Hello again and welcome to the newest challenge over at the Alphabet challenge blog: it's "Mythical" for the letter M, which means that we'd like to see all sorts of fairies, gnomes, unicorns or whatever you can think of. Before you get to work, please have a look at what the DT has prepared to inspire you (and also, check whether I've chosen your creation as one of the winners of the last challenge).
That being said, I have rearranged my apartment a little bit. I'm still thinking about the placing of some furniture, but in the meantime, I managed to free a little space on my dining table so that I can do my crafting on a proper surface. I also realized that a gaming chair is the best option for me (pain-wise), mucxh better that the regular dining chairs. I found a "girly" version that's a bit smaller than the regular ones, and it supports my spine really well. It might be an eye-sore, but with it being the same colour as the dining chairs it doesn't stand out that much. It's such a relief to be able to adjust the height, and to turn around in my chair without having to move it. Of course it stands out, but since the benefits outweight the looks, and I'm more than happy with the decision.
I also found my crafting mat, which is great. As I had a few days with little going on, I took out my supplies for paper embroidery. Because, with a theme that covers fairies, it's almost certain that I'll be working with one of those beautiful Flower fairies from Cicely Mary Baker. This particular image comes from another mythical creature known in the crafting community: the graphics-fairy. Luckily, I had some of the images printed, and amongst those I found one that would fit my project perfectly. I decided to fussy cut the square image into a circle that would include enough of the picture to make it look complete. I then took a sheet of white paper to do my paper pricking. Once I picked the right yarn, I went to work - and just like in old times, Id stitch until I was done, whilst forgetting to eat and drink properly. Oh my...
Next day, I put the pieces together: I glued the fairy motif into the middle of the stitched pattern, and used tiny pearls to frame it. I'm not entirely sure whether I like this or not - on the one hand, I wanted to hide the border of the image which wasn't entirely even, but on the other hand those pearls stand out quite a bit. I do, however, like the tiny pink pearls which I placed on the stitched ornament. Then, I tried to pick a matching background paper. I'm not entirely happy with this choice either, but it's not the worst. I think those polka dots go well with the pearls, and also with the motif (colour-wise). Maybe I'd like them to be a bit softer, but then again, maybe that would be a bit boring.
To bring a bit of movement into the card, my last decision was to use an edge punch on the white paper - I think those round borders match the fairy wings, and especially the stitched swirls.
challenges:
- krafty chicks: birthday- as you like it: square or not (definitely square for me. It's a shape more than common with store-bought card bases, which is what I use for almost 100% of my projects. And it's my first pick for paper embroidery projects, always. The symmetry comes so easy on those, I couldn't think of a better shape than square.) - inkspirational: moodboard (the inspiration photo has such whimsical vibes to me, and with "whimsical", I automatically think "Flower fairies")
