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.

Happy Birthday to a Special Person - Fab Friday #185

Now that I are keeping a low profile because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am taking some time to catch up on organizing my supplies and make some cards from stamps I have not 'broken open' yet.
The card I made today is for the sketch challenge at Fab Friday #185 and features two little critters from "Special Someone"

The raccoon and squirrel were so easy to stamp and colour, not needing Stampin' blends, watercolour pencils or any other colouring media.  Instead there are 2 stamps for each image; a detailed stamp for which I used Early Espresso, and a second 'fill in' stamp for which I used Crumb Cake ink.  I was amazed how easy it was to match up the images.

Both were die cut using the coordinating dies and set aside while I prepared the 'setting'.

Balmy Blue was applied to the image piece using a finger dauber, and a strip of grass die cut in Mossy Meadow was added on the bottom.  The raccoon was adhered using tombo; the squirrel with dimensionals.  After die cutting the sentiment with the word bubble die, it was also added using dimensionals.

The raccoon looks somewhat abashed as the squirrel hands him a yellow flower for his birthday.

The image piece is matted with Crumb Cake card stock, and adhered to a larger Early Espresso square with dimensionals.  This was added to the card front near the top with the sentiment underneath.

The card base is Early Espresso, layered with Crumb Cake and then Woodgrain DSP.

On the inside, the little mouse is stamped and is holding a birthday balloon.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Special Someone

Inks:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight

Papers:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Woodgrain DSP, Whisper White

Accessories:  Special Day Dies, Dimensionals