Happy 60th

One of my colleagues requested I make a 60th birthday card for her friend after she saw the other zig zag card that I made.

I used the tattered lace die set again to cut out the card and the banners and mat and layer panels. I mentioned last time that the short mats on the longer panels annoyed me and so I decided to measure up and make some longer ones. As you can see, I gave up on that idea! Getting the slope in the right direction and the patterned papers the right way up was too taxing. I used a Joanna Sheen Happy Birthday die and cut it twice in gold and pink, to give it a drop shadow. I bought the diamanté numbers at the craft show and as they were in clear gems added clear gems to the butterflies. I added a little glitter to the flowers on the patterened paper to finish. Of course I decided to do this after I'd made the card...

Thank you for your suggestions about the sleeping, I shall look into them all. I managed to have a bit of  a lie in today. I woke up early, but took some more strong painkillers and managed to get back to sleep. I mentioned yesterday that I was joining in with the 30 day colouring challenge over at thedailymarker.com (apologies for the lack of fancy links, I can't seem to do them in the blogger app). Well, I managed Day 1, I stamped out some crazy birds and their accessories and coloured them in with my Spectrum Noir pencils and blending solution. I've added a bit of glossy accents and left it to dry overnight. I'm going to colour in the rest of them later tonight.