the.amanda.sewell

So, did you know that a piece of black and white striped paper (similar to her tights) is very hard to find.  When I first colored this image, I thought I would like stripes for the background.  I started off at Hobby Lobby, where they didn't have any stripes (except for in a MAMBI halloween pad for $20, which I was tempted to get but decided to try another store.)  Next I tried Michaels, and NADA! And finally I went to JoAnn's and did not find any that would work there!  Grrr!  So finally, I took a trip to my fave scrapbook store in Mesa (which has gone all fabric loving now *sad face*) and found this awesome paper in the clearance area (*yay*) but still no stripes.   If I ever design a paper line, guaranteed it will have plain black and white stripes in a variety of sizes!  Hehe!  Maybe I just wasn't looking in the right spots . . . Hope you like Alice!  I look forward to printing off some other awesome quotes from that movie to use ...

Can you believe it is September already?  My kids have been in school for almost a month already.  CRAZY!  I have two months till halloween and already I am stressing about costumes.  Baby M is going to be a bee (scored that one last year at Walmart for like $4).  Baby E tells me he wants to be a hot dog . . . or Buzz Lightyear comes up frequently too . . . not sure which he will decide.  J says he wants to be a zombie but when I showed him this creepy zipper face picture I saw on pinterest (which I would totally love to try), he rejected it . . . far too scary, so we will see how that goes.  E wants to be one of the Monster High Monsters.  I delayed it last year, but this year since she has read the books and really still likes them a lot, I will let her do it.  Then I just have to figure out me and the hubs.  Ooh, and then classroom treats have to be made too!  I think I am going to do some stamping for those too . . . we shall ...

Happy FRIDAY!  YAY!  I just love this stamp and had so much fun making this card!  I came across some flowers in my Prima stash and they were perfect . . . they had a ghostly quality to them because they were sheer. The layout came out of my head this time (rare) . . . I just turned the strip of spider web paper I had and decided that it could work on an angle.  Then I just stitched and added brads and flowers, etc.   Stamps:  Hattie (Kraftin Kimmie), 2009 Halloween Tags (Papertrey Ink)   Paper :  Eerie (Basic Grey), Lily Kate (Basic Grey), Grey (Prism Papers - NLA), Solar White Classic Crest (Neenah)  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)   Accessories :  Fabric Fancies (Prima Marketing), Purple Got Flowers paper flowers (Prima), black brads (The Paper Studio - Hobby Lobby), Sewing machine (Singer), white thread (Coats & Clark), copic markers.

The layout for this card came by way of google.  I googled (is that even a legit word?) for card sketches and browsed until I found one I thought would work for the image I had.  The sketch came from Patricia Hays blog " Thinking of Inking " - Freshly Made Sketch #36.  I think it worked perfectly for this card . . . it was just what I was looking for.  Here is the sketch and finished card:   Stamps :  Mitzi the Mummy (Kraftin' Kimmie), Spooky Sweets Vol. 1 (Papertrey Ink)   Paper :  Old Olive (SU!), Basic Black (SU!), Solar White Classic Crest (Neenah), Eerie Collection (Basic Grey)   Ink :  Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)   Accessories :  Black and White Polka dot ribbon (Michaels Inc.), Sewing machine (Singer), Black thread (Singer), copic markers.

In my quest to find some Halloween images that I adore (because I am literally obsessed with this right now), I came across Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and fell in LOVE!  I found that they sold them at 7kidscollegefund . . . which just happens to be located in Phoenix, so I placed my order and picked them up a couple days later (because I was SO eager to get them and couldn't wait for them to be shipped to me) and I have been having SO much fun playing with them. This card is my least favorite of the four I made this week.  I like it, it is just missing some pizzazz...maybe if I play with the stamp some more I will come up with something more magical.  Anyway, thanks for stopping by for a visit!  Have a great Wednesday! P.S.  I also adore this set called Mimi Halloween (Penny Black) . . . does anyone know where I can buy it for not super expensive shipping?  If you do, please let me know in the comments because I am obsessing over it but I refuse to pay...