This card was a bit of a challenge to make. I hate measuring and working out sizes like how deep should the recess be, how wide did I want the side panels and what size envelope will it fit in. so the base of this card took a couple of attempts .
I wanted this as large as I could possibly get from an A4 Sheet of card.
If I had made it any smaller my die cut tools would have looked ridiculously over sized .
I found some brads with tools on, which were perfect for the job. So I mixed them in with the larger die cut tools .
I can't honestly say, I enjoyed making the tools. Cutting out the tools twice and cutting the handles of the card dies and gluing them onto the foil version isn't my idea of fun. Partly because I always get glue on the foil and glue is really not that easy to remove from foil .
I used an S.U Woodgrain embossing folder for the doors, the bucket die was from a very old spellbinder beach set. One of those sets that came in a CD case.
The signage I found online, I reduced the size of each sign to around 1" to 1 1/2" and printed them off and cut them out.
The wheel I used here was made using a Robert Addams Mini car die. I cut a corner off a dried out baby wipe and wiped up a little grey ink with it to create the oily rag. The rag in the bucket is also a tiny piece of dried out baby wipe.
The great thing about this card is that it folds flat so it will fit in an 8x6 envelope when folded.
