Never Stop Exploring- Fabric Tape Cactus

Hey everyone, Katie here! Today I wanted to share a fun layout I made using our fabric tapes! I absolutely love the fabric tapes, they have such great texture, they're so soft!

I used them on this layout to not only border my photo but also to make a saguaro cactus! Yep, it's made from green fabric tape!

I started just by cutting 3 strips of different lengths for the body and arms of the cactus and them made them a little wider with scraps of the fabric tape. I rounded the top corners of the tape to give it a more cactus-y look and then added "thorns" with a black Sharpie!

The muslin tape I used might be one of my favorites (I've used so much, I'm almost out! Oh no!)! It's a great neutral color.

Thanks for reading! I'm at CHA today, so I'm hoping to find some fun new products to use with my tapes! :)

Happy New Year!

Hello Love My Tapes friends.  Marcia here today with a confession. I did not get all my Christmas cards mailed. Life is just so busy before Christmas. But I wanted my friends and family to know I've been thinking about them, so I decided I needed to make some Happy New Year cards.

I cut the sentiment with my Silhouette Cameo and instead of using the positive, I filled the negative space underneath with washi tape. I thought this silver washi tape with tiny stars was perfect.

Here is another making use of the negative, but on this card I ran the washi taped cardstock through my Cameo. This same technique can be done with dies or other electronic cutting machine. Since I was working with a striped pattern, I also took care to match up the stripes.

and here is my card...

By using the positive and the negative cuts for my cards, I was able to make several cards quickly. So if you are like me and don't want to fall off your friends and family Christmas card lists, it's not too late. Send a New Year's card instead.

Thanks for stopping by. Here's to a fabulous 2015!

~Marcia

Lace flowers card

Hello Love My Tapes fans! This is Maya and today I am sharing a card made with beautiful lace tape from Love My Tapes.

I made a monochromatic card in shades of white, linen and cream with lace flowers. 

Here is a quick tutorial for making the lace flowers. It is really simple and the adhesive on the back of the lace helps holding everything together.

Vintage buttons look great with this elegant lace. I used another piece of slightly wider lace under the sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by today! I wish you happy and creative 2015!

Congrats Card, and Pocket Style Scrapbooking with Washi Tape

Hi Everybody!

Jenny from Crazy About Cricut here, and it's time for another project for the Love My Tapes Design Team!!  First up, is a cute and simple Congratulations card using some gorgeous black and white scalloped washi tape:

*The card base size is 4" x 4", the black mat is 3 3/4" x 3 3/4, 

and the top white mat is 3.5" x 3.5".

*The side border of washi tape really adds some great dimension!

*Here's a close up.

I also have some fun, easy pocket style scrapbooking cards so share today.  Using theme style tapes can really be a fun embellishment to use!  Enjoy the video :)

TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :)

Christmas Cards- Lace Tape Style!

Hey everyone, Katie here! Can you believe Christmas is in only 2 days? While it is too late to mail out Christmas cards now, I still wanted to show you these that I made to send to friends. Maybe they'll inspire you to use some of the lovely lace tapes on gift tags!

I love the soft touch the lace tape gives to the cards, don't you?

Merry Christmas!

Create an Interactive Layout with Washi Tape

Hello Love My Tapes blogging friends.  Marcia here today to share how you can create an interactive layout with washi tape. I have an amazing friend that creates several gingerbread houses from scratch every year (30-40 houses!). Then she and her daughters host gingerbread decorating parties. She supplies all the candy and frosting too. It was such a fun time I had to scrap a layout about it. But I had a couple photos I wanted on my layout and if I printed them smaller than 4x6 it would be hard to see the details. If I put them side by side on my layout, I would cover up too much of this fabulous die cut from 17Turtles. What to do? I decided to create a flip book right on my layout. Then I could flip it open to see my other photos.

The photo flips open, like a book. This way I could add more pictures underneath. Look at my decorated Gingerbread House, complete with a sleigh, snowman, trees, a little doggie, and Santa climbing down the chimney! 

Here is how you can make one too. Cut your pattern paper slightly larger than your photos. Lay them side by side and use washi tape to adhere them together.

Now flip it over and do the same to the other side. Trim the excess tape at the top and the bottom. Then adhere your flip book to the layout.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week!

~Marcia

Fabric Tape Bound Mini Album

Hey everyone, Katie here! Today I wanted to take a break from all of the Christmas projects to share with you guys this mini album I created using some pictures from a camping trip.

I make a lot of mini albums so I know a few different techniques for binding them. I created this one by using fabric tape for the binding. Here's how:

1. Start by cutting out your pages and front/back covers  from patterned paper or cardstock.

2, Place your cover face down onto your workplace with your first page face up right next to it. Take a strip of fabric tape and place where to 2 papers meet. Press firmly.

3. Fold your first page over to the left and repeat step 2 with your next page, lining it up and adding a strip of tape.

4. Repeat until you have all of your pages and back cover. I also added a couple of fabric tape strips around the back edge to hide where the pages are on the back.

I used a couple of my favorite black and white washi tapes on the inside pages as well.

Thanks for reading! :)