So, after being inspired by an arty recipe swap I took part in recently, I decided to scrapbook my recipes.
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My recipes folder |
You will need:
A ringbinder
A selection of paper:
Scrapbooking paper
plain A4 paper (coloured)
Scraps of paper, plain or printed
Paper napkins and doilies are also useful.
Plain white photocopy paper
Glue
Craft knife
Ruler
Guillotine (very helpful but not essential)
A cuttlebug (or any die-cut machine) is great for embossing and die-cutting shapes, letters, tags, etc, but again, not essential.
A variety of stamps and hole punches (eg hearts, dragonfly, butterfly, or whatever you have).
Paints / inks / watercolour pencils / colouring pencils / crayons etc.
Choose a selection of paper to cover your ringbinder with.
Measure the spine, allowing for a 1 inch allowance around all sides. Measure your paper, and use a ruler and craft knife (or guillotine) to cut to fit. Before gluing, line it up along the spine and make pencil marks so you know where to put it and fold the paper over the edges.
Glue onto spine, turning over and glueing down the top and bottom onto the inside of the ringbinder.
Measure the front of the ringbinder, giving yourself a 1 inch/4cm allowance around the 3 edges of the ringbinder (top, bottom, and side). Cut your paper to fit, lining it up along the edge of the spine. Make pencil marks on the wrong side of your paper, so you know where it fits. Fold paper over the edges to crease.
For the corners, open your paper back up again (after folding and creasing). Bring the corner of your paper over the corner of the ringbinder to make a triangle. Press down to make a sharp crease. Then fold one side of the paper up and over, and repeat with the other side. When all your creases have been made, apply glue to your paper and carefully glue onto the front of your ringbinder first, smoothing out as you go to avoid any air bubbles or creases. Turn over and glue your corners down first, then glue the sides. Repeat with the back of the ringbinder.
Cut paper to fit the inside of your ringbinder. You may like to use small squares and piece them together to fit (like patchwork) or use a large piece of paper to cover.
Get out the plain A4 photocopy paper, and paint / stipple / smear / sponge / draw / use crayons. This is your background. It doesn't have to be perfect. You may like to use a touch of gold or iridescent paints over your base colour. You may like to use watercolour paints (or watered down acrylics) then draw into the wet paint using watercolour pencils. Lay them out to dry then paint the other side.
Sort out your recipes. Cut them out and trim them up. I have pasted mine onto plain paper to give them a border. You can use fancy scissors to trim the edges of the borders.
Once this is done, sort them out into how you want to group them: desserts together; icecreams; chutneys and sauces together; pasta dishes; entrees; dips and snacks; etc.
I lay out my painted backgrounds over the floor and then place the recipes on them.
Start experimenting with layouts. If the recipes come with pictures, you may like to put them next to the recipe.
Gather up your pretty papers, napkins, doilies and lay them out on your backgrounds alongside your recipes and work out placement. Cut out strips of decorative paper to use as borders along the edges of your pages. I like using doilies in the corners as a pretty decorative touch. Split the napkins so you just have the top part, tear out the images and lay out on your page.
Once you are happy with the layout, start pasting!
Once the pasting has been done, then you can start embellishing your recipe pages with stamps, punches, motifs, pictures, tags.
Go through magazines to look for pictures you like; draw simple shapes (if you can't draw) such as chillies and strawberries, colour them in and cut and paste.
A ringbinder
A selection of paper:
Scrapbooking paper
plain A4 paper (coloured)
Scraps of paper, plain or printed
Paper napkins and doilies are also useful.
Plain white photocopy paper
Glue
Craft knife
Ruler
Guillotine (very helpful but not essential)
A cuttlebug (or any die-cut machine) is great for embossing and die-cutting shapes, letters, tags, etc, but again, not essential.
A variety of stamps and hole punches (eg hearts, dragonfly, butterfly, or whatever you have).
Paints / inks / watercolour pencils / colouring pencils / crayons etc.
Choose a selection of paper to cover your ringbinder with.
Measure the spine, allowing for a 1 inch allowance around all sides. Measure your paper, and use a ruler and craft knife (or guillotine) to cut to fit. Before gluing, line it up along the spine and make pencil marks so you know where to put it and fold the paper over the edges.
Glue onto spine, turning over and glueing down the top and bottom onto the inside of the ringbinder.
Measure the front of the ringbinder, giving yourself a 1 inch/4cm allowance around the 3 edges of the ringbinder (top, bottom, and side). Cut your paper to fit, lining it up along the edge of the spine. Make pencil marks on the wrong side of your paper, so you know where it fits. Fold paper over the edges to crease.
For the corners, open your paper back up again (after folding and creasing). Bring the corner of your paper over the corner of the ringbinder to make a triangle. Press down to make a sharp crease. Then fold one side of the paper up and over, and repeat with the other side. When all your creases have been made, apply glue to your paper and carefully glue onto the front of your ringbinder first, smoothing out as you go to avoid any air bubbles or creases. Turn over and glue your corners down first, then glue the sides. Repeat with the back of the ringbinder.
Cut paper to fit the inside of your ringbinder. You may like to use small squares and piece them together to fit (like patchwork) or use a large piece of paper to cover.
Get out the plain A4 photocopy paper, and paint / stipple / smear / sponge / draw / use crayons. This is your background. It doesn't have to be perfect. You may like to use a touch of gold or iridescent paints over your base colour. You may like to use watercolour paints (or watered down acrylics) then draw into the wet paint using watercolour pencils. Lay them out to dry then paint the other side.
Sort out your recipes. Cut them out and trim them up. I have pasted mine onto plain paper to give them a border. You can use fancy scissors to trim the edges of the borders.
Once this is done, sort them out into how you want to group them: desserts together; icecreams; chutneys and sauces together; pasta dishes; entrees; dips and snacks; etc.
I lay out my painted backgrounds over the floor and then place the recipes on them.
Start experimenting with layouts. If the recipes come with pictures, you may like to put them next to the recipe.
Gather up your pretty papers, napkins, doilies and lay them out on your backgrounds alongside your recipes and work out placement. Cut out strips of decorative paper to use as borders along the edges of your pages. I like using doilies in the corners as a pretty decorative touch. Split the napkins so you just have the top part, tear out the images and lay out on your page.
Once you are happy with the layout, start pasting!
Once the pasting has been done, then you can start embellishing your recipe pages with stamps, punches, motifs, pictures, tags.
Go through magazines to look for pictures you like; draw simple shapes (if you can't draw) such as chillies and strawberries, colour them in and cut and paste.
This is a work in progress! I have chosen not to laminate my pages, but to keep them in plastic pockets, so I can write on them or add things to them over time as I wish.
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