Recipe Album {Scrapy Land Challenge #49}

It's Wednesday and you know what that means - it's time for a new Scrapy Land Challenge.  Since it's the first Wednesday of the month, the theme is Anything Goes using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells.

I've got something a little different for you today.  It's an album to hold recipes and I used the following dies:

Kaiser Crafts - Recipe Book Word Pack

Sue Wilson Designs - Noble dies-Double Pierced Rectangles Set B

Die-Namites - Baking Vase

Die-Namites - Apron

Die-Namites - Pots of Love

Die-Namites - Mixer

The album itself was made using a GrandMark 2 die-cutting machine and AccuCut dies (Album 6 1/2" x 8", Tabs).  I started out by adhering the light blue cardstock to chipboard and then die cutting the album pages.  That way I didn't have to worry about lining up the cut cardstock perfectly with the die-cut chipboard.  Next I began to assemble the fronts for each of the tabs.

I die cut each shape out twice so that I could inlay the lighter color blue into the main image.

Baking Vase

Apron

Pots of Love

Mixer

Once everything was die cut, it was an easy assembly process.  I also die-cut some page inserts to write down a recipe and included a couple of pockets on the inside of the front cover and on the inside of the back cover that are large enough to slip in several recipe cards.

The little whisk on the cover was a novelty item I found and thought it would be perfect for something like this.

Be sure to visit the Scrapy Land Blog to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team has created for you today.  I know you won't be disappointed.  Once you're there, be sure to upload your creation.  You have until October 2 and the winner (chosen by the Design Team) will receive a $15 gift certificate to go shopping at Scrapy Land.

Football Mini Album

Die-Versions new release is now on the first Monday of every month.  This month there's lots of Halloween goodies that you aren't going to want to miss.  One of them is the new Dem Bones font.  So fun, but when I saw it, I knew it wasn't just for Halloween.  It can be used for animals, zoo photos, and.... football (well, at least with this image from Bonibleaux Designs.)

I created a mini album using this fun font on the cover.  The images are colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  The mini album dies are from Accu-Cut and the papers are part of Echo Park's Touchdown collection.  Stay tuned for more Halloween goodness using this font as well as some of the other new releases.

Need a Mechanic?

This is the third Wednesday and time for a new Inspiration Challenge from Dude Time Doodles.  This week our challenge is:

ANYTHING GOES, as long as it's for a DUDE

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Ribbon Carousel and they have graciously offered a $10 gift certificate to their store.  Be sure to go check them out.

Using Grease Monkey Mike, a Bonibleaux Designs digital image, I created a gift card/business card holder with an easel stand on the back.  So once the gift card is used, it's still a functional gift to hold business cards.  As usual, Mike is colored with Copic markers, fussy cut out, and pop dotted for added dimension.

To create the background I used alcohol inks and glossy photo paper.  I made two different sheets, one using shades of blue and the other using oranges, yellows, and reds.  The card holder is an album pocket die from AccuCut and those fun tools are three of the Sweet Petite dies (pliers, socket, screwdriver) from Die-Versions that I cut out using sticky backed paper and covered with two different shades of glitter.  Who says you can't use glitter on a guy card?

Now it's your turn!  You can enter as many times as you like, but no back linking.  And remember, it must be for a guy!  It can't get much easier than this.  I can't wait to see what you come up with.  Be sure to visit the rest of the Dude/Dudettes to see what they've created for you this week.  It's sure to inspire!

The Graduate

The timing of Kurtis the Graduate 2011, a freebie from Dude Time Doodles, is perfect.  You have a week to grab Kurt and upload him for a chance to be a guest designer at DTD.  (You still have a week left to apply  to be a full time design team member too.  The details are here.)


I made this card for the Exchange Student that has been living with us during his senior year of high school.   And the amazing thing is that this image looks a lot like the person receiving the card!  I was able to stretch the image (since it's digital) because the recipient is 6'9" tall and I wanted a tall card!


I printed the image out twice so I could fussy cut out the robe and pop dot it for added dimension.  I kept the shoulders flush with the card and pop dotted the rest.  Here is a different angle so you can see what I'm talking about.  

I used a number of Spellbinder's dies for this card, including making the card base from the Grand Large Labels. Both the outside and inside sentiments are from Create with TLC.  The scallop strips are a MFT die-namic.  

On the inside, I also used an Accu-Cut gift card holder die along with the Spellbinder dies and my sentiment. 

Don't forget you have until 6/14 to upload your Kurt creation to Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog.  

Ingredients:
paper: Crylon Irridescent paper; Creative Memories
Copics used: G05, G07, G09    E00, E01, R20    E50, E53    E97, E99, E47    E25, E27, E29
Dies: MFT scallop strip; Spellbinders Curved Rectangles (#6), Large Labels (#3), Small Labels (#3,4), Grand Large Labels (#5,4,2); Sizzix Texture Plate (Elegant Designs)
Other: Spica glitter pen, Enamel Accents, ribbon