Long Card from Tidbits

Tidbits are the same thing as scraps, only it sounds nicer.


I had printed a bunch of these reindeer from papiersalat on glossy paper before I knew it was bad to color on glossy with copics - I didn't want to waste the printing, so I tried coloring them with my good old bics.  The bics give a stronger color,a nd I was able to blend them a little with my copic blender.

That's tidbit number one.

To make this long card (8.5 by 3.75 inches), I scrounged through cut bits of paper on my crafting table.  See the white punched border?  That isn't a separate piece of white paper, that is the selvage from the main background piece of scrapbooking paper.  Almost all double-sided paper that you buy by the sheet comes with a white selvage that has the barcode and and name of the paper on it.  Ususally it ends in the waste basket, but I decided to use it.  That, and the scraps layered under it, are tidbit number two.

I used a 2 inch circle punch to cut out the reindeer (Donner, I think - you'd have to ask Santa).  I didn't want to have to whip out the circle cutting tools necessary to cut the next size larger circle, so I thought I would punch three circles and offset them to make a layer.  Then I realized I didn't need three whole circles, just three crescents, and that used a lot less paper (tidbit number 3).  I think it's a more interesting look, too.

Finally, the white ruffle is a scrap of winkled gift tissue.  I couldn't decide whether to keep it to wrap another present, or toss it, and it sat in my hand just long enough to get stuck on a card.  That's my last thrifty tidbit. 

Now, for the challenges:
AIFactory - holiday
Digi Doodle - animal (yeay!  I can't believe I won last time!)
Pixie Dust - snow
Sassy Studio - non-traditional colors
Inktegrity - non-traditional colors
Paper Pretties - punches
My time to craft - reindeer
Cheerful Stamp Pad - "Twas the night before ..."