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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 23, 2020 18:57:52 GMT
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Dec 23, 2020 18:58:58 GMT
Yes. Fortunately I had an extra roll in the scrapping stash.
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Post by bc2ca on Dec 23, 2020 19:01:00 GMT
We are good but only because I've run out in the past and swore it would never happen again.
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Post by scrapbookwriter on Dec 23, 2020 19:02:20 GMT
I finished wrapping last weekend. Woo hoo!
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MorningPerson
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Post by MorningPerson on Dec 23, 2020 19:10:53 GMT
I bought a cool little tape dispenser that clips on to your table from Costco a couple of months ago. It came with 12! rolls of tape. I use approximately one roll per year. So if anyone needs tape, Iām your girl!
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Dec 23, 2020 21:00:06 GMT
There is always the reliable duck tape! Hey, it comes in different colors. You could get what you want to match your paper.
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Post by julie5 on Dec 23, 2020 21:02:14 GMT
I buy mine by the case for our business. I never seem to run out!
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 23, 2020 21:07:34 GMT
I'm sure I'll need this reminder next year...or even next month when I wrap DS's birthday presents. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through my wrapping without either searching for more tape or having to go buy more, but I made it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 21:11:33 GMT
I buy a three pack every year, use two and lose the third.
I'm wrapping less presents this year so 2 should be enough. I'll still lose the third one and find it in June.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 23, 2020 22:05:03 GMT
š I had all items sent directly to my DIL to take care of for the boys. š
Although I have plenty of paper and tape for years past.
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Post by jenrah on Dec 23, 2020 22:15:11 GMT
I wound up having to use glue dots in the last couple of gifts š
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Post by jenjie on Dec 23, 2020 22:19:44 GMT
LOL while I was quarantined I had the bittiest bit of tape left. It was like a Christmas miracle bc it never did run out! I ended up ordering a package of tape from amazon but I was done wrapping by the time it arrived
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Post by dewryce on Dec 23, 2020 22:50:00 GMT
I wound up having to use glue dots in the last couple of gifts š The red super sticky tape work very well. I actually use it for some papers that regular tape doesnāt work that well, like glittery ones, and some kraft paper. It looks really pretty not having the tape on the outside.
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anniebeth24
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Post by anniebeth24 on Dec 23, 2020 23:17:35 GMT
So far, I'm ok with tape inventory but some of the packages under the tree are popping open. The tape doesn't like the textured paper.
I might have to get out my ATG or glue dots.
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Post by monklady123 on Dec 23, 2020 23:23:47 GMT
Lol. Not me. I bought both scotch tape and packing tape at Costco a few weeks ago. So I have eleventy billion rolls of each (because you know how it is with Costco quantities ).
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Post by femalebusiness on Dec 23, 2020 23:29:02 GMT
I found out it was easier and looked better if I just used my hot glue gun. No tape showing. No glue showing either.
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Dec 23, 2020 23:41:09 GMT
I bought 3 rolls because I couldnāt find any and then I found 3 rolls of tape with the bows in my gift wrapping. Iām set!
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Post by cardsbycara on Dec 23, 2020 23:44:38 GMT
One year wrapping a massive pile of holiday gifts, I ran out of scotch tape so had to make do with cutting down pieces of clear packing tape ... š«š If I wasn't so frugal, I would've used SookWang scor tape. š¤
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Post by jenjie on Dec 25, 2020 4:26:27 GMT
Logan has emptied TWO rolls of tape. At least a roll and a half. He bought gifts for three people. Last year it took me 10 minutes to unwrap the mug he gave me.
I told him next year Iām filling his stocking with tape. āPlease?ā
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Post by magenta on Dec 25, 2020 5:55:47 GMT
Ever since the day my sister and I had to use Elmer's glue to wrap a birthday present for our friend's party and thought we'd never survive the embarrassment, I promised myself when I had a home of my own we'd always have scotch tape. It's now many decades later. We survived. No one cared about the wrapping. I've made good on my promise. I even keep a roll in every car. And I love Costco. Wonderful PSA.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 25, 2020 6:04:24 GMT
Lol. Not me. I bought both scotch tape and packing tape at Costco a few weeks ago. So I have eleventy billion rolls of each (because you know how it is with Costco quantities ). Same! But I only bought the Scotch tape, I already had eleventy billion rolls of packing tape. I put it on my shopping list when I took the last package from the previous time I bought a Costco pack of tape out of the drawer earlier this summer and that huge multipack lasted about eight years, LOL! I should be good now until my kid graduates high school at that rate.
