May 19th Sketch

Here is my next Sketch to Life layout for Let's Get Peachy
This is todays sketch

 This is a layout of my Grandpa Miller.  It's one of my favorites because it shows my Grandpa sitting at his desk at work.  This is one of the ways that I always remember him looking....in his dickie work clothes, hat, cigar and sitting at his desk in his office.  The aqua adding machine was always fun to play with when we visited Grandpa at the 'shop' so I based my colored/pattern papers around that color. (the pattern paper is kind of hard to see.  If you click on the picture, it should enlarge and you can see the patterned papers)

Winner of National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop!

Here's the winner!!

The Scrappy Cottage said...

I am glad to know how to do this now. Well done.....

send me your address in email.... b_woelfel@hotmail.com

National Scrapbooking Day

Welcome to LGP's Kats First Ever Blog Hop!

We're celebrating National Scrapbooking Day at "Let's Get Peachy"! To kick off our celebration of design team reveals, challenges and fun, our Peachy Kat's have created some special projects and posted them on our blogs. All of us are looking forward to your visit and hope that our projects both delight and inspire you!

So for my National Scrapbooking Day project, I altered a candle.  Stamping on candles is so easy to do and its such a nice touch to a gift! 

So lets get started! 
You will need: tissue paper, ink pads, stamp set, blank candle, wax paper, heat gun & a glue stick.

Stamp your image on the tissue paper and cut closely around the edges.

Put a small dab of glue on each image so it will stick to where you want it on the candle.  Position all pieces on the candle.

Tear a piece of wax paper just slightly bigger than the candle.  Wrap it around the candle and hold the wax paper on the back side.  Make sure the waxy side is towards the candle!

Heat up your embossing gun for 30-40 seconds until it is nice and hot. Moving quickly, wave it over the area where the stamped image is; be sure to keep the wax paper nice and tight. (Every candle has a different wax melting point, but you should see a change begin to take place within a few seconds) As the candle heats up, the pressure from the wax paper should push the image into the melting wax of the candle, embedding the image and leaving your image intact.  If you need to do the backside, use a new piece of wax paper.  Each piece can only be used once!

Slowly peel the wax paper away.  I find that the candle can look a little dull after pulling the wax away and I just take a Kleenex and wipe the candle to restore the shine!!

Lastly, if you are giving your candle away as a gift, dress it up a little bit by putting it in a cello bag and tying it with some ribbon or put some garland around a candle holder to dress it up.

So to win this candle, please become a follower and leave a comment. I'm not requiring you to make a candle, but please try this technique and post your picture in your comment!  I will pick a winner May 9th. 8pm est.!

Here's YOUR chance to win The Lets Get Peachy Blog hop!

Please visit all 13 blogs on our Celebrate National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop itinerary, and be sure to leave a comment/follow each one. After you have visited all 13 Peachy Kats, go back here to Let's get Peachy and leave a 2nd post to let us know you have completed the hop. One lucky winner's name will be drawn at random to receive a fun blog hop prize.The hop runs from May 7th til May 9th, 8pm est, so get your entries in!

And now for your blog hop ….. thank you for participating, and have fun! 
1. Let's Get Peachy- Peachy Laura
http://getpeachy.blogspot.com/

2. Crafty Scraps of Stuff- Peachy Kat Daphne
http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com/

3. Create Something Everyday- Peachy Kat Kimmy
http://lostinadreamofjosh.blogspot.com/

4. From Me 2 U Papercrafting-Peachy Kat Tammy G.
http://www.fromme2upapercrafting.blogspot.com/

5. Greets n Treats- Peachy Kat Becky  - You are Here

6. If It's Groovy- Peachy Kat Groovy Deb
http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/

7. Kristin's Craft Corner- Peachy Kat Kristin
http://www.kristinscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

8. Polkadotrentz- Peachy Kat Sarah
http://polkadotrentz.blogspot.com/

9. Queen of the Crop- Peachy Kat Liese
http://www.queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/

10. Rather B Scrappin-Peachy Kat Lisa
http://thejourneyoflisaslife.blogspot.com/

11. Scrappy Doodads-Peachy Kat Tammy K.
http://alwaystheapprenticehandicrafter.blogspot.com/

12. The Crafty Fruglaista- Peachy Kat Cindy
http://www.thecraftyfrugalista.blogspot.com/

13. The Scrappy Cottage-Peachy Kat Cherrie
http://thescrappycottage.blogspot.com/

14. Back To LGP
http://getpeachy.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the Hop!!

May 5th Sketch

 So the position that I have with Lets get Peachy is called Sketch to Life. So what I do, is take a sketch or another layout, and I make it my own. The sketch is like a map to follow for the layout that I'm doing. So here is the Sketch for May 5th

This  is the layout that I did.  Brad and I took the Miller Brewery tour a few years ago.  I didn't know what to do with the layout because I wanted to include the coasters that we were giving during the beer tasting.  I made this sketch into a 2 page layout.

Lets Get Peachy Design Team

I'm a Peachy Kat!!! 

Starting May 1st, I will be a member of the 'Lets Get Peachy' design team!  Make sure you visit my blog monthly as well at the LGP blog for my projects and the other members projects!!  Here is my first project for the design team.  Its a layout about me!

So please join me on this new adventure as I design monthly layouts and crafty for this website!!