Hello, hello! Today I wanted to share with you how I created my own Bible tabs using some of my essential bible journaling supplies.
Heavy Card stock - 65lb test
Dina Wakley Acrylic paint
Stamps
Archival Ink
We R Memory Keepers tab punch
Tombow mono liquid glue
First I put some spots of acrylic paint all over my card stock, then took an old gift card and swiped the edge of the card all over the paint creating this messy paint look all over the pages. Once the pages were dry I flipped the paper over and did the same thing with the paint to the back side. Then I used some stamps and ink around the pages to add some texture. After everything was dry I used the We R Memory Keepers tab punch to punch out about 70 tabs. I wanted to have a few left over for my bible journaling. You will only need 66 for all the books of the bible.
After all of the tabs were punched out I took a sticker sheet from Illustrated Faith with all the books of the bible and stuck each one on a tab. I tried to be selective with what sticker went on each tab so that way I didn't have a clump of yellow tabs together and blues together once I got them all into my bible.
Last I used some Tombow mono liquid glue with the pen tip to apply a small amount of glue across the bottom of the tabs. After I had the glue on my tab I carefully added the tab to the page correlating with that book in the Bible. To make sure I had the tabs aligned right, I eyeballed and guesstimated where the next tab would be going by flipping back to my previous tab. I'm sure there is a more accurate way to put these in your bible but for sake of time and my sanity I just eyeballed it, and it came out just fine.
There are a few things you can do to customize your own bible tabs. If you wanted to use patterned card stock instead of painting up your own paper that is one idea, and another would be to hand letter the names of the books of the Bible onto your tabs, or if you have stamps with the books of the bible that is another great option. I hope this gave you some ideas or sparked some inspiration to make your own bible tabs. If you have any questions please leave me a comment below! I love talking with you all!
Blessings,
Krystal
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