Japanese Washi Tape

Love My Tapes is excited to announce that Japanese Washi Tapes is here and soon to be added in our website. We know our customers will love this new product, for that reason we want to invite you to check them out.

Here is a picture with some of the designs will be having in our store.

Let us know what you think, what your favorite colors are and what designs you would love to see. For now you can start making your wish list.

Thanks so much!
Love My Tapes

PS: GREAT  NEWS!!! Our beautiful Lace Tapes are back in stock!! The brown one will be added soon, but for now, you have White, Beige, Pink, Lemon, Green and Black to choose from.

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.

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!

Altering with Japanese Masking Tape

Hello tape fans! Summer is quickly drawing closer and many of us travel with our families during the summer since the kids are out of school. Travel journals are a wonderful way to document your travels and keep mementos safe in until you return home.
Today's inspiration is an Art Blanche notebook available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments altered into a travel journal with Japanese Masking Tapes

created with

2 packs deco (samekomon ai & samekomon beni)

Supplies: Samekoman ai masking tape, October Afternoon, Teresa Collins travel stamp set, Martha Stewart doily and border punch, Tim Holtz key accent, misc. twine
Directions:
Simply cover the front cover with strips of masking tape in your favorite design and embellish however you like. A simple project that yields big results! We hope you're inspired to create a travel journal. If you do make sure you post a pic to our Flickr group.

Now for some fun! We've got a little guessing game going on over at our Facebook page. Hop on over and give a guess...you would be the winner!

Thanks for stopping by today!