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***I have TWO posts today. If you are looking for my Nina B Designs Blog Hop post, please click HERE or continue to scroll down. Thanks in advance :)***

Hi there!  Hope you are all having a terrific weekend! I'm here today with an all new CR84FN Color Challenge! Thanks to all who joined along with CR84FN51 and many thanks to all who leave such kind and encouraging comments :) For the next two weeks we will be playing with the pretty color combination shown below chosen by CR84FN DT member Heather.

I created a page in my art journal featuring a lady inspired by the super talented Julie Nutting, Author of Collage Couture.

I used pretty patterned paper from various Melissa Frances collections: C'est La Vie, Attic Treasures and 5th Avenue to create the dress and the torn strips in the background. The bird was made using a die cut from the Spellbinders Mix'd Media Elements and the sentiment is from the Donna Salazar Banners and Words stamp set.

I attended the Creating Keepsakes Convention this weekend and I had the pleasure of meeting Melissa Frances and her husband :) Here is a photo of Melissa and I:

I took two awesome classes that were taught by Melissa. In one class we made this sweet little tower of stacked boxes:

 and in the other class, we decorated the cover and back of this fun mini calendar book:

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the CR84FN site for COMPLETE information and the entire CR84FN DT for some AMAZING inspiration: Suzanne Czosek, Deborah Frings, Heather Jensen, Sue Lelli, Andrea Mathews, Pauline Pollington,  Lisa Somerville and Shannon White. Be Sweet :)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Donna Salazar Banners and Words
Patterned Paper: Melissa Frances  C'est La Vie, Attic Treasures, 5th Avenue
Die Templates: Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary, Grand Calibur