When the paper is used up, the cardboard backing is saved to use for art. The 8.5" X 3.5" placards below are the result; they are just the right size to fit into a regular business-sized envelope for mailing:
Placard "Water" front; cardboard covered with reused bubble wrap; word and photo from a magazine advertisement;hand embroidery around the edges
"Water" back
cardboard covered with magazine photo;acrylic paint and pen; hand embroidery
This 6" X 4" placard is made out of burlap paper with flower photo from an old calendar; reused paint palette, hand embroidery. It fits inside a small frame purchased from a thrift store
Two Greeting cards:
A friend of mine sent me a greeting card covered with the "sharpenings" from colored pencils--liked the idea so much I made my own card out of
the little wooden and pigment scraps. They're held on with a lot of white glue (dries clear). Background paper scraps, burlap paper, orange card stock.
Owl photo from old calendar; Rhimax 100% post-consumer recycled paper; green card stock; hand embroidery.
I love frogs, and red eyed green tree frogs are my favorite. This photo is from an old calendar; not sure what I'm going to do with the photo, yet--may just frame it as is! Aren't they CUTE!
"Agalychnis callidryas, known as the red-eyed tree frog, is an arboreal hylid native to Neotropical rainforests where it ranges from Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia...The specific name of the red-eyed tree frog, A. callidryas, comes from Greek words kalos (beautiful) and dryas (a tree or wood nymph)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalychnis_callidryas
All art and photos by mayah(c)2018
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