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.

September Recipe Page - just in time!

Let'r Buck with this Western Bean Salad.

This page will go together quick. I borrowed a stamp set from Peggy Sauvie called "lovely buckles". It's a fun set and has lots of variation to choose from.

When making the page here are a few tips:

• ink the edges of the recipe ingredients, directions and "western" block title with brown ink
• you have 2 stamped images of the belt, use one to cut apart to make the belt behind the tail
• crumple the second stamped belt image to give it a more rustic look (you'll want to trim around it first)
• pop up the silver buckle with foam tape, pop up dots or some other dimensional adhesive

August Recipe Page - finally......

Sorry it took so long. Time really got away from me this summer. Hope you enjoy the page and you should give the recipe a try too.

Here are a few hints when making this page:

1) the background is created with the blue swirl and red floral - save your scraps, you'll need them!
2) recipe block measures 3 1/8 X 3 5/8, stripe print block measures 3 1/8 X 1 1/2, title block measures 3 1/8 X 2 1/2 and the diagonal print block measures 3 1/8 X 2 3/4.
3) ink the edges with red

July Recipe Page

Well, it's still July and I finally got this ready to post for all of you. I think this salad is one that could help cool you off in this lovely heat that we have been experiencing.

When making this page here are a few tips.
1) Mickey and Minnie are popped up from the page. I used foam tape.
2) White cardstock is the background and the black is covering the bottom half of the page.
3) I used a black pen to add stitch marks around the recipe and there is a spiral clip off to the left, next to Mickey.

Enjoy ladies!

FACES I LOVE ALBUM

Well, I'm finally getting this posted for those of you that bought the kit and didn't get a chance to come in the store and finish your kit.

You will need to cut the following pieces of paper:

1 - 6 X 8 inch piece (lid)
2 - 1-1/2 X 12 inch pieces (outside of box)- should be out of the same print
12 - 3 X 6 inch pieces (album pages) - random patterns

When covering the lid glue the top down. Then make a cut straight in toward the top of the lid at each corner (8 total). Glue the 4 diagonal corners first, then the 4 remaining sides. Cut the paper flush with the bottom each of the lid. NOTE: You don't want to fold it under because your lid won't fit properly. Glue ric rac around the edge of lid.

Wrap the outside of your box with paper. You'll have excess from the second piece that you will need to trim. NOTE: My box lid was a little loose so I wrapped a third and fourth piece of blue paper measuring 3/4 inch around the box at the top.

Glue your first 6 pieces of paper to your album, wrapping the corners around the edge and adhering. Cover the back side of the album with the remaining 6 pieces of printed paper, but this time you will want to trim your edges flush with the corners.

This album will hold 12 wallet sized photos. Use photos to embellish your album.

52 Reasons I Love You -Dad!!!!

 I finished the album, only a week late. I had lots of fun with the project.
 Just a deck of cards and a box of scrap paper, a little stamping and a few embellishments later I have a mini album with 52 reasons I love my Dad.
 Everyone should try this one. It's lots of fun and you can embellish as much or as little as you want.
 

I even went and dug up some old buttons and charms, what fun - using up my scraps!

Exploding Box Album

Side view of box

Top view of box


Top view of box bottom


Box Bottom

1. The first sheet of cardstock will be used for the outside of the box (I used light blue). Score the cardstock at 4 inches on all 4 sides. Make a diagonal score line through the center of the 4 corner squares. Fold all score lines so that the texture of the paper is to the outside.

2. Second sheet of cardstock (I used red) - cut to 11 X 11 inches, score at 3 3/4 inches on all 4 sides and cut out the 4 corners. Glue the center only to the inside center of the first piece.

3. Third sheet of cardstock (I used dark blue), cut to 10 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches and scored at 3 1/2 inches on all 4 sides. Cut only one side of the corner squares and fold over to create a pocket. Note: front of pocket should be textured. Glue bottom and open edge to make pocket. ( I cut the front of the pocket at an angle before I applied the glue. Once the pockets are created the piece can be glued in the center on top of the first and second pieces.

Box top:

1. With wrong side up, draw 2 diagnal lines to locate the center of the 12 X 12 piece of paper. Fold all four corners into the center of the sheet. Leaving these folds in place, fold one entire side and then the adjacent side into the center. Be sure to make a good crisp fold. Then unfold and repeat with the remaining two sides. Unfold paper completely.

2. At one corner you are are going to make some cuts. First locate the first score line as you go up the left side of one corner of the paper. Next you are going to cut this score line up through the first crossing score line and up to the next score line and then stopping. You will have a triangle piece that is attched by one side at a score line. Now cut this side on the score line and remove the triangle. Repeat this entire step on the same corner, but now on the right side.

3. Repeat the entire step 2 with the corner that is adjecant from the first corner you selected.

4. Fold corners that have not been cut in at score lines and adhere. Fold in the sides of box that were created when you made your cuts in steps 2 & 3 and fold in remaining 2 corners at score lines. Box top should have taken shape and in the inside of the box top all four corners came together and have been adhered.

5. Embellish like crazy. Paper flowers are stacked on top of the box with a brad through the top of the box. Ribbon is wrapped twice around the lid and tied. Epoxy sticker is adhere to cardstock, cut out and hole punched. Metal ring is attached and then hung from the ribbon on the box top.