Hippie Easter

I'm back with the Fadengrafik Challenge after ages! I've missed a big part of last year's challenges due to my own health issues, and when I was ready to return to my crafting corner, the challenge itself took a break. Anyhow, in 2021 we're back in March we'd like to see your Easter cards.

I'm sure many of you are preparing for the spring/Easter season one way or another. I haven't started anything yet to be honest, but I managed to prepare a little DT inspiration for you in form of a rather unusual Easter card.

It's been my first fadengrafik project since too long, and it was great to see that the needle still runs as it should. I picked a group of Easter bunnies as the focal point of my card and stitched it with metallic yarns. I would usually stick to traditional colours when I work on natural scenes, but I felt like adding some bling for whatever reason. It doesn't look that bad in my opinion, but it turned out to be a real challenge once I wanted to pick a background paper.

From the very beginning, I planned to create a window card so I knew I'd only need a strip of patterned paper, but I couldn't find anything that would match the metallic shades. In the end, I discovered a pack of papers in my stash which included rather unusual sheets. Now, every paper pack has a couple of sheets you just don't use because they don't fit your style, but this one had plenty of them. 

However, since the metallic Easter scene is quite out of my comfort zone as well, I could actually match it with one of the flower-power papers. The floral print is colourful and full of shimmering blooms that complement the metallic yarns without disturbing the scenery. In fact, I think it looks as if I had the weird papers in my stash just for this particular occasion. 

I cut the paper to the right size and made sure to cut a hole in the middle for the bunnies. I wanted to make sure the embossed window frame of the original card base was visible, but I suddenly had too much white around the Easter scene. I covered up a part of it by using silver sticker from my stash - this way I managed to create a shimmering border that would fill the void and connect the focal image with the background. I think it turned out quite OK, how about you?

challenges: 
- krafty chicks: all occasions

- 613 avenue create: ATG
- a bit more time to craft: ATG

- crafty catz: ATG
- crafty sentiments: ATG
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper
- creative moments: ATG
- do-all kreatives: Easter greetings

- friendship challenge: Easter

- kreativtanten: Easter

- love to craft: ATG 

- morgans artworld: ATG

- moving along with the times: spring
- pennys papertake: ATG
- scrapping4fun: ATG
- through the craftroom door: ATG

- wortartwednesday: ATG

- worldwide open design team challenge: ATG