Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hero Arts Food Challenge

This month's challenge at Hero Arts is Food, Travel and Book Making. I decided to combine the book making and Food challenge into making a tag book for recipes.  I have to admit I was very inspired to create a tag book after seeing some beautiful inspiration here and here.  Although their books were assembled much differently it gave me the thought of taking the tags into a book format.

Here is a picture of my recipe book assembled.


I put the tags back to back so I have 3 pages but 5 pages with pockets for recipe cards.








This is a good reminder of why I don't scrap layouts... Lots of time spent trying to coordinate papers, images and colors. :) Lot of work for 3 pages. And they aren't even 12 x 12's and don't have the usual detail I like to add.


The images are all stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black or Rich Cocoa to allow me to use my Copics. :)
I used a variety of papers from October Afternoon (Fly a Kite, Farm Fresh) and Cosmo Cricket (Garden Variety).

The stamps are all from Hero Arts (CL440 - Kiss the Cook, Cl320 Sparkle Clear - Designer Fruit, CL345 - What's the Scoop).

Love the papers they remind me of my Grandma's kitchens, aprons etc. 

Hope you are having a fun Sunday!

Suzz

24 comments:

  1. WONDERFUL, Sue! So colorful.....and will always make you smile every time you pull this out!

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  2. Great recipe book! Love the papers and all the details!

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  3. This is such a sweet idea Suzz. Love the papers you have used but I can imagine the time it took to co-ordinate it all. Lovely outcome though!

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  4. Fabulous little book! Love the colorful pages!

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  5. aren't they lovely and bright and cheerful. would be a pleasure to have these in the kitchen. I can see why you say they took a long time to coordinate but what a lovely result.

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  6. So yummy! This little book is just adorable. The critters are so well matched, all the images, and the elements are divine!

    Wonderful job!!!!

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  7. So adorable, Sue! Love the patterned papers and I think it's much too cute to use!

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  8. So adorable... What a great idea.
    I know what you mean, I used to scrapbook and it does seem a little easier to make cards.. Although I still scrap a little.

    Hope you have a great evening!

    ~Linda

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  9. Wow, I love this! Each page is so perfect, what a wonderful tag book! The papers and stamps are really charming together, so fun and retro!
    blessings,
    nancy

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  10. WOW...great project! Looks like a lot of thought and work went into this!

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  11. What a great recipe tag book! Love the papers you used and the variety of stamps! :> It totally looks like a lot of work! :>

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  12. What a fabulous little book! Great mix of papers and stamps!

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  13. way cool! love your recipe book! Great designing!
    Pam Going Postal

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  14. super cute tag mini, suzz! love it! such fun papers and images and trims. thanks for sharing :)! have a great week! *hugs* steph :)

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  15. I love your tag book. For 5 small pages, it's a whole lot of work! They are gorgeous - perfect papers for the home-cooked meal and Americana spirit. The front is so cute - love your coloring.

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  16. Just a wonderful little book. So pretty and just right to add a little recipe.

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  17. So cute. Cosmo Cricket makes the most fun patterned paper.

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  18. Oh my goodness, WOW Sue! What work went into this! Superb looking little booklet! Some fab looking pp you've used!

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  19. what an adorable booklet!!! LOVE every little page and all the details!!! so yummy!! =)

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  20. Just Adorable SuZZ...Love all the details!!

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  21. WOW! Such a great project! Love your mix of stamping and pp- everything is perfectly coordinated!

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  22. WOW! I LOOOOVE this--all the coloring and images--WOWZA! You outdid yourself--this is SUPER CUTE:) FAB job!!

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  23. Ooh, SO worth the effort even if it took a while! I LOVE them, they are so cute!!!

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  24. Wonderful tag book, love that CC paper!

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