Tape Mosaic Art Journal Page

Hello! Tessa here with another smash book/art journal page featuring Love My Tapes. I love a good quote and I thought it would be fun to display my favorites in this smash book. For this page, I decided to mix stickers, handwriting and strips of fabric, lace and washi tapes to create a mosaic:

I didn't have a plan; I just started at the top and worked my way down. I adhered my first stickers, then added a strip of lace tape that filled the next space. I wrote out a quote, then added more tape. To make it visually interesting, I didn't always use one solid piece of tape all the way across the page. Instead, I tore pieces from different rolls, creating a mosaic effect.

Once all the quotes and tapes were down, I added number stickers to make it more list-like.

This is a great way to get a lot of designs onto one project, as well as a great way to use up small pieces you might have left on a roll. Thanks for stopping by today, and if you're in the mood for more smash book pages, you can visit my blog today for Smash Sunday (there's more washi tape, too!).

Smashing with Washi Tape

Hello! Tessa here, with another SMASH book page to share. Washi tape is a staple of a SMASH booker's stash, but some of my SMASHing friends say they get overwhelmed with the choices and don't know exactly what to do with the tape. Today, I have two tips for my friends. First, choose tapes within the color palette of your project. I typically choose 3-5 tapes to work with, less if I am also using patterned paper. Second, use your tapes as small pops of color, placed to balance out your composition. Here's how I followed these tips on a recent page:

Here I added a layer of the aqua heart tape over a layer of the pink scalloped tape to anchor my photo. I love how both tapes play with the colors from the nearby floral patterned paper.

Here, I tucked a bit of the pink scalloped tape under my layers for a pop of color behind the rose sticker.

And here I added the aqua heart tape to the edge of a pocket page card for a pop of blue.

I hope these simple tips have you reaching for your washi tape stash when sitting down to SMASH book. For more photos of these pages, see my blog. Thanks for stopping by!