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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Peachy Keen Stamps - New Veggie Stamps


UPDATED with a pic of Lucy in her Soup apron! :)



























Happy Birthday to Lucy today!!
Our oldest grand-daughter turns two today! I haven't met anyone quite like her! Lucy LOVES to cook :) Pa-Pa Dave and I gave Lucy and Marlee a toy size kitchen for Christmas to accommodate their desire to "help". For quite a while now, Lucy will get a big bowl, bucket or anything that might do for a soup pot and a big spoon and stir imaginary soup. She says she's "Makin' Soup"!! Now she puts fake food in the pot, stirs and lifts the spoon to your mouth for you to taste. Mmmmm .. it is the best soup ever! :)
I thought a little apron and oven mitts would be fun for her birthday.. this is as far as I got. I painted our new veggie stamps on her little apron and used her own quote. I haven't painted much on fabric but I have the whole line of So-soft fabric paints by DecoArt. They sure work nice!! I hope she likes it! :) I will have to take a pic of Lucy wearing this after Grama gets it pressed.

Hope you all have a great weekend!
Happy Valentine's Day!!
Hugs, KathyJ

Monday, November 30, 2009

Peachy Keen's New Design Team

'Tis the season to... choose a new Peachy Keen Design Team to inspire us! Please take a moment to read a bit about them below and take a look at their blogs! They really are amazing and we are so looking forward to creating with them and all of you!! Be sure to check here tomorrow and every other Tuesday for new challenges that we hope will help you get your creative juices flowing!

Vivienne Holden will be joining us again for this term, and we're delighted to have her! Viv hails from the U.K. and always makes us laugh with her quick wit, and excites us with her lovely designs. Please visit Viv's blog for even more inspiration.

Lorie Souther
will also be designing with us for a second term and saying we are excited is an understatement! Lorie's inking technique will definitely leave you wondering, "How does she do that?" Check out Lorie's blog for more designs and fun techniques!

Janice Wilson has created so many awesome designs and is proof that with stamping, the possibilities are endless! Her innovative We are so proud to have her as a new member of our team. Please take a moment to check out Janice's Blog!

Jacqui Dennis is also joining us from across the Atlantic as a first time PK Designer. Her stunning dimensional cards already are giving me tons of ideas, I can't wait to see what she has in store for the upcoming challenges! Please take a look at Jacqui's Blog and you'll see what I mean!

Nikki Foraker is such a creative, whimsy spirit and was a perfect match for Peachy Keen Stamps. Nikki's Paper Doll project "2 Lil' Indians" may look familiar to some of you as it was featured on Peachy Keen Stamps' homepage the week of Thanksgiving. We can't wait to see what other goodies Nikki has in store for us! Stop by Nikki's Blog to check out all the cute designs she's already made with PK Stamps!

Emma Aguilar has been such a great friend of Peachy Keen's for so long, and we are thrilled to showcase her designs and talent as she joins our DT for the first time! Emma creates everything from cards to scrapbook pages to gift bags and tags. She's very versitile and you'll see more when you visit Emma's Blog!

Kathy Jakopovich is the owner of Peachy Keen Stamps and also designs the entire line. She has been drawing and creating her whole life and absolutely loves how she is able to see everyone's designs through this blog. It has been so much fun getting to know everyone and she will still be joining us as a guest designer from time to time (but will be checking in regularly and often)! Kathy's primary focus these days is designing even more new stamps for everyone to create with! Take a peek at Kathy's Blog to see how she takes her creations from imagination to paper. It is really exciting to see it all come full circle!

Angelica Suarez:
I'd also like to take a moment to introduce myself. You've seen a few guest designs from me the past few weeks. I'm Kathy's oldest daughter and am thrilled to help run the blog and announce the newest challenges! Everyone is so talented and I am learning so much as I go.

I've been drawing, doodling, making messes since I was very young, and with a little urging from my mom, I started making cards with the "right" stuff about a year ago. I just started a blog of my own which is still getting all the finishing touches put on, but hopefully it will be as beautiful as all of yours very soon! My name is linked above. Please feel free to add me to your feed readers and hopefully it won't be much longer until new content is put up!


Thanks everyone for playing along with us, and we can't wait to keep going!!!
~ Angelica


Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 16 - from Kathy

Hi and thank for visiting my blog! Here is my take on the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 16! You can see Angelica's right below this one. I love to find any excuse to drop everything and paint. This hardly took me any time at all using a face stamp - all the more simple. I painted the entire thing from raw wood to finished in 58 minutes (including to stamp.. that took all of a second)! The prize for this challenge is limitless! Tell your friends because the more that enter.. the more YOU could win! See the challenge blog for details!!

Easy Peasy.. Use your Peachy Keen Stamps faces on anything! That's right..just make ANYTHING!

Ideas from our Design Team: card, boxes, layouts, ornaments, recipe cards.. just use your imagination!! :)



Used for this ornament:
  • 5" filagree laser cut wood piece - I can't find this wood piece anymore.. but I sure loved them!
  • 1/2" wide red and white ribbon
  • MS glitter Carrara Marble
  • Art Glitter Designer Glue (dries white)
  • Paint Supplies (listed right column)
  • Sea Sponge
  • PK-900 BPD No.1
  • Timber Brown Staz-On Ink

Americana Acrylics used: Matte Varnish (used it to seal the wood), Golden Straw, Camel, Honey Brown, Raw Sienna, Russet, Dk Chocolate, Santa Red, Titanium White, Lamp Black.