Pearly pink

Better late than never, here's my invitation to the August Fadengrafik Challenge: we have an easy "ATG" theme this month, so link up any of your stitched creations for the chance of winning a cool prize again. 
As I'm trying to be busy (i.e. trying to get things done but feeling like I'm running in a hamster wheel while feeling generally shitty since months for whatever reason), it was quite handy to still have some pre-stitched patterns to use. I picked one with pink swirls this time, thinking I'd create either a bookmark or a simple card. 

Once I added pearls to make the pattern pop, I realized the 3D effect would be quite impractical to use in a book, so I started to look for papers that would match the soft pink centerpiece and make a nice card without too much work. (Because, inconveniently, part of my feeling shitty is also that I have no real desire for crafting. The thing that has kept me sane during years of med school is something I wouldn't mind doing in general, but while I'd normally have thousands of ideas just looking at something I could use for crafting, I could now go through all my crafting stuff without feeling any kind of excitement whatsoever - a scary lack of creativity that has been going on for months without me being able to tell what exactly is wrong with me. Needless to say, it's a huge bummer b/c same applies for almost every aspect of my everyday life and as I'm trying to get back on track somehow, for the moment, I'm not quite *there* yet.) 

Long story short told, I found a couple of flower-themed background papers and decided to go with what I call the cherry print, even though it looks more like peach blossom to me. 

To finish on the bright side, I now even have a card ready for mom's upcoming birthday even though I was seriously thinking I would have to dig up one of my stock cards this year. 

A little contribution to the August collection of Create in Austria - artwork created by Austrians and/or in Austria.
A little contribution to the collection of hand-stitching at made with Blümchen.

challenges: 
- krafty chicks: ATG
- 613 avenue create: ATG
- a bit more time to craft: ATG
- brown sugar: ATG
- crafting with an attitude: ATG
- crafty calendar: ATG
- crafty sentiments: ATG
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper
- creative inspirations: ATG
- creative moments: ATG
- cute card thursday: ATG
- love to craft: ATG 
- pennys papertake: ATG
- scrapping4fun: stitching
- through the craftroom door: ATG
- wortartwednesday: ATG
- worldwide open design team challenge: ATG

Pearly pink swirls on the morning skies, too.