Paper Embroidery Cards

I came across this lovely link at Wide Eyed Wonderfuls with a lovely pattern for a Christmas tree done in paper embroidery. It is simple but the result is quite stunning.

I followed the pattern and made a card and promptly sent it on to Switzerland before taking a picture, I guess I was in a hurry. Then I had the idea of working with the design in Photoshop and created a background for the card from that one tree, print it out and then embroider it. I went through a few version and still don't know which one I like best. First I left the tree to be embroidered unprinted, then I printed it like the rest of the background and finally I reduced the saturation.

Then the embroidery part also went through a few version. First I had no sequins, so I used glass seed beads. Then once I got some sequins I had to give that a try.

Comments

Heather said…

Hi Marlies, I love what you have done with your backgrounds, and the colours you've chosen are lovely.

I'm having a giveaway on my blog for people who have made a card using the instructions - and I thought you might like to join in - the details are here - http://wideeyedwonderfuls.blogspot.com/2008/12/mini-festive-giveaway.html

December 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM

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