Creative Cuts & More Blog Hop-Treasured Family Recipes

Welcome to the first day of the Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop, which will feature the 8”x8” Treasured Family Recipes Kit.  There will be 24 designers who will be creating wonderful pages to inspire you today. Plus, we all will be sharing some of our own delicious treasured family recipes with you!

I've been meaning for years to put all of my family's favorite holiday recipes into one cookbook so when the holidays roll around, all I need to do is grab that one book, to make it easier for me to compile my shopping list and for recipe prep!  That's where this great kit comes in ... it makes such an easy job of putting all my recipes together into one {pretty} spot!  Here's everything you'll get in this kit, featuring Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird papers and chipboard stickers, die cut words & images, 8-inch black chipboard mini album, and Bazzill textured cardstock:

 
This is the cover I created for my album:

 
I covered the front of the black chipboard album with patterned paper and solid Bazzill textured cardstock (that I punched) from the kit. 

To make the black chipboard letters match the paper I chose a little better, I covered them with cream pigment ink and then heat embossed them with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder.  Also included in the kit are the shadows for the chipboard lettering, cut from vanilla cardstock.  They were blending into my patterned paper a little too much for my liking so to make them stand out a little better, I colored the vanilla paper with R27 Copic marker.

I decided to customize the cover a little further, by adding our family name to the die cut hole. 
I used JustRite Stampers' (not included in the kit) 25-point Times New Roman font on the 2-3/8" round wood stamper to spell out "Harnist Recipes".

 
For the inside tabbed dividers of the album, I made labels with JustRite Stampers Recipe Borders & Centers (not included in the kit):

 
Adhesive chipboard pieces from the kit were added to the inside front cover of the album (left above) and on the divider pages.

 
One of our favorite family side dishes is a casserole that incorporates two main vegetables, corn and green beans.  Any time I can save space in the oven around the holidays and get two vegetables into one dish, that's the recipe for me (AND it's heavenly)!  Here's the recipe we've used for years:

Green Bean & Corn Casserole

16 oz can French cut green beans

16 oz can small kernel  corn

8 oz can sliced water chestnuts

1/2 medium onion, chopped

1 can Cream of Celery soup

1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

Salt & pepper
1-1/2 cups Ritz cracker crumbs (1 sleeve of crackers)
1/2 cup toasted almonds
1/4 cup butter, melted

Saute onion in margarine just until softened. In a 9x9 baking dish, combine all vegetables. In a medium mixing bowl, combine soup, sour cream and cheese. Pour soup mixture into vegetables and stir lightly to coat; season with salt and pepper to taste. In a small mixing bowl, combine cracker crumbs, toasted almonds and butter; sprinkle over casserole. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until lightly browned on top and bubbling. Serves 6-8. (Recipe can easily be doubled and cooked in a 9x13 dish).

And here's the page I created for my recipe:

 
I printed my recipe onto vanilla cardstock (not included in the kit), cut it out and layered it onto a cardstock mat I made using Martha Stewart's Punch Around The Page edge & corner punch.  More patterned paper from the kit and a wonderful adhesive chipboard complete this page.

Here are the blogs to visit in today's hop, starting at the Creative Cuts & More blog: Die Cut Diva.  Then on to Jen Johnson, Lori Renn, Michele Kovack, Ellen Sosnoski, Kayla Dupont, Courtney Holgate, Sharon Harnist <=(YOU ARE HERE!) Eva Dobilas, Noelle Reese, Joan Ervin, Suzanne Blickenstaff, Angie Pearl, Cathy Tidwell, Holly Simoni, Lila Holgate, Kendra Wietstock, Chris Penaflor, Holly Brown, AJ Otto, Stephany Zerbe, Lisa Somerville, Chris Dickinson, Stacy Cohen, Pam Smerker.

As a continuing part of the celebration, CC&M will be giving away great gifts! Each day they will give away one kit. Here is the twist – go through the blog hop and leave comments for all the designers. After you have finished the blog hop, return to Die Cut Diva and instead of leaving a comment, you need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit!  To be entered for another chance to win the kit, share the recipe on your blog and link it back to the Die Cut Diva blog. Help us also make this a great recipe swap ... I look forward to seeing all your wonderful recipes!

