Altered Rolodex

By: Vickie Kipp

I would like to thank Accucut Craft and Traci for asking me to be this week's guest blogger. I am so honored and excited! My name is Vickie Kipp and I spend most of my time in my scrapbook room crafting and scrapbooking. My blog is Scrapbooking for Others, and I do alot of that!

This week I will be showing the Altered Rolodex that I entered in the Accucut GrandeMARK Challenge. This Rolodex isn't for phone numbers and addresses; it is for anniversary, birthday and special dates. There are twelve tabbed dividers, one for each month.

 
 
For this project I used the business card size Rolodex Card-Small die, Flowers #5-Mini die, and Nameplates #3 die. The tab is the center cut out from the Nameplate #3 die.

 

 
 
I like to use Matte Perfect Paper Adhesive (PPA) to adhere the paper to the AccuCut acid free chipboard. PPA is a sealer as well as an adhesive.  Let it dry for 24 hours. The divider cards can also be made without chipboard if you would like a thinner divider card like what comes with the Rolodex. Just adhere two pieces of cardstock or heavy pattern paper with PPA. If the cards curl a little while drying, just wait about 24 hours until completely dry and lay something heavy on them to flatten. Once the cards were dry, I had fun decorating each card with ribbon bows, velvet ribbon and chipboard flowers. I even added a little paper and ribbon to the Rolodex base.

 

 

 

 
I have made altered Rolodexes for baby shower gifts also. I labeled the tabs with the months just like the anniversary/birthday divider cards. Then the new mom rearranges the cards starting with the baby’s birth month in front.  A quick way to jot down special notes and dates about the baby’s first year.  

 

 

I hope you enjoy making these as much as I do! 

 

Comments

[Vicki Chrisman]

What a darling way to use the rolodex die. Super cute Vickie!

[Linda B.]

Just when you think rolodex's are out of style...voila, this adorable creation appears. What a great gift for a new baby's arrival. Some day I hope to have a GrandeMARK in my scrap room. My husband fears I may never come out if I do ;-)

[Tiffany]

Linda, I am with you... if I am ever lucky enough to own one of these machines, I may never come out of my scrap room! And Beautiful project Vickie, thanks for the inspiration!

[sharon blackrick]

Vicki, what a great creation....with your inspiration, I came up with another good reason to do an altered rolodex.