Recipe Box gift

One of the things I just love to do with my hubby is cook!  I swear it brings us closer (kinda like the "couples that cook together, stay together", lol).  So one of the girls at the office, I just adore her, and her and her boyfriend like to cook together (her boyfriend is just a doll too!).  When I was thinking about what to do for them for Christmas, I immediately thought of this recipe box!  I can just see them filling this box with their favorite recipes and as the years go by making them more boxes to hold their collection.

 Just about everything I used to make this project is from PTI.  The box they have is just the perfect size for their recipe cards.  I plan on make some of these for my house hold, but I think I will have box for each category and then make my own tabs (for instance a box for Soups & Stews, one for Favorite Holiday recipes, etc.).  My friend likes green and does not like things frilly, etc., so keeping this simple and "her style" was a little tough for me, but in the end I think they both will just love this box!

Here are the index cards.  The stamped image fits in a 1 3/8" punch, but I trimmed it down a bit by using the 1 1/4" and then mounting it on some Old Olive punched out with the 1 3/8" .  There are actually 9 index images, but I only used 8.

For the index cards, I chose the design I wanted as the topper and then stamped my words along the following lines (Serves, Cooking Time, etc.).  I put "Instructions" on the back so as to ensure plenty of room for ingredients, etc.  Thanks so much for stopping by, I'd love to hear your comments on this.