Happy Retirement

Cut the "stars" paper from the 12 x 12 pack, to 5 3/4 x 7 3/4", which will be used in landscape view. 

Take your focal image paper and tear a panel the same height as the paper (5 3/4") and as wide as you wish, leaving a strip of the stars paper visible down the left/right sides, as seen here. 

Tear a pocket from the "script" sheet of vellum. Fold the edges over across the bottom and down the side, securing the flaps on the reverse, thus creating a vellum pocket. 

Secure this onto your landscape card blank. 

Cut and create a bookmark from the papers, using your banner punch. Tie a ribbon through a punched hole. This can be place inside your vellum pocket as a giftable. 

Using the dies as a guide, cut ONE drop from the Sepia washi roll. Lift up the backing sheet along one end of the tape and adhere across the top of an A4 sheet of white card. Slowly peel away the backing, as you use your hand to smooth the washi tape down on to the card. Once the backing has been fully removed, you can burnish the washi to ensure there are no air bubbles or creases.

Line up the second die, secure in place and run through your machine. 

Once all elements are die cut, pop out the sentiments, pick out the one you are using for this project and keep the rest in a tub for future projects.

Secure your chosen sentiment tab in place, to complete your card.