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Post by mama2three on Dec 26, 2020 0:19:43 GMT
Years ago I made a huge number of drawstring bags out of Christmas fabric and use those to wrap family gifts. Cuts down on a lot of waste and keeps us from needing a lot of tape. I still wrap gifts for others in paper occasionally. Itās also helpful to keep a roll of ribbon around as Iāve used it to tie up a wrapped package when we didnāt have tape.
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Post by cardsbycara on Dec 26, 2020 0:42:37 GMT
Years ago I made a huge number of drawstring bags out of Christmas fabric and use those to wrap family gifts. Cuts down on a lot of waste and keeps us from needing a lot of tape. I still wrap gifts for others in paper occasionally. Itās also helpful to keep a roll of ribbon around as Iāve used it to tie up a wrapped package when we didnāt have tape. Love the reusable aspect of fabric! I bought a few skeins (I think that's the term?) of vibrant holiday colours of yarn a few years ago and we reuse that in lieu of ribbon. It adds texture, looks great and last from year to year.
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Post by janeinbama on Dec 26, 2020 0:50:37 GMT
Years ago I made a huge number of drawstring bags out of Christmas fabric and use those to wrap family gifts. Cuts down on a lot of waste and keeps us from needing a lot of tape. I still wrap gifts for others in paper occasionally. Itās also helpful to keep a roll of ribbon around as Iāve used it to tie up a wrapped package when we didnāt have tape. Love the reusable aspect of fabric! I bought a few skeins (I think that's the term?) of vibrant holiday colours of yarn a few years ago and we reuse that in lieu of ribbon. It adds texture, looks great and last from year to year. I made some cloth gift bags this year. It was fun and they looks so cute using flannel. Next year, I will be more careful about making sure all the fabrics are non directional. Last year I got gift sacks for all the grandchildren and their parents. I wrap a present in each person's sack.
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Post by jenjie on Dec 26, 2020 2:59:18 GMT
Logan has emptied TWO rolls of tape. At least a roll and a half. He bought gifts for three people. Last year it took me 10 minutes to unwrap the mug he gave me. I told him next year Iām filling his stocking with tape. āPlease?ā Update: he used an entire roll of tape on my gift. It took me 21 mins to open it!
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cardsbycara
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Post by cardsbycara on Dec 26, 2020 3:14:45 GMT
Logan has emptied TWO rolls of tape. At least a roll and a half. He bought gifts for three people. Last year it took me 10 minutes to unwrap the mug he gave me. I told him next year Iām filling his stocking with tape. āPlease?ā Update: he used an entire roll of tape on my gift. It took me 21 mins to open it! Hmmm, not sure what you got.... š§šš
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 26, 2020 5:03:25 GMT
In 2015, I found boxes of tape at Hobby Lobby for 80% off and bought at least 40 rolls. I still have about 10 left.
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 26, 2020 14:52:43 GMT
I actually ran out of tape while wrapping this year. I have one of those office type tape holders and remembered that since I was working from home and using my tape, I grabbed a roll from the office supply closet last week so I wouldnāt have to buy to use on work stuff.
So I was good, but laughed when I saw this thread.
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Post by greendragonlady on Dec 26, 2020 14:58:50 GMT
I bought a cool little tape dispenser that clips on to your table from Costco a couple of months ago. It came with 12! rolls of tape. I use approximately one roll per year. So if anyone needs tape, Iām your girl! I bought a couple of those! I love them! I was always losing my roll of tape underneath the paper, or on the floor, or in between gifts still left to wrap. And so easy to use with one hand! Oh, and we use WAY more than a roll a year around here!
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Post by iowgirl on Dec 26, 2020 14:59:24 GMT
I have the desktop refillable dispenser. I bought a 6 pack of the rolls, and they were the Scotch brand. It is the crappiest tape! Has tape just gotten to be awful now? I thought I was buying "good" tape. Now I have 5 rolls left of thin tape that doesn't tear well off the dispenser (it might be the dispenser, but I also thought I was buying a nicer one). It so thin it doesn't handle well trying to get it onto the package. I miss the Pop-up tape. You put the little pre-cut strips in a holder that you wore on your wrist. That was the BEST! You didn't lose it and it was just the right size of strips. They don't have them anymore
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