Good Bye Daria

Here are 2 pictures of a Good Bye Retirement Card/Book I made for my best friend, Daria, who is retiring on Friday August 3rd. Daria and I met the day before law school started -- on August 20, 1974 -- and we've been thick as thieves ever since. We've been each other's friend, therapist, doctor, relationship adviser, confidante, etc. We've also worked in the same office since 1989 -- "OGC" stands for Office of the General Counsel. Did you notice that I: 1. Used the Bind It All, 2. Got the holes straight, and 3. Got the pages inside to turn? Our co-workers signed the pages and left really nice messages for her. Hint -- I cut and punched out the inside pages first and brought them into the office and had folks sign them so the cover of the book wouldn't get worn by folks' passing it around. Then I brought them home to assemble. Supplies Used: Lilykate paper by Basic Grey Stampin Up Banana, Bashful Blue and Celery Green cardstocks and markers and watercolor crayons SU black marker Watercolor paper Sponge SU Barely Banana Classic ink (sponged around the flowers) SU Blue brads Papertreyink Borders and Corners Square (used a portion for the faux stitching) SU Black Craft ink (the flowers are embossed) Cornish Heritage Farms Black Detail Embossing Powder Flowers from Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer Flowers set letters from CTMH Sans Small Caps and Sans Small Lowercase alphabet sets SU Black Classic ink (for the words) SU dimensionals Amuse Twinkle in the centers of the flowers for just a little bling bling SU Word Window punch Circle punch Bind It All Bind It All wires Japanese screw punch (to make holes for brads) Tombow Monomulti Glue Genesis Paper Trimmer