Well, hello again YNS friends!  It’s me, Susan and I’m back with another SUSIE Q-TIP fun day!  I’m glad to be sharing here and I thank ya’ll for embracing me and my last (lengthy) post!  Today’s post still has lots of pictures, but may not be so wordy!  Stay with me here!…

I don’t know about ya’ll, but I am loving any papers I find with HERRINGBONE patterns.  Did ya’ll know that the pattern supposedly originated from the bone structure of herring–the fish?  What a coincidence…Today,  I’m going to talk about making a “fishtail” banner strip from some herringbone paper!  Let’s swim right along…

Start by cutting along the bottom “edge” of the herringbone with the zig-zag pattern.  Try not to get dizzy while doing this.  The paper I used today flip-flops the gray and white, so I had to hold my mouth just right to not mess up.

Then cut up from the bottom at the points you just created.  I only go up about an inch, sometimes less, depending on how wide my paper was to start with and how long I want my fishtails to be.

It should now look like the picture above.

Now just trim the top off to form a long strip of banner to go across your card or whatever.  Be careful not to cut across the cuts you just made from the points or you’ll cut your fishy tails off!  Don’t ask me how I know this. I don’t want to talk about it.

Then just randomly curl the fishtail ends upward with your fingers to give it a little dimension and show off the fabulously trendy technique you just finished and glue to your project.

Here’s a closer look at my card using the also fabulously trendy Flying High Fhiona and a sentiment from the Mixed Bag of Greetings Set.  I hope ya’ll enjoyed this little tutorial and remember, you can always leave a comment if you have any questions or would like for me to “esplain” something else in a future SUSIE Q-TIP fun day–I’ll be hanging around to answer them!  (After I go lay down.  I’m a little dizzy.)