July and August Recipe Pages

We had lots of fun at recipe class last night and will be having a repeat performance again tonight. Here are the pages we did last night. We are getting a little ahead of ourselves because I'm anticipating difficulty in reserving a room in late November, early December. So, we will be doing July and August pages this month. Next month we will be doing September and October and then we won't be meeting again until October (skipping September).

July Page

This page won't take you very long to make, but I think you'll love it. Besides, it will give you more time to prepare your salmon for grilling. I'll be honest, I haven't made this recipe. I got it from a family member and everyone that eats salmon raves about it. I don't eat salmon, but I did try a bite and it had good flavor, for salmon! I don't think there are too many tricks to the page. As you can see I tore edges and inked the recipe using a dark blue ink. I tied ribbons through the bottom of the metal arrow, making it look like a rocket. The rhinestones are adhesive-backed, but you'll need to cut through the adhesive if you want to space them as shown in the picture.

August Page

I hope you like watermelon.........

Hints for this page: Cut around all the stamped images. The pink fleshy part of the watermelon is adhered to the green rind, in other words, don't cut out the rind, leave the inside so you can glue the pink to the green. The recipe cards are cut 3X5 and the vellum envelope is attached using four brads. You'll need to tie the ribbon through the metal charm in your kit (they are not all the same, but it will either have to do with cooking or summer picnics) and then glue dot it onto the page.

June Recipe Page

Your kit includes the pattern pieces for this Mr. Potato Head paper piecing. I used chalk around the edges and a black writer pen to embellish and put the finishing touches to this page.

April and May Recipe Pages

April

I think you'll really like this casserole. It's easy, filling and different for a change.

Hints for This Page: I used "blue iris" chalk ink and inked everything but the paper circles. I used two strands of floss on the buttons, you'll need to separate your floss. Layer your paper first, adhere the recipe and ribbon. Next arrange your paper circles and then glue dot the buttons. Add the stars as your last step.

May


This is a very healthy lasagna that will fill you up, make you feel like you're getting away with something and freezes well into individual servings.

Hints for this page: I used "olive pastel" chalk ink for this page. I tore the right edges of the blue cardstock and the blue floral. Tear the blue floral carefully, as you will use the backside of the piece you tore off as the green on the far left side of the page. The stickers are backed on blue cardstock and the sticker placed on the left edge of the recipe is popped-up using foam tape. In the lower left corner I set six eyelets. The first three are set at the deepest setting the crop-a-dile will go and then second set of three is half of the first distance. Each ribbon is knotted.

March Recipe Page

This is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I hardly ever make them because I can't stay out of them. Just too good to leave alone!

Hints for this page: The printed paper is your background and the purple cardstock is a 1/2 inch smaller, leaving a 1/4 inch border all the way around. The recipe is matted onto the printed paper and you have a smaller green piece that you will adhere to the bottom of the printed recipe. There is a seam, but it will be hidden by the lavender strip. Tear the top and bottom edges of the lavender strip before adhering.

January and February Pages

January

January's page is a recipe for Key West Chicken. I use this recipe a lot in the summer. I like to barbeque and this recipe is a good one for the grill and it's really pretty healthy. There's lots of steps to this page so I'll try to give you the best directions I can.


1) Layer your paper on the background paper which is an orange floral. You have a solid orange that goes down the left side, bottom. Next to it you have a lime green and an aqua blue. Above those is a brown and above those is a small lime green and a second aqua piece.

2) Place the 3 polka dots strips as shown in the picture (lower left, upper left and upper right).

3) Cut the flocked flower into 2 pieces, making one larger than the other. Place the large one on the left edge and the smaller one on the right bottom edge.

4) Use rub-on numbers to number the steps in the directions of the recipe. Cut out and adhere to page.

5) Attach paper circles to metal charms. Glue dot ribbon behind, folding in half to make a loop. Attach to page with foam tape or glue dots.


February

This recipe came from a friend of mine and boy does it come in handy when you need something ready when you get home from work. French dip sandwiches, where the meat cooks all day in the crock pot. YUM!

Hints for this Page: White cardstock is your background and you have two strips of paper that you adhere to the left and right edges of the page. I inked the edges of the recipe with spiced marmalade (Tim Holtz Distressing Ink), tied the twine around the bottom and adhered it to the page. There are 12 circles to adhere, I hung them over the top and bottom edge to make it look as though they were part of the print on the page. Two of the circles have added embellishment in the center of them. The title of the recipe (French Dip Sandwiches) is printed on the hot pink paper. You'll need to punch those out and adhere to the left and right sides of the printed recipe.

Recipe Class 2008 - The Title Page

Well, we are back at it. Recipe class is meeting again. There are 15 ladies that have joined the 2008 class. We meet monthly or thereabouts at Hamley. Can you believe it? We are scrappin' at Hamley. They have generously offered one of their conference rooms and so far I think it's working out pretty good.

The year's theme is "Potluck", which means I will be selecting recipes from all categories. I thought it was only appropriate that I create a page with a spinner on it with the different categories we will be scrapping this year. Thanks everyone for your continued dedication. This is a class that is very near and dear to my heart and I'm happy all of you want to take it.


Hints for Title Page: You have two wheels in your kit. The first is on white cardstock. All you need to do is cut out the circle. This will be your base for building your colorful wheel. The second wheel is a photocopy and the wedges have numbers. You need to cut out the wedges, cutting off the categories. You will then use these 8 pieces as patterns to trace on the back of your printed pieces of paper in your kit. I numbered them because they will line up better if you put them in numerical order.

October, November & December Recipe Pages

October's page features a recipe called "Copper Carrots". It is one of my favorites. The background page is cut from the "celebrate" paper. I cut an equal amount off of all 4 sides so that I could utilize the pattern. The orange Bazzill paper is cut 6 3/4 inch square for those of you that are making 8 inch pages. I adhered it in the bottom right corner rather than centering it on the page. I inked the edge of the recipe circle with brown ink. I added stitching with a brown writer pen and when you put your tacks into the page use something squishy (like a mouse pad) to push into and then bend the points over on the back side with your scissor handle.
The November page is relatively easy to assemble, but save your scraps - you'll need them for the rectangles with written words or phrases. I used the darker side of the rust-red Chatterbox cardstock as the background. I backed 3 of the 4 rectangles and popped them up with foam tape. I didn't pop up the "family favorite" square.
My December page was designed to look like a wrapped package and the recipe is the tag. I inked the edge of the recipe tag. The ribbon is actually 3 separate pieces. Two of them are glued down and the third is tied into a bow and glue dotted onto the top of the tag to make it appear as if it was tied onto the page. I added a metal charm and three "Christmas" clips with cute little phrases.

I hope everyone enjoys their Holiday Season. I wish each and everyone a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.