We're featured at ...

That's right tape fans...We're featured at the Moxie Fab World blog today! Be sure and check out Cath's post about our Japanese Masking Tapes here. And be sure you leave a comment for your chance to win a prize pack loaded with the beautiful styles featured!!

Feature Friday

Hello tape fans...
It's Feature Friday featuring designs with our tapes by you! We're thrilled that so many people are talking about Love My Tapes. Our fabric tapes and double sided adhesives were a huge hit at the recent shows we exhibited in New York and New Jersey. Don't forget that you have til Monday, May 31st at midnight to enter here for your chance to win some!

Here's some of the fab work received this week from our tape fans

Jenn Coker

Jenn Coker

Nora Ann

If you'd like to be featured on Feature Fridays simply email us your artwork to our email address @ lovemytapes@gmail.com. Each week we'll feature the artwork we receive in our mailbox and a link to your blog. Here's the deets for your photo submissions

• Please make sure your photos are no larger than 500x500pixels and at least 72dpi. If you need help with resizing your photos, paint.net is a free program you can download to re-size your photos.
• Please make sure you submit crisp clean pictures. Use the macro setting on your camera for photographing your work in natural light when possible.

• Be creative, we love any and all projects using our double sided tape and masking tapes.

I can't wait to see what comes into our mailbox!

Something new at Love My Tapes & a Giveaway!

We are excited to introduce a fabulous addition coming soon to the Love My Tapes store!

Fabric Tapes!

These tapes are so fun to use for your cards and scrapbooking pages. Here's a peek at some of the styles we'll be carrying at Love My Tapes.com.

Florals

This card was created with Hudson, the black and red striped pattern above

Stripes

Checks

Gingham

This card was made with Lemon Bar

Mini check

Polka Dot

With so many fun styles and patterns to choose from we're sure you'll find the right one for your craft project! MSRP $6.00. All tapes sold as single rolls.




Now since we're so excited about these new additions we're going to give you a chance to win some! Leave a comment below telling us what you'd create with your fabric tapes and we'll pick a winner Monday May 31st! Winner will be announced here Tuesday on our Tuesday Tape Tip post. Get an extra entry if you tweet about our giveaway and another entry if you sign up for our Facebook page here and leave a comment there too!
Be sure an leave a seperate comment for each entry with a link so we can see your tweets and Facebook msg!

Hello friends! It's Designer Spotlight Wednesday and today we're shining our spotlight on another talented My Little Shoebox Design Team Member...Danielle Holsapple
Here are some adorable creations Danielle made with My Little Shoebox and our double sided adhesives

Happy Birthday
Supplies: My Little Shoebox Imaginary Friends, Love My Tapes

Special Girl of Mine
Supplies: My Little Shoebox Flying High , Love My Tapes

Lil Monster
Supplies: My Little Shoebox Imaginary Friends, Love My Tapes

We love Danielle's style and designs! Be sure and visit Danielle's blog.

We're excited to be sponsoring the My Little Shoebox Design Team. Check back each week as we feature a different designer and their crafty creations.

Tuesday Tape Tip

Hello tape fans! For today's Tuesday Tape Tip we're going to show you how to use our double sided tape and crepe paper to create a fun technique for your cards. Sometimes you don't have the right supplies for a project and that's why I love the creative process. When in doubt think outside the box. Just about everyone has bought crepe paper for party decor but have you used it for paper crafting? I always find crepe paper in big double rolls at Big Lots for 99 cents and in a variety of colors.
I happen to stock up on white because if I need a certain color I can use Glimmer Mist to easily transform the white to any color I need for my project. For today's project we are sticking with white.
Here's the card I created with our double sided adhesive, Paper Doll collection by Crate Paper and some crepe paper

So to get started I have 3x5 1/2 piece of cardstock that I used an EK Success border punch to add scallops.

Line your border punched side with the adhesive. See how our adhesive goes on in a smooth full strip of glue...love that!

Next add some adhesive to your strip of crepe paper. Mine is 24 inches in length tho I did not use it all but yours will vary by the size of your pleats


Start folding the crepe paper towards you, the folds can be big or small...whatever your preference.

When you flip the paper back over this is what you'll have.

Now you're ready to assemble your card and voila! My finished card size is 4 1/4 X 5 1/2

Here's another example of crepe paper on a card.

We hope you'll try this tip with your Love My Tapes adhesive and be sure and send us a pic if you do for our Feature Fridays. For more info on how you can be spotlighted on the Love My Tapes blog click here.
If you haven't tried our adhesive yet please visit our online store are Love My Tapes.com. We have a great special for multi packs of the doubles sided adhesives right now.

