Love Bugs

So I was labeling my pictures for tonight's post and I just realized that its March already.  I marked all of my pictures as 'February' yesterday, lol.  I guess I'm in denial that the year is going by so quickly!  :)

With the card I made today I thought I would try some paper piecing.  I've been seeing this on a bunch of blogs and videos lately and I love the look but for some reason I never try it.  Tonight I thought I would try and as I was going through my stamps I realized the reason I don't paper piece that often is because I don't have a lot of stamps that can easily be paper pieced.  I guess thats something to keep in mind the next time I go stamp shopping, but for the time being I found a cute one to try the technique out with.

Once I chose the cute stamp set from Stampin' Up! I chose some pattern papers from Lily Bee Design, and some coordinating solid card stock.  I stamped my images in black, and coloured what I didn't paper piece with my SU  Stampin' Write markers, and a gray Copic marker.  After gluing down the pieces I added some Sakura glitter pen, and inked all of the papers I was using with some brown around the edges.  After assembling everything the way I wanted I decided the card needed a bit more colour so I added the blue ribbon.

I love how the glitter pen turned out as you can still see the pattern paper underneath but it defines some of the details of the stamp.  Here is a closeup:

I used some leftover scraps and another stamp from the same set for the inside, leaving a blank space for a handwritten sentiment:

The colour scheme I used here, and the layout, are not normally what I go to, and I think thats why I love this card so much.  I will definitely be paper piecing in the future, hopefully with some larger images.  :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

1. The Pink Elephant - Challenge Sketch #137
2. Craft Your Passion - Paper Piecing
3. Creative Card Crew - Humour

The supplies I used are as follows:

Card stock:  Stampin' Up!  Dusty Durango textured, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake.  Lily Bee Design Head Over Heels 6x6 Tiny Tablet.

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Love Bug.

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan, Memories Black

Markers:  Stampin' Up! Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink, Real Red.  Copic W3.  Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Stardust.

Embellishments:  American Crafts satin ribbon, Recollections brads.

Adhesive:  Tombo Mono permanent adhesive runner, Glue Dots, foam squares, generic glue stick.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, scissors, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Stamp-a-ma-jig.