Yesterday I managed to make my tunnel card in record time! It took me about 2 hours! I don't think that's very fast for many of you though! The day before yesterday, I made a waterfall card, which I had never done before, but my camera was dead so I had to charge the battery......here is my tunnel card...
I used patterned paper by Magenta and the colored cardstock came from my local stamp store. The yellow cardstock inside is just plain but the darker green cardstock has a shimmer to it; very nice color!
I used the tunnel instructions found here which were very easy to follow. I first cut out all my paper and cardstock and since I had patterned paper, I didn't have to stamp a background for the inside of the card. I did the inside first so I will talk about that first. After I cut everything, I scored all the pieces. Then I cut the ovals out using my Creative Memories templates and cutters. They are the best! Then I adhered the front pieces together. (the green and the patterned paper)
Then I stamped the sentiment on the yellow piece with VersaColor black and then embossed it with Stampendous Vertigre Opaque Embossing Powder. (The stamp is also from Stampendous). VersaColors gives it a more crisp image. Once that was done, I attached it to the back of the front piece.
I then moved on to the dangling piece you see above. I punched out a yellow piece with my Ek Success Whale of a punch 1 1/4" circle. I put VersaMark over the entire piece and embossed it with the same embossing powder I mentioned above. LET THIS DRY VERY WELL BEFORE YOU TOUCH IT! I learned the hard way, and scratched it and had to re-emboss the same piece. I couldn't see the scratch anymore, so that was nice! Then I punched a flower in plain green cardstock using my Marvy Uchida Flower Punch. It punches out the petals and center and leaves behind the negative space. I then punched the flower out with my 1 1/8" circle punch. You can see the embossing through the flower petals. I then attached a bronze brad in the center. Then I punched out another yellow circle the same size and did the same thing so that my dangly piece would be two-sided. In the middle is sandwiched some clear thread from my daughter's sewing kit! Below you can see a close up of the dangling flower.
Now I will move on to the front of the card...... I knew I wanted the same flower punched out on the front, so I did that in the lower right hand corner and filled the petals in with diamond glaze. I love how shiny it turned out!
Above that, I layered cardstock and stamped friends with VersaColor black and embossed with the same powder.
Very easy to make and I loved how it turned out. What do you think?
Here is my waterfall card....

I used all the same paper and embossing powder for this one......I was quite intimidated for a long time and never wanted to try a waterfall card. Here are the instructions that I used. Let me tell you that it is a lot easier and faster than I thought! I actually thought this was easier than the tunnel card. Here is a close-up of the stamped image which I embossed. The stamp is a four-sided block from Impression Obsession. If you do any tea bag folding, this is what the stamp is used for; to make the squares for tea bag folding. Each of the squares is stamped on white cardstock and then mounted to yellow cardstock. I edged both of them with chalk ink before adhering them together.
You gotta try one of these cards if you haven't already. I think you will find that they both are quite easy. Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to leave a comment if you have the chance!
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