Stamps--Kitchen Classics Set , Ephemera Booklets, Card Stock Stickers, Wooden File Folder Album by Crafty Secrets; Colorbox Fluid chalk Ink in Creamy Brown and Chestnut Roan; Palette Ink in Noir by Stewart Superior; Colored Pencils; Ribbon by May Arts
Mother's Day will be upon us before we know it, and here's a fun gift you could make for yours, or even your grandmother! Heritage recipe albums are surging in popularity, and people can't seem to get enough of products that feature warm, homespun imagery. This was a fun project I designed for the Crafty Secrets displays at CHA in Anaheim!
I left the wood raw, altho it could certainly be primed with paint. Using my Xyron made it easy to apply the patterned paper onto wooden covers, and where the paper wasn't wide enough to cover the whole thing, I simply applied another piece of paper, in this case, the red plaid, to cover the remainder. I love the way these colors contrast and set each other off. The beauty of using this paper is that it looks like you painted the surface, and crackled it, but nothing could have been easier or less mess!
After applying the papers, I used a sanding block to buff down any overhang flush with the edges, and then I chalked the edges to age it. I had a great time stamping images from the Kitchen Classics set onto vanilla card stock, coloring, and cutting them out, and then pulling stickers and cutting various pieces from the patterned paper pads and booklets that all went with the cooking/recipe theme.
These wooden file folder albums are quite charming, and feature tabbed manila pages so you can partition off each section of your recipe book. The back cover is covered with the same papers for continuity.
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Thu, Apr 19, 2007 @ 12:25 PM
This is WAYYYY too cute! Love your colors and all the little embellishments.
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Thu, Apr 19, 2007 @ 3:50 PM
This is adorable! The colors, the embellishments, the checks (I'm thinkin Italian in my house, LOL)...love the weathered crackled look and those scallops!