Step-by-Step Scrapbooking Instructions For Recipes

Recipes and traditions find their way onto scrapbook pages as our staff shares treasured family recipes. Produced by Diana McMillen and Faith Berven, scrapbooking by Patricia Anderson, food photographs by Robert Jacobs.

We chose an updated vintage look for our holiday recipe scrapbook design. We created both individual pages that fit into a scrapbook and stand-alone scrapbooking projects. For Senior Food Editor Diana McMillen's scrapbook, we used patterned paper and fabric paper, dressed up with ribbon and buttons sewn right to the page. (To save time, glue the buttons to the pages.)

We started with a blank spiral-bound book and added Creative Director Geri Boesen's family photos, the story about the casserole and the recipe. Machine-stitching gives her pages a homemade touch.

Card stock and papers with edges cut with pinking scissors or freehand with regular scissors spiffed up this page for Assistant Home Editor Sara Reimer. We repeated the buttons and color theme, plus added a flat flower and a hat pin. A copy of the original handwritten recipe (on archival-safe paper) adds a personal touch.

A decorated tag holder turns into a sweet remembrance. Tucked inside is the card with the fudge recipe from Copy Chief Kendra L. Williams. The story of her holiday tradition appears on the back side of the recipe.

Pearl brads hold a strip of lace in place and add a touch of elegance to this page for Assistant Travel Editor Hannah Agran. Frame photographs on a paper background, or set them in a purchased frame.

Memories from Garden Editor Deb Wiley's annual family get-together fill this accordion book. Casual family photos work well in these formats. Offset them with paper that blends with the setting or season.

Lace plays a big part in our last scrapbook page for Associate Art Director Faith Berven. The purchased lace flowers and lace trim along the bottom add a layer of texture to the page. The actual recipe page becomes an accent for the page and a background for the food photo.

Nana's Molasses Cookies

Nana's Molasses Cookies -

Supply list: Patterned paper and fabric paper: K&Company; Buttons: Autumn Leaves; Ribbon: Junkitz; Ink: Ranger

How to instructions:
1) Cut piece of red paper to approximately 9"x11 3/4", ink edges
2) Cut piece of script paper - approximately 8"x8 3/4" - adhere along top and right of red paper, ink edges
3) Cut, ink edges and adhere piece of fabric paper to fit along left side, approximately 1"x11 3/4"
4) String thread through 7 medium sized buttons, adhere to left side, along fabric paper
5) Hand stitch large button onto right side of paper to hold in place
6) Adhere ribbon and tie bow around large button
7) Add photos

Patsy's Egg Casserole

Supply list: Spiral bound book: Junkitz; Patterned paper: K&Company; Ribbon: Bobbin Ribbon; Ink: Ranger, Fonts: CBX-Heber (title), Chatterbox; Scallop scissors: ProvoCraft; Times New Roman

How to instructions:
1. Cut 2 pieces of background patterned paper to fit book pages — approximately 8 1/4" x 6"
2. Cut 2 pieces striped paper to 7 1/2" x 5" - cut sides in scallop design, adhere to background paper
3. Machine stitch around edges of striped paper
4. To fit background paper over spiral bound pages: tear out one piece of paper from spiral bound album to use as a guide to trace holes along inner sides of background paper, trace then punch holes, cut slits into holes from inner sides, wrap paper around spirals and adhere in place (repeat on both sides)
5. Adhere all photos
6. Print, cut, ink edges and adhere title and journaling
7. Adhere tied ribbon

Great-Grandma's Butter Dream Cookies

Supply list: Cardstock: WorldWin Papers (red), source unknown (beige); Patterned paper, Frame, Ribbon, Flower, Hat pin: Making Memories; Buttons: Autumn Leaves, Font: AL Constitution (title), Autumn Leaves, Times New Roman

How to instructions:
1. Cut red cardstock to 8 1/2"x11, ink edges
2. Print journaling onto beige cardstock, cut to 8 1/4"x6", ink edges, adhere to red paper approximately ¾" from the bottom
3. Cut polka-dot paper to 8 1/4"x6 1/2" - cut scallop design along bottom, ink edges, adhere to page 1" from top
4. Cut metal frame in half, adhere to top left corner
5. Add photos
6. Print, cut, ink edges and adhere title
7. Adhere ribbon across page over bottom 3/4" of large photo
8. Adhere printed recipe
9. Adhere flower
10. Adhere buttons along bottom, to flower center and side of title
11. Add hat pin

Easy Fudge

Supply list: Cardstock: WorldWin Papers (red), Patterned paper: K&Company; Flower and large brad: Imaginisce; Small brad: Making Memories; Ribbon: Bobbin Ribbon (brown), Making Memories (red); Ink: Ranger; Font: Times New Roman

