Cute as a Bug, Ladybug Garden, Sweet Bugs, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have one more Friendship card to share with you and then I'll move onto something else (maybe! lol). Please read on to see how I made today's card.

This layout is one I sue often,  it's one of my favorites for smaller images.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-1/4" piece of Poppy Parade for the largest layer.

The Basic White layer measures 3-1/2" x 4-5/8". On top of that is a Petal Pink layer that measures 3" x 4-1/8" and the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Cute as a Bug" 12" x 12" package measures 207/8" x 4".

I put a small amount of tape where the opening is going to be so I could stick the top two pieces together. I lined the pieces up in my 1-1/4" circle punch and punched a hole. Then I took the DSP and added a piece of copier paper (card stock will work too) behind it for stability and punched out a ring using the 1-3/8" circle punch. You can use any punches or dies as long as the two used together creates a nice framed border/layer. I still have my old punches and use them for this card a lot. Okay, once the circles are done I taped the two pieces together and then I taped them to the Basic White layer and then I taped that to the Poppy Parade layer. Normally I use Dimenisonals behind the circle piece but I had to change that since it wasn't quite large enough and the bugs antennas and legs would be cut off. 

The bug is from the same package of DSP. There's 22 dies in the bundle and of all the dies, there is not one for this cutie and it's my favorite one. SO, I took out my fine tip snips and fussy cut the little bugger! Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place inside the circle.

The words are from the same bundle and were stamped using Blackberry Bliss ink. Why?  I don't know. I should have used black. I wasn't thinking and I had already set it in place on the front of the card with Dimensionals. Once you press down on the Dimensionals, there's really no way of removing them nicely, especially on top of DSP. So I just left it.  I almost forgot, I used the "Labeled with Love" punch to punch the piece out. I had punched a bunch out a while back so I can just grab one and stamp it when I need it.

For the final touch I added a lady bug from the "Ladybug Garden" epoxy embellishments package and the card was done. 

This is such a quick and easy card to make. I am happy with the way it turned out too!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda