What's Cookin'?

Can you smell that? There's something in the air. Is it maybe...Christmas (gasp) already? Well the -ber months are here and I heard my first Christmas song early this morning. And chanelling my inner Grinch, I just had to exclaim - “Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant!”
Oopps...sorry, went a little off-tangent there. But before I go off-tangent again, let me introduce our latest challenger.

GRACIE - Grace in the kitchen and grace while scrapbooking...

I'm Gracie Ann Tan from Angeles City, Pampanga, a place known to have good food and cooks. I'm married to a very loving and supportive husband and a mom to a 2 year old girl who also loves to join me while I scrap and cook. I started scrapbooking in 1999 but stopped along the way. I started scrapping again July of 2008 and been hooked to it since then. I believe I got my artistic side from my dad who loved to draw and my love for cooking from my mom who is one of the best cooks I know. I currently own a small online scrapbook store called The Scrap Yard Shop. I also co-manage our family business which is a perfume shop here in Pampanga. You can learn more about me and my journey through scrapbooking (and sometimes cooking and baking) at my blog: http://dscrapyard.blogspot.com/.

Are you ready for her challenge?

September has got to be one of my favorite months. It marks the beginning of the "ber" season and it's also a month of birthday celebrations in our family (including mine). And when there's a celebration it means there's food right? Before I fell in love with scrapbooking, my first love was cooking & baking. And lately I've learned to enjoy both and thought of combining the two hobbies. No, I will not ask you to cook your patterned papers and embellishments (lol), but I've cooked up a challenge for every food lover out there.

Here are the requirements:

1) Create a layout about food (no photo restrictions).
2) Your layout must include the recipe.
3) Journal about why you chose that particular dish/dessert or the story behind the recipe.
4) Submissions must be made specifically for this challenge.
5) Deadline is on September 29, 2009, midnight.

It's as simple as that. A lucky scrapper will get these from me.

5 Patterned Papers from Fancy Pants; 1 Fancy Pants Titles and Tags die cut set; 1 pack Fancy Pants Rub-ons; 1 pack American Crafts Flair; 1 pack KI Memories Felt embellishments; 1 Maya Road chipboard keychain set; 1 yard each of 2 Maya Road velvet trims; 1 yard Maya Road Grafitti Ribbon; 1 KI Memories Gloo (dimensional glue); Assorted journaling cards from Fancy Pants & Making Memories; 1 Fancy Pants 6x6 Story Book (perfect for a recipe album!); And a P200 gift certificate at the Scrap Yard Shop.

Now for a bonus RAK (you must have made an LO to be eligible for these):
Since the "ber" month has officially started, and Christmas is drawing nearer, I want you to create a gift packaging using your scrapbook materials for the food you've chosen if you were to give it as a gift. It doesn't have to be a Christmas theme, you're free to use any theme you'd like. Be creative, and happy cooking and scrapping!

And just for being extra creative, you get these:

5 Doodlebug Designs Patterened Papers; 1 Fancy Pants Titles and Tags die cut set; 1 yard each of 2 Maya Road velvet trims; 1 yard Maya Road Grafitti Ribbon; 4 DCWV 6x6 adhesive backed pps; Assorted Journaling spots.