Tunnel card featuring decorative paper, label die cut, coffee vellum, fiber and a layered coffee cup

For my September family special occasion cards I decided to make tunnel cards.  I checked out several tutorials and decided to use heavy weight decorative paper (12" x12") for the outside and light weight decorative paper (12"x12") for the inside tunnel.  I made them all large cards to fit in envelopes from my stash.  

For this card I started by trimming my heavy weight paper to 11" x 8.25" or so.  The light weight paper was trimmed to 8" x 8".  The scraps will make A2 background very nicely.  I folded the inside in half and then scored 1.5" from each edge to create the tunnel.  I die cut a label shaped (SX) opening in the center fold which allows the recipient to see the greeting on the inside of the card.  I stamped the greeting on the inside of the card and watercoloured all around it in coordinating colours.  Once dry, I stamped several flowers around the greeting to be visible through the tunnel.  I stamped several extra on scrap paper to add to the tunnel edges.  I glued the two 1.5" flaps to the inside of my card laying it flat and lining up the center fold of the tunnel with the center fold of the card.  I fussy cut the extra flowers I had stamped and added them to the side flaps of the tunnel.  I used the piece I had cut from the inside to decorate the front of my card.   I cut a smaller opening in my label and then stamped it with dark brown ink to distress it.  I crumpled some coffee vellum and tore its edges to be just a bit larger than my label die cut.  I tied a coordinating piece of fiber to the die cut and glued it to my vellum and then glued this large element to my card front placing the double sided tape behind the die cut.  I watercoloured a small coffee cup (CLKER) in coordinating colours, punched it with a circle punch (SU) and then added a brown circle behind it.  I added this small element to the opening in my label using 3D foam tape.  

It was fun to do something different and my other cards will show up over the next few days as I get to blogging them.  I really enjoyed using some of the "special" papers that I have been setting aside for special cards!!             Therese