Recipe Album

Today's project is a little recipe album.

The album is made of chipboard cut into 4"x6" pieces.  I then covered each piece, both front and back, with patterned card stock from the Honey Chic Stack by DCWV.  I punched holes in the top of pages and attached them all together with rings.

The word "recipes" is stamped on banners and "hung" on some twine.  The banners are die cuts from My Craft Spot, they are the "Tiny Tags Metal Dies" set.  The letters are from the "Chunky Alphabet" set, also from My Craft Spot.  The twine is pink sorbet from The Twinery.  I adhered the banners with foam tape and tied two bows from the twine to put at the corners.  The gems are from DCWV and are little heart shapes.

The tabbed index cards are from the "From My Kitchen" Cricut cartridge.  They were cut at 1."  The little black images, as well as the white ones on the bottom, are also from the same cartridge.  Both are using the tabs feature, the small icons are the shift function of the tab feature.  The black icons were cut about 1/4" tall (maybe slightly smaller) and the white ones at the bottom were cut at about 1/2" tall.  I don't remember their exact sizes, I used Cricut Craft Room to size them appropriately to the album.

I made this for the current challenge at My Craft Spot, which is to use tags and/or banners.

Eggs-traordinary

This is a 4 1/2"x6 1/4" card. Both patterned cardstocks are from the Nana's Kitchen Stack by DCWV. The card base is created from a patterned cardstock cut at 12"x6 1/4." I then folded it into a modified gate fold. The right side is 4 1/2"x6 1/" and the left side 3"x6 1/4." I used an oval to trim the left side into a curve. I cut some red cardstock at 4"x5 3/4" and some white cardstock 1/4" smaller. I ran the white cardstock through my Cuttlebug with the Polka Dots embossing folder. I cut a strip of cardstock 12"x2" and used a Fiskars scallop punch to cut one edge of it. I scored it and folded it to create a rosette. I then mounted it to the left side and added my eggs. The eggs were cut from From My Kitchen at 2 1/2." I wrapped the left side with some twine and added my sentiment, which is a Scrappy Moms Stamp. I added some glossy accents and diamond Stickles to the eggs for more texture.

I made this for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 268" - use a food image and a sentiment that incorporates the name of the food


• Scrappy Moms Stamps: From My Kitchen


• Papercraft Star: anything goes


• The Friday Mashup: make a project with paper rosettes


• Whimsical Wednesdays: texture


• Scraptastic Mondays: any fold card, except A2 or shape card


• Perfect Sentiment: encouragement sentiment and sketch

Drinks Anyone?

Happy New Year!!

This was my big project for the New Year. I started this on New Year's Eve and finished it this morning, New Years Day. It is my first shaped book and I think it turned out really great. It took a lot of time, but it was definitely worth it. I decided to make a drink recipe book for all the fun drink recipes I have collected here and there over the years.

I made this for the challenge at Flaunt it Fridays, which is to use the martini glass from the From My Kitchen Cartridge. I am also going to enter this into the weekly challenge at the Cricut Circle blog. The challenge there is to create something that is not the regular square or rectangle, to include a number somewhere and some bling.

I designed this book in my Gypsy. I used the squished circle that is on George and Basic Shapes for the base of my book. It is cut at 5." I then welded the different drink shapes to each page, they are all at 4." The martini glass and glass with straw are both from From My Kitchen. The pineapple drink is from Life is a Beach. The wine glass is from Celebrate with Flourish. The mug is from Ashlyn's Alphabet. I cut the book sections from chipboard and covered them with cardstock from DCWV, their Citrus Stack. I then cut all the pieces for the drinks out of cardstock and decorated them with bling, Stickles, glossy accents and ink. I used glittery stickers to number each section and some DCWV stickers for the last page. I also cut out the titles. "Martini Madness" is from Cuttin' Up; "Creative Cocktails" is from Makin' the Grade; "Fun 'n' Fruity" is from Life is a Beach; "Classic Cordials" is from Cursive 101; "Winter Warmers" is from Once Upon a Princess. I cut pages from white cardstock and stuck two pages in each section for writing in drink recipes that I have picked up over the years, or for new ones I will pick up in the future. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch holes in everything and put it all together with a couple of metal rings.

