Summertime Is A Buggy Time

I thought I would make a card for a couple of challenges that began this week.  I used the sketch from the Mojo Monday Challenge this week.  This is a great sketch and was fun to use.

My card is all about summer and its bugs!  Now doesn't that sound yucky!  But just wait until you see it. They may be bugs, but they sure are cute.

I used paper from My Mind's Eye and K&Co.  I began by cutting a couple of rectangles and inking the edges with a brown ink pad.  I added the borders which were cut  with a Martha Stewart border punch and also inked in brown.  The scalloped circles were cut from the GEORGE AND BASIC SHAPES cartridge and inked in brown.  

I added a couple of flowers and leaves to the circle.  They were cut from the CRICUT LITE LIVE SIMPLY cartridge.  And then to give the card some character, I added a ladybug and grasshopper also cut for the LIVE SIMPLY cartridge.  I covered the bugs  in Glossy Accents to make their shells appear hard.  And I gave the flowers and leaves a little sparkle with the use of green and orange glitter glue.

I decided that the card needed a little more bling, so I added some green gems to the bottom border of each rectangle.  My sentiment is from a stamp set that I have had for a long time.  Just a simple "Hello" is a good sentiment for any occasion.  It was stamped in black and then the edges inked in brown.  

I finished the card with a pretty crinkle ribbon bow.  And I added a little button to the center of the bow, tied with a little twine.  And that completes my buggy summertime card!  

Challenges

Mojo Monday #244   Sketch

Fantabulous Cricut #114   Don't Bug Me!   Use a Bug in the Project.