Veteran Tribute Ride

As you know, Brad and I take part in a Veterans Tribute ride every Memorial Day weekend and this year was no different.  Last year it was 94+ degrees for the ride, but this year, it was cold and rainy to start the day, but turned into a nice day.  The ride started in Iron Mountain, MI and went to Powers, Carney, and ended in Florence WI, for a party at Northern Lites.  Thought I would share a few pictures from the ride.

 Brad and I after riding to Iron Mountain in the rain, thank goodness for leather and rain gear.

 Our wet bikes, drying off between rain showers.

Honor ceremony at Carney, where we stopped to have lunch.

Look at the 3 bikes behind the blue trike, that is me, Laurieann and Brad!

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.....

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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!!

Sneak Peak of Harley Album

So I decided to make a Harley scrapbook to donate to the raffle for the 7th Annual Veteran Tribute Ride .  I thought I would give everyone a sneak peak at some of the layouts that will be in the album!  All pages are photo ready...just add your bike photo with the included photo corner adhesive tabs.

This is what the album will look like!!

Winner of No Housework Day Blog Hop

The winner of No Housework Day Blog Hop prize is:

Heather.....
I am now a follower of your great blog!!! Thanks for hopping with us!!

(True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 31)

Welcome to National No Housework Day!

Welcome to the National No Housework Day Online Blog hop! If you have arrived not knowing until now about the hop, no problem...just go back to If It's Groovy where this hop starts and work your way through. You may find games, prizes, projects and how do-you-dos along the path :) We would appreciate it if you sign up to keep in touch with us by "following" and would love your comments!

Perhaps you arrived here from Red Car Productions, Great! Hope you enjoyed that stop and the others so far!!!

We celebrate this national holiday by scrapping today and into the weekend with projects that remind us of housework or getting away from it!!! Take the day off, put up your feet and let's hop!

So in honor of this day, I made a 'No Housework' or 'Rainy Day' bank. I used a plastic container that I bought, which had nuts in it.

I then decided what papers and embellishments I wanted to use to decorate the outside of the container.

This technique, can be used for altering many items, such as a crystal light container which can be turned into a dog treat container or a concentrate orange juice container can be turned into a pen/pencil holder. Some of the materials I used for this project are: We R Memory Keepers Paper: Grandmas Kitchen-Pen Pals, Busy Bursts and Dippity dots, misc flowers, Making Memories leather frame, a tag, glue dots, misc ribbon.

So if you want to make your version of a 'No Housework Day Bank' please leave a link to your picture in the comments, but to win the PRIZE, just sign up to follow my blog and leave a comment!  The prize is a small spa gift set which includes: bath salts, spa socks, nail kit and a back massager!

All prizes will be announced on Monday 4/11.  Check back here for this blogs winner or If It's Groovy.

Thanks for your visit, please head over to see Paper Universe Enjoy!

No Housework Blog Hop

April 7th, is National No Housework Day!  Join me on that day for a fun internet blog hop, visiting many crafty blogs.  You will find games, prizes, projects and how do-you-dos along the path.  (The hop will take place on April 7, 12:00 AM EST through April 10 11PM EST).

Just go to If It's Groovy