Back from the Somerset Scrapbook Expo

Good morning! We're back from the Scrapbook Expo in Somerset and it was great to meet so many of you at the show! We had a lot of interest in our double sided adhesives and Japanese Masking Tapes so be sure and look for our products at your favorite crafts store! The word is spreading fast and our customers "Love Our Tapes!"
We were also very glad to meet Nora Anne of Paper Wings (formerly the Scrapbook Cafe) at the Somerset Expo.

Here's some info about their store

Paper Wings

The Village Shoppes

161 E. Main Street

Tuckerton, NJ 08087

609-296-3032

HERE'S THE STORY.....

In the summer of 2009, my phone rang and I heard my

sister's voice on the other end say,

"Hey Coll, wanna buy a Scrapbook Store".

That's where it all began. A few days later, we were in business.

I've heard from countless people, "working with family has to be tough" or "I could never work with my sister". But for us, it was a dream come true. Spending time together is something we've always enjoyed. Ever since the day I can home from the hospital and Nora Anne asked our Mom if my crib could be in her room. Before long, she was sneaking in there to sleep next to me. We've been close ever since.

So, buying this store was sudden and out of the blue, but 7 months later, we are happy and learning new things every day.

We look forward to many years of creating, crafting, and laughing with each one of you. We love sharing your photos and helping you to make them into treasured memories.

xx- Colleen and Nora Anne

Nora Anne also sent us this card that she create with some of our new fabric tape and double sided adhesive she purchased from our booth at the show



Thank you for sharing your work with us Nora Anne and we'll be looking forward to you carrying Love My Tapes products in your store in the future.

Please check our where to buy Love My Tapes list on the right column of our design blog for a store near you. We are happy to showcase the store One Little Spark
recently added to the list

One Little Spark
161 East Main Street
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
(609) 296-2751 Store Hours
Mon, Wed-Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 10am-4pm
Tues closed

One little Spark carries our Washi tapes and they are currently featured on their store header so be sure and stop by to see what styles they have in their store!

See you this weekend at...

2010 Somerset, NJ
May 21 & 22, 2010

Garden State Exhibit & Convention Center

50 Atrium Drive

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 469-4000

If you're planning on attending, come by and see us at the Scrapbook Expo! We'll be at the vedor fair selling our fabulous adhesive and Japanese Masking Tapes. We'll also have our new fabric tape available for sale at the show. It's not in the store yet so get your hands on this great addition to your scrapbooking and card making supplies.

Designer Spotlight Wednesday

Hello friends! It's Designer Spotlight Wednesday and today we're shining our spotlight on another talented My Little Shoebox Design Team Member...Michelle Magaña

Here's a little bit about this talented designer:
I am an avid scrapbooker, married to my best friend and have 2 wonderful kids. I am a military wife so my home is where the military places me. I have been scrapbooking and card making for 10 years now. Imagination, creativity and art has always been a part of my life.

Here's a look at some of Michelle's My Little Shoebox work

This two page layout is just adorable

Very cute layered cupcakes, who doesn't love cupcakes?

Love how Michelle used these cute doilies in her card

And layered border strips here to create dimension along with using doilies as a mask.

We love Michelle's style and designs! Be sure and visit Michelle's blog

We're excited to be sponsoring the My Little Shoebox Design Team. Check back each week as we feature a different designer and their crafty creations.

Trend watch: Banners

Banners are a hot trend in scrapbooking and card making that isn't going out of style anytime soon. We see them incorporated into many projects posted on message boards and gallerys at many different scrapbooking sites and blogs. Japanese masking tapes are perfect for making great banners. It's easy to create many types of banners with the tapes, just cut a strip and fold it over twine or string. Once you have the tape on the line, cut it into a V or leave it as a square. What's great about masking tape is that you can move it around easily once you place it on the twine. Either way you'll create a fun embellishment for your project! Check out this fun card from Joscelyne Cutchens



Joscelyne (Joscie, rhymes with bossy) Cutchens has been crafty for most of her life. She has dabbled in creating hand made papers, sewing, screen printing, book binding and beading but her true passion is in photography, computers and paper crafts. Joscie says that Hybrid crafting is a great way to incorporate all of her passions in one hobby.For more of Joscelyne's work visit her blog Oh Scrap!

Here's a few more examples of banners with Japanese Masking Tapes

By Lisa Spangler

By Shemaine Smith

By Heather Meeson

You should try out this trend too! We have lots of styles and colors of masking tapes available right now in the store at LoveMyTapes.com. We ship out of New Jersey so you don't have to wait too long to get these fantastic tapes in your hands!
If you do create a project with any Love My Tapes product send us a pic for our Friday Feature and we'll feature your design as well as a link to your blog. For more information on Feature Fridays click here.

