Thanks for thinking of me!
I actually just got circles figured out the other day, I was so excited, I did a page around the first circle I cut out just 'cause! I'm good with drop shadows for the most part...I'm still working on when to use one and when to not sometimes.
Yeah, I'm still using gimp, I think I will be for a while. It's working and it's free, so I think I'd rather save my money to buy kits rather than software!
Here's a page I made the other day with Vero's "My Delilah" kit.