Warm Ups | the tabbed index dividers series

Last in the row of posts about index cards this year, I’m sharing the few index dividers I made first, before the real action in June got going: the “starters”, the warm ups, the fearful first experiments – but maybe, ideas for something else too. A series of… paintings? Word prompts? A small collection of ideas.

And let me tell you, I really enjoyed making these, even though technically they’re not index cards but the tabbed divider cards that you keep in between the index cards to find what you’re looking for. My tabs are a bit more sturdy, a lovely cream yellow and perfect to paint on. The only reason I didn’t use these all the time is because I didn’t have enough for two months…

As you can tell, the indexing letter at the top of the tab is the first letter in the random word I chose to write. The first one is Utmärkt (Excellent!), then Överallt (Everywhere) and C for…

Can you guess the word for C?

The last Tabbed Index Card I made:

At the end of the challenge, I got a pack of yummy pink index cards bought in England by a friend. Oh-la-laaa, am I right? I haven’t seen any colored or fun index cards around here, so these were a real treat. Does this mean I have to join ICAD next year too?

Now that I’m looking at these tabbed index cards that I painted, I think I want to paint a few more soon. One of my index cards was featured on Tammy’s blog, I also contributed to her Circle with a video. Plus, a few people just like Rebecca below, tagged me in their index cards on Facebook saying I inspired them! Love that feeling!

Here’s three of the tabbed index dividers up on the wall:

Wishing you all the best!