Freebie: Tape Strips (Patterns)

02/17/2011 in clip art,freebies,graphics

Getting bored with the old tape strips? Looking for something fresh to add pizazz to our solid tape strips? Well, maybe this is just what you need. I made these new tape strips in Photoshop, except for the airmail stripes that I made with Stripe Generator. These patterns were sourced pixel by pixel from my Stationery Textures made in Photoshop. These semi-transparent tape strips are 72 ppi, intended to be used as web graphics.

I decided to make this new set of tape strips after receiving a beautifully-wrapped package from The Gilded Bee. It was fully embellished with washi tape and starburst medallions — Sasha, aka The Gilded Bee, is a genius at giftwrap! And as a heads up, The Gilded Bee and I will have a digital surprise waiting for you here sometime in march. :)

Anyhow, if you want to learn how to make your own tape strips using my shapes as a base, please check out this screencast tutorial. :)

By the way, do you guys wanna learn how to make your own patterns? For example, do you want to learn how to make your own gingham patterns, graph paper, polka dots? ~~Let me know and if there’s enough interest, I’ll get some screencasts going.~~ Check out the tutorial here.

resources used:
stationery textures
scallop medallions
airmail stripes via stripe generator
pacifico – font squirrel
script bt – myfonts
cheap pine – myfonts

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Tape Strips (Patterns) (2.5 MB)
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{ 68 comments }

1 Brandi 02/17/2011 at 12:25 pm: I would love love love to learn how to make my own patterns!! I finally got Photoshop a few weeks ago and your tutorials have been beyond helpful!!!
2 Jessica 02/17/2011 at 12:29 pm: Thanks Katrina! Love these.
3 Mattie 02/17/2011 at 12:41 pm: These are great.
I would love to know how to make patterns!
4 Anika 02/17/2011 at 12:45 pm: I’d love to see a screencast on making my own patterns! Thanks for the tape!!
5 Lauren 02/17/2011 at 12:59 pm: Love it! I’m going to go tape strip the heck out of my etsy shop :)
6 ellen 02/17/2011 at 12:59 pm: there is no love button! or i’d love it :) can’t wait to use em!! <3 thanks for making the internet such a pretty place!
7 Juliette 02/17/2011 at 1:08 pm: You rock my polka-dotted socks! THANKS!
8 Liefgeval 02/17/2011 at 1:19 pm: Thank you Katrina, lovely!
And YES, I would love to learn how to make my own patterns!
xo Nikki
9 Maddy 02/17/2011 at 1:36 pm: YEs and YEs! I want to learn how to do my own patterns! Actually, the stripe generator was quite handy and I used it for the photo blog’s wallpaper :) Can’t wait to download these goodies :) And i never thought of doing new tape strips with the patterns – what a great idea!
10 Kristine [Kristine. Or Polly.] 02/17/2011 at 1:41 pm: Hi there! I discovered your website yesterday and found the resources I have been looking for for WEEKS (font websites, backgrounds, inspiration, etc). It is fabulous. I would absolutely be interested in learning how to make backgrounds! Thanks for all that you share!
11 Liz 02/17/2011 at 1:54 pm: Yay! I was just using your old ones yesterday for a post–now I wish I had waited :) Can’t wait to use these!
12 Amy Hodges 02/17/2011 at 2:05 pm: Lovely lovely tape strips..yet again another great download. Thanks!

