I love mushrooms...

 ...not only to eat, but also to die-cut. 

I had my mushroom dies out on my work desk, laying next to a couple of scraps. You know how it is, you see them laying side-by-side and you just have to make use of them.

I found a striped cardbase that included the colors of my mushrooms, and this was a good chance to use it. After die-cutting a rectangle in a coordinating color, I created a little scene with the mushrooms and scatterred some gems among them. 

The sentiment was stamped, die-cut and popped up with foam tape.

I added a panel with a stamped sentiment to the inside to finish the card.

For this card I created a cardbase from some patterned, one-sided cardstock in my stash. It nicely coordinated with my mushrooms. This time I added a few sprigs of die-cut greenery to the mushrooms and used a metallic marker to add some dots for interest.

This sentiment was a computer printed one on a larger panel that was in my stash. I die-cut the rectangle, making sure that the sentiment was more-or-less centered before adding my mushroom scene. The whole panel was popped up with some thin foam tape.

This sentiment was also in my stash, paperclipped to the one on the front. I think I've had them for a couple of years--it's about time I used them!

I had one tiny mushroom left and added it to the inside of this card, along with a strip of the cardstock used to make the cardbase.

So, have you ever picked edible mushrooms and then actually eaten them? More than 30 years ago, I found some Morel mushrooms growing under my deck. I knew they were Morels because of their distinctive shape and look. I cleaned them well, sliced them up and sauteed them in some butter. They were SO delicious! For many years afterward, I would check under the deck to see if any more were growing there. I never saw another one. I don't know how the spores ended up there, but it was magical to find those mushrooms.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl