Good morning, y’all – and happy Monday and happy December! Some admin notes…today is the FINAL Day for the Stampin’ Up! Black Friday sale and it’s ALSO the final day for my Double Peppermints Ordering Special! So…you know what you need to do there, right?! AND – it’s the FIRST day of the Stampin’ Up! Cyber Monday Paper Pumpkin Sale! Whoo-hoo!!
Today’s card is another sneak peek at a new suite of goodies in the Jan-Apr 2026 Mini Catalog! It’s the totes-adorbs Cute As a Bug suite! There’s the DSP by the same name – the coordinating Sweet Bugs bundle and…the most cutest Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes! Take a look-see:
The layout for this one was inspired by this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I did a quick video on how to make this pretty card, which is posted on Instagram. If you’d like to give that a watch – click here!
I started by adhering a piece of the new Cute As a Bug DSP to the front of a Poppy Parade card base. It looks like a picnic blanket – and that’s sorta perfect for this suite!
Using the largest square Stylish Shapes die, I cut out a piece of fruity Cute As a Bug DSP – which I adhered with Liquid Glue.
I used the largest Stylish Shapes circle die to cut out a Basic White circle.
I carefully inked just the word “hello” on the Sweetest Bugs stamp in Poppy Parade ink and stamped it on the circle. Underneath – I stamped the double-line image from the set twice (next to each other so it would go all the way across the circle) in Crushed Curry ink.
Then I used Liquid Glue to adhere the circle to the card front.
Using dies from the Sweetest Bugs set, I cut out a Blackberry Bliss caterpillar (carrying a leaf umbrella), a cute little bee, and a single flower – all from a piece of the Cute As a Bug DSP. Don’t you love when we have dies that cut out darling DSP images?!
I adhered the caterpillar and the buzzy bee to the Basic White circle – and then slid the die cut flower up under the bees hands – adhering it with Liquid Glue.
I added three new – and adorable! – Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes – and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a buzzy bee and the single flower image from Sweetest Bugs in Tuxedo Black Memento ink up in the corner of a Basic White panel. I colored his body with the Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write Marker, around his neck with the Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend, his head with the Light Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend and the flower petals with the Light Daffodil Delight Blend.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to the inside of the Poppy Parade card base and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the bee and flower from Sweetest Bugs on the front…
…and more of the Cute As a Bug DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Well – if this Suite isn’t just the bees’ knees, I don’t know what is! The Cute As a Bug DSP , with it’s fruity designs, die-cut-out-able images, fun plaids and pretty quilt designs (yep), is just the perfect combination of darling and gorgeous! And the coordinating Sweetest Bugs bundle has sentiments and images (check out the ants and the mushrooms) ready for ALL the cards!! Finally – the Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes…well. Too. Stinkin’. Cute!
I hope you like!
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If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! And as mentioned above, I posted a quick video on how to make this card out on Instagram. Here ’tis on YouTube if you’d like to take a look-see.
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
Missed any tutorials? You can check out my past projects right here!
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M
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Get the Stampin’ Up! Products Used in these Projects: You’ll also need the Sweet Bugs bundle, Cute as a Bug DSP and Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes when they’re available.
Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Poppy Parade Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Basic White Cardstock: Largest Stylish Shapes circle die cut (sentiment); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inside liner)
Cute As a Bug DSP: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (card front panel); Largest Stylish Shapes square die cut (on card front); Die cut caterpillar, bee and flower on front; 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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Finn Fan Fix 
Uhm…does this bowl make my nose look long?!
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M
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Oh my goodness, how cute!! Love the little die cut critters and the ladybugs are just the sweetest!! Poor Finn…tell him it’s the camera angle for sure. 😉
Yes – the photographer was…bad!! :). Thanks, Amy! 🙂
Cute card with an adorable bundle. A must-have for me!
Finn. Channeling Pinocchio? 😜
Right?! That’s a LOOOONG schnoozle!! LOL. Thanks so much, Pat! 🙂