The Fanciful Magpie

Yankee Girls

I've been busy organizing my new blog and just realized 

I haven't posted here in a week.

But see, I *have* been working on something!

This actually fits 2 themes,

Inspiration Avenue's weekly challenge

and a little game Suzi Blu thought up!

The theme at Inspiration Avenue is " Freedom"

so I went all patriotic with red white and blue.

An update on 7.5.10:

I forgot to mention that this started with a vintage image

of 2 girls on the beach. I lopped off their heads

and added my own heads! Plus so much paint and

do-dads  that you can hardly recognize the original image.
Good work, Gemma, for recognizing that it started
with a vintage image! Gotta love those bathing costumes. 

Suzi's theme is a Fourth of July  Petite Doll.

Suzi inspires such creativity that I want to

draw, paint, color, paste, cut out, 

and just make pretty pictures all the time.

But, alas, I have to do other things sometimes too,

so I get out my journal whenever I can.

This is all to say I am far behind and 

trying to catch up by September!

Her little games or challenges are fun because

you can put something down on paper

without worrying about getting everything exactly right.

It's all good. Cause there's no * lesson*, just fun.

Not that her lessons aren't fun. They are.

Check it out for yourself!

http://www.suziblu.ning.com 

 Update on July 10, 2010:

The challenge at Suzi Blu's was won by Catherine,

our 'own' Catherine who is a former member

of Inspiration Avenue.

Congratulations!!!

Also check out all the entries at Inspiration Avenue 

for the Freedom challenge!

They will all be posted Sunday afternoon, July 4.

Oh, and while you are checking things out,
I'd love you to visit my new  blog " On the House"
where I post freebie images whenever I can!
I'm hoping to post 1-2 new images a week.

Have a perfect Fourth of July holiday, 

all you Yankee Girls (and boys)!