Lemonade

Here is another card I made today. Basically the opposite of what I made earlier. That one was a nice wintery card and this one feels very summery. :)

This card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." The yellow cardstock is cut 1/4" smaller and then embossed with one of the Preserves companion embossing folders. I tied some yellow ribbon near the bottom of the card and added three buttons tied with red twine. The sentiment is a stamp I had in my stash and I used Dandelion ink from Tsukineko. The cup is cut at 3," using th real dial size feature, the actual size is over 19" becasuse it is on the tabs creative feature. I welded a lemon from Preserves to the cup. I cut it in yellow, then cut it again in white and with a yellow vellum. I cut the straw off of the white piece and then drew on the red stripes. I cut the straw off of the vellum and used just the glass. I cut out another lemon in yellow and then heat embossed it with a yellow powder. I wasn't very careful about covering the whole thing because this way it looks a little more natural. I then pop-dotted the whole thing for dimension.

I made this for just two challenges. I used sketch #95 from Card Patterns for the layout of my card. I also did this for Flaunt it Fridays. The challenge was to use the cup with lemons from Simply Charmed. I don't have Simply Charmed, so I used From My Kitchen and Preserves. Enjoy!

Recipe Book

This is my entry for this week's Bitten By the Bug 2. The challenge was to use the apron on the From My Kitchen cartridge. I was at a loss for a while with what to make using it, but then I came across this artist's sketch book that I have had for a while and inspiration struck! I made a recipe book out of it. The background cardstock is cut at 8 1/2"x11." The apron is cut at 6," the hot pad is cut at 3," and the oven mitt is cut at 3 1/2." The recipe word was cut at 1 3/4" and the oval word was cut after I sized it on my Gypsy to fit with the already cut word. All the patterned paper is from the Nana's Kitchen paper stack from DCWV. All the solid colored paper is from my stash of paper.

Sweet Birthday

This card makes me hungry for something sweet! I made this for the Cuttlebug Spot challenge, which is to make something inspired by the fair or carnival. I know that whenever I go to a fair I go for the food. I get cotton candy, ice cream, pretzels, hot dogs and so on. Mmm...makes me want to go to a fair! This is also for Cupcake Inspirations, I used the colors for this one. I am also entering this in the challenge at Crafting With Cristina, which is to make something for a birthday. Finally I used the sketch from 365 Cards Sunday sketch challenge. I know it is a little late, but I liked the sketch and since I got home so late on Sunday I didn't get a chance to use it then. This is a 5"x7" card, made out of a glittery green paper. I used some purple cardstock and ran it through the Happy Birthday embossing folder. I used some Glossy Accents on some of the embossed images. I put a ribbon on the bottom and adhered it on the green card. I cut the sundae from Sweet Treats and ran the ice cream through the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. I used Glossy Accents on the sundae sauce. The pretzel is from From My Kitchen and I ran it through the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I used a white gel pen to ink the embossed dots for the salt. I made the cotton candy using my Gypsy. I flipped and enlongated a triangle for the cone and I just welded a bunch of cirlces together for the cotton candy. I then flocked it with some pink flocking powder. When I got done with it I was ready to start eating it, it looks very real in person. The inside is stamped with a stamp from my stash.

Bun in the Oven

Today's challenge over at 365 Cards is "What's Cooking," where your project had to have something to do with the cooking of food. When I saw this challenge I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. I used the From My Kitchen cartridge and cut the oven out of yellow at 7" and in again in black, but with the blackout feature. I cut out the middle of the yellow oven, where the door would go. I then cut out the layers and when I glued on the oven door, I only did it at the bottom so that I could open it up. On the inside I used the Cuttin' Up cartridge and my Gypsy to weld the sentiment, "bun in the oven?" and cut it out in black. I used alphabet stickers to write out the "congrats." I attached an easel to the back so that it can stand up, since it opens in an unconventional way. I have a friend who just found out she is pregnant and I think this will be perfect for her.