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Hi there! Becky here today to share a simple little summer project with a mason jar! I cut out an image from the " Lovely Ladies " collage sheet & colored their skin with a flesh colored Copic marker. I then glued them onto a piece of blue cardstock from the Glitz "Lace & Grace" 8x8 paper pad, & then glued that onto a piece of sea horse paper from the Graphic 45 "Boardwalk" collection.  Then, I simply slipped the paper into the mason jar, filled it with fine sand & some sea shells from a recent beach vacation! I might add a quote along the lid of the jar later...something like this: " One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. " Ann Morrow Lindbergh That's it for now! Hope you're enjoying your summertime! Thanks for stopping by!

Did you know that Southern Girls have only 3 Deadly Sins that they worry about? They are something to do with bad hair, bad manners & cooking bad food !  What a simple life they lead! Hi all! Becky here today to share a glimpse at the 3rd GRITS girl ( Girl Raised in the South ) that will be available in the KITS section of the shop sometime this month! Lulu May Her name is Lulu May & deep down she is an angel, but don't let those wings fool you! She won't let anything stand in her way to get what she wants! All the while, watching that she doesn't cross any of the Southern Girl's 3 Deadly Sins!! (The deadly sins are on the back of the block) In the KITS section, you will also find the first 2 GRITS girls in the series. The kits contain everything you need to make these little blocks your own: collage images, text to cut out for the titles & poems/sayings for the backsides, embellishments (vary from what you see here) & detailed in...

Hi all! Becky here today to share a little tutorial on how to make your own background paper with 3 completely unrelated supplies: A paint brush, a *catalog or magazine {*more on that in a minute} & a bottle of CitraSolv Concentrated Cleaner! If you read my last post , I am using some of these hand-crafted papers in my next kit for AP. Today, I will show you how to make your own! First, you will need a good WELL VENTILATED , plastic-covered working space - THIS STUFF IS SMELLY & the process is messy !! I like to work with it outside & would have done a video for this if I could block out the highway noise! LOL! Then you'll need a bottle of this silly-expensive concentrated natural cleaner - I think I paid $7 for an 8oz bottle at Vitamin Cottage! You can only get this at natural grocers, like Vitamin Cottage & Whole Foods, but some online art supply stores carry it too. The prices are about the same no matter where you go! AND, no other citrus-type clean...