Haunted Design House

How's that title grab ya'?!  Isn't there some evil bride reality show or something?  Bridezilla?  Well, I must say that this bride from the Darkside is quite stylish, no?  Definitely blinged-out... as all brides should be.  I LOVE this stamp image... too bad it's retired... aren't you jealous ;) Stamps:   Haute Couture (retired TAC) Paper:   White UltraSmooth, Scarlet & Black cardstocks (TAC), Bazzill cardstock (green) Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Colorant:   Prismacolors w/ mineral oil, cranberry & black Glimmer Mists Other:  Black Stickles, MS drippy goo punch, gems, sheer ribbon, lace trim, black tulle, pop dots The photos really don't show how sparkly the glimmer mists are or how the dress coloring has more of the crimson shade.  But you'll just have to trust me ;)  I added some Black Stickles to the centers of the lace ovals... looks almost dried-blood-ish IRL. You can find a couple of other creepy divas...

HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a Halloweenie SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, PW, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH023 . 4. Weekly giveaways!  Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?!  Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if they so wish, and receive a little giftie from me... ...

Ok, there is some seriously awