS "branch"

Other: Gold e.p., gold stickles, Japanese paper

Thanks for looking!