I wondered why I still seem to have so much even though I always start with scraps and snippets when making a card.
This is what happens:
If I start with one piece of card and cut it then I have two pieces. If I use one, I still have one - the same as I started with.
If I start with one piece of card and cut it, then I have two. If I cut it again, then I have three. If I use one I still have two which is twice as much as I started with.
Should I go on? The truth is that they do actually multiply as we suspected!
The pieces get smaller but actually probably take up more space as they are not neat and tidy like a pack of new card or paper. That doesn't last, does it?
Here is a card I made using a piece I found when sorting. It's the iron off embossing technique I've used often described here. I know I've described it better somewhere, I'll keep looking. If only I remembered to add labels.
I used a snippet of purple and die cut Thanks 3 times to layer. I've also used a scrap of ribbon.
I'm hopping over to Pixie's Snippet's Playground for the first time in ages. Di, I hope you are on the mend and will soon be running round after all the playmates, not to mention Dudley and Parsnip. x
Super card, Alison, your background is just amazing! Thank you for solving the mystery of the multiplying snippets, because the more I use the fuller my snippets drawers get! xx
ReplyDeleteYes Alison...snippets multiply...what a shame that money doesn't do the same eh?...then we could all but new card without feeling guilty! Love the colours on your card...a super background technique. xx
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ReplyDeleteYour description of the ever multiplying snippets really made me smile. Mine are definitely increasing! I shall think of you every time I chop a snippet in pieces now .. tee hee!!
Love the background you have created here .. .. lovely colours and design.
Hope all is well with you.
Love Jules xx
Great card and effective technique. I knew there was a logic somewhere behind why our snippets never diminish - very well described!!!!
ReplyDeleteHa, ha! That made my day here - a wonderful card Alison - and such a great explanation about how snippets multiply AND why they certainly do take up more room! I keep my plain snippets in one of those expanding foolscap/A4 file thingies with the big pockets. Usually used in the home for filing household receipts and such. In fairness the file doesn't have enough pockets for every single colour so the greys and blacks are together, the yellows and oranges share - but you get my drift. However, all the pieces slip down to the bottom of the slots of course which means as time goes on it expands more and more at the bottom like a stretched open concertina. Some day I intend to do a sort out - but you can bet your life I'd need snippet of the exact colour before too long goes by!
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Well seeing it down in black and white certainly makes sense of the little blighters and how they can manage to creep up on you. Lol. You did manage to get 3 thanks worth used up on this card. Hugs Mrs A.
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