Altered Recipe Cards - A little Giveaway too!

My friend Jodi recently purchased a vintage cookbook at an estate sale. Inside the book were some lovely handwritten recipes on index cards. Cookbooks and family recipes would inspire most people to want to make a favorite meal or dessert.  Not me.  I couldn't wait to get home to my scissors and glue!

I tried to use scraps and small pieces so that you could still see a bit of the recipe card.  I used quite a bit of vintage lace so that you could see through the embellishments to the recipe. I also tried not to over think it. When I make a tag or small piece, I have to use something as a base. A handwritten recipe is a lovely choice even if it is very subtle. I love this Santa image and that vintage earring I found at a garage sale. 

I love the contrast of the red on this one. The recipe really shines through and the script is beautiful. The recipe is for Brown Sugar Cookies.  I frosted the card with some fine glitter and added the embellishments.

This Santa image is printed on a lightweight cotton canvas.  It is from my my printer tutorial that I did a few posts back.  The vintage earring is another garage sale find.  These cards are made completely of items I already had from thrifting and garage sales.

In case you are wondering, I made copies of a few vintage recipes and used them over and over. I printed them on card stock, cut and distressed.  You could do the same thing and then embellish.

This one does not have a Christmas theme. Instead I used an old book binding left over from another project, some vintage lace, buttons and a skeleton key!  By now, you must have figured out that I have an obsession for collection of these. Let's just say when I can't sleep, I like to get on Ebay late at night.

So what can you do with these? You can: add a piece of ribbon and make it a tag, hang on a wine bottle, slip under a ribbon on homemade baked goods, frame one, place them in a vintage flower frog or how about in an apothecary jar filled with ever greens and pine cones? The possibilities are endless. They are just like postcards.

I hope you enjoyed these! I just realized I hit 100 followers today! I am blown away by your support -THANK YOU!. I"m going to be spontaneous and giveaway three of these! Three different followers will each receive one of these altered recipe cards!  To be eligible for this impromptu giveaway, please either add yourself as a new follower (one entry) and let me know you did below OR for existing followers, simply leave a comment about the post and just remind me you follow(one entry).  If you link back to this post or mention me on your blog, you get two more chances to win. Make sure you email me to let me know. If you don't have a blog listed in your profile - leave an email address with your comment so I can find you if you win. How about I  pick the three winners on Wednesday, October 27th at 9:00 p.m?  Sounds like fun to me!  Thanks for joining me in this mini celebration! Linking up to the following crafty linky parties:

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