My favorite picture

Hey everyone, its that time again for our weekly sketch at Chicas Gettin' Crafty! This is my favorite picture of my 2 lil girls. I think I have scrapped this photo 2 or 3 times already but I am thinking of framing this one and hanging it up somewhere in our home.

Products used:
NRN Designs-Dembones
Misc pay print paper
Misc button and ribbon
Glue dots
colorbox chalk ink
Misc tan paper
ek success-paw print border punch

Monochomatic Layout

This summer is just flying by so fast! It's time for another Thursday sketch challenge at Chicas Gettin Crafty. This weeks layout:

So this is my layout.  I know, its a pumpkin carving layout in August, but I have always wanted to scrap this picture of the Dachshund I carved into this pumpkin, but I just never had a layout in mind.  I also did this layout as a monochromatic layout with just a few punches of black to make the different shades of orange 'pop.'

August Wedding Challenge

Hey Everyone! Hope you are having a great summer! For the wedding challenge at Chics Gettin Crafty, I did a layout of my family during my sister's wedding in 2004. The day started out with a trip to the hair salon to get our hair done. The second picture is of my family after the wedding ceremony. The first picture on the bottom left is my sister and her husband at the gift opening the day after the wedding. The middle picture is of my parents dancing at the reception. Of course I had to include a picture of the cake, because my Mom made the beautiful cake!! It was a great day for a wedding!
Products used:
misc purple paper
misc ribbons

July 28th Sketch

Wow I can't believe its almost the end of July already! Where did the summer go?  Well today is Thursday, so that means its time for the Lets Get Peachy weekly sketch!  So here is the sketch this week:

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!! Well like most people, I love ice cream. I will eat just about any kind of ice cream with toppings on it. The dogs also love ice cream. We either buy them their own 'doggie' ice cream or they eat the ice cream right off of our spoon. They also enjoy licking out the bowl! Thanks for looking!

 

Products used:

Recollections papers: white
Recollections dimensional ice cream stickers
misc pink paper, ribbons, brads
Heidi Grace Rub ons
MM black sticker letters

July 21st Sketch

This is the July 21st Sketch at Lets Get Peachy! Make sure you visit Lets Get Peachy to do your take of the sketch!

 This layout is my anti-boredom layout. Now I know you are asking, how is this an anti boredom layout, but let me explain. My 2 dogs are always running around doing something entertaining or playing with each other. This is one of those moments when they were resting next to each other in the chair, looking so cute. So even when they are laying in the chair together, they always have a way of making your day brighter by the little looks that they give or the way that they lay next to each other, as they are doing in these pictures. I just have to look at them, and my day is lifted. Thanks for looking!

Products used:
KI Memories-Pet shop spots, Pet shop lease, Orange
KI Memories letter stickers-cookie cutter-concrete
top not die
colorbox chalk-brown



July Recipe Challenge

The July Challenge for Let's Get Peachy was to use as many 'ingredients' from the scraping recipe. 
This challenge was a lot of fun to do! I was able to use 7 of the recipe 'ingredients' on my layout. This is a picture taken in 2004, I believe, of my Mom, me, and my 2 sisters, Erin & Emily. We all bought identical purses with our initials on them. The 'ingredients' that I used are: ink, buttons, distressing (around the edges) a punch, flowers, ribbon, & fussy cutting (2 banners).


TFL!
Becky

Products used:
We r memory keepers: grandmas kitchen-pen pals & busy burst
Kraft doiles paper
green rik rak
misc buttons
note book punch
colorbox chalk-brown
pebbles flowers
october afternoon stickers- chocolate cupcake

Lets Get Peachy Sketch

Here is my take on the Lets Get Peachy June 9th Sketch

This is a layout of Tinker, with one of her first dog toys that she ever had. She loved this toy so much and played with it a lot. This picture happens to be one of many where she was posing (by herself) with her 'Izzy.' The reason why the title is 'Tinker Toy' is because that's how we came up with her name. She was a small little pup when we first saw her, small like a toy, so she was named Tinker.


Products used:
Stemma papers-Safe bones, doggie dots, dog words & dog stripes
Stemma tile stickers & dog epoxy paper clips
Misc. brown paper and ribbon
Thickers-Chit Chat brown

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!!