Holiday Project Idea of the Day-November 19, 2009

Gather your families recipes that you have collected over the years and place them all together in this recipe book, and give the gift of cookies and soups passed down from your grandmother for a Holiday gift.

How to create:

Trim cardboard to 5-1/4" x 12". Using scoring blade on the Rotary Trimmer, score down the center (center would be 6 inches) of cardboard and score an inch to the left and right of your center score line so you have 3 score lines total. Make sure your center score is scored really well so it bends in easily. Punch two holes on the top and bottom edges of the cardboard.
 
Trim a 5-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of cardboard for cover of album.
 
Cover the outside edges with the Earthy Serenity pattern paper. Do not cover the bottom so not to disturb the scoring folds.
 
Recipe cards measure 4-1/2" x 5". You can handwrite or print them out. Punch holes in the top to match the cardboard.
 
Using the Circle Maker, punch out atleast 4 large circles from the cream patterned paper. 
 
Write the names of each section on the sides – Breakfast, Desserts, Main Meals, Soups and what ever other sections you want in the album. Using the Simple Brown ABC/123 alphabet stickers, place the first letter of each section on the circle as shown.
 
Using the clear stickers, embellish some of the recipe cards.

Place all recipe cards in between the front cover and the back folded base, holding all pieces in place with the binder ring. 

Sand edges with sand paper, if desired.

Project Created Using:  Earthy Serenity Additions, Cardstock-Cement, Circle Maker, Simple Brown ABC/123 Stickers, Cocoa Pen, Foam Squares, Cardboard Insert, Rotary Trimmer with Scoring Blade, 1" Binder Rings, Swirly Brown ABC/123 Stickers

Designed by:  Becky Heisler

Comments

[Melissa Ullmann]

Becky....this is a fabulous idea!

[Carolyn Hutson]

I like this idea a lot! I want to use it to make some for gift-giving this Christmas. However, it is not clear (at least to me) how you make the back cover after scoring it. Could you please give me some more detail???

Thank you so much! I absolutely love the project idea of the day!!!! GO CM!

[Becky]

Hi Carolyn! :) I am so glad you are enjoying the POTD !!

Let me see if I can clairify these directions for you-

Once you have scored the 3 lines along the bottom you are going to fold the cardboard up along the outter score lines to form a triangle shape. Once you have folded the end flaps up, you punch the holes in the top. The cardboard acts as a stand for the recipe pages. It should set up with a flat bottom, but also fold flat (with the center score line folding up in an inverted V shape)because of the center score line.

I hope that helps!

[Chris]

Excellent idea!!Love it.

[Leigh Anne Wilkes]

Thanks for the clarification - I was having trouble to until I read the comments. Did you cover both sides of the back piece - the one that forms the support and triangle or just one side?