No ache like a toothache

When I was invited to be part of the GDT for the upcoming challenge over at Scrapping4Fun, I immediately had a quick brainstorming for ideas as well as a peek in my stash to see what I could use for the "Sympathy/Get well" theme. In my collection of printed but still uncoloured images I found one that wuld go with the sympathy part of the challenge, however, I didn't manage to get to work soon, so I just put everything aside for the moment. 
And while the moment passed, it happened that a friend of mine developed a nasty toothache which soon progressed to a massive swelling, which needed medical attendance asap. Unfortunately, his doctor's idea to try to resolve the situation without antibiotics backfired, leading to more toothache, swelling and the formation of granulomas (even though it absolutely does make sense in many, many cases due to the massive problem of antibiotic resistance, just not in this case). Eventually, antibiotics did bring some kind of relief (which I hope will be permanent as he decided to discontinue treatment based on his subjective idea of feeling better, which doesn't make sense in any case).
While we'll see what comes next, I decided to make a little "Get well" note using a rather simple card layout with four squares. My original idea was to use a vintage dentist-themed print which I found at the Graphics Fairy ages ago. I thought it would look cute alongside with a "get well" tag in one corner and some other embellishments in the other. 

Once I printed my images, however, I noticed the doctor's clothing isn't as black as I imagined it to be, meaning I had to create a darker look by painting that part over with a black coloured pencil. After that, I took a sheet of dark red cardboard from my stash to use it as a background layer. 
On the first image (aka "A strong pull") that is slightly taller than the other, I added extra width by using zig zag scissors to create a vivid border which I later decorated with tiny white pearls.

For the second image (aka "The Result"), I decided to keep the width and height equal, however, as it had plenty of white space above the print, I filled it with a pair of starry silver stickers. 

When it came to finishing the rest of the card, I decided to place a tooth-theme in the upper corner. While the flash/lightning is my own creation, I got the tooth silhouette from a clipart image I found online. I printed out the layout and transferred it on a white cardboard, which I then cut out and lined wth a black marker. And while I placed the flash directly on the background, I put the tooth on a couple of 3D pads to make it stand out a little more. To match the dark red background of the vintage images, I thought I'd go with a red checkered paper for the rest of my project. And even though I thought I'd be finishhed with this part of the card already, I just couldn't resist adding a couple of gemstones from my stash, emphasising the pain that makes you "see stars", as we say. 

In the last corner of the card, I skipped the white paper, meaning I'd place the "get well" tag directly  onto the checkered background. Also, I made the message look like it's a whole bunch of tags, which are glued onto each other, supported by 3D pads, and decorated with a tiny bow from my stash. 

Upon closer inspection, one can see that neither of the "white" papers I mentioned (except for the one that gave me the tooth) isn't really white - I used these slightly beige pieces on purpose as I think they match the vintage theme better than a totally white-ish white surface. 
Anyway, as the card is delivered, and I certainly hope the toothache episode will come to a happy end soon.

A little contribution to the August collection of Create in Austria - artwork created by Austrians and/or in Austria.

challenges: 
- krafty chicks: ATG with optional twist "masculine"
- 613 avenue create: ATG
- a bit more time to craft: ATG
- alphabet challengeblog: K for kind thoughts
- basteltraum: ATG
- brown sugar: ATG
- crafting with an attitude: ATG
- crafty calendar: ATG
- crafty sentiments: ATG
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper
- creative moments: ATG
- love to craft: ATG 
- morgans artworld: ATG
- pennys papertake: ATG
- through the craftroom door: ATG
- wortartwednesday: ATG
- worldwide open design team challenge: ATG

One last dark red match of the day, because there's nothing like flowers covered with raindrops after a summer storm.