Product Description:

NOTE: THE POINSETTIA TUNNEL AND THE CATHEDRAL TUNNEL INCLUDE THE SIDE PIECE 

IF YOU DO NOT PURCHASE THOSE TUNNELS YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN SIDE PIECES BY CUTTING TWO RECTANGLES TO 2.75x4.75’

The “Birch Tree Pop Up Tunnel Card Metal Craft Die” is the main die of the Birch Tree Tunnel Series. The set includes everything you need to build a traditional tunnel (shadow box type) card with a pretty wintery forest design.

NOTE: YOU WILL NEED TWO RECTANGLES CUT TO 2.75x4.75’ FOR THE SHADOW BOX SIDES 

The tunnel has an intricate Birch Tree style front page with two inlaid single trunk Birch Trees (a left and a right winged tree). You can inlay those two Birch trees in a different color card stock to create additional dimension and texture. Consider to use some specialty cardstocks to really pull the eyes into the tree trunks. That way the Birch Trees really frame in the center cut out and draw your eye into the scene that is building up within the tunnel. A cool woodsy cabin/ Scandinavian style ski chalet with many pretty snowy details and window/door detailing is also included in this set. There are also two deer included in the set to create a serene and woodsy outdoor winter scene in the forest- it includes one female and one male deer. Check out the various add-on sets that come with our Birch Tree tunnel, too. The Birch Tree tunnel is a great starting point for more masculine and traditional Winter cards or cards for outdoor enthusiasts. A few small birds are also included and can be added onto the spare branches of the Birch Trees. You will enjoy to make these beautiful large tunnel cards that (when folded flat) will fit into a standard A7 (5x7 inch) envelope for easy mailing. Some of these dies may also further extend on last year’s trifold card collection by providing you with additional dies/side walls for your favorite trifold design.

We will be sharing technique tutorials and many beautiful interactive pop up cards, tunnel shadow box cards and other gorgeous 3D card design samples on our YouTube channel and our design team is also ready to create some fabulous tunnel pop ups, trifolds and other interactive cards this year- so please keep your eye open on our social media and on our “Scrappy Tails Crafters” Facebook fan page. 

Directions for metal craft die use:

1. Gently remove the metal craft die from it’s packaging
2. Using your favorite die-cutting machine, lay a piece of strong card-stock facing the sharp edges of the die and run the required “plate sandwich” through your machine (please note that different machines use different die-cutting sandwiches)
3. These dies are thin steel dies and they work in most available manual and automatic die cutting machines, such as your Vagabond, Cuttlebug, Gemini, Gemini junior, Spellbinder’s Platinum, Big Kick, Big Shot etc.
4. Dies work on different thin materials, including paper, cardstock, specialty foiled or glitter papers
5. Share your beautiful projects with us at #scrappytailscrafts

For inspiration and technique tutorials, please visit our social media channels on YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook.