Since the previous post about getting back into embroidery in a whole new way, I have experimented with a coloring book, a couple postcards, a copy of art from an old book. This kind of embroidering has very few similarities with the dish towels I used to embroider when I was fifth grade. Consequently, my attempts were not a roaring success. Floss and paper don't jell like floss and fabric. Piercing paper/cardboard with a needle most often requires a pre-punched hole or the paper bends and creases. Another variable is that with paper some paper is pushed through when creating the hole and forms a little ring around the hole. Sometimes the floss will cover this but never at the starting and stopping points. Depending on the color of the photo or postcard, it is possible to hide some of these white spots by touching them gently with a marker in a matching color. Obviously that isn't always possible. For example: I bought this postcard with plans to embellish it. It...