Heritage Cookbook for the Inventor
- Heritage Cookbook Introduction Page
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
For years, now, I've wanted to create a cookbook for my boys using my great-grandmother's, grandmother's and mother's recipes that have become our family favorites. I have all my great-grandmother's and grandmother's handwritten recipes, some dating back to the 1800s. So the theme for November - Heritage/Gratitude - was a natural for this project. The cookbook is honoring these important and special women in our lives, thanking them for the recipes and traditions handed down from generation to generation. We now have the fifth generation growing up and I am beginning to teach them these recipes so they can continue the legacy.
The pages I have designed here are only a beginning. One is the introduction page and one is a recipe page. This project is going to be an ongoing project over several months or longer. I am going to add tidbits of writing from my grandmother as well. She kept a daily journal for several years that I can draw from to add to the pages. What a wonderful way to share her life. When the book is done, it will be a treasured collection that can continue to be handed down to the next generations to come!
Finished page size: 8.5" x 11"
Supplies:
Stamps:
Sweet Stuff, large (Crafty Secrets)
Kitchen Classic, large (Crafty Secrets)
Tradition (The Angel Company)
Papers:
2 pieces 8.5" x 11" cream cardstock
Blue bling cardstock (Bazzill)
Sweetheart pink cardstock (Bazzill)
Inks:
Black Onyx Versafine ink pad (Tsukineko)
#60 Salvia Blue Marvy Matchables ink pad (Uchida of America Corp)
Distress ink pads: (Ranger)
Tattered Rose
Worn Lipstick
Broken China
Vintage Photo
Brushed Corduroy
Other:
Inkssentials Blending tool and foam (Ranger)
Cricut (Provo Craft)
Plantin Schoolbook cartridge (Provo Craft)
Eyelet Lace embossing punch (Fiskars)
Corner rounder punch (Carl Manufacturing)
Wrought Iron Decorative Corner Punch (E K Success)
Quickie glue pen (Sakura)
Adhesive of choice
Computer
Directions:
Introduction Page
- Create a document describing the person you are honoring. In this case, I am writing about my grandmother. Print out on cream colored cardstock. Note: If you have Word or Publisher by Microsoft, you can create your text box and on the same document, include a photo of the person you are writing about. Then, just trim out the photo and the text box and layer them on colored cardstock to add color and interest to the page.
- On this page, the text box measures 6.375" x 4.375". This is layered to a piece of Blue Bling cardstock measuring 6.625" x 4.625". Round the corners with a corner rounder punch. Set aside.
- Cut a piece of Sweetheart pink cardstock to measure 8.5" x 5.5". Use the border punch on bottom edge to create the 'eyelet' edge. Stamp the lace, flowers and apron with Salvia blue ink.
- Cut photo to measure 2.25" x 3.25". Cut Blue Bling cardstock to measure 2.75" x 3.75". Punch lower left corner with corner punch. Layer photo onto pink piece at an angle.
- Stamp 'Favorite Recipes' and 'Traditions' over the apron in Onyx Black. Let dry.
- Attach 3 brads centered below the apron/text. Place 'Best Cook' sticker to the lower right corner of the photo. Set aside.
- Using the lightest of the Distress inks, Tattered Rose, on the ink applicator, apply with vertical strokes to about three quarters of the cream cardstock. Leave some of the cream cardstock showing through the ink. Now use the next darkest color, Worn Lipstick, and repeat with same vertical strokes randomly over the Tattered Rose.
- Change the foam to a clean piece and ink it up with Vintage Photo ink. Using a circular motion, rub this ink around the outer edges of the cardstock, pulling the ink into the center, making it lighter as you go. Now use the Brushed Corduroy and rub around the outer edges of the paper.
- Use the Broken China ink pad to apply blue streaks to the piece. Hold the pad so that just the edge of the ink pad touches the paper and quickly pull up here and there.
- Randomly stamp over this with Worn Lipstick using the flower image from the Kitchen Classic stamp set to create a pattered background.
- While waiting for the inks to dry, cut out the person's name with the Cricut. I used .75" letters, using the shadow setting.
- Attach the pink layer to the top of the page. Then attach the text to the bottom portion, leaving room for the letters.
