board_tests.py

@pytest.mark.usefixtures("small_universe", "test_driver")
@pytest.mark.tags("boards")
class TestBoards:

    def test_create_card(self, test_db):
        _card = Common.CARD_2
        current_page = BoardPage(self.test_driver, test_db)
        current_page.go_to_page(test_db.get_default('User').identifier, DoPlan.PRO_PROJECT, DoPlan.PRO_BOARD)
        current_page.create_card(_card)
        current_page = CardDetailsPane(self.test_driver, test_db)
        Validation.assert_equal(_card, current_page.get_title())

Conftest.py

@pytest.fixture(scope='module', autouse=True)
def test_db(request):
    """
    Creates a TestDataCollection instance which houses all the data representation objects.

    :param request: py.test request module
    :return: TestDataCollection instance
    """
    from test_automation.representations.test_data_collection import TestDataCollection

    tdc = TestDataCollection()
    request.module.tdc = tdc
    request.addfinalizer(tdc.clear)
    return tdc