(Mar.20.2013) A splash of chevron insight

Lately I've been busy. Today I decided I would be inventive.

I was looking at scrapbook things online and saw these chevrons on a card that are NOT all bunched together (which I actually like):

And thought "Wow. That's cool, what is that, washi tape?"
But no, it's a stamp. I don't have a chevron stamp. But I do have washi tape from Michaels on clearance!! ($2.50 for two rolls??? Yes, please, considering they're usually $8.49).

Here's how I made these:

 Basically, I laid out my strip on my cutting mat, and then cut these lines:

 

 Then you pick up the two pieces from the centre:

 

 And stick them together, angled sides in:

The one that I found worked the best was this one, a slightly larger than 1/2 inch width; the smaller one worked okay too (the purple polka dots) the wider one I wasn't cutting with lines and eyeballed it, and the angle of the centre cuts was too small. You need about a 90 degree angle to get the nice, chevron-ny look.  But you could make these all over your card instead!