Monday, May 24, 2010

Recipe Favorites

What do you enjoy most about stamping? Simply creating cards or making handmade gifts for others?

The Innovative Stamp Creation Achitects’ were challenged to use many of the oldie-goodie stamp sheets, such as Rustic Artsy Swirls, Flowers Watercolor Effect, & Passion Flower and create gifts you’d give a friend in need or just because!

So for today how about a simple recipe card and card holder? It started out as this:

And with a little paper and ink transformed into this:


A side view:

The drawer pull and lace flower at the top:

Holder with Recipe cards:

The simple recipe card:
Now just fill a small basket with the main ingredients needed, fill jelly jars with the dry ingredients and attached a recipe card and box and you have an awesome gift!

Now take a little time to go see what the other Creative Architect's made:


Joanne Grzelak
Julie Warner
Karen Dunbrook

Happy Creating!

KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - All Innovative Stamp Creations - Flowers, Watercolor Effect; About Me; Butterflies
Ink - Craft White, Coffee, Vintage Photo (Ranger)
Other - Memo Pins (idea-ology), chalks, Drawer Pull

8 comments:

Lori said...

Totally awesome! Love, love, love it!

Julie- justwritedesigns said...

This is terrific, Kat! Love the tall recipe box and vintage looking cards. Fab project!

Beate said...

Wow, wow, WOW! Kat, your altered tin is incredible! What a beauty! The matching cards look fantastic as well. I love the vintage feel of this project.
Hugs and smiles

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful altered Tin KAT!

Shirley said...

Beautiful! The altered tin is great!

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Anonymous said...

Wow! This is not your typical recipe card holder, for sure. It is elegant, vintage, an unusual shape, and I just love it!
Eileen

Joanne (jojot) said...

OMGoodness....you were on fire with these projects...this is so unique and FABULOUS

ScrappyPam said...

I adore this box - what a clever idea and you turned it out so beautifully!