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- Hi,

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I'm Courtney from Creativebug.

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I'm gonna talk to you all

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about the different kinds of tapes

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you can use for arts and

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crafts projects.

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A lot of this knowledge is

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just from two decades of

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playing with tape,

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and seeing what works

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and what doesn't.

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Sometimes the hard way.

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We're gonna talk about what kinda tapes to use

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for what kinda project and

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what's appropriate.

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Let's just start with our average,

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well know,

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household scotch tape.

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You can find this at a craft store,

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at your office supply store,

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or even a place like Walgreens or

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the drug store.

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It comes in a clear variety.

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It can come in frosted variety which

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is maybe what you're familiar with

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for gift wrap.

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I have an assortment of things

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that we can just tape down,

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and we can see what we like and what we don't.

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You've all seen this kind of tape.

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You can use it to tape

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any kind of paper to

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paper object.

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It is slightly frosted and

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it becomes visible.

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They may not be what you want to use for your project.

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I prefer to use double sided tape.

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Let's take this off.

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For just basic paper to paper,

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putting together a card,

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or maybe taping down a photo like

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this into a sketchbook or

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a photo album.

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I actually really like a permanent

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double-sided tape.

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So it's sticky adhesive on both sides

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of the tape.

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You can find this at the office supply store and

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it comes in permanent or removable.

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I love the permanent.

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It's quick and easy to use.

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When you're using all these household tapes like

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scotch tape and masking tape,

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and you're worried about achievable,

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you do want to check the packaging

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or the labels to see if they're

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PH-neutral or sometimes

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they'll say acid free.

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Most things now are made that way.

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It used to be more of an issue a

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few years ago,

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but if you're unsure check the package

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because it usually will tell you.

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Photo safe is even something you

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can look for.

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Masking tape you're probably familiar with.

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This is just in the back of everybody's junk drawer.

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It is a paper tape.

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You'll notice that if you have a

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roll sitting around for awhile,

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it tends to get brittle and

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even become stickier

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and hard to use,

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or completely not sticky.

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So the longevity of this is questionable

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but it works great for just quick

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paper to paper,

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and something that I found really useful,

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if you go to the art supply store you

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can actually find black masking tape,

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and natural masking tape in

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all these widths.

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So you can kind play with the size.

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I actually use this to make line drawings

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on the wall or

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on a window.

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It's not artist tape so

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it's just masking tape.

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It's also PH-neutral in most cases

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and it's really inexpensive to

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play around with.

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Let me show you with just a little

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bit of black masking tape looks like.

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So this will definitely hold for paper to paper,

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but what's nice about these various widths,

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it's more unexpected so

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you can use it more like a

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design element.

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It will still hold.

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You can play with the natural kind

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or the black kind.

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If it's actual masking tape,

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it's only gonna come in these two colors.

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This can be fun to layer

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but it also works just for holding

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paper to paper.

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It also works for card stock to paper.

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The next step is something like

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artist tape or

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painters tape.

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So these are lower tact tapes.

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Artist tape is also removable.

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It's something that you might want to

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use if you're working with a painting

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or a drawing and

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you want to tact down something temporarily.

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You can then remove it without damaging the surface.

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You wanna check the packaging,

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because they'll usually say removable

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up to two weeks.

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It's not for permanent adhesion.

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This is obviously something you are

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familiar with from painting a room.

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You can place this down on paper and

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then it's removable without tearing.

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Artist tape is also removable,

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it's something that you might want

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to use if you're working with a painting

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that you've made on paper or

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you're tracing a template and

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you're working on a fine paper like

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water color paper,

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and you want to tact down something temporarily.

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You can then remove it without

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damaging the surface.

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That's what you would use artist tape for.

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Again it come in different widths and

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colors.

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This is a little bit more expensive than

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a masking tape.

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If you don't have artist tape or

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painters tape,

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you can use masking tape.

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I have a couple tricks for

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making it a little less tacky.

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You can tear off a piece of it and

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there are two tricks.

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If you're using something,

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like a really tiny piece,

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you can actually put it on your arm and

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the oils from your skin will reduce the tackiness.

