Time for Notecards

After a trip to California and to Utah and recovering from

 much time spent on computer illnesses and 

hacked credit cards and non-working phones

I have spent just a few hours each day on notecards.

That is my way of working in a bit of time in the studio

 This embroidered butterfly is on a couple of pictures cut from magazines.

An embroidered leaf on layers of silk ribbons 

stitched to a bit of magazine ad. 

 The top card has an embroidered leaf on a black fabric 

with silver and red threads stitched. 

The second card with the leaf on the black fabric uses the

same advertisement as a background that is used on the beginning card.

 Two cards using the same black fabric with silver and red or copper 

threads stitched. The card just above uses 

window screening for part of a background

This final card has a bird embroidered and appliquéd to

the black fabric with silver stitching and all on window screening.

I enjoy using pages from magazines as well as fabrics

where  I am simply trying out ideas. 

The black stitched fabric in the last 5 cards 

 had paint on it and some stamping with a final step 

of stitching to give a texture to the smooth surface.

Consider these cards as my small attempt to recycle.