Feature Fridays...

featuring YOU!

That's right. We're starting a new weekly post featuring work by our fans with our products. If you'd like to be featured on Feature Fridays simply email us your artwork to our email address @ lovemytapes@gmail.com. Each week we'll feature the artwork we recieve in our mailbox and a link to your blog. Here's the deets for your photo submissions

• Please make sure your photos are no larger than 500x500pixels and at least 72dpi. If you need help with resizing your photos, paint.net is a free program you can download to resize your photos.
• Please make sure you submit crisp clean pictures. Use the macro setting on your camera for photographing your work in natural light when possible.

• Be creative, we love any and all projects using our double sided tape and masking tapes.

I can't wait to see what comes into our mailbox!

Come see us at the Scrapbook Expo

2010 Somerset, NJ
May 21 & 22, 2010

Garden State Exhibit & Convention Center

50 Atrium Drive

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 469-4000

Come by and see us at the Scrapbook Expo! We'll be at the vedor fair selling our fabulous adhesive and Japanese Masking Tapes. We'll also have our new fabric tape available for sale at the show. It's not in the store yet so get your hands on this great addition to your scrapbooking and card making supplies. Here's a few card creations with this fun tape!

You can crinkle it easily to create a border across your card.

We have striped patterned options too!
You can use an Imaginisce i-top tool to create your own brads with it

Designer Spotlight Wednesday

Hello friends! It's Designer Spotlight Wednesday and today we're shining our spotlight on another talented My Little Shoebox Design Team Member...Gretchen McElveen

Hi! I am Gretchen McElveen. I live in Alabama with my husband and our dog. No kids for us yet…but soon! I work full time as a physical therapist in an outpatient clinic but of course I would rather be scrapbooking! My aunt introduced me to scrapbooking by way of Creative Memories during college but I did not really get into it until after we got married in 2002. I still have the corner rounder that I bought during that first Creative Memories party though! Scrapbooking is such an incredible hobby! It is my creative outlet and my way of documenting life and the special people who are such a big part of it. I cannot think of a much better way of spending my free time!

In addition to My Little Shoebox, Gretchen also designs for Ki Memories and Kenner Road. You might have also seen her recent work in here

She has an adorable mini album featured in the latest special edition of Creating Keepsakes magazine. It was also featured in Lisa Bearnson's blog this week. Exciting!

Here's a look at some of Gretchen's designs for My Little Shoebox she created using our double sided adhesive

Love this little birthday set! Who doesn't love cupcakes!

We love Gretchen's style and designs! Be sure and visit Gretchen's blog.

We're excited to be sponsoring the My Little Shoebox Design Team. Check back each week as we feature a different designer and their crafty creations.

Tuesday Tape Tip

Hello Tape Fans! It's Tuesday and time for another fabulous tape tip. If this is your first time visiting us, each Tuesday we showcase a unique tape tip for either our Japanese Masking Tapes or our super fabulous, super strong double sided adhesive. This week's Tape Tip comes from Joanne Nishimitsu:

I'm Joanne Nishimitsu from Mililani, Hawaii. I'm a Wife to Marc, Mommy to Emily Jay, and I'm also a full-time Social Worker at a local Hospice Care Agency.

I've been crafting all my life, but now working in career that can sometimes be very emotional and personal-- crafting is my outlet and stress relief! Some of my other hobbies include: photography, art journaling, shopping, collecting vintage deer and owls, learning new things, and personal growth.

I love finding new mediums to craft with, and find that Japanese Masking Tape is so versatile and fun! I always say, "What can't you do with Japanese Tape?!?!"

Thank You!
Joanne Nishimitsu

We spotted Joanne's masking tape project on her blog last week and asked her to share it with us for Tuesday's Tape Tip. She created an altered wood photo frame using 5 different patterned Japanese Masking Tapes.


The design is simple and easy to recreate. Joanne gives her instructions on the photo below


Supplies: frame available at most craft stores

Tape Styles from the top, 2 pack Koharu & Karumi, stripe gold, & 2 pack Hougan grey & blue

Love My Tapes all of the styles listed available in the store now and orders ship from our warehouse in New Jersey so you won't have a delay in getting your Masking Tapes to create your own frames.

We'd like to thank Joanne for sharing her tape tip with us today! For more inspiration from this Japanese Masking Tape fan visit Joanne's blog Emjayandme

If you've got a Tape Tip send it on over to us at LoveMyTapes@gmail.com. We love showing off our fans ideas for using our fantastic tapes!