Drawing with Suzi Blu!

I have been eyeing off Suzi Blu's 'Petite Dolls' class for ages now
and last week I finally took the plunge!!And I'm loving it! I'm only up to lesson 2...but I am so happy with what I've made so far.I had no idea I could draw so well!
I am now hoping to get some soft coloured pencils soon so I can blend better. My Derwent Artist's are just too hard to blend the colours nicely. So I'm trying to decide between the Prismacolors (which Suzi recommends but are hard to get here) or the new Derwent Coloursofts. If anybody has any advice for me it would be appreciated!
So here is Suzi's class if anybody is interested...

and my work so far...

GSO Blog!

Thank you so much Anne! hugs

GSO blog...wow

Now this was a huge surprise!
I made this page really quickly as a LilyPad challenge and then the next dayI see it on the GSO blog!
I was honestly shocked! lol
Anyway...thank you Sandra aka chengie! Much appreciated!

A new designer, A Freebie, and new stuff from Hollie!

There is a new designer in town!
I am so happy to announce the arrival of Deviant Scrap's newest designer, Art By January!
January is an amazing artist who actually paints her elements in watercolors or acrylics and then carefully extracts them.
You will not believe the detail and realism she brings to life in her art.
Make sure you check out her amazing first kits and her baby dragon freebie at Deviant Scrap!

And my pages...

And new from Holliewood Studios is the gorgeous kit Knock On Wood!
Love this!!

Red Ivy Designs new kit!

I answered a one kit call for Red Ivy Designs this week and I am so in love with this kit!
Alice is guesting at ZigZag Scrap for the month of April so you can find Think Spring exclusively there!

And thank you Sandra for choosing my page for the GSO blog!

ViVa Artistry spotlighted at 5Star!

ViVa Artistry are the featured designers at 5 Star Digital Scrapbooking this week!
Head on over to see what makes them tick and to grab their gorgeous freebie!

New From Holliewood Studios!

Hollie has brought out a fabulous new kit...'Art Journalling 2'!!

I had heaps of fun making a page with this, and it could easily be used for normal scrap pages too!

A huge thank you to Madgentis for the DST GSO and to Lynnette for the GSO blog!!

A New Year

This time last year I had been looking back through my gallery from 2009 and there were so many pages that meant absolutely nothing to me. They were just quick CT pages that I'd stuck a photo on but there was no memory attached. And so my scrapping resolution for 2010 was to make all of my pages meaningful.

Looking back now I am so happy with my attempt! I didn't completely succeed...there are pages in there that needed to be made quickly or with kits that I didn't really connect with, but overall I think I did really well!

This year, things are changing. I no longer feel the need to be on CTs and so I have quit all of them but ViVa Artistry and Holliewood Studios. I am also freelancing for Donna Duncombe still and I owe Clementine a few pages! I am hoping that this will free me up to be able to create more pages just for me. It will be nice to go back to starting with a photo or story, rather than finding something to fit the kit.
I honestly don't know how I'll go. Can I scrap without CT kits anymore? Or I will I stare at a blank page until I switch to mindless games?! I don't know but I am hoping that my mind will start working again, and it will become filled with journalling and ideas. I hope this also bumps me out of my photo rut so I have a heap of new pics to inspire me.
So here's to a new year of scrapping. Let's see how I go!

And to anyone who made it through this post, I recommend going through your own gallery from 2010. See what you could do this year to improve it. Whether it be to journal more, ct less, make it more meaningful, work on a technique, change up your style etc etc. I'm sure you will gain something from it, even if it's just the smiles from the memories as you look through.

Happy New Year!

GSOs!

Wow! I made the GSO Blog on the 17th and 20th!
Thank you to Crystal and Tangie!

Caits' Template Freebie!

My buddy Caits has made a template for Scrap Orchard this month!
It's awesome and original and although I had no SO goodies to use, I just had to play with it anyway! lol

Grab it HERE!