Out for a stroll...CR84FN51 43

Happy Easter to all who celebrate! Welcome to the second week of CR84FN51! So many pretty entries, looking forward to seeing more! For the next week, we will continue to play with the pretty pastel colors shown below:

 I made another layout this time featuring a photo of my sweeties, Gretchen and Griffin, and I that was taken while we were out for a stroll :) My little four legged furry friends can't make the 5 mile walk that I take with their stubby little legs so they take breaks and ride in their buggy. I wish I could capture the look on people's faces when they look in the stroller expecting to see a baby and up pops two white furry heads! :) LMBO

I made some more flowers, this time I used canvas and denim. I was so inspired by the gorgeous misted canvas flowers that Natasha Naranjo Aguirre created, I had to give them a try. The canvas flower was made using the Spellbinders Rose Creations dies that cut that fabric like butter and the canvas ones were made using the Sizzix Tim Holtz flower die. My little dogs make my life big :) I am entering this layout in the Girlie Grunge April Challenge which is to create a layout or project about yourself! Well, Gretchen and Griffin are my babes ~ my coworkers tease my husband and tell him they would like to come back in their second life and become one my dogs :) LOL

This was my first layout made incorporating a piece of sewn on painting canvas that was first painted and inked up. I was really pleased with the outcome and will certainly be doing this more often. I wasn't thrilled with the way the butterfly looked when stamped on the canvas so I stamped it on a sheet of patterned paper then cut it out and it stitched it in place. The pretty pearl butterfly detail are from Want2Scrap and were gifted to me from the sweet Donna Salazar along with some other goodies all for being the Girlie Grunge March Featured Designer! Thank you Donna :) If you would like to join along, click HERE there is a monthly challenge and you are always welcome to upload your projects to the Girlie Grunge gallery! 

For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current sketchabilities challenge:

Last week, I FINALLY had the chance to meet IRL my sweet blog friend and CR84FN DT-mate Sue Lelli! Sue was in Phoenix on vacation/business with her dear husband so we met one day for lunch and one evening for dinner, laughing for hours! :)

Sue Lelli on the right, me on the left 

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. 

Supplies Used not mentioned:
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous
Patterned Paper: Donna Salazar Botanique
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Petal, Creative Book Pages, Grand Calibur, PTI foliage die
Other: Sizzix embossing folder, Crafter's Workshop stencils, Liquitex paint