Getting ready for the show...

I left the house at 5 a.m. this morning to catch my flight and we're arriving in Chicago today and setting up the booth for the CHA Summer Trade Show. It's going to be so much fun to share our wonderful adhesive and fabric tapes with all the retailers, designers and media that are attending the show.
The crafting community is a really tight knit group and these twice yearly trade shows are a great way to meet our customers and fans.
Here's a peek at one of the samples I created for the show with our chocolate fabric tape and the fun new Birthday Bash line from Imaginisce as well as a fabulous image from Unity Stamp Company's July Kit Of The Month.


Tomorrow we have a special treat in store for you so be sure and stop by for the Tuesday Tape Tip!!

Super Show Make and Take and a Giveaway!!

Hello Tape Fans! I can hardly believe that it's only a few days til the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show in Rosemont Illinois. I'll be flying in Monday afternoon and it will be my first visit to Chicago.
I am more than excited to share with you a peek and some information about our Make & Take for the Super Show on Friday and Saturday. We've teamed up with Unity Stamp Co & GCD Studios to create this adorable tag for our Make & Take.


We'll be using these two Images from the newly released Unity Scrapbook Kit One Precious Life designed by Melody Ross, some HomeSpun Chic from GCD Studios and the i-rock tool from Imaginisce!!



And we'll be giving away a prize pack that include one of these sets, and some of our fabulous adhesive and fabric tapes each day during the Super Show on Friday and Saturday. A big thank you to Angela at Unity Stamp Co. for donating the stamps sets.
So come by the Booth to find out how you can win! Here's the details

Supershow

(fri & sat)
Booth# 1224

See you at the show!!

CHA Show Specials!

Hello Tape fans! We are excited about the upcoming trade show and getting some of you to try out our fabulous adhesive! I know there are many options out there for adhesive but once you try our tape dispensers, you will see the difference. We are also excited to now be offering a refillable option with more adhesive!

We are also pleased to announce that we have teamed up with GCD Studios for our make and take at the Super Show. Please stop by and create with us! Here is our Booth information for both shows as well as our show specials!

Trade Show
(tue, wed, thur)
Booth# 2043
wholesale opening is $250 with free UPS shipping
10% off if you order more than $500.00

Supershow

(fri & sat)
Booth# 1224
everything is 20% off

And don't forget we're sponsoring My Little Shoebox's It's all about Family class Monday from 6:30 to 8:30! For more details on the class click here.

See you at the show!!!

Christmas in July

Imaginisce, one of our favorite manufacturers is celebrating the release of their newest collection Cottage Christmas this week on their blog here. The new collection features 6 patterned papers and a wide variety of coordinating embellishments. To view the entire collection click here.

Here's a layout created with our double sided adhesive with some samples of the new collection.


With Love My Tapes adhesive, it's easy to layer your cardstocks and embellishments and not worry that they are going to move out of place or not hold. Our double sided adhesive is super strong and will h0ld your layouts, cards and altered projects nicely.


Be sure and look for us at the CHA Trade & Consumer show in Rosemont Ill. to see these fabric sheets up close!

Don't forget the CHA trade show & super show are less than a week away! Look for us at both!

CHA Craft Super Show

SHOW DATES & HOURS
Friday, July 30: 12pm - 8pm
Saturday, July 31: 10am - 6pm

TICKET PRICES:
$20.00 - 2-Day Pass
$15.00 - 1-Day Pass
Children Under 10 - FREE

Papercrafting made easy with Love My Tapes Adhesive

Hello Tape Fans. Now that summer is upon us we are all enjoying backyard BBQ's, Pool Parties and Birthdays. It's easy to create your own decor for these special events and even easier with Love My Tapes Adhesives. Look at these layered cupcake toppers we put together with our super strong adhesive.

Creating these toppers was super easy with Cricut's Sweet Treats cartridge and the Cricut expression. The you just layer them with strips of adhesive on the back and you're finished in now time.
Here's how they looked on the cupcakes


To finish off the toppers simply cut skewer sticks down to fit in the cupcakes and hot glue them to the back of the cardstock. These toppers can be recreated in any theme for any party!

We hope you'll give our double sided adhesives a try for your paper crafting projects.

Right now in the store if you buy 12 of our double sided adhesive you can get them for only $2.50 each!

If you own a retail or online store or would love for your favorite scrapbook store to carry Love My Tapes please contact us at lovemytapes@hotmail.com for wholesale information.

We hope you'll try our double sided adhesives and let us know what you think. Feel free to give us a shout out on our chat box on the right column of the blog or leave us your feedback here or on our Facebook fan page!

More CHA News!

Hello Tape fans! With CHA a week away we are looking forward to talking to store owners about our fabulous adhesive!