As part of the celebration CC&M will be having a great sale. For the next six days, they will offer 20% off the entire store. But act quickly, it is only for six days – this sale will end on Nov 14.  To receive your discount, make sure to enter this code: recipebloghop2009 during checkout.

Make sure to check back at the Die Cut Diva blog tomorrow, for the Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Kit Blog Hop. There will be 24 different designers who will be showcasing their great creations and sharing holiday treat recipes!

Thanks for stopping by today!  ~ Sharon

Supplies:
Stamps: JustRite Stampers 25-point Times New Roman font set (with 2-3/8" Wood Stamper) & Recipe Borders & Centers
Paper: Treasured Family Recipes Kit, Neenah Classic Cream cardstock
Ink: Memento Dew DropsTuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk & Bamboo Leaves, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream pigment ink, CopicSketch Marker-R27
Accessories: Treasured Family Recipes Kit, SpellbindersClassic Circle & Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities dies, 1" and 1-1/4" circle punches, SU Scallop Circle (1-1/2"), Martha Stewart Loops Corner Punch & Loops Edge Punch, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder-Vintage Photo, Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy grosgrain ribbon

Comments

[Michele]

1.

Love this Sharon!

[cathy tidwell]

2.

Awesome Sharon! I love how you colored the letters, neat idea!

[Pamela Smerker]

3.

Fabulous cookbook! Thanks so much for sharing!

[Mustangkayla]

4.

Fabulous work! Wow...I love it! That loopy lou punch is just perfect for this album! I just LOVE your cover!

[viji#5858]

5.

Gorgeous Book! Love the spice and sugar accents and the colors!

[Tammydee]

6.

Very sweet! I love your little cookbook!

[Noelle Reese]

7.

AWESOME pages!! I love them!! I love that you altered the black chipboard letters!

[Chris Dickinson]

8.

Ohhh this is beautiful!

[Jerri Kay]

9.

Oh my gosh, I'm lovin' this Sharon, so much fun! What a great Christmas gift!

[Sophia Allison]

10.

Great project...

[Joan Ervin]

11.

Hey Miss Sharon...I love your gorgeous recipe book!!! What a great way to finish off the letters and your casserole recipe sounds yummy!!!! Love how you labeled the pages, too, and personalizing the front page with your name was such a great idea!!

[Teri]

12.

Awesome work, Sharon!

[Rose Kerry]

13.

Your cover and veggie casserole page are beautiufl, love your divider scallops!

[Barbara D. Ramsey]

14.

Love the recipe, love your album!

Barbara Diane

[Christine H]

15.

That is a cool stamp set you used to put your name on the front. Love it!

[Danni]

16.

How wonderful!! Great job!

[Lyla]

17.

Gorgeous page....your recipe sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing

[Lyla]

18.

Fabulous looking cookbook. Thanks for sharing

[LilaH]

19.

Yummy!!!! what wonderful eye candy!!! and all those little details - perfect. So happy you were able to join us.

[josie]

20.

very nice book.

[Angel]

21.

SO cool!

[Jeri]

22.

I love how you personalized your recipe album with your family name. The divider tabs are great too.

[Beth Warren]

23.

LOVE the album - and getting to see that awesome MS loopy punch! Makes me glad I just bought it. :)

[maggie737]

24.

Gorgeous album, tons of eye candy - making me eager to go scrap!

[Hayley G]

25.

Love how you've kept a balance of white space and pages with lots of pattern paper. Cool!

[Abby]

26.

fabulous! love the album! recipe sounds yum!

[Holly]

27.

Another fabulous work of art Sharon! I love how you colored around the black letters. Gorgeous red ribbon, and the page dividers are lovely!

[Die Cut Diva]

28.

awesome cover and page - all the details were perfect - can't wait to try the recipe -- I ;ove vegetable casserole dishes.
Thanks for joining us.

[lisa somerville]

29.

Beautiful Recipe Book Sharon, love how you used the JustRite to tab your pages.

[Barbara]

30.

Soooo pretty! I have never had the pleasure of using Copics, but sure want to now after seeing all these gorgeous creations!