Enjoy the little things - Washi Tape Card

Hello everyone today I have another fun project using the new Washi Tapes from Love My Tapes!

Before I show you my project today I wanted to say that this will be my last post as part of the Love My Tapes Design Team. The last year has been so fabulous and I have really enjoyed being part of the Design Team, making new friends, sharing inspiring ideas and working with the amazing Love My Tapes products. It was not an easy decision to make and I thought long and hard about continuing as part of the Design Team, but in the end decided to move on. I wish all the remaining Design Team members all the best, and good luck to the new individuals enjoying the team!

Ok with that out of the way on to my card!

I wanted to make something cute & fun with the Washi Tapes, not a style I normally gravitate towards, but hey when the mood strikes you have to go with it. I know the Polaroid look is fairly popular right now and decided to make a fun little Polaroid scene using Washi Tape (of course), cardstock, chipboard and some dies.

I started by making the sky background by adding strips of Washi Tape over white cardstock. Then I covered a chipboard circle with layers of the Green Polka Dot Washi Tape. The butterflies & bird are covered with the Red Argyle Washi Tape. For the clouds I again covered white cardstock with more Washi Tape and cut them out with a Memory Box cloud die.

Before I go I want to thank everyone for the support and wonderful comments! I wish Love My Tapes and the Design Team all the best!

Love My Tapes Blog Hop!!!

The Love My Tapes Design Team welcomes you to a fun Mother's Day Blog Hop!! The DT Members have all used a variety of Love My Tapes products for you to get inspired, you will be amazed by all the wonderful creations!

If you came from JJ's blog, then you're right where you should be. If not, please go to the Love My Tapes' blog where you will find the list of participants.

Now hop on over to Rita's blog for more inspiration!



Make sure you comment along the way, one random commenter will win a fabulous prize pack from Love My Taps including, 1, Laced Tape, 1 Fabric Tape and 3 Washi Tapes!!! You have until Thursday, April 26th to leave your comments, the winner will be announced April 27th!

Washi Canvas Love

Just popping in quick before I head out skating to show you a fun little mixed media canvas that I made using some Washi Tape from Love My Tapes!

You can read all the details about how I made this canvas on the Love My Tapes Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!!



Wild about washi!

Did everyone have a good Easter, spending time with family and pigging out on chocolate?  We had a small celebration here, and of course the Easter Bunny showed up and left goodies for the kids and Mom & Dad too.  But he did forget about our little pooch Amy this year....poor puppy.

Last week I broke out the new Washi Tape from Love My Tapes, these are my first ones and I'm hooked!



I used the Washi Tape more as embellishments and pops of color on this layout.  You can see more details on the Love My Tapes Blog.

I'm off to eat more chocolate, need to keep the sugar buzz going!

We belong together...

I need to play a bit of catch up here, so many things to post...where to start?!

Today I'm going to start with my most recent layout for Love My Tapes.  I used lots of little strips of Fabric Tape, Fabric Sheet & Lace Tape for this layout.

The photo of Mike & I was so dark that I really wanted to offset it with lots of white space and light colors.

We are also looking for a Guest Designer at Love My Tapes, check out the details HERE, there's still plenty of time to join in!

That's all for today, I'll be back with more later!

Supplies:

Fabric Sheet FS028

Fabric Sheet FS022

Fabric Sheet FS032

Fabric Tape - Ava

Lace Tape - Beige LT2003

List of Love

We're still in the month of March right?  I cannot believe the amazing weather we're having, almost all our snow is gone and the temps are so high I might even pull on the shorts this weekend!  Every year my birthday wish is to have no snow on my birthday, since it is the first day of spring and all.  I think once in the (soon to be) 38 years of my life this wish has come true, and it looks like I'll get my wish this year!  I guess I won't need all those candles on my birthday cake! LOL

Today I have another layout for Love My Tapes to share, it's a list of the top 5 things I love about my daughter Samantha.

I pulled out lots of Love My Tapes supplies for this layout. The heart banner is made using the Taffy Fabric Tape and the hearts were cut from this Fabric Sheet. Under the journaling strips I used the Jane Fabric Tape, and I mounted the photo with some fabric sheets & tape, then added a few bits of the Dark Pink Lace Tape.

You should head over the the Blog, it got a little face lift today and is looking mighty pretty!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Spreading some more February Love

I am back to spread a little more love today with another Valentine's project!

I created this mixed media canvas using Love My Tapes, fabric sheets & lace tape to create the hearts.



Each heart was created either using one of the Fabric Sheets or by covering paper with some Lace Tapes.

This was a lot of fun to make, I might have to make another one like it...because this one was shipped off to the company to use at CHA.

Supplies:

Fabric Sheet FS032

Fabric Sheet FS028

Fabric Sheet FS024

Fabric Sheet Purple Dot

Lace Tape LT2005

Lace Tape LT2003

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I do have one more Valentin's project to share....meant to post it last week but what can I say, life got in the way again. ;)

 

More Valentine's Fun!