We've teamed up with My Little Shoebox at CHA to sponsor their class It's All About Family. You can still register on-site and here' the details

Monday, July 26, 2010
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Supplies: It is always a good idea to bring your basic kit: Trimmer, scissors, wet adhesive, bone folder, cropodile

We look forward to spending a few hours with you to work on a wonderful album for your store, and to give you good ideas for classes! We are so excited to be sharing all of our new products with you, and you will be spoiled as always, and hope you like our products as much as we had fun designing this class for you!

Instructors: Pattie Beltra, Erin Yamabe

Sponsors: My Little Shoebox

Ticket Information

• Members: $25, Non-members: $50 on-site

Hope to see you there!!

CHA Sneak Peek!!!

Hello Tape Fans! With the Craft & Hobby trade and consumer show just around the corner we thought we'd give you a peek at something new we'll be carrying at Love My Tapes. You've told us how much you love our fabric tapes but wouldn't it be fantastic to have larger options for these fabric designs?? Well we thought so too! Introducing fabric sheets! It's basically like our fabric tapes but larger! Just peel the back off and stick to any surface!


What I really love about these sheets is they work perfectly with Sizzix dies. Here's a card created with the Sizzix Butterfly & Dragonfly die and one of the fabric sheet styles


Now the possibilities are endless when you use the Sizzix dies to cut them since you can just peel the back off and stick them on cards, scrapbook pages, home decor and even clothing. Add a little stitch around the edges on a shirt or canvas bag and you've got a great home made project!

Be sure and look for us at the CHA Trade & Consumer show in Rosemont Ill. to see these fabric sheets up close!

CHA Craft Super Show

SHOW DATES & HOURS
Friday, July 30: 12pm - 8pm
Saturday, July 31: 10am - 6pm

TICKET PRICES:
$20.00 - 2-Day Pass
$15.00 - 1-Day Pass
Children Under 10 - FREE

To sign up for classes and discounts visit the CHA website here

We'll see you there!

Designer Spotlight Wednesday

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

Heather Brown

Hi I am Heather and I am a regular girl that loves paper and embellishments. As a little girl I would hoard pretty papers and stationary and never use them. I have 3 of the most amazing kids ever and been married for 11 years to an even more amazing man. We are very blessed and I stay at home with my kids, Homeschool and we are youth leaders at our church which is a HUGE part of our life. I love reading my Nook, just found a new love of gardening, sewing, painting, decorating, I bake all our own bread and if I can make something from scratch I do.

Here's a look a some of Heather's amazing designs with My Little Shoebox and Love My Tapes adhesive



Love the colors combination in this layout. I also like how she used the black pen to enhance her layout.

Here's a fun layout documenting her son's messy room. I have a messy kiddo too.

Heather and DT Member Erin Payne also bring you the My Little Shoebox videos. They are both entertaining and informative with the newest information about My Little Shoebox.

We love Heather's style and designs! Be sure and visit Heather's blog for more amazing inspiration!

We're excited to be sponsoring the My Little Shoebox Design Team. My Little Shoebox just held their Design Team call so we'll be getting to know the newest girls on the team in coming weeks. Check back each week as we feature a different designer and their crafty creations.

Tuesday Tape Tip

Hello tape fans! This week's tape tip is a fun way to jazz up regular clothespins with our fabric tapes. It's super easy to just peel the fabric tapes and stick them right onto the clothespins to create a fun little gift for a friend or just use them around your own home. Add a magnet to the back with a glue gun and you have a trendy way to keep notes, photos or lists on your families refrigerator.
The clothespins are a little narrower that the width of the tape so be sure and trim the fabric tape before you peel that backing off!

Here's a couple examples I made in about 10 mins



Here's a closer view



We have 7 different styles of our gingham fabric tapes in the store. Click here to place your order.

Just two more weeks...

Until the Summer Craft & Hobby Association Trade and Supershow show kicks off in Rosemont Illinois. Love My Tapes will be at both the trade and consumer shows so if you're attending either show be sure and look for us! We'll be selling adhesive and fabric tapes at the Craft Super Show and doing a fun make. Be sure and stop by the booth to say hi. Here's the info for the consumer show:

CHA Craft SuperShow

SHOW DATES & HOURS
Friday, July 30: 12pm - 8pm
Saturday, July 31: 10am - 6pm

TICKET PRICES:
$20.00 - 2-Day Pass
$15.00 - 1-Day Pass
Children Under 10 - FREE

To sign up for classes and discounts visit the CHA website here

We'll see you there!

Feature Friday

Hello tape fans! Today we have a cute favor box made from Kraft and Imaginisce's new Birthday bash line


The patterned paper was adhered to the box with our super strong Love My Tapes adhesive.


To create your own favor box, you simply run the adhesive on the pre-cut paper and press to the Kraft box and add embellishments. Quick and easy!
Our adhesive is not just for cards and scrapbook pages. Try it on an altered project for a great hold.

Be sure and stop by the Imaginisce blog this week for your chance to win some of this collection.

