Zoe and Me

This is my sweet great-niece, Zoe. Isn't she beautiful? She was born five days before my birthday and turned one this past January. She has the most beautiful red hair and is so smart! My husband took this (altered by me) photo of Zoe and I a couple weeks ago when we were celebrating June birthdays with family.

I altered the real photo (see below) to fit in with the design print I selected from Sarah Collier's designs for today's Inspiration Challenge (IC) on SCS. I chose her In the Kitchen print. I altered my photo to be black and white and polarized it a bit to fit in with the era of the times. Also, I wanted to color just our tops we were wearing that day to match the colors in my designer paper. I used my Copic and SU markers to color them. Zoe and I were in her mama's kitchen, so I figure that fit in with the kitchen theme of the IC design, too. I stamped the Short and Sweet heart/flower/sentiment images in black to imitate the black steam in the inspiration design.

And here's the real photo:

And here she is thinking that Great Aunt Charlene needs to eat more potato chips (right):

Lawd, isn't she precious? I just love her to pieces!

Stamps: Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Taken with Teal, White, SU dp
Ink: Versafine Black
Accessories: word window punch, glittery turquoise brads, dimensionals