At first I was stymied by the word itself, a chevron?
No, its not some new fancy cutting tool or a hot trendy embellishment we will have to carry around for years before we figure out how to use it.
It is however, a pattern. A diagonal wave pattern, and it is something you can create with your favorite striped pattern paper that you have carried around for years. It's a little tricky- but nothing a simple search on you tube can't fix.
To describe it simply,
1. Starting with your 12 x 12 paper, you cut a 1" corner on the 45 degree diagonal from your paper,
2.Then use the edge you have just cut as your straight edge to cut strips,
3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 on the corner next to the corner you just cut, keeping these strips in a separate pile from the first.
4.Prepare a strip of plain white cardstock, like and inch or two wide by 12" (or however wide you want the chevron pattern) Lay a long strip of adhesive across the entire length of the white strip.
5. Line up the stripes pattern, at a 90 degree angle, alternating piles and cutting off the ends as you go with an exacto knife.
Voila! You have just recreated your own chevron pattern paper!.
And it turns out pretty cool on a car themed page, no?
No, its not some new fancy cutting tool or a hot trendy embellishment we will have to carry around for years before we figure out how to use it.
It is however, a pattern. A diagonal wave pattern, and it is something you can create with your favorite striped pattern paper that you have carried around for years. It's a little tricky- but nothing a simple search on you tube can't fix.
To describe it simply,
1. Starting with your 12 x 12 paper, you cut a 1" corner on the 45 degree diagonal from your paper,
2.Then use the edge you have just cut as your straight edge to cut strips,
3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 on the corner next to the corner you just cut, keeping these strips in a separate pile from the first.
4.Prepare a strip of plain white cardstock, like and inch or two wide by 12" (or however wide you want the chevron pattern) Lay a long strip of adhesive across the entire length of the white strip.
5. Line up the stripes pattern, at a 90 degree angle, alternating piles and cutting off the ends as you go with an exacto knife.
Voila! You have just recreated your own chevron pattern paper!.
And it turns out pretty cool on a car themed page, no?
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