Mid-Week Mojo Challenge #22

I am so glad that my friend Sarah told me about Scrapbook Steals.  Not only do they offer daily "steals" on super discounted products, but they challenge me weekly by giving me a new sketch to try out.  This week there were two sketches to try, and although I only had to do one, I decided to do both to increase my chances of winning. 
I started with this:

And made it my own:

For some reason, my pages are perfectly straight and level until I try to photograph them.  When I see them like this, I realize that photographing layouts is not my forte.  Oh well, you still get the gist of it.  Just rest assured that it's not as wonky in real life.

And since there were two challenges this week (with two chances to win something wonderfully scrappy) and since I just happened to be home with a horrible head cold, I went ahead and created a second  entry.  Rest assured, the nasal drip was contained long enough to complete this layout and I have sanitized my blog thoroughly, so none of you are at risk of catching this crud that has taken over my sinuses, my throat, and my nose.  I sound like a 90 year old chain smoking truck driver right now, but my craftiness must go on!

Here is the second sketch I had to work from:

And here is my version using a wonderful collection from Fancy Pants called Rusted Sun:

Thanks for lookin'!  And wonderful warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas season.  I'm hoping to get healthy enough to enjoy mine!