Some sketches and some challenges

Here is a fun sketch that I used from Scrapsketch # 169... I also used it to combine challenges with Angele's challenge at Two Spotted Dogs: D - dots: have at least three circles on your layout A - alphas: have mixed alphas in the title of your layout N - needle: have either hand or machine stitching (no stamps or rub-ons) on your layout.. so here is my take on it:

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Here is a page I did for Alecia's Oct sketch challenge over at Two Spotted Dogs .. which was to used sketch # 159 from the Scrapsketch Blog: