Scrapbook a Recipe Album for Father’s Day

Shopping for Dad can be difficult.  How many ties or pairs of socks does a guy really need?  Exactly! 

So, instead of agonizing over a gift for him, create a handy Recipe Album for Dad!  My Dad is just starting to get into cooking himself, so I put together a handy album that goes through some key recipes that he can quickly and easily put together himself.

The “brainwave” for this album came from seeing a child’s chipboard Spiderman book that had an interesting swoopy edge.  Stripping off the printed story left a beautiful chipboard base that can be easily covered and used as the foundation for the album.  Adding in the recipes and using images from StampinUP! sets like “Voila!” and “Tart and Tangy”, gave the album the food flair that it needed.

If interested in more details for this album, or to attend a class on May 25 in Saskatoon, email me tanyascrapbooks@hotmail.com, comment here at http://tanyascrapbooks.wordpress.com, or visit www.scrapbooksaskatoon.stampinup.com (Cheryl’s site).

- T

Scrapbook a Chipboard Mini Album for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and finding something for a Mom who has everything is getting more and more difficult each year.  Well, she doesn’t really have everything, but enough of what she actually needs and uses on a regular basis.  After putting up and taking down the plethora of holiday decorations this last Christmas season, I put a ban on buying her anymore decorations…let’s see if that still sticks when December rolls around, as her birthday is that month too….

Anyway, I decided to create one of those popular chipboard albums that are so hot right now, that spell out a word.  Unfortunately, the word choices are limited, unless you special-order one, and I wasn’t smart enough to get one ahead of time.  I decided to challenge myself to make one myself.  So, using sheets of thinner chipboard and the Simon Upper chipboard letters from StampinUP!, I was able to trace the letters, cut the chipboard, cover it with Groovy Guava and Close to Cocoa, and create the album.  A few embellishments, stamped images, and the fabulous Afternoon Tea paper later, and voila!  Chipboard mini album that spells “MOM”. 

Instead of putting pictures of my mother in it, I decided to use pictures of my Grandmother, as a momento for Mom.  The hardest part was cutting the letters out, but the font is fairly straight-forward, so little work with the craft knife (Cheryl will be happy!).

Interested in creating one?  Contact me through hotmail.com at tanyascrapbooks for more details and information.  You can also check it out on www.scrapbooksaskatoon.stampinup.com (Cheryl’s website).