Polka dot angel

Did you know there are around 400 words in the Oxford English Dictionary that start with the letter "X", while about 120 of them are actually being used in everyday language according to lexico.com? I learned the hard way when I had to pick a theme for the upcoming challenge at the Alphabet challenge blog. As I wanted to make sure the word prompt will give you a bit of creative freedom, I opted for "Xanthic", which defines as follows: "of, relating to, or tending toward a yellow colour".

Meaning, you can play along in the Alphabet wheel this fortnight as long as you feature something yellow on your project - just make sure that yellow is the main colour of your project (or at least a prominent accent), not a single tiny yellow dot, if you know what I mean.

For my DT creation, I thought I'd feature some spring flowers. Daffodils and crocuses came to mind, but in the end, I decided to make something completely different. I took this lovely embroidery pattern of an angel from my stash and pricked a piece of white cardboard accordingly. Then, I used a yellow yarn for the dress, which I complemented with white for the wings, as well as light yellow for the face and gold for the halo. 

Once the stitching was done, I placed the little angel onto a layer of yellow cardboard. For the background of the card, I used a yellow polka dot paper. To round up the card, I decided to add a few embellishments: at first, I added a couple of paper flowers and a golden sticker that goes in the top left corner. To enhance the polka dots, I then added a couple of pearls in colours that match the colour scheme of the card: yellow, white, light green and brown.

The lower right corner may seem to be forgotten, but I left it empty intentionally because the card has no recipient yet. In case a sentiment (or a name) will be needed, I'll be able to add it in that corner. On the other hand, I like the card as it is now so I might as well leave the card as it is now.

For the moment, I'll just hope that the little angel can spread his wings and bring a sense of safety to those who need it most while being faced with war and destruction. And maybe, even a bit of commom sense to grown up men who behave worse than any toddler having a temper tantrum?

challenges:

- krafty chicks: all occasions

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

- as you like it: favourite occasion (I mostly create "just because" cards since I believe you don't always need an official occasion to let somebody know that you're thinking of them. They also give me the greatest artistic freedom because I can pick whatever motif/colour/style I feel like creating in that particular moment.)

- cards4galz: things with wings

- classicdesignchallenge: ATG DT 

- crafty calendar: ATG
- crafty catz: ATG with optional twist "add flowers"
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper

- creative moments: ATG

- little red wagon: make it stitched

- morgans artworld: ATG
- pennys papertake: ATG
- scrapping4fun: ATG

- through the craftroom door: ATG

- wortartwednesday: ATG
- worldwide open design team challenge: ATG