Lasting Memories Recipe Challenge.

Its's Sunday again so it must  be time for the Lasting Memories Layout Challenge.  This week the Challenge is "A Real Treat:".-  It's a recipe challenge, but not a crafty recipe!! We're going all out with REAL recipes this week!! We want you to share your recipes with us - food, drink, bath salts, body rubs - that sort of thing!!    Due date is Saturday, January 28th @ 9pm EST.

AND...We have another giveaway from Stacia this week!!  

 This was an easy one as this past year I have been working on a recipe book with some of my Cricut friends on the Cricut Messageboard.  We have been sharing recipes and each of us has been scraping pages of the recipes.  This has been a lot of fun, not only getting new recipes, but finding Cricut cuts to fit with the recipes.  I couldn't pick just one so here are some of my favorites.  For my book I used a blank cook book that had stiff pages and dividers for a few dollars at Michaels on clearance.

It's  9 x 12 so gives me space to have fun and include the recipe.  

Hope the DT  pages have inspired you and you will join us this week for "A Real Treat" Recipe Challenge at Lasting Memories.   Looking forward to lots of creative layouts.  So check it out and Happy Craftin!

SMASH Book/Cricut Magazine Challenge Make It Your Own

I have been hearing about Smash books but wasn't sure what they were. Then there was a thread on the Cricut messageboard which led me to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PFsArr4Z1s and website http://www.eksuccessbrands.com/kandcompany/   The same day the May Cricut Circle Magazine came out.  One of the challenges was to take a project from the magazine and make it your own. There were many beautiful projects but  a lovely journal ion page 33 by Janet Wilkins caught my eye.  So since I collect things and they often end up in a drawer or box. I decided to make a Smash book using  an artist sketch book I had sitting around. I gently  pulled the wires apart just enough to take the cover and backing off and then covered them with one of my favorites stacks  DCVW Street Lace.  The Smash title is from Cricut American Alphabet cut at 1.25, the flowers are the Scalloped cut from Mother's Day Bouquet cut at 1.25 and 1.5.  The butterfly is from Rock Princess cut at 3 inches.  The mini chalkboard is from MichaelDirections for flowers s and I  wrote on it with a silver Sharpie. I also added  a MS punch cut,  Memory thread for the antennas, Diamond Stickles, a couple embellishments and ribbon. 

Flower Directions

This is the inside cover 

Back Cover 

More Recipe book pages for the One hour challenge

Here are two more pages I did for the One Hour Challenge Recipe swap.  The first recipe was from my friend Brenda.  The second recipe is one I got offline from Paula Deen.  I had this pudding last week at bible study and it was so yummy.  I used Sesame Street Friends and some sticker letters.  

More recipe layouts for One hour challenge recipe swap

Here are more layouts I did for recipe swap I am doing with my One hour challenge crafty ladies.  Really getting some great recipes to try.  Used From My Kitchen cart.

Two more recipe book pages

Here are the two recipe book pages I did for my One hour challenge recipe book.  Both of these recipes are from my friend  Linda at  http://lindas-nothinfancy.blogspot.com/.  I can't wait to try the cinnamon rolls made from a yellow cake mix.  It has rained really hard for 24 hours here in California so I did not go out to store yet.  I used From the Kitchen for the cuts and some little stickers I found at M's.

Two more recipe book pages

Completed two more pages for the Recipe book for the one hour challenge thread this weekend.  I used Simply Charmed for the hotdog and added handcut Chili.  The Soups on and dinner chime is from Old West.  The cute little cook is from Country life.

One hour thread recipe book challenge- two more pages

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The ladies on the MB One hour challenge thread  are sharing recipes and scrapping them.  These are my next two pages.  For the top one I used Country Life and the second one I used Create a Critter and From My Kitchen.  

More recipe pages for One hour recipe challenge

I used Country Life for the first and third layouts.  The second one was done with Everyday Paper Dolls and Designer's Calendar.  I also used MS punch on the third one.  Chalked edges.

Recipe book with the One hour challenge

               I have been participating in the One hour challenge thread for over a year now on the Cricut Messageboard.  We have the thread on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.  We start at 4:00 Pacific time.  I have learned so much from these ladies and love posting my projects there. All our welcome to join.  The projects do not have to be done in one hour.  The goal is to just keep crafting and encouraging each other.
              Right now one of our challenges is to do recipe books. We are sharing recipes and then we choose ones we want to scrap.   I am having a lot of fun doing this.  I got behind when I was sick, but finally got some pages done. I am altering a recipe book I got at Michaels awhile back on clearance.  I finally got the From My Kitchen cart and Kitchen stack at Joann's to use.  First is the cover then the pages I have completed so far: