Small Gift June - Using up Your Stash

Using Your Stash

Project 5 - Mini Recipe Box

This is the last project in this series for small gifts made using your stash. It follows on from an idea I made in May 2020, only this time I have altered the size of the envelopes to fit the index cards that are readily available from the Pound Shop & The Works etc.

For this project you will need 4 sheets of light card- heavy paper 6 3/4” square 

2 pieces of hardboard or cereal box 3.5” H and 5.5” wide 

1 piece of hardboard 1” x 5.5” 

1 piece of ribbon coordinating

1 sheet of A4 paper to match 

Decorative front.

An envelope maker

I used DoCrafts Country Life papers which have a linen finish, as the decoupage sheets in the card kit had images of a range and and kitchen.

First make 4 envelopes with the 6 3/4” square paper and your envelope maker. I have a Making Memories board, and used the 2 3/4” line to make envelopes that fit the 5” x 3” cards perfectly. Close and glue down all the flaps then cut a tiny strip off the top, leaving them open for recipe cards.

Glue the middle of the back of each envelope and layer one on top the other 

Next lay out the cardboard front the 1” base panel with a small gap between front, base and back onto the A4 paper and cover over. 

Glue the envelopes to the front and back of the hardboard file

Glue the ribbon to the middle of the file and decorate the front or personalise.

The finished mini recipe files have 4 sections, each will hold up  4 recipe cards and can have a recipe on each side so that is a total of 32 recipes.

Perfect for:

FAMILY RECIPES - Handed down to family members

SLIMMING RECIPES - Favourite recipes to help keep you on plan

ECONOMIC RECIPES - To help students and those starting out in life

FAVOURITE CAKES - 

QUICK SNACKS - 

You get the idea.

So that is the last project for June 

Watch out for July.

Something a little different.

Happy Crafting

Dee