Two Speed Scraps and a Challenge From Texas

Oh how I love a good challenge! The last couple of days has been full of them. Of course I have the daily medical challenges and digi-scrapping is always a great way to divert ones mind from those mundane everyday facts of life. A good challenge though is one that takes you outside of your comfort zone and makes you try new things.
My first challenge came from my friend in Texas. He takes the most magnificent photographs and sent me a couple of them with the message to do something with them. I've only worked with one of them so far, and it didn't turn out quite the way I'd envisioned it, but all in all it's a good mix of the beauty of Texas and Utah. I just don't know what I did to make the focus flower and the two framed photos transparencies. They aren't supposed to be.

The next challenge was over at Scrap Matters. Two Speed Scraps in less than 24 hours. I'm usually very displeased with my results after these things. I don't know if I'm getting better at digi-scrapping or maybe just got lucky, but I'm actually OK with both layouts. That is just unheard of for me.

The icing on the cake is the nice comments left by my peers and the ultimate compliment, being asked how I did different things.

I do most of my work over at Digital Candy. They have tons of different challenges over there, but they aren't big on my fave, the Speed Scrap. 'Til next time, Happy Scrapping!