December Guest Designer - Svetlana Austin, Part One

Hello and Happy Friday Love My Tapes friends!

Today, we are highlighting a special designer, Svetlana Austin, our December Guest Designer.  Let's get to know her a little better.

Hi, everyone! My name is Svetlana Austin. I am a Russian girl who ended up living in hot South Africa for the last 11 years. I met my husband while he was doing mission work in Russia. We have 2 beautiful sons who keep us busy and fill our lives with sunshine (not that we have lack of it in the northern part of our country). I was always creative. I tried many different crafts but once I was introduced to scrapbooking by my friend, I never stopped. It was 8 years ago. I defiantly love to create layouts about my little boys the most. My aim is to reflect their personalities through my work. I love to make real boy’s layouts full of colors and details. I like to use paint and sprays in my projects, as well as hand-stitching. Sometimes I like to make very romantic and feminine layouts about myself or about my girl-friends. It allows me to express the stuff that I personally like. My scrapbooking style is always determined by photographs I use and what kind of story I would like to tell through my project. I had a pleasure to design for various Russian and international challenge blogs. Also I was honored to be part of Kaisercraft's DT 2011-2012. You can visit my blog at Colourful Memories (http://www.colorfulmemories-protea.blogspot.com/)
I am very thankful to Tina for inviting me to be a Guest Designer at Love My Tapes this month!

Svetlana's first project is an absolutely gorgeous card.  Here's what she had to say about it.

I made this card as a gift for one very special person - for no specific occasion. I decorated it with antique self adhesive lace. I also used floral fabric tape to make little decorative banners. For that I applied two rows  of the tape on a piece of cardstock overlapping it a little. After that I just cut the banners in the size it needed them to be. This allowed me to achieve more dimension on my card.

Svetlana's second project is a stunning layout. 

Layout:
Though most of my projects are about my boys I actually like real girly stuff - flowers and some frills. I am so much in love with the lace tape I received that it became the main inspiration behind all of my projects I created for LMT.
This lace has nice shabby feel to it and it is a pure pleasure to be able to stick it on right away.For this layout I made some alteration to the lace by cutting it out to create softer round look on the lacy border.
I also used washi tape to make a little corner matting for my photo. I sticked it on a piece of cardstock and then cut it out. It gave nice contrasting accent to my layout.

WOW - aren't her projects beautiful? 

Thank you Svetlana for sharing your talent with us today!

December Challenge - Banners!

Hellloooo and Happy Wednesday!

Tina here today with the latest LMT challenge.  Who is ready??

Let get right to the details!

1. Create a Layout or Card that used washi/lace/fabric tape as a banner.  Think outside the box and let's get creative.  Please let us know how you were inspired.

2. The challenge is open until December 28, 2012.

3. A randomly chosen winner will win some LMT goodies.

4. Link up your projects below.

 

To get y'all started, here is a layout I created using fabric tape to create a banner that spans across my page.

 

I kept the paper backing on the fabric tape cut banner shapes in several colors and adhered them to my layout.

 

We can't wait to see what you create!  Have a wonderful day!

 

 

 

Christmas projects with Rita

 

 Hey there bloggers Rita Barakat here with some fun ideas for Christmas!

Using these cute chipboard buttons (Jenni Bowlin) and peppermint  check fabric tape

it was easy to whip up a vintage looking Christmas!

 

 Close up of the card!

hmm what goodies are in here?

A jelly jar for tiny treasures  and yes that is a lunch bag!

Did you note the fabric tape on the clothespin?ter

I love things that are simple and cute!

***

I hope you have enjoyed these projects, this is my last post for

Love my Tapes, after a year and a half I feel like it's time to do something different. 

I will continue to use the products I have, I love, love, love the tapes here at Love My Tapes!

And if you haven't tried them you should!

 

 

 

 

http://lovemytapes.bigcartel.com/product/1-pk-fabric-tape-mini-check-peppermint-ft013

Happy Crafting!

 

Pinspiration: Tape a Shape!

I am back today with a new layout based on another fun idea found on the Love My Tapes Crafty Inspiration Pinterest Board!!  I chose an adorable layout by Kim Arnold.  She used multiple tape patterns over heart shapes and placed them on her layout.  Such a cute idea.  I altered her idea a little bit, by using different tapes on 3 different hearts and grouping them together on my layout.

I used my Die Cut machine, to cut out my heart shapes first...you could also go old school and just cut out your hearts free hand!  After my shapes were cut, I just tore pieces of my Washi Tape and placed the pieces side by side overlapping the edges of the hearts.  Then, I cut the excess off around the shape of the heart.  You could also add your tape first and then cut your shape.  Just go with the method that works best for you.

Here's a look at Kim's adorable layout.  Love all of the different tapes she used on her hearts!

And the best part is, you could use this idea for a variety of shapes!  I hope you will play around and look for some new uses for your Washi Tape.  Maybe you will be our next source of Pinspiration!!

I Love My Tapes

Hello!

Kathy Martin here with a card share for you today. I Love My Tapes and one of my all time favorites is this 'With Love' style and the pretty polka dots that match.

I combined this fabulous tape with some Thickers alphabets, a felt heart, a little zigzag stitching and an old favorite, Doodlebug sequins that I topped with seed beads. Ah.....love.....'tis the season!

Enjoy

Got Scraps?

Hey bloggers Rita Barakat here!

I'm back with a few more ideas to get cracking on those

Christmas cards if you haven't started already!

If you save your scraps like me all you need is a small

strip to make a quick and easy card!

Add some lace tape and other embellishments and you are good to go!

Scrapbook paper makes for quick & easy cards as well!

Although I did stamp and color the snowman the back ground is scraps

from another project! Cut and layer over any flaws add some lace tape to pretty it up

and there you go! Another quick and easy idea for holiday greetings!

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Cards with Rita

 

Hey blogger Rita Barakat here! Can you believe it Dec 1st already?

Time to start those Christmas cards if you haven't already!

An idea to make it easier for yourself is to

make a simple template and repeat as I have done here.

A perfect addition and time saver of course is Washi tape across the bottom!

Quick & simple!

Have you started on your Christmas cards yet?