Let's talk 'Tape'!

Well it's Friday and here I am again!

It's my turn for Friendzy Friday over on the Two Scrapbook Friends blog and forum this week, and to say I was running a little behind with my preparations, is somewhat of an understatement!  However, the true professional that I am would never back down from a good challenge, so here goes.

Today I am here to talk "Tape"!

Washi, Trendy, Tissue, Decorative........whichever way you describe it, or whichever variety you have, it all boils down to one thing.........pretty tapes that we can't get enough of!

If you are anything like me though, as soon as this product arrived on the market a little while ago, I was intrigued, immediately ran out to buy myself a small collection, then got home and thought "Well what am I going to do with this?"

Hence today's post.

I thought I would set myself the task of exploring a few other ways of using these little gems, other than the more obvious 'cut and stick on the page' method, which is still one of my favourites by the way!

I believe all of these tapes are re-positionable, and can be applied to a number of surfaces, which really does make them a pretty versatile embellishment to have in your stash.

So here goes.

If you think of the tape as a ribbon with it's own adhesive backing, you can......

ruffle it...........

or pleat it.......

I even tried it on a 'Gluber'.......a touch fiddly, but it worked quite well........

The beauty of these tapes, is that they are fairly sheer, which means after adhering to cardstock, you're still able to cut them in a variety of ways.

Such as for alpha's to co-ordinate with your scrapbook pages...........

or with most varieties of dies.........

You can even still use it with your border punches..........

Following on from this, it will score or fold nicely too.......

You might have noticed it was even used to cover and co-ordinate the button in the center there too!  Thanks to my scrappin' friend and button coverer extraordinaire Carola for this idea......there you go Girlfriend, you got your mention :)

These tapes are certainly versatile, so with a few snips of the scissors, together with a stick pin or toothpick, we can create mini flags for cards/layouts or cake toppers.........

and if we combine with twine, we have beautifully co-ordinated handmade banners............

Well I hope I've given you a few ideas for the use of your tape collection.  I'm sure there are many more, and I would love for you to share your own ideas by uploading to the gallery or forum.

Most importantly, have fun using it, and I'll see you next time,
Jayne.x.