I'm sure I've shared with you before my love for washi tape, and really, colored tape of all kinds while we're at it. I've collected quite a lot over the past few years (I have bought online from Freckled Fawn and Cute Tape before, and in person at Michael's and anywhere else I've come across it. I even bought the kids' colored tape from Target. As I was looking for links for you, I stumbled across this which I might need to get, darn it, and this, which I am getting for sure. As far as art supplies goes, it's a pretty inexpensive item with a lot of bang for the buck. I store mine in something similar to this, (I can't find the exact item) and it makes it really easy to see what I have and easy to access it too.
I started making a bunch of striped journaling and weekly date cards for my project life album that I'm keeping. I used these cards for a base for the most part.
For this one I covered an old date journal card that I had, that's why you can see through to a design under a couple of the stripes. That doesn't bother me though.
I had used all patterened tape before, but then started loving the solids.
For the card pictured above, I used my little dream machine to cut out the oh yes on scrapbook paper and then did stripes of washi behind it.
I find the washi cards easy to help tie in colors on a weekly spread. For example, my printer was acting up, so the photos came out with pink and purple hues. I added in a digital card from here, and decided to use the washi tape to make some cards that would match, as purple is not a standard supply color for me.
It's a fun way to choose your colors. I took the photos above just to show the difference adding or changing one color makes in a color palette.
I started making diagonal cards, and then used the triangles cut from the edge to make cards themselves. You know me and my love for scraps of all kinds...
I used some Project Life arrow stickers here, as well as an old card that I covered in washi tape trying to make my own chevron design.
Oh washi tape, I love you!
Have a favorite source for wahi tape that you'd care to share? Tell us in the comments.
More washi tape love on my instagram ( pamgarrison is my user name).
