Abracadabra!
I've got a vibrant tunnel card for you today that's filled with a little magic - courtesy of this wizard in training and his sleeping assistant! This was so fun to put together with all of the great products from Whimsy Stamps!
I began with a couple of large inky backgrounds on heavy-weight card stock. In order to accommodate all the components of this card, I sized it out to a 5" x 7" (A7) card base. The tunnel design starts with the largest die cut on the top panel and graduates down in size to the smallest. I stamped samples of my dragon/wizard on scrap paper and placed them on panel to make sure the spacing would work before I die cut the large frame.
I deepened the color on the large die cut because it would be used for the background of the smallest opening on the actual card base itself. The second panel was just a bit bluer in color and a mid tone value between the other two. This gradual variation in size and value makes the tunnel card work! I decided to put together the castle die cut image
(from the "Build-A-Castle" Die Set) just to be sure that the sizing was correct and die cut the frame from the mid-tone panel.
Now that I could arrange all of the components, I decided that I would die cut a slightly larger opening on the middle panel in order for the castle to fill the area. As you can see in the photo below, it was kind of tight in the framing and needed a bit more room for the castle and full moon!
The wizard and sleeping dragon were stamped, watercolored and fussy cut; the edges were touched up with black ink so that they would fade into the background without a bright white outline. I randomly ink blended a panel of white card stock with "Scattered Straw", "Mustard Seed" and "Wild Honey" Distress Oxides, die cut a circle for the moon and then the stars using the
"Slimline Stars Background Die". Several bats were also die cut from black card stock.
Using a left over piece of the mid-tone panel, I heat embossed the sentiment in gold powder and die cut it with one of the speech bubbles from the
"Comic Speech Bubbles Die Set." Now it was time for the assembly! The darkest die cut was glued to the card base with the moon and castle attached on top. The back of the middle panel was covered in foam tape and adhered on top; the same process was followed with the top panel.
The stars/bats/speech bubble were glued to the front and the wizard/dragon were popped up with foam tape. This card ended up about 1/2" thick due to all of the layering and will definitely be hand delivered instead of going through the mail! I was so happy with the way this tunnel design worked and will be making more of these in the future! Hope you picked up some tips along the way and will try this design technique for yourself!
Thanks so much for sticking with me today and happy crafting!
Rachelle ♥
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Wizard In Training Clear Stamp Set
Great card Rachelle, the background is stunning, cute wizard too. Thanks for joining us at the Fairy and the Unicorn challenge this month. Good luck with your entry. Claire DT
ReplyDeleteA magical creation for our challenge!! Your little wizard is super cute!! Way to go shopping your stash!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our "Franken-Card" challenge over at Shopping Our Stash!! -Deb Horst, DT #SOS507
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