Well here we are in 2026! I hope you all had a restful end to 2025 and are raring to get crafting again. We have some lovely new products from Stampin’ Up® with a new mini catalogue and new Online Exclusives and Kits.

The theme for the first “blog hop” for 2026 is “Love and Friendship”.
My blog card uses the new Cute as a Bug Suite of products. I chose it deliberately to appeal to younger people or nature lovers. I don’t often do cards with this type of image. The little characters are cute and funny.

Before you start have a look at the papers. I chose one of the pre printed panels and cut that as my DSP ( Designer Series Paper) rather than using a plain panel.

Collect everything together and prepare your card pieces.

Card sizes
– Card base Basic White 21cm x 14.8cm – scored at 10.5cm to give 14.8cm x 10.5cm card.
– Mat layer Old Olive 14.3cm x 10cm.
– DSP 13.8cm x 9.5cm.
– Die cut circles – Daffodil Delight 7.5cm diameter, Basic White 4.3cm.

Cut the DSP piece (13.8cm x 9.5cm) from one of the pre-designed panels in the paper pack.

Stick onto the Old Olive layer. Stick the mounted DSP onto the card base.

Die cut the flower stems from a scrap of Old Olive card, die cut the flower heads from a Basic White scrap.

Stamp your “bugs” and sentiment with black Memento ink on to Basic White card. Carefully position the dies and hold in place with low tack tape. Run through the Cutting and Emboss machine. Alternatively, die cut the shapes and carefully stamp the image on to the pre-cut shape. It is up to you to find which way gives you the best results.

Colour with Stampin’ Blends.

Put Dimensionals on to the back of the larger circle and position on to front of card. Position the 2 flower stems and petal pieces in situ on your card circle. Add your receiving bug onto the circle. Stick the circle on to your card.

Stamp the sentiment on to the smaller Basic White circle, add your other bug. Use Dimensionals to attach smaller circles to card.

Add a greeting to the inside and add a narrow strip of coordinating DSP to the bottom edge to add extra interest to the card. You can also decorate the envelope flap with DSP if you really want to make it look really classy!

The finished card is shown below.

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