Hello there bloggers, I have another Valentine's project to share today!

I went a little outside the box on this one, had a little fun with some Love My Tapes frabric sheets.

I used the traditional pink for this project, but decided to add a little fun & whimsy with the Cow Print Fabric Sheet on the mannequin.

The inside of the arch is covered using the Hot Pink Suede Fabric Sheet, and the chipboard butterflies are covered with the Light Pink Snake Skin Fabric Sheet. I love the different textures all these fabric sheets add to a project. I also added a little strip of White Lace Tape to the bottom of the project.

The month of love isn't over yet, I'll be back tomorrow with yes another Valentine's project to share.  And the fun won't stop there, I still have a few other goodies up my sleeve!!

 

I have never made this many Valentine's projects in all the years since I started scrapbooking.....combined!  Not sure what got into me this year, must have been hit by one of Cupid's arrows! LOL

 

Until tomorrow......

Love Cubed

Happy Sunday!  I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

I have a Valentine's project up on the Love Is In The Details blog today.....I call it my little love cube.  Ok I know that sounds totally cheesy, but I think all these Valentine's projects I've been making have turned my brain a little too lovey dovey mushy! LOL

Seriously what else would I call a cube covered with photos of those I love most.

 Zach

 Sami

Sean 

 Mike

I now have this sitting on my desk at work, I love having a little something there to look at and bring a smile to my face every day.  Of course some of my co-workers were confused by the #14, they thought it was a calendar and I was on the wrong date! LOL  But that did give me an idea to use it as a calendar, I'm still think on this one.

I wrapped the mini spool with some lace tape from Love My Tapes, then stuck a couple of cute heart stick pins in the lace.

All of the flowers on top were made using different fabric sheets from Love My Tapes, cut with the Tim Holtz tattered florals die.  Once I had the flowers formed I dipped each one into some UTEE, love the effect this gave!

I added some pearls to the centre of a couple of the flowers to finish them off!

Valentine's Day is only a couple of days away...do you have any plans with your loved ones?

Another LMT Layout

Happy Wednesday!! 

Here we are another week almost over and before you know it the first month of the new year will be behind us too.

Exciting things happening the weekend CHA starts, I always love hunting for all the company peeks of their new goodies.  I'm also going to the Disney on Ice show with my Mom & Sami, yay for a girls day!

I have another layout that I made for Love My Tapes to share today, again this one is off to CHA, and yes again I wish I was going with it!  Speaking of CHA I really wish I could share with you the new product LMT is releasing, better yet I wish I had a photo to share...sadly I can't....but let's just say it's a VERY HOT product!! ;)

This is a picture of my 3 chicklets from Christmas morning all wearing their new hats they got and looking darn cute together!

On this layout I used 3 different LMT Fabric Tapes for the colorful strips, and see that fun little vintage girl holding the heart she is from one of the LMT Canvas Sticker sheets.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:

Peppermint Fabric Tape
Striped Fabric Tape (blue)
Lemon Bar Fabric Tape
Brown Newsprint Fabric Sheet

i Heart my boys

Happy Sunday bloggers!!

Today I have a layout I made for Love My Tapes to share.  This one has been sent off to the LMT home office and will be making it's way to CHA at the end of the month, I wish I was going too!

I know pink is not usually used for boy layouts.......but I've never been one to follow the 'rules' that closely!  But I didn't want the layout to be too girly so I added some more boyish elements with the gears, which I covered in the Newsprint Fabric Sheet then colored with Distress Stains.

If you haven't checked out our sketch challenge yet you still have time to join in, just head over to the blog for all the details!

Supplies:

Jane Fabric Tape

Pink Polka Dot Fabric Sheet

Newsprint Fabric Sheet

New Year....New Challenge!

Happy 2012!!!

With the new year we are bringing you new challenges at Love My Tapes to help spark your creativity, and give you a chance to win some fabulous LMT products!

This month we have a card sketch created by Giovana (with some help from JJ) for you to play along with.  The best thing is if you don't have any Love My Tapes products you can still play along and have a chance at the prize pack of goodies!  If you do have some LMT products please use them we'd love to see what you do!



I took the sketch and gave it a bit of a flip to make my very simple card.

I like to have some cute simple birthday cards on hand in case the kids get invited to a birthday party...I realized recently that my stash was quite low.

All you need to do to play along is create something using the sketch and link us up in the comment section on the Love My Tapes Blog.  The deadline for all entries is Friday, January 27th, 8:00pm EST.

Snow Angel

Only 6 more days until Christmas!!!  The kids are getting excited..and so am I!

I have another layout for Love My Tapes to share today.

It was Sami's 9th birthday yesterday, we took her out for lunch to celebrate, it was just the 5 of us and we had a great time.  When we got home from lunch she opened her gifts from us and was SO excited about the gold dress we gave her.  I can't wait until she wears it at Christmas!

