When I saw that this week’s Make it Monday technique was paper piecing I knew I had to join in!  I love paper piecing but it is time-consuming and a wee bit fiddly – so I often don’t do it!  However, it has been in my head to paper piece the castle image from Little Princess ever since I got it so I thought this would be the perfect occasion!

I had so much fun with this card and have all the little bits of castle that didn’t go on this card sitting in a pile so I may just make a few more while I’m at it!  Doesn’t the font go beautifully with this design too?  I am going to make so much use of that sentiment set (Happy Days) from Clearly Besotted – it’s SOO useful !!

Shoes and bags!  Well, not if they all looked like these anyway!  I used the Stepping Out and Basic Banners stamp sets from Clearly Besotted and inked them is varying shades of aqua (the birthday girl’s favourite colour). I also broke out my new Modern Borders set from Mama Elephant – been after this set for a while so when I saw it come back in stock, in my basket it went!!

The lighting just wasn’t right when I tried to photograph this card so apologies if it looks a wee bit bleached!  Can you see the shimmer on the shoes?  I used a Zig Wink of Stella clear brush pen – lush!