Purple

It's been a bit quiet on my blog, but it's not due to learning (yet). 

Rather, I started the autumn season with an all-inclusive heavy cold package featuring fever, sore throat and sinusitis. However, being busy with internship and not being allowed to skip a day, I ended up being the sickest person in the consultant office. Isn't it lovely to ask people whether they need a sick leave foe common cold while you can't breathe at all and barely make it through the day on NSAIRs? With a lovely supervisor though, I could still get (some) proper rest, and as soon as I got better I could dig deep in my papers and stitching patterns again.

The result is a set of stitched card for different occasions, which I'll present in near future.

For the start, a purple birthday card for a dear friend. It features the Heliotrope Fairy, one of the wonderful Flower Fairies by Cicely MaryBaker. 

Fitting to the image, I used shimmering purple yarn in purple shades to stitch the border around it. You may have noticed that this pattern has already appeared in some of my previous cards, and I'm sure I'll use it again sometime soon. It seems to fit any occasion and motif, and yet looks so differently when it's done with different colours. 
To complete the card, I added two different shades of purple background paper, matching pearls and rhinestones. 

It may not be visible on the photos, but as the image is placed on 3D adhesive pads, it pops out very nicely.

challenges: 
- 613 avenue create: ATG
- allsorts challenge: nature
- clear it out: things with wings & glitter
- crafting from the heart: ATG
- crafty catz: fantasy/fairy
- crafty sentiments: ATG
- deep ocean: fairies & angels
- glitternsparkle: ATG
- inspiration destination: ATG
- moving along with the times: fairy enough
- papertake weekly: ATG
- pennys papertake: ATG
- through the craftroom door: ATG
- wordart wednesday: ATG

And since there's no birthday without sweet treats, there had to be chocolate, too :)

I wrapped up a yoghurt-cranberry chocolate using a floral cardboard, which I decorated with a punched tag and some more flowers. In the end, I added a couple of pearls and a silver sticker saying "Happy birthday".

challenges: 
- as you like it: sweet or savoury (definitely sweet! Even though I'm not the chocolate monster I used to be, it's very unlikely for me to turn down chocolate, muffins, cake, ice cream or else)
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper
- dream valley: recipe (pearls, patterned paper, flowers)

Fitting today's purple post: purple evening sky above Ljubljana that looks as if it was made especially for the sky gallery of Raumfee, and a lovely purple flower ;)