Thursday, June 4, 2009

Punchneedle Artist Trading Cards

I recently played in an embroidery ATC swap over at Swap-bot and found a valueable tutorial resource for creating Artist Trading Cards over at Art in your Pocket. Here is what I created for my swap partner, using punchneedle technique. I didn't use a pattern, just did free-form using her favorite colors of blues and greens...also my favorite colors too!
These ATC's were also created for a swap on Swap-bot. I adjusted an embroidery pattern to the 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 card size, then I used oil pastels for color and smudged them for that smudged look. Tres chic!

Here are some other punchneedle resources:




Also check out flickr, they have tons of photos to peruse for inspiration...you might even see someone you recognize when you click on the flickr link!