- Attach the letters, centered under the text, using the Quickie glue pen.
The first page of the book is completed! Let's move on to the recipe page.
Heritage Cookbook Recipe Page
Supplies:
Stamps:
Sweet Stuff, large (Crafty Secrets)
Swirls V:I (Autumn Leaves)
Pumpkins (Firecraker Designs)
Distressed Alphabet (The Angel Company)
Paper:
8.5" x 11" Cream cardstock (Staples)
Inks:
Distress Ink pads: (Ranger)
Vintage Photo
Brushed Corduroy
Tattered Rose
Pumpkin Spice VersaMagic ink pad (Tsukineko)
Black Onyx VersaFine ink pad (Tsukineko)
Watermark VersaMark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
LePlume II markers: (Marvy)
# 6 Brown
#43 Brillliant Yellow
#49 Vermillion Waterbrush
#102 Jade Green
Crystal Lacquer (Sakura)
Inkssentials Blending tool and foam (Ranger)
Vintage Photo distress embossing powder (Ranger)
Heat Embossing tool
Computer
Scanner for computer
Original old recipe
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Scan original recipe and save as an image file.
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Open scanned file in graphics program (I use Microsoft Publisher) and size image to fit an 8.5" x 11" piece of cardstock. Print onto the Cream cardstock.
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Distress the edges of the page using the same technique described above for the Introduction page. Use Vintage Photo first, then Brushed Corduroy and then the Tattered Rose. Let inks dry
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Stamp the swirls in the upper left and lower right corners using Pumpkin Spice ink. Stamp a different swirl image at the bottom of the receipe.
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Stamp the pumpkins using the Watermark ink. Sprinkle the embossing powder and dump the excess off. Heat with heat embossing tool until melted. Be careful...this embossing powder is not shiny, so don't overheat it! After the image cools, use your finger to rub off the embossing powder to create the distressed look.
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Spell the word 'CAKE' with the letters. Stamp in the upper right corner using the Watermark ink. Repeat the above steps with the embossing powder.
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Stamp the cake image next to the word 'Cake' with a second generation stamping. To achieve a second generation image, ink your stamp and stamp it on a piece of scrap paper first, then, without inking, stamp it on the page. This will give a lighter appearace to the image, thus blending into the distressed, old look of the page. Color the cake plate and the piece of cake and let dry well.
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Apply Crystal Lacquer to the cake cover to give the appearance of glass covering the cake. All to dry.
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Color the pumpkins using the Brilliant Yellow marker.
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Scribble the Vermillion marker on the craft sheet and load the waterbrush with the color. Layer this over the yellow on the pumpkins. Color the stems with the Jade Green.
This completes the recipe page.
Comments: I chose not to add a lot of embellishments to the page, but rather have them simple and fairly flat, keeping the recipe the focal point. The recipe I chose and scanned was written by my grandmother years ago. I love the way it scanned on the page, almost looking like the original recipe was attached to the page. By using the scanned recipe, I am able to pass down the original handwritten recipe in grandma's writing, along with her mistakes that are in the directions of the recipe.
I debated on how I wanted to bind the book together when it is done and chose to put the pages into sheet protectors so they can stay clean for years to come, but still be used in the kitchen. The sheet protectors fit a standard sized 3-ring binder, which is perfect for the kitchen!
I can't wait to complete the book and give it to my boys,watching their expressions as they read through the family information, photos, traditions, and little tidbits of life back then interspered here and there throughout the book!
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Thanks so much for your comments ladies! My grandma was truly a special lady in my life. This is such a great way to pass on her love and her recipes. And having ALL the handwritten copies is just a bonus. I also have handwritten recipes of my great-grandmother's and am looking forward to including them in this special book! It is definitely a work in progress - one that will take me a while to complete.
this is a wonderful wonderful wonderful way to pass along those family traditions of food and share a little history about the people who brought the recipe to the family
I am sure that it will be a treasured gift and one that will pass through many generations!
Oh Bea how wonderful to have the Hand written copies. I think that is one of the most valuable things to have is a hand written peice.. how totally totally fab way to go! Go and do this it will bless your family love it and kudoes to you -- keep on keeping on... happy cooks keep the family together.