Spellbinders came out with these really cool tunnel dies last year, that I thought were pretty unique, so I ordered a couple of them. One is for underwater scenes and the other one I purchased was for sky scenes. This week, I will share my Under-the-Sea cards I made with these new dies.
The tunnel dies are so versatile! You can use just one or two of the dies to keep the card more slim, or all three. The card below using only one die cut layer, which makes for a slimmer card and therefore easier to mail. I stamped a water background in versamark, embossed it with clear embossing power, heat set, then ink blended over it. The water bubble stamps and ink blending make a more realistic water look. The top layer is popped up on dimensionals, then I just glued all my little pieces on.
There is a sentiment stamp set that coordinates with this set, but I didn't buy it. I tell you, you can go broke just buying all the "add ons" that come with one new die set. So, I cheated, and just typed all the sentiments from the set onto my computer and printed them out. Ha!
My next card shows how I used the die set to make a shaker card! Once again, I only used one layer mounted up on dimensionals with a piece of acetate in-between. I did the same ink blending technique to create the bubbles. I put sequins inside my shaker card.
And here is a card using all three die cuts. Each layer is popped up on dimensionals so it ends up being a pretty thick diorama card. I dry embossed waves on the white card stock and added bubble embellishments.
Now, when you cut that many holes in your card stock you end up with a lot of scraps, so the next few cards I will do the reverse to use up those scraps!
Here I just took the punched out pieces and glued them flat to the card.
For this card, I dry embossed all the scraps,
These were such fun cards to make! I really enjoyed working with these new tunnel dies!
Have A Great Day! Amy
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