Today's Use Your Scraps – Herringbone Technique is the third installment in our Use Your Scraps series.  I hope you're enjoying this series.  I certainly had fun making all these projects with the goal in mind to help you use up your scraps.  We'll have one more blog post in this series that will share ideas and discuss ways to use these three ideas in new and different ways.

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The Technique

I'm hoping this sketch of the Herringbone Technique helps you visualize how to put this together.  Of course you can alter the pattern to make it your own, but learning this basic pattern gives you a great launching point for other projects.

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I'm going to explain this in sequential order.  If you have any questions or this just doesn't make sense to you – I'm here to help.  Leave a comment or message me and I'll be happy to better explain this.

  1. Put your anchor strip down making sure it is at an angle and covers the layer from top to bottom.
  2. Add sections 2A and 2B at a 90 degree angle from the anchor strip.  Just use a 4 – 6 strips depending on the width of your strips.  This should be enough to see four blank sections which will be 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D.
  3. Finish the layer by adding 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D at a 90 degree angle off the 2's.

PRO TIP:  Put adhesive all over the layer of card stock you'll be using to create this pattern before you begin making it.  If you like to take your time I recommend a tape runner like Stampin' Seal so you don't have to worry about your adhesive drying.

The Supplies

Next, let's review the supplies used to make this project.  When I created this card I had a guys birthday card in mind.  The colors I chose, larger pattern and lack of bling all help give this vibe.

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Measurements and Dimensions

Here are the measurements for the layers of this card:

  • Basic White – 8 1/2″ by 5 1/2″ score at 4 1/4″
  • Pretty Peacock – 4 7/8″ by 3 5/8″
  • Technique Layer – 4 3/4″ by 3 1/2″ –> you can use any color card stock as it will be covered by the herringbone paper.  I would recommend a coordinating color or neutral as it may peek out a little since that's the magic of a handmade card
  • Basic White scrap for die cut greeting

Here's a close up of the card.  Do you see that I didn't have room to make the 3's on the left side?  This is what I mean when I say – play with the technique.  You can make your strips as narrow as 1/4″ or as wide as I did here with 1″.  You can make the anchor strip near the center of the card or move it towards one side to give your card a whole new look.

Let's Make It

OK - here's how I put this card together.

  1.  Starting with the "technique layer" which will be covered with the Designer Series Papers - add adhesive to the entire layer and make your herringbone pattern.
  2. Crop a circle from the dies and stamp the greeting on the circle.
  3. Finish the assembly:
    1. Pretty Peacock layer to the card base using glue
    2. Follow with the "technique layer" using glue
    3. Add the greeting circle with Stampin' Dimensionals

Your Turn

Now that you see the basics - go make your version.  As I shared earlier - this was intended as a guy card.  I chose to make the strips wide - 1" to be specific.  In a later post I will show you samples with strips ranging from 1/4" up to 3/4" and you'll see how different the pattern can be.

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Thanks for Stopping By

I'm really enjoying this series.  If you have another you'd like me to explore - let me know.  I was thinking about the elements of guy cards for the spring.  What do you think?

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