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 Hello Ai fans!

I love mushrooms and instantly thought of the Mushroom Cubbies set for the Art Impressions "When One Door Closes" challenge.

I grabbed mushrooms and other elements from a few different Ai sets to complete both the front and inside of my card.

I know most people think of brown when they think of mushrooms but they come in MANY different colors and I love trying out different combinations. In my woods we have orange, white, black, red, yellow, and purple. Probably more if I looked hard enough. We've picked and eaten the Chanterelles and Black Trumpet mushrooms.

 I wanted to make this card extra special so I decorated
the inside of the card pretty elaborately too.

I'm kind of wishing now that I had a little fairy tucked in there somewhere too.
Next time, I guess...

Punch Bugs make me SMILE!

Hello Ai fans! 

I've been having fun with the Never Have I Ever
challenge going on right now on the blog. There
are still a couple days to enter. You could win a
free stamp set.

I have had the 5823 – Christmas Cars Set since last summer
but just used it for the first time. It's so cute! Also, as you can
see, it's not just for Christmas.

The second item on my cards that I have never used
is the 5902 – Mini Scalloped Frame Dies. These little
frame dies are the perfect size for so many Art Impressions
images. There are multiple dies so you can adjust the size
of the opening.

The flowers are from 5936 – My Hope Set.
SMILE is from 5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set.

I put WOSC Wink of Stella Glitter Clear Brush Pen – Clear on

the windshield so that it had a more "glassy" look. The cute little

flowers on the bug are a tiny stamp in the 5925 – Honey Bee Set.

There is an easel to attach to the backs of the frames so that
they are free standing. What a great little piece of art they create.

The papers are from 5873 – Mini Birthday Journal Paper Pack
and 5940 – Journal Cover Paper Pack – Plaid.

Derwent Watercolour Pencils

Scarlet Lake 12
Light Violet 26

Kingfisher Blue 38

Turquoise Green 40

Ivory Black 67

Staedtler Watercolor Pencils

80, 124

Copic Markers

Y04, T2, B0000, B000, BV000, BV00

TwinTone

Gray, Sax Blue

Micron 005