Happy Anniversary Herringbone

Have you seen the Herringbone tutorial that Beate Johns did on Splitcoaststampers this week?  So fun!!  If only I had read the instructions instead of just looking at the pictures!  Once I finished I realized that she ran her base cardstock through the Xyron to have a sticky background for her paper strips. . .

I glued each and every strip down individually.  No wonder I was thinking, "This is such a cool look but it takes SO long." - duh!!

Patterned paper is from Basic Grey (Curio, Granola); Sentiment from a muse|studio (Essential Sentiments)