Art Impressions Blog: **NEW** - "Bucket" of Fall Fun by Lynn Dionne

Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!

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Let's take a look at this brand-new Ai Fall Keepsake Set (6105). This adorable little set includes several adorable critters including an owl, cat, and fox, an arrangement of leaves and a pumpkin, a mushroom, and several coordinating sentiments! The bucket is designed to hold the beautiful fall arrangement, as well as any of the critters!

To begin, we will stamp and color all of the images using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Shadow Pink, Yellow, Orange, Mustard, Lt Brown, Sand, Beige, Mid Brown, Gray Brown, Lt Gray, Gray, Deep Red, Ever Green, Olive Green, May Green, Green. Now we can die cut these and set them aside while we create our pretty leaf frame using the Ai Fall Leaf Frame Set (5783).

Let's die cut three frames using some smooth cream-colored cardstock and glue them together to create a nice thick frame.

Now we will use some pumpkin-colored cardstock for the background on our frame. Let's spatter this paper with some Tim Holtz Distress Spritz in Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain. This will add some interest and a pretty shimmer!

We will use the Ai Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies (5063) to create a chocolate brown layer and to create a pretty leaf background. For the leafy background we will use the Ai Fall S2 PP (5973). This paper pack has several fun fall papers that you could use here!

We can add the layers to a cream-colored card base, but before we add the leaf frame, we will add a "thankful" sentiment from that same stamp set and die cut using a pretty label die from the Ai Portfolio Template Die Set (5952). This will create a fun surprise element to the top of the frame and also give us a reason to lower the leaf frame on the card to accommodate the owl in the upper left-hand corner.

Going to the Ai Harvest Journal Die Set (5592), we will die cut the "Hello Fall" sentiment from some chocolate brown cardstock and we will also die cut and color some leaves from this same set.

Using some 3D Foam Squares and glue we can add all of our little images to this fun fall scene!

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!