How to instructions:
Tag-holder
1. Cut patterned paper into tag-holder design (die-cut), fold along edges and adhere seems, ink edges
2. Cut triangle from red cardstock (to make photo corner), ink edges, adhere to bottom left corner of tag-holder
3. Machine stitch around edges of tag-holder
4. Insert large brad into 2 flowers, adhere to tag holder
5. Mat photo onto red cardstock, cut, ink edges
6. Mat again onto checkered paper, cut, ink edges, then adhere to tag-holder over bottom left side of flower (tuck under large brad and into red photo corner)
7. Punch hole at top of tag holder, tie ribbon through hole

Tag
8. Print title and journaling onto patterned paper, cut to 4 1/4"x6" (front of tag)
9. Print recipe onto piece of patterned paper, cut to 4 1/4"x6" (back of tag)
10. Adhere pieces from steps 5 and 6 together back-to-back
11. Punch 2 circles from red cardstock, adhere one to each side at top center of tag, add small brad
12. Insert tag into tag-holder

Agran Family Rugalach

Supply list: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics (pre-cut scallop design, beige), Patterned paper: Autumn Leaves (red/cream stripe), Making Memories (red); Frame, accent, and lace: Making Memories; Pearl brads: K&Company; Photo corners: Canson; Fonts: AL Savannah, Autumn Leaves; Times New Roman

How to instructions:
1. Cut (pre-scallop cut) cream cardstock to 8 1/2"x11" (cut right side only)
2. Adhere lace along right side
3. Cut patterned paper to 8"x10 3/4", adhere to beige cardstock (over part of lace)
4. Add pearl brads (helps hold lace in place)
5. Print title and journaling onto red paper, cut to 6 1/2"x9" - ink edges and adhere to page
6. Add photos
7. Add photo corners to food photo
8. Add frame and accent

Wine-Tasting Lasagna

Supply list: Accordion book, Patterned paper, Brass brads: Rusty Pickle; Cork paper: source unknown; Metal accents: K&Company; Grape charm: source unknown; Stamp ("Family"): Autumn Leaves; Raffia: Plaid; Ink: Ranger; Font: Times New Roman

How to instructions:

Page one:
1. Cut, ink edges and adhere piece of polka-dot paper to accordion front - 6"x4"
2. Cut, tear along top, and ink edges of piece of red paper - 6"x2" - adhere to bottom
3. Cut, ink edges and adhere piece of cork paper - 4 1/2"x4"
4. Adhere photo onto cork paper
5. Add letter brads to bottom right and blank brad to top left
6. Tie grapes charm onto piece of raffia, wrap around blank brad

Page two:
1. Cut, ink edges and adhere polka-dot paper to page - 6"x4"
2. Print journaling, cut, ink edges and adhere to page
3. Cut, tear, ink edges, and adhere pieces of red paper along top and bottom (top: 6"x3/4"; bottom: 6"x 1/2")
4. Cut 2 triangles from cork paper, ink edges and adhere to top corners of page
5. Add metal accents

Page three:
1. Cut, ink edges and adhere polka-dot paper to page - 6"x4"
2. Cut, ink edges and adhere along edges of piece of cork paper to right side of page - 4 1/2"x4"
3. Adhere photo onto cork paper
4. Add metal accent
5. Create tag using extra page of accordion book - 5"x3"
6. Cut, tear, ink edges of red paper, adhere to top of tag
7. Punch hole in tag, add raffia, insert behind cork photo mat

Page four:
1. Cut, ink edges and adhere polka-dot paper to page - 6"x4"
2. Mat photo onto red paper, cut, ink edges and adhere to center of page
3. Stamp "Family" onto cork paper, cut, ink edges, adhere to bottom left page

Gertie's Kringla

Supply list: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned paper: Autumn Leaves (flowers), K&Company (red), Karen Foster (beige polka-dot); Bookplate: Basic Grey; Embroidered flowers: s.e.i.; Beads: Darice; Ribbon: K&Company; Lace: Making Memories; Acrylic paint: DecoArt, Inc.; Fonts: La Danse, off the internet ("Kringla") and Times New Roman

How to instructions:
1. Cut flower paper to 8 1/2"x11"
2. Cut red paper to 8"x6", adhere to patterned paper approximately 2 1/2" from top
3. Print journaling onto cream cardstock — cut top and right edges in scallop design — adhere over red paper
4. Paint book-plate with beige acrylic paint — let dry
5. Print title onto beige polka-dot paper, cut to fit book-plate — adhere title and bookplate to layout at top right corner just under red paper
6. Adhere printed recipe
7. Adhere large food photo
8. Adhere lace and ribbon along bottom of photo, across red and cream paper
9. Adhere ribbon over lace
10. Add small photo, embroidered flowers and beads to center of flowers

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