Right now in the store if you buy 12 of our double sided adhesive you can get them for only $2.50 each!

If you own a retail or online store or would love for your favorite scrapbook store to carry Love My Tapes please contact us at lovemytapes@hotmail.com for wholesale information.

We hope you'll try our double sided adhesives and let us know what you think. Feel free to give us a shout out on our chat box on the right column of the blog or leave us your feedback here or on our Facebook fan page!

Paper Secrets hosting Use Your Tape July Supply Challenge

Hey tape fans! Our favorite Paper crafting community, Paper Secrets is hosting a fantastic challenge this month inspired by Love My Tapes.

Here's the challenge: This month, we want to see you use your tape! Create a project using tape. Any tape will do! Fabric tape, masking tape, paper tape or any other type of tape you can think of. Completing this challenge by the due date will get you one entry in the July prize drawing, so be sure to share your project here to get your entry.

Wanna see what you can win???

We're happy to be sponsoring the adhesive for the monthly prize at Paper Secrets. Head on over and post your take on this challenge. You have til July 31st! Just click the link below.

July Supply Challenge - due 7/31

Trend Watch: Gingham

Oh tape fans it's so exciting to see new trends in crafting and one if my faves is getting alot of attention. Gingham is bigger and better than ever! Just look what I found in cyber space today!

Gingham plates from Elle Decor

And this pink gingham hair bow from Celeste & Company

This plush gingham owl from Gush 4 Plush

And our gingham fabric tapes!

Sherbert

Chocolate

Peppermint

Have we tempted you?? They are yummy and in stock in the store!!! Get em while they're hot!

Tuesday Tape Tip

Hello tape fans! This week for our tape tip we're featuring the i-top brad maker from Imaginisce. Some of you may not have heard of the i-top tool from Imagininsce.


This tool is fun and easy to use. With it you can create your own brads, buttons and pins in a matter of minutes!
This tool is so versatile, you can create brads for any project and it works really well with our fabric tapes! Because the fabric tapes have an adhesive back you can easily cover the brads and then use the i-top Tool to attach the back of the brad in a matter of seconds.

Use our fabric tape

To create these fun brads

These i-top brads were made with our Peppermint fabric tape

Add some flowers and you have this...

There are lots of ways to top your i-top brads but my favorite is with our fabric tapes! We'll be showing you some creations with our handmade brads later this week!

Why you should love our double sided adhesive

Hello tape fans! We've been generating quite a buzz over our new fabric tapes but we'd love to spread the word about how fantastic our double sided adhesive is too!



Papercrafters need adhesive, without it we simply can't create our cards and layouts. As crafters we spend a large amount of our budget on adhesive. Let's face it, the price per dispenser isn't exactly cheap and if we do find one that's a bargain we quickly discover the quality reflects the price.
Love My Tapes adhesive is affordably priced at 3.99 per dispenser for 33 feet of super strong adhesive that glides on your paper in a full stripe of glue every time.


Many of the leading brands of adhesives I've used prior to Love My Tapes tear, gum up around the roller or the tape itself gets tangled in the dispenser and breaks. This used to frustrate me immensly.
No one likes to waste their money and with Love My Tapes adhesive you get what you paid for. A product that delivers the results that an adhesive runner should. Our adhesive also holds glitter and flock beautifully and is very strong so you don't have to worry about things falling off your pages a year or 20 down the road.

Right now in the store if you buy 12 of our double sided adhesive you can get them for only $2.50 each!

If you own a retail or online store or would love for your favorite scrapbook store to carry Love My Tapes please contact us at lovemytapes@hotmail.com for wholesale information.

We hope you'll try our double sided adhesives and let us know what you think. Feel free to give us a shout out on our chat box on the right column of the blog or leave us your feedback here or on our Facebook fan page!

Feature Friday

Hello tape fans! We missed you this week and apologize for not posting content but our Tape Chick has been very sick all week and unable to get out of bed. We're happy to report that she is on the mend and you can expect more inspiration from Love My Tapes to return on Monday!

Today it's Feature Friday and that means it's all about you! This week spotted some very yummy handmade cards from Courtney Baker on her design blog Practicing Creativity!

We love how Courtney used our Hougan blue masking tape for this fun card!

We spotted this card created with our new Fabric Tape baylee, and love the design.

Courtney also owns her own stamp company, Practicing Creativity. All the images in her cards show today are from her own stamp lines. Courtney and her husband design the cutest high quality photopolymer stamps and here's a little bit bout her stamping website:

This site is a result of a dream, a supportive husband, and a fantastic book called A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller. After a year of wishing and dreaming of designing stamps we made the plunge. We were determined to try, and the quote below helps remind us of our dream.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

We'd like to thank Courtney for letting us post her projects for our Feature Friday. Be sure and visit Courtney's blog for more inspiration!

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!