I Spy Sketches

This is my first attempt at the I Spy Sketches challenge. I pulled out a set that hasn't seen ink in a looong time. The chef is from Inky Antics Garnishing Chefs set. Isn't he adorable? For some reason every time I look at him I hear a thick Italian accent in my head!
I colored him with copics and added a little sparkle with a glitter pen. After I finished coloring and layering the image I set out to make the background. I used my new Spellbinders Square Swatches die for the patterned paper and then cut the white, black, and grey squares on my trimmer. The red check paper is from my Simple Stories Summer Fresh pad and the black polka dot is from Jenni Bowlin called Haven. I added a flag banner with the sentiment and a red button tied with twine to finish it off.
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Little Girls

As soon as I saw this Stamping Bella Anastasia stamp I immediately thought of my girls. Not sure if it is the curls plopped on top of her little head or the glasses or maybe both. I colored her with copies and gave her a nice bunch of red curls. I added grey and green to her dress. I cut the patterned paper strips with a MFT Fish Tail Flags Die-namic.  The flower was cut with a die and finished with a black rhinestone center.
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Oh Snap!

The challenge this week on the There She Goes Clear Stamps blog is vacation. I looked through my TSG stamps and as soon as I saw the Oh Snap set it clicked! Can't go on vacation without a camera right? I paper pieced parts of the camera and then added some glossy accents to the lens and flash. I cut the image out with a circle nestabilitie die and then layered it onto a blossom die cut. I cut the fishtail flags using a MFT die and added some texture with the cuttlebug seeing spots embossing folder. The black polka dot paper is Jenni Bowlin Haven--I am already wishing I had bought more than one sheet! I finished off the clean and simple look with a couple of black rhinestones.
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