Priscilla's Papercrafts: Happy Wishes

Monday, August 24, 2020

Happy Wishes

Time for another Merry Monday! At this rate, I'll be done with my holiday cards way before Thanksgiving! That's NEVER happened...but without much to do I figured I might as well get a jump on it.

So:

I LOVE Plaid Tidings patterned paper! So much so that I've been using it for my Cards by Mail this month. But this particular pattern did not get chosen for the club, so I wanted to give it a little love.

Last week, fellow demo Cindee Wilkinson showed a technique she called the "quadrangle". It's where you take a 6" x 6" piece of designer paper and cut it into four 5-sided pieces. Interesting, right? If you want to give it a go, take your 6" x 6" square and make a little mark at 1-1/2" on all four sides.

Then place your paper in your trimmer with one mark on the cutting line, and the mark on the opposite side also on the cutting line, like so:
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And cut:

Now place your cut (long) edge along the top of the trimmer:

with your mark on the cutting line. 🔺

And cut:

Repeat with the other half and you will have 4 quadrangles, all the same size:

And that's how I made the plaid quadrangle for today's card.

I matted it with Shaded Spruce and mounted it to a piece of Whisper White, embossed with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder:

The trees are from Tree Angle, and are cut with the Stitched Triangles dies.

Another fun look for the holidays!

Have you started your holiday cards yet? What's your favorite stamp set and colors to use this year?

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