I think Scrapbook Dividers are to scrapbooks what those plastic dividers were to the Franklin Day Planner back when we all had something like that in our pre-digital era. Would it surprise you if I told you that what I wanted most for my 16th birthday was a Franklin Day Planner? There is not 1% of me that is kidding. I wanted one more than anything. You probably know that organization is something near and dear to my heart. It only makes sense in our scrapbooks, right?
Simply put – Scrapbook Dividers are a staple. They’re functional. They’re helpful when you want to quickly identify what’s in an album and where to find those pictures and pages you’re looking for. We offer these in the most simple form for two reasons:
1. They’re completely versatile and classic and can be used in any scrapbook of any style or theme.
2. They’re a blank slate for those who want to get creative.
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I personally use them in the most simple format. Those are Porter’s albums shown above – I simply use the label stickers and that’s it. A customer – Jill in Washington – has used them to label years worth of memories in these albums as well.
By the way, check out how Jill has gone back and rocked those photos from the past in such an awesomely condensed format. I love her use of Design F! She writes: I made these scrapbooks for my mom spanning 20 years of the childhood of myself and my brother. It took me about a week to organize all the photos (they were just stuffed in a box) and then a month to get them all into the albums. It would have been faster if it wasn’t for those pesky 3×5 photos!
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Back to the Scrapbook Dividers … For those of you who are anxious to dress those up – just imagine the possibilities. That’s exactly what MaryAnn Perry did with the Scrapbook Dividers in her family album. See more in this post on her blog.
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And this is what Aaron in Texas did with the Scrapbook Dividers.
Aaron writes: I decided to jazz mine up by stamping on them. To do this you need to use a solvent ink, like Staz-on. This kind of ink is for slick surfaces. You will also need some clear stamps and clear blocks. I like to keep some of the Staz-on remover and baby wipes handy, because if I make a mistake it can be used to wipe off the ink and start over.
I used some removable adhesive to sick the divider tab down to my work surface so it wouldn’t slide around. The trick to stamp on something slick is to go straight down and straight up with the stamp, this causes less sliding around for the stamp. Another trick is if your stamp pad is new and very juicy, let it air dry for just a few seconds so it will be less slippery when it get on the divider tab.
I like to add a monthly calender to each tab (using a retired CTMH stamp) and a sentiment. I think it would be great to stamp other things that would go with the a specifically themed book-like baby images or even wedding stamps for the 1st year of marriage.
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{ got ideas? }
If you have done something cool with your Scrapbook Dividers, we would love to see and possibly even share! Email your pictures to submissions@beckyhiggins.com or leave a comment here, with a link to the specific blog post where you’ve shown your Scrapbook Dividers put to good use!
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{ what about the designer dividers? }
I can sense the question coming from a mile away … Many of you want to know about the already-designed Month Dividers that we used to offer in the Project Life kits. YES – Based on popular demand, we are bringing those back. The date of arrival is unknown at this time. If I had to guess, I’d say they’ll probably be available by August. We have a set of 12 custom designer Month Dividers per Project Life Edition. I’ll be sure to share images of these when we have them so you can have a heads-up, but that might take several weeks because we’re so deep into the local production of Core Kits right now (and wrapping up the school year and … a lot of other things).
