My November challenge at Two Spotted Dogs

Check out the challenge that I posted for this month over at Two Spotted Dogs - Eight is Great Challenge Due 11/30/09.

I cannot believe that Bruce is going to be eight years old this month. Where has the time gone??? His upcoming celebration is the inspiration for this month's challenge ... Eight is Great. You can do either of the following: * have 8 of something (brads, pieces of ribbon, letters in the title, photos, etc.) on your layout - which can be one or two pages * use the word Eight in your title

Here's my layout, which I finished up this evening

Sure hope that some of you come over and give the challenge a try.

TSD Amy's November Challenge

At Two Spotted Dogs, Amy gave us a tough challenge ... Keep it Simple

I used this challenge to spotlight a special keepsake for Bruce

Journaling reads: Granny & Gaga give their grandchildren a Christmas ornament every year. For 2008, Granny found a very meaningful ornament for Bruce. The fishing Santa is in remembrance of Bruce’s first time fishing … which was with Gaga and Granny just a few days before he died in August. This ornament will always have a special place on our Christmas tree.

Layouts about Bruce and Gaga

I have tons of ideas for layouts that I want to do about my Dad, following his death in August '08. Here are some that I did earlier this month for Bruce's album.

Inspired Blueprints Sketch 32

Using Sketch #32 from Inspired Blueprints really made the first page of my two-page spread come together easy. You really should check out their sketches.

October Challenge at Two Spotted Dogs

October Challenge at Two Spotted Dogs

This month I have a recipe challenge for you girls.

October 10th would have been my dad's 65th birthday, so I've used his name ~ Dan ~ for the recipe:

D - dots: have at least three circles on your layout

A - alphas: have mixed alphas in the title

N - needle: have either hand or machine stitching (no stamps or rub-ons).

Here's my sample

Please have your layouts linked here by midnight 10/31/09. I'll do a random drawing for a RAK. Please do not combine this challenge with any others here at TSD.

Inspired Blueprints Sketch 30

Yeah ... I got a little bit of scrappy time tonight, and finished my last Halloween layout from 2008. For this page I continued using the TSD kit - and have a lot left over for some 2009 pages.

I used Sketch 30 from Inspired Blueprints as the basis for my page.

TSD Spooktacular Kit

I had a wonderful time making this Happy Halloween layout using the Spooktacular Kit (October 2008) from Two Spotted Dogs. My layouts come out much better, and faster, when I use a kit. Unfortunately the site is no longer selling kits; but the fantastic message board is staying around ~ and having several challenges per month.