Chevron Card Tutorial

I know Mother's Day is over, but I still wanted to share with you the card I made for my mom. (I had to make sure she got it in time before I shared and luckily she did...whew!) 

This card can easily be adapted to any holiday or occasion, just by changing the stamped sentiment. 

Supplies:

8 1/2inches x 11 inches White Cardstock: for card and mat

Two cordinating colored Cardstock or patterened paper (5 1/4 inches x 4 inches & a scrap piece for sentiment)

Ink Pad: I used black

Craft Knife

Ruler or straight edge

Stamp for sentiment

Fabric Flower

Scrap Fabric for leaves

Scissors

Adhesive

Hot glue gun. 

Chevron template or you could use Chevron printed paper

(Download the Chevron Template Here) *I've updated it so it will hopefully download on own. Please contact me if you have any problems.) 

Optional: Sewing Machine and Thread

First you will want to trim your cardstock down to 5 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches

This will give you a standard card size of 5 1/2 inches x 4 1/4 inches when folded in half. 

Next you will want to cut a mat 5 1/4 inches x 4 inches

The mat is where you will be putting your chevron background on. 

Use your choice of Chevron pattern, it should be the same size as your mat (5 1/4inches x 4 inches). This one was hand drawn by me so it is by no means perfect, but I think it still worked great!

The next thing I did was mark in pencil B=Blue and W=White so I wouldn't lose track of how I wanted the pattern to be on the card when I cut it out. 

Apply adhesive to a couple of the different "white" spots on the back of your template. 

Adhere the template to the blue piece of cardstock (or whatever paper you chose).

Using a craft knife and straight edge, start to cut out the chevron shapes. Trim the blue cardstock down to the mat size.

Once cut out, lay the chevron pieces out and adhere them to the white mat. 

Now cut two-three leaf shapes out from the scrap piece of green fabric ( I free-handed my leaf shapes). 

You could use paper here if you want, I just wanted to use fabric leaves to go along with the fabric flower. 

Now you could stop here and be done and just assemble your card, or you can add stitching all around like I did on the right. I just used yellow thread and my sewing machine and stitched along the edge. I didn't want it to be straight, I wanted it to be messy. 

I stamped my sentiment on a scrap piece of coordinating card stock then cut it out and made a banner shape.

I then inked around the edges of the now assembled and sewn chevron mat. 

And now I have everything ready to assemble. 

I used hot glue to adhere the fabric flower and leaves to the mat. Then using regular scrapbook adhesive attached the sentiment under the flower. Once everything was on the mat I then adhered it onto the card front using scrapbook adhesive.  

I ended up only using two leaves, but I really like how it turned out.

 I think I'll be making this one again. Maybe for a birthday or friend. What do you think? 

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Altered Mini-Chipboard Wall Hanging

Here is a super cute tutorial for ya, and in plenty of time for Mother's Day! 

Of course, you can easily adapt to any holiday, occasion or home decor. Enjoy!'

Supplies:
Mini Chipboard Coasters or any chipboard
Paint- you can use spray paint like I did or your preference
Patterned paper & Cardstock
Ribbon
Adhesive & 3D Foam squares
Mod Podge
Pencil
Scissors, Craft knife or Trimmer
Straight edge- gift card, Credit card or brayer for smoothing
Sandpaper or sanding block

First Gather up all your Supplies. I'm just showing what all I gathered up. I didn't end up using everything, but I wanted to collect a few coordinating supplies and work from that pile. 

Grab your sanding block or sandpaper and sand down the shiny or patterned size of the coaster. This will rough up the surface and will make the paint and Mod Podge adhere better. If you are using naked chipboard you won't need to do this step.

I don't have a picture of this step, but it's pretty easy... 

Paint your chipboard the desired color and let it completely dry before moving on to the next step.  ( I usually paint all sides: the front, back and edges.)

Once painted, trace around the coaster onto patterned paper or cardstock then cut out. 

You are now going to apply your Mod Podge to the chipboard then add your paper. 

Be sure to use a straight edge to work out any air bubbles. 

Trim you mat down to 3.5"x 3.5". Distress edges with distresser or sandpaper. 

Then ink edges of mat and adhere to coaster. I used 3D foam squares to add some dimension. 

Mark where your ribbon will go (at the 1" and 3" markings). 

Figure out where and how you want to place all your embellishments. It's best to do this before you actually punch holes so you allow room for everything and so you don't end up punching holes in your embellishments or photo later. 

Punch holes, add embellishments, and ribbon for hanging 

(I used about 10 inches to have enough to hang and tie off.) 

Eureka! Look how it all came together and so cute!!!

You can display this easily on a little easel. I got mine at Michaels. 

Or you can use it as a wall hanging. 

No matter how you chose to display it, I'm sure it will look super cute! 

Thanks for stopping by, I would love to know what you think!

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