This will be my last post until after the holidays, so I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Supplies

Faux Suede Fabric Sheet

Taffy Fabric Tape

Light Pink Lace Tape





Christmas Blog Hop!

Hello & Welcome to the Love My Tapes Christmas Blog Hop!

You should have arrived her from JJ Sobey's blog, but if you didn't that's ok head over to the Love My Tapes blog to start from the beginning, you don't want to miss anything!

I made a sweet little vintage/grunge inspired Christmas wall hanging to share today.

The Base was a plain wood wall plaque that I found at the dollar store, which I covered in torn strips of three different fabric sheets, white newsprint, brown newsprint, cream with flowers, and a few layers of lace tape.  Once I had all my layers down I used a little off white paint over top, but I kept it just light enough that some of the patterns from the fabric sheets show through.

Here's a little close up so you can see the layers a bit better.....

Thank you for joining us all today for our Christmas Blog Hop!!

If you want a chance at the package of goodies that Love My Tapes is giving away you need to leave a comment on each of the DT blogs, and the Love My Tapes blog.  All comment must be made by Tuesday December 13 @ 8:00 pm EST.  Winner will be announced on Wednesday!

Good luck everyone!

Now it's time to head over to Rita Barakat's blog for some more inspiration!!

Lisa

Quick Cards

December is always such a busy time of year, and if you're like me you don't have your Christmas cards done.  So here are a couple of easy quick cards I made using products from Love My Tapes, which will hopefully inspire you (and me! LOL) to get a move on those cards!

On this first card I used the Emily Fabric Tape and some Beige Lace Tape.

For this one I used the red & white polka dot Fabric Sheet as the background with a strip of White Lace Tape at the bottom. This card was so quick but I love the texture of it!

I also had a little birdie whisper in my ear that there might just a blog hop going on this weekend at Love My Tapes....be sure to watch the blog for details! ;)

Christmas Tradition

Christmas is always full of traditions, some old, some newer but they are part of what make celebrating the holidays so special.

One thing I always remember from Christmas morning was having to wait at the top of the stairs with my brothers while my Mom went down stairs to make sure Santa had come.  I started this tradition with my own kids, every year they have to stay at the very top & wait until I say it's ok to come down.  Last year I snapped a photo of the 3 of them, they look so sleepy...but I know they're full of excitement on the inside!

I hope that my kids remember these mornings and waiting at the top of the stairs with the same happiness as I do....and perhaps they'll keep the tradition once they have their own kids!



Supplies:

Red & White Polka Dot Fabric Sheet

'NewsPrint' Fabric Sheet

Beige Lace Tape

Spellbinders Snowflake Die

Basic Grey pattern paper

Elle's Studio Tag

 

Getting In The Mood

We've started to see some snow here, which always gets me in the mood for Christmas!

To kick start my Christmas spirit I made this layout featuring the red & white polka dot Fabric Sheet from Love My Tapes.  I also added some small strips of Lace Tape throughout the layout for extra texture.

I love how the red pops off the vintage looking paper!!

It's been a great weekend here, we had two full days with no hockey...which meant lots of time to do what we wanted to! YAY!  I spent some time scrapping, started my Christmas shopping and went out with friends.  Today well, it was all about hockey at our house with all 3 kids playing today.  A great weekend indeed!



Guest Book

It seems like it's been forever since I posted.....really must change that!

Today I have a little project I created for a staff member who is retiring today.  We're throwing him a retirement reception and I wanted to make a guest book for all his friends & peers to sign and write some personal message wishing him the best on his new journey.

I used a piece of THIS Fabric Sheet from Love My Tapes which I cut using a Tim Holtz Sizzix die.  I added a strip of the Striped Fabric Tape, which I first stained with Distress Stain to finish off the 'spine' of the book.

I hope he enjoys the book and has a very happy retirement.

A little piece of Christmas

I've started to get into the Christmas spirit...just a little bit.  I am determined this year to get a head start on Christmas projects before all chaos hits my house!

Today I have a mixed media canvas to share, this was inspired by the fabulous Christy Tomlinson and THIS canvase she made last year.

I used pieces of scrap paper and some of the wonderful Love My Tapes Lace Tape & Fabric Sheet which I died with Distress Stains to make my tree..I love the extra texture these pieces add to my canvas! The deer was cut out using a Sizzix die and THIS Fabric Sheet. I also covered a chipboard star for the top of my tree using the Lemon Bar Fabric Tape.

Be sure to check out the Love My Tapes Blog for lots of inspiration from the Design Team!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends, hope your weekend is full of turkey goodness!

More Halloween Fun

Here's another little Halloween project I made...this time I used some awesome products from Love My Tapes!

The lid of the coffin is covered with one of their Fabric Sheets, this one feels like leather....so soft, I love it!  The best part is you can stamp & use embossing powder on it just like paper, how awesome is that?!

I finished off the edge of the lid with some Black Lace Tape.

Later this week I'll have another project to share for Love My Tapes!

Thanks for stopping by!