SOTW Sketch #26a & #26b along with a Sketch Challenge

For this week's I decided to do a two page LO.

Sketch #26a & #26b:

My Examples:

Now I know you are probably saying to yourself, "I could NEVER cut my picture in half!" and before I learned the secret I would have agreed with you. The secret is to copy the picture first. I'd be scared out of my head to cut up an original, because if you mess up, that's it! So print doubles or get the original copied before attempting a split picture layout. And you'll have a fantastic 2 pager in no time!
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Ready for Another Challenge?

Here is this week's challenge at the Scrap-n-Such forum. Winner will receive a $10 gift card to the SNS store. You must be a registered member to enter your project.

Build a Page & Card Challenge

Page Instructions: Build a page using the following items with any of these Sketches #21, #22, #23, #24, #25 or #26a or #26b (I have numbered the last couple of sketches so I can start keeping track!) :

Materials:
2-3 Different pp
Photos corners or some way that corners your photo or LO
Buttons/Flowers
Ribbon
Chipboard

Card Instructions: Make a card using the scraps from the LO above & the following items:

Materials:
Scraps from above
Bling
Chipboard
Stamped Image

As with the last challenge, you have until Sunday, Oct 26th at midnight your time to complete this challenge. Happy Scrapping!