I usually avoid trending my artwork. It dates the pieces and makes them loose freshness. It is also like adding an expiration date to a project, you will only display it while the trend is popular. But I recently made an exception.
Washi Tape, or patterned tape, has been showing up all over the place lately. The tape adds color, patterns, and texture to projects. It also adds an impromptu feel and makes the taped on element stand out because they appear to be added later. While the product may be new in the scrapbook world the concept is not. Most baby books and diaries have special places to tape in your memorabilia. So rather than ignoring to tape trend I decided to embrace it.
The perfect place for trying out trends is a project that you want to date. I picked an end of the school year journal. The pages are 6x6 so there wasn't a lot of room to embellish and I wanted it to fold flat so the elements all had to be flat. A bit of patterned tape fit the bill, it's flat and doesn't require much space.
I only had one problem, actually it was what I didn't have that was the problem. I didn't have any tape. So I improvised. I cut 1/2 inch strips of patterned paper and card-stock then cut those to the lengths I needed. This worked better for me than using tape because I didn't have to worry about it folding up on itself.
In the end I was so happy with my project I decided to use my new "card-stock washi tape" technique on a card as well.
One of the keys to these projects was the paper, bright colors, smaller patters, and textures all helped pull it together. This particular paper pack (Dream Pop) is only available until the end of May and can be purchased from any Close to my Heart consultant (including me.) If you miss out on this opportunity don't worry, just look for glossy patterned card-stock for a more tape like appearance. And have fun mixing and matching.
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