Beauty of Friendship Tunnel card

 Some days I feel in the mood to create something different -  a different  fun fold, or a really elegant card, or a 3D card. When this happens I start scanning Pinterest, review You Tube listings, as well as other demo's blogs. 

Finally I found it!  A tunnel card! And ironically I did not find this tutorial on any of my usual search areas......

This card is 5 1/2 by 5 1/2" and consists of  2 layers - a front and a back piece separated on the outer ends by  scored and accordion like folds.  The folds allow for adding elements in 3D as well as allowing the card to fold flat for mailing.

After adhering the same size DSP (the woodgrain pattern from the Beauty of Friendship DSP), a circle was die cut in he center.  A 5 1/2 by 5 1/2" piece of the sky pattern from the same DSP pack was adhere to the other piece - the card base.

To create the accordion-like folds, a 5 by 2 1/2" piece of Basic White cardstock was scored at 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2" . This was adhered to the opposite side of the outer edges of the base with the first fold adjacent to the edge. I used Tombo glue for this to allow for a bit of give and take.

Once the tunnel card base was completed, various die cuts created using the Beauty of Friendship stamp set, were added at various levels to create the 3D look.  I also die cut a Raccoon and a Squirrel to add to the scenery.

The star of the show was a large die cut tree placed on the left front. The tree was die cut in Early Espresso; the canopy die cut from another one of the DSP patterns.

The sentiment was added to the circle with a bird perched on either side of it. 

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Beauty of Friendship, Special Someone

Inks: 

Trees: Early Espresso, Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen

Racoon: Soft Suede stamped off, Early Espresso

Squirrel:  Smoky Slake, Black Memento

Birds:  Calypso Coral, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Beautiful Trees dies, Special Day dies, Layering Circle dies, Scoring tool, Elegant Faceted Gems, Dimensionals.