For many months now, I've been collecting recipes by searching for clip art recipe cards. A friend of mine asked me to share this one with her and, rather than just writing it down or sending an email, I decided to print the clip art, add my own colors to it, and make it into a card which I mailed to her yesterday.
I also discovered a fun new challenge that's all about food and kitchens and farmer's markets, and I think this will make a perfect entry! The challenge is part of the FarmQuest family of challenges, run by Becca Sadler. Rather than join the challenge as another of her DT gals, I told her I wanted to be a play and share cards I make using many of the clip art recipes I've been collecting. Since I have more than 25 of them at the moment (and will undoubtedly collect more of them), I'll be able to play along for a couple of years. :-D Here's a link to that challenge: FarmQuest Homestyle Kitchen.
This first one is for a fabulous Artichoke Dip and I really love it. It's marvelous with freshly baked (and still warm) artisan breads, or even as a drizzle for a plate of corn chips or tortilla chips. I printed the clip art at 20% color saturation, then used my Sanjoki markers to add somewhat softer colors to most of the image. I used pencils on the tomatoes because I wanted them to be a bit more vibrant.
I framed the image with white CS, then added that piece to a layer of dp which I had used for the background. I cut the leaves with an old Cheery Lynn die and layered them onto the top of the image. I'm sure my friend will love this way of getting the recipe.