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You can also put it on your jeans or

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your clothes and

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it will pick up the finest bit of lint,

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and make it less sticky.

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That will make it removable and

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easy to work with.

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A step up from there is

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packing tape.

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So this is a highly tacky tape.

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It's transparent.

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It's two inches wide.

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That's the standard.

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It doesn't come in other widths.

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This would be overkill on

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just a paper to paper project

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unless you're essentially laminating the

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front of something like a postcard.

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You could use a ton of strips of

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packing tape.

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You can embed something in this

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because it's clear.

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So lets say I have this little shape of

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a feather.

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Depending on what kind of effect I want,

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I can completely cover this in the packing tape.

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The packing tape could look really cool if

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you really wanted to laminate the

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surface of something and

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embed a lot of little tiny objects like

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confetti or glitter.

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Then pacing tape can be a great application for that.

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This is very piacular look.

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You're gonna get a very glossy surface.

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This is highly tacky tape.

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This is not removable.

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The longevity of it and

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it's PH-neutral quality is questionable.

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By the same token duct tape is

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something that you probably have all used.

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It has a plastic surface and

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then it has these little threads running

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through it,

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that allow you,

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you notice when you tear it,

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it tears straight.

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That's because of the threads.

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There is a grain to the tape.

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Much like fabric

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because of these threads.

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That's why when you tear it,

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it tears on grain.

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You can use this to make a lot

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of projects like wallets,

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or clutches,

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or something like that.

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This is a super heavy duty tape.

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You really have to think about where

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it is appropriate.

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Again not necessarily for paper to paper

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unless you're wanting to add this

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little pop of metallic.

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There's some better ways to do that.

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It's a pretty chunky tape

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for paper crafting.

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Super tape is something that

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I discovered at the craft store.

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It usually come in this sorta red color.

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It's a highly sticky,

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double-sided tape.

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You're not gonna be able to tear this one.

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You gonna have to cut it with your scissors.

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This would be overkill for just

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paper to paper but

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it would be great for something like

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or even cardboard to cardboard.

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It's a very tacky tape.

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You place it down on one surface and

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then you remove this red backing.

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This guy is card stock.

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I can use it just like a

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double-sided tape.

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It's just so sticky that if

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I wanted to peak under something,

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like in a stich book,

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or a scrapbook,

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this is the kinda tape to use.

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This is gonna last and

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hold at this top seam forever.

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Then you could still pick up without

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tearing away your photo.

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sticky you can actually get

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glitter to stick to it.

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very clean glitter lines if

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you want to use with glitter.

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Something similar to that is glue dot.

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something like glue dots.

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It's similar to the adhesive that

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comes on the back of your credit card

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when you get it in the mail,

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but it's much more sticky.

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They come in different sizes.

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It's a really stretchable,

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very tacky little dot of adhesive.

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You don't actually want to touch it.

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What I would recommend is

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tearing away your glue dot and

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kiss it to whatever you're going to

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attach it to.

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So if I am using it for paper to paper,

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I would tear a dot leaving that

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kiss it to one side of the paper,

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remove that paper backing,

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and then attach my other item.

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This is great for something more

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three dimensional like

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a button or

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a little tiny key.

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the back of the button,

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remove that paper backing,

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this is on here.

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Those glue dots stick immediately

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and they're really highly tacky.

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They're not removable.

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They come in all different sizes.

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They're also great for

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making little glitter dots if

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you wanna add something to your spread here.

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Now one of my most favorites is washi tape.

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This is really getting a lot

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of popularity.

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I'm personally obsessed with this.

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It is a paper tape,

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much like a masking tape.

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It's slightly transparent which means

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that you can layer.

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They come in patterns and

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colors,

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and different widths.

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This is awesome for paper to paper,

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and generally just if you want

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to spruce up anything.

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Washi tape is your go to.

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Now it's not super sticky.

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So you wouldn't want to attach anything

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heavy duty like

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you couldn't tape down a button and

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let it stay.

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It would be too light for that.

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Because of that it's pretty removable and

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you can draw on your walls with it,

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on your windows.

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You could put it on a plate for

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just a quick pop of color.

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So I might use my washi tape to

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tape down something like a photo.

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You can play with layering colors.

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So I got a gold one down.

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If I wanted to add some pink.

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You can tear or cut this.

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I like to tear it.

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I like the torn edge look.

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You can see how nicely that layers.

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I can see the gold pattern coming

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through the neon pink.

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You can really play with that.

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I've got this little solid band of

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jade in a thinner width.

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Again I can layer this on top.

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You can see how these start to

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play with each other.

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This is great for paper to paper.

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If it's staying on a card or

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in a sketchbook,

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this will last you.

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It's not permanent if you were to use

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it on a wall or

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no porus surface like

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a dish,

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or a plate,

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or a window.

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This is floral tape and

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it's not gonna work like your traditional tape.

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It's not immediately sticky.

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You couldn't place it on paper.

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It's stretchy and

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in between these little fibers which

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you can't necessarily really see.

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When I stretch the tape it

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activates the wax that's saturating

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the entire tape.

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Still it's not that sticky to

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stick to something like paper.

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It does stick to itself.

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I have floral wire,

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and traditionally floral tape is

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used in floral crafts.

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I actually use it a lot

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for making paper flowers.

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I'm gonna show you how to just

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wrap this wire using the floral tape.

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Now when you're wrapping something like

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a stick or wire,

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you're gonna want to hold your tape

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at an angle.

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You don't wanna wrap just perfectly perpendicular

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because you'll just get a circle of

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tape,

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and you won't ever wind you way down the steam.

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So you want to hold it at

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an angle and

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your just gonna stretch and pull.

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You gonna see that it sticks to itself.

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So if you can do this for an evening

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your index and thumb fingers will

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start to get a little waxy and tacky

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with the wax that's in the floral tape.

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You can tear it.

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You can also cut it.

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It really sticks to itself.

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This isn't gonna come undone.

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If I were working on a project like

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in a sketch book or

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maybe putting together a card,

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there are different tapes that

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I like for certain types of things

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I want to stick together.

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The super tape,

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for example,

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I think is an excellent used here because

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I want to have movement,

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but if I just want to stick this down

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super tape is a little bit of an overkill.

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This is a really heavy duty awesome tape,

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but its not necessary for just an

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easy quick paper to paper adhesion.

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I would probably use my

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permanent double-sided tape.

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Again if I were doing something chunky

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and non porus,

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and what I mean by that is

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paper is porus,

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it takes on water.

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It takes on glue really nicely.

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For something like the buttons or

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wooden object or even

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something metal like a key,

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the glue dot is gonna

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be the best adhesive for that.

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I had my little paper leaf that

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I completely laminated in my packing tape,

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but let's say I want to have a little bit

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more movement.

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These guys are folded in the center.

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I could just use my double-sided tape.

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Apply it to one side and

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I actually do want to trim that

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because it's sticking out.

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Can cut this very easily.

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That's gonna give me

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permanent adhesion on one side

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and then I can still have this little flap

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so I could write something in here.

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Or I want to add some texture.

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If I was working on something

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like a shadow box and

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had a really chunky item,

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I would go back to my glue dots,

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but anything paper to paper,

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double-sided tape if you want it to

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be invisible is perfect.

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If you want to add a little pop of

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color or

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add some design,

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something like the masking tape

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or the washi tape is really ideal.

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You can even use this as a design

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element on its own by

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adding just a stripe of color somewhere.

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It doesn't actually even have to be

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tacking anything down.

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You can just simply use it as a way

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to add color to a project.

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Something like a really light weight paper,

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this is an origami paper.

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This works great with just my

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double-sided tape or

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if I want something that is visible,

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I could go back to using my masking tape,

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and play with the widths.

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Because it's just a strip

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it has a very graphic quality.

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You can play with that as

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a way to add layers in projects.

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That's our tour of tape.

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A lot of these things you

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might already have or

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they might be something that you've seen in

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the craft store.

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I encourage you to just experiment.

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See what you like playing with

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and what works best for

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the mediums you're using.

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My favorite might be the washi tape,

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but maybe you'll have another favorite.