Blog Hop Day Six: Thanks Tunnel card

Thanks so much for joining me on the sixth day of the Back to School blog-hop!! I'm so excited you came back to craft with me again!  Don't forget to leave me a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win my blog candy at the end of the blog hop!

Today the project is the tunnel card.  You can easily make this card for most any occasion, but for our Back to School themed hop, I made todays card for a Teacher Thank You!

Step one: start with a card base and a card inside.  Both will measure 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".  Fold one for the card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and fold the other to match but then add two more score/fold lines, each at 2 1/4". Now your second card base (the inside of the card) will form the letter "M."

- see picture-

Step Two: cut a window size hole in the center of the inside card. 

I used a hole cutter to make sure the hole is centered.  Mine measures 3" but you can make yours measure as large or as small as

 you'd like to fit your card design.

Step Three: I decorated the inside side panels with matching paper to the front.  The side panel papers measure 2" x 5 1/4" (for the red) and 1 3/4" x 5" (for the decorative paper). 

Then I cut a border for the window and attached it all.

Step Four: Attach the inside to the card base.  I fold the whole inside up and start with one of the panels and glue it to the inside of the base. - See picture - Then attach the second side by applying glue runner and closing the card to attach the inside to the base. 

Step Five: Decorate the front.  I cut the front papers to 5 1/4" x 4" and 5" x 3 3/4" and attach the "notebook paper" I printed on my computer next.  I then used my ATG gun to attach the front to the card base. 

Step Six: I added the sentiment I printed on my computer to the front using pop-dots.  Add the apple with pop-dots too. 

(Preserves Cartridge, Apple 4 cut at 2 1/2")

Step Seven: I then attached the hanging apple to the inside of the tunnel card.  I cut the Apple 4 cut from Preserves Cricut Cartridge at 2" (cut two of the base layer).  Sandwich a length of thread between the extra base of the apple and the assembled apple.  Tape (or glue) the thread to the top of the window of the card, making sure the apple hangs within the window center.

Step Eight: I added doodle dots to the apples to complete to apples.

As you can see from all the patterns of the paper, I made a total of three of these cards.

Here are pictures of the completed set of cards:

Here is a close up of one of the completed cards:

That's it I hope you like it!

Thanks for hopping along this blog hop. To win some blog candy from CardsbyCG, please become a follower and leave a comment at the end of this posting. I look forward to hearing what you think of this project!  The blog candy drawing will be held on Monday, August 16th, 2010.

If you want an additional blog candy entry, go back to my post announcing

the blog candy and leave a comment there:

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/08/back-to-school-blog-hop-blog-candy.html

Feel free to go back and look at the other projects I've posted for the blog-hop. Each comment (one per project) will get you one entry for the blog candy, so comment away.

There are previews of the upcoming projects on my Back to School Blog Hop page.  You can find a link for that on the top of my blog (right under the banner). It includes a link to each days project.  That's where you can go back and review any project after the hop is over too! :)

Blog Hop Day One - Bookmark Reading Logs

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-hop-day-one-bookmark-reading-logs.html

Blog-Hop Day Two "Monster Booklets”

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-hop-day-two-monster-booklets.html

Blog-Hop Day Three: Quick Treat Pouches

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-hop-day-three-quick-treat-pouches.html

Blog Hop Day Four: Scratch Tickets

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-hop-day-four-scratch-tickets.html

Blog Hop Day Five: Gift Card Holder

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-hop-day-five-gift-card-holder.html

Here is the blog-hop line-up!

The link (with the school house picture) on the left will take you to the beginning of the line-up.

Georgiana at Carson's Cricut Creations

http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Dorcas at 4 Crafty Angels

http://4craftyangels.blogspot.com

Cheryl at Cards by CG (That’s me)

http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com

Jen at Purplescrapbooker

http://www.purplescrapbooker.com

Carri at abusybee

http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com