DIY binder dividers Tutorial + Free Cut Files
How cute would your home binders look if you made DIY binder dividers? Check out this easy way to make them and get the free cut files here.
Equipment
- Cutting Machine – Silhouette Cameo or Cricut
- Sketch Pens
Ingredients
- The provided files.
- Cardstock Cover 65-90 lb 180-220 gr
- Scrapbook paper or your favorite cardstock colors.
- Glue – I used mod podge I recommend a glue that won’t bend the cardstock.
Instructions
STEP 1: DESIGNING THE DIVIDERS
- Firstly, I made the whole divider shape for the base and then added some details such as a cute flower, divider tabs borders, and the name of the divider.
- It took me quite some time to put this together but it was so worth it.
- Also, I prepared the cutting files so you can snag them depending on your needs:
STEP 2: CUTTING ALL THE DIVIDERS
- Once all the cutting files were ready I started cutting. It was kind of a process because I had to cut first and then in the same sheet using the sketch pens.
- RED is cut and GREEN is Sketch pen because the flower shape would be printed around the cut petals.
- Then it was time to cutting and sketching the sheets dividers!
- Next, I cut all the divider borders in different colors It was 12 in total. Even though I repeated the color, the texture of the paper was very different.
- Once I had everything cut, I started the next part.
STEP 3: ASSEMBLING THE BINDER DIVIDERS.
- I also cut some strips of paper in different colors that would be used as the background of the cutout flower and texts.
- Then I used mod podge for this because I like that it doesn’t make paper create creases. It’s clean and it also protects the paper.
- So I glued the colored card stock on the back of the divider.
- And then I glued the DIY divider tab in the border on the right side of the divider.
- And now, the whole stack of sheet dividers is finished!
- Then I punched the dividers with the regular paper punch so I could put them in the Binder.
- And here you go!…
- These are some samples of the sheet dividers. I left some blank dividers at the end just in case I need them later.
STEP 4: INSERTING THE DIVIDERS TO THE BINDER
- Finally, it was time to get my blog planner organized =D.
- I took all my planner sheets and organized them under each divider accordingly.
- put them inside my binder and closed the rings.
STEP 5: NAMING THE DIVIDER TABS
- You can write down directly onto the divider tabs, the name of the tab.
- Since I didn’t want to write on the tabs, I cut some small pieces of each paper color I used and placed them on white paper in the same order as the dividers.
- Then I stuck them with a couple of double-sided tapes and then I applied transparent contact paper on top of everything.
- With a black sharpie, I wrote the name of each tab. If I ever change it I just use some acetone to erase it and write it again!
- That’s it!