Hey there, MME fans! Missy here today. I was in the mood to use some decorative tape on the day I created this layout, and there is quite a variety to choose from in the different MME collections. The good thing about tape is that you don’t really run out of it quickly. You may use up your papers, chipboard and stickers, but it takes a while to use a whole roll of tape.
I went through my years MME stash and pulled out all the tapes I had. I love rainbows, so I chose all the rainbow colors I could find. I simply put them in the order I wanted and tore off strips to make my background. Some pieces I tore to give it more interest. I chose several stickers, flair pins and chipboard pieces to coordinated from various collections to finish it off.
Supplies:Decorative Tapes—My Girl, Sweetest Thing, Cut & Paste Presh, Collectable, Record It Just Splendid, Record It Here Is Happy, Record It All Things Chalk, Cupid’s Arrow, Lost & Found Record It Heirloom; Decorative Tape Sets—Coral & Aqua, Pink & Yellow, Mint & Grey, Emerald & Blue, Pink & Charcoal; Record It Here Is Happy Cardstock & Overlay Cards; My Girl Sticker Accessory Sheet; Jubliee Wild Berry “Today” Flair Pins, “Wonder” Chipboard Elements; Mint Julep “Live It Up” Chipboard Elements; Sweetest Thing—Honey “Perfect” Chipboard Elements; Now & Then Izzy “Dream Big” Chipboard Elements; Other—cardstock, Liquitex Gesso, Faber Castell Gelatos, Brother Sewing Machine, Coats Thread, October Afternoon Date Stamp, Ranger Archival Ink, Pentel Slicci Silver Pen, Heidi Swapp Color Shine.
Remember the My Girl collection? It screams bright rainbow, so I used that yellow flower sticker. I also pulled from the Jubliee Wild Berry collection. Mixing and matching is so much fun! I had to spice things up with a little messiness, so I added some white gesso over some of the tapes surrounding my photo and then went in with gelatos and did a little smudging.
These cute chipboard triangles are from My Girl as well. I love the colors. I machine stitched through them and layered my title just above it, overlapping a bit. I didn’t have a lot of green tape, so I improvised with a green gelato.
There are tons of blue shades and grey/black tapes throughout all the MME collections. I chose some of my favorites to layer at the bottom. I topped it off with this Live It Up chipboard piece from Jubliee Wild Berry…because that’s what she’s doing in the photo, for sure!
I even dug into my Sweetest Thing stash and found the Happy Day chipboard banner. It’s a perfect match for the pinks in the tapes and describes the photo. And it layers nicely with the die cut flower from Jubliee Wild Berry. I also used one of the transparent frames from the Record It Here Is Happy collection….I love the subtle look it gives the photo.
I hope this gives you some ideas on how to use up your tapes. If you’re like me, you have a ton of it lying around. This is a great way to use some of it up and get a great design effect!
Thanks for stopping by!
