Happy retirement...

Hey!

Today I'm here with a card I have made for my Mum to give to a colleague of hers who is retiring in a few weeks.  Hopefully she'll like this one first time round, unlike the last one she had me make - twice!  Love her ;)  (Good job I do!  Of course :))

I used this weeks Muse card by Marion Vagg as my inspiration and this is what I came up with...

I think this is probably the busiest card I've made in a long while!  I was inspired by the tag and the flower of Marion's card and it just sort of grew from there.  I wanted to make a patterned background like Marion did so the emboss resist came out :)  The background was embossed using WOW's Clear Hologram embossing powder which gives it a lovely purple/blue sparkle in real life...I don't know if you can see it in the picture below?

Here is Marion's card...

I hope that Mum likes this card, and her friend of course...but let's be honest, we all want our Mum's to be proud above all ;)

Thank you for stopping by!  ;)

Supplies
Card:      Paper Mill Direct - White, Daffodil
Stamps: Papermania - Cornfield, Pot Pourri; Glitz - Coutur Distressed Flower; 
Ink:        Distress Ink - Broken China, Antique Linen, Spiced Marmalade; VersaColor - Green; Windsor &
             Newton Writing Ink - Black
Other:    WOW! - Clear Hologram e/p; Crafty Ribbons - Pumpkin seam binding; luggage tag