I would love to learn how to make patterns, as well as other clip art. I need to make some graphics of real wildflowers, and have no idea how to go about this. Any suggestions or tutorials?
13 giozi 02/17/2011 at 2:21 pm: Thanks they are cutes :)
14 contentedsparrow 02/17/2011 at 2:42 pm: i j.u.s.t. love u!
thx!!!!
15 Leanne 02/17/2011 at 2:46 pm: oh my gosh these are gorgeous. thank you for the generous download!!
16 Meriel 02/17/2011 at 3:45 pm: Oh I would love to learn how to make my own patterns!! Please do a tutorial!!! Thanx!!
17 Anjani 02/17/2011 at 3:57 pm: Thank you Katrina! I love this! :)
18 Sara 02/17/2011 at 3:58 pm: These are lovelier than lovely!! I would love to learn anything you’re willing to teach about Photoshop
thanks!
19 Kate 02/17/2011 at 5:32 pm: Amazing! Thank you!
I’d love to learn how to make the patterns!
20 ana 02/17/2011 at 5:53 pm: oh. love. love. love. :D
21 Kate aka stinkydudette 02/17/2011 at 6:34 pm: How cute are these tapes!! I definitely wanna learn how to make these babies.. Thanks for the download! Can’t wait to use these..
22 iris ashley 02/17/2011 at 7:20 pm: “have i told you lately that i love you?”
23 Jenn 02/17/2011 at 7:34 pm: yes please! And thank you!
24 alycia 02/17/2011 at 7:58 pm: these are gorgeous Katrina, as always! thank you :)
25 Em. 02/17/2011 at 8:02 pm: Thank you so much for providing these adorable downloads – I’m snatching these along with the shipping tags, the dot borders, the scallop and starburst medallions, and the “paper buffet.” When I use these, I’ll be sure to credit. Your site is amazing, and I have definitely been converted to a return visitor! Expect me back!
26 Danielle 02/17/2011 at 8:05 pm: Yes! I’d love to know how to make patterns!!!
THANK YOU!
27 amanda 02/17/2011 at 8:53 pm: Major total fa-FREEK. OUT! I just barely downloaded Gimp a week or two ago & started learning how to use all your amazing stuff… I have been having so much fun. Thank you so much for all the great stuff you make for the rest of us! :)
28 amanda 02/17/2011 at 8:54 pm: And i forgot to say – yes – I would be so excited to learn how to make my own patterns!
29 kitty @ lavender playground 02/17/2011 at 11:11 pm: Thank you! And I would love to learn how to make my own!
30 Sarah 02/18/2011 at 1:19 am: Gorgeous. I love these. Thanks love!
31 Dear Evie 02/18/2011 at 1:35 am: They’re awesome – I love your freebies! Thank you. :D
32 Marolle 02/18/2011 at 3:57 am: thanks alot Katrina :)
and YES i would LOVE to learn to make my own patterns. I’ve tried on my own, but I bet there is a smarter and better way to do it :)
33 Nadia - Cupcake Couture 02/18/2011 at 4:14 am: WOW* You are too lovley!
Thank you for sharing. x
34 Genevieve 02/18/2011 at 4:34 am: I read your blog everyday and when I see a freebie, especially with an accompanying tutorial, my heart just skips a beat! Thank you so much for sharing your creations as well as your knowledge. If you have time to do a pattern tutorial, that would be fantastic.
P.S. I noticed that you have to drag your toolbox over the image in your screencasts so we can see your what action you’re clicking on. Have you considered using Mouseposé? That application shows on the screencast what keys you press to use shortcuts. Thanks again!
35 Zoe 02/18/2011 at 4:54 am: so amazing you are just to kind with all these amazing bits and bobs.

Zoe

http://blessedbeeapothecary.blogspot.com/
36 notabilia 02/18/2011 at 6:39 am: Yes! Your tutorials are awesome.

(And your tape strips have already been put to good use here.
37 Noor 02/18/2011 at 6:43 am: I love your site as I said 1000 times it has taught me so much. I WOULD Love to know anything you teach :)
38 kat 02/18/2011 at 7:07 am: i’m voting yes for the patterns tutes!! wheeee! tape strips galore!!
39 Krista 02/18/2011 at 8:15 am: totally interested!!!! Count me in……
40 amy tangerine 02/18/2011 at 10:29 am: these are so dang lovely! i blogged about them and linked up. xo!
41 sooki 02/18/2011 at 11:32 am: katrina, you are awesome!!! love these, thank you for the freebie!! :)
42 Greta 02/18/2011 at 2:01 pm: Thank you so much for this wonderful download! The visual component on my baby blog are all thanks to you – and I have had so much fun being inspired by your overlays and tapes! P.S. Such details help my blog become less “philosophical,” which is something I am trying to achieve :)
I am so looking forward to summer when I will re-watch the HTML videos, and I have bookmarked the tape strips video, too – so please know that you have at least one viewer who will be viewing at a later time!
Thank you once again. Wishing you all the very best <3
43 lawyerlyn 02/18/2011 at 2:58 pm: yes, please, i’d love to learn how to make my own patterns. and thank you for the cute tape strips.
44 Miki 02/18/2011 at 6:06 pm: AWE! Yay! I’d certainly be using these soon! Thanks for sharing, Katrina! :D

Have a great weekend!

Miki.
45 Karli Plant 02/18/2011 at 7:38 pm: oh thank you Kat!
long time and NO talk woman. . . the stories i could tell! ;)

love these and thank you.
you always have the best clip art!
can’t wait to use :)

love ya and miss ya honey!
46 Audrey Crisp 02/18/2011 at 8:53 pm: Amazing thanks! I’d love to learn how to make patterns as well!
47 Bekah 02/19/2011 at 3:37 am: Another amazing set of clip art! Thanks so much for sharing your creative genius.
48 Karolien 02/19/2011 at 5:01 am: OH! Thank you so much! I love tape stripes!
Can’t wait to use these. There lovely!
49 Julie camaille 02/19/2011 at 9:12 am: i love love them!! I used them & several of your items in my new blog design!! Thanks for sharing Katrina!
50 Sandy L 02/19/2011 at 11:28 pm: I would very much like to learn to make patterns. Thank you for this beautiful tape!
51 lory 02/20/2011 at 3:06 am: I really love what you create!!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Love Lory
52 lory 02/20/2011 at 3:07 am: I really love what you create and share!You are a great, when I’ll finish my university examination I’ll talk about you in a post on my blog!
Love you
Lory
53 LeiraG 02/20/2011 at 2:29 pm: Thanks a lot for this clipart ! I use them on my new blog design : http://polkadotdiary.net/
54 Carola}i{ 02/21/2011 at 10:32 am: Thank you ever so much :) ♥
55 Lindsay C 02/22/2011 at 4:27 pm: I would love to learn that! That tutorial was super helpful! I have downloaded a bunch of your stuff and it’s all amazing! Thanks so much.
:)
56 Katerina 02/23/2011 at 10:54 am: thanks a lot!! I love it!

and I make a link about it in my blog. Do you mind?
57 Jackie 02/23/2011 at 11:35 am: Yes… I’d love a tutorial. Thanks for offering! :)
58 Janka 02/23/2011 at 11:13 pm: Thanks so much! I LOVE your tapes.
59 Candy 02/25/2011 at 9:32 am: I would love to see a pattern screencast!
60 maria 03/01/2011 at 11:26 pm: thank you so much for sharing your creation! these are amazing! I use my washi tapes for everything, so nice to have the digital version of it. Thanks again!
61 Michelle Clement 03/02/2011 at 8:05 pm: Thanks *so much*! :) So lovely, as always!
62 Amber Cullum 03/03/2011 at 6:38 am: I just came across your blog and I am sure happy about it.

I would love to learn how to make my own strips.

Can these be used in Photoshop Elements?

If so, I am going to download them, for sure.
63 Jessica 03/24/2011 at 2:56 pm: Pretty AND free?! Thank you, thank you!
64 Maria 04/10/2011 at 2:04 pm: thank you for these pretty tapes.
maybe you will see it by some of my next pictures on my blog.
65 Maria 04/10/2011 at 2:05 pm: thanks a lot for these pretty pattern
66 JB 04/19/2011 at 9:01 pm: These are so cool! I love them!
67 Tarryn 04/28/2011 at 2:46 am: So lucky we are…. I just love “masking” tape. I use the “real” stuff all the time.
68 kelsey 04/29/2011 at 6:16 pm: you are wonderful! can’t wait to use these.

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