TABS on T Tuesday

Tabs with my morning coffee today...

I like to try finding a topic that begins with 'T' for

the T Tuesday link-up party with Elizabeth and friends.

Thought I would share TABS

 on the edges of my art journal pages.

Tabs make me happy...

Most are made from scrapbook paper or 

watercolor paper, either rectangles or circles

punched out with a circle punch. Notice I sewed a

bit of burlap for the tab on the right. It is rather

bulky, but I like how it looks.  I've also used security

envelope liners, and watercolor paper with doodles

in paint and pen to make Tabs.

There are lots of options!

The Paper Clip as a tab: above, is a counted

cross-stitch design on Aida, that was cut out, glued to

the paper clip along with backing fabric, and 

the entire piece stiffened with white glue.

Another paper clip tab, with a knotted strip of

fabric.  You can also see the purchased paper clip

to the left that has an arrow image on it. I am not sure

if I bought it in the office supply aisle, 

or in scrapbook supplies.

Above, a rather large tab covered with

fabric scraps.  I guess I just wanted to include

the entire collage on this tab...

One of my favorite tabs: a scrap of lace that

I crocheted with beads sewn onto it.  The 

bugle beads and seed beads stick out over the

edge of the page. Not a substantial tab, but

adds a nice texture!

Tabs on cards or tags inside a pocket, make the

piece easier to pull out of the pocket.

A bit of fall color is showing up in my area

of Ohio...and here's one of the many

primitive pumpkins that appear around our

house this time of year.

Linking up with Elizabeth for T Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting!

Tab Tutorial on T Tuesday

I decided to make some tabs for pages

in a journal that I am working in.  It's a

calendar and art journal in one book, called

The Documented Life Project.  Above, the

watercolor pages that I used to cut the tabs from.

The page with the light wash was used to

 write labels for the months of the year.  The page

with the doodles is what I cut the tabs from.

I painted the doodles on 90 lb. watercolor paper,

and added details with the Sharpie pen.

In order for you be able to see the shapes, 
I traced around the template on the back of the paper,
and then cut them out with scissors.
You can either trace the shape with the tops together
(as on the left) and then fold and glue, or
 trace two separate tabs and glue to the page
right sides facing out.

The cut tab shapes, above.  The months of the year
were written on the plain paper to be more legible,
trimmed closely to the text, and glued to the tab.

I like the abstract feeling of the doodle background.

Another idea is to just use a circle punch to cut out
circles, and use them for tabs.

I reinforced the page by gluing scraps of 
decorative paper to the edge before
gluing the tab down. I used Tacky glue.

Example of the round tab, above.

Showing the first three tabs applied to the pages.

A watercolor of my back door.  Yes,
I have ice skates as a door decoration
instead of a wreath.  Maybe if I remove
them it would warm up outside?  The arctic
blast is back today...

Linking up with Bluebeard and Elizabeth
for T Tuesday...
I hope you'll visit her blog at 
Altered Book Lover to see more
T Tuesday posts.

To find out more about 
The Documented Life Project
click on Art to the 5th
in my side bar.

Enjoy a hot cup of tea or coffee today,

and to those in the way of the winter storm ~

stay warm!

♥