Is my photoshopping getting better? You tell me!

As I have said in some of my few posts, I am not very good at Photoshop  So I have been practising for a couple of weeks now and I just wanted to post up a few pictures to see how my progress is coming along. So leave any comments about how my progress is coming along, or anything about my work, it will be much appreciated. (there are possibly more e-cookies if you leave a comment. I can't get rid of these fast enough!)

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Also a big thanks to Beth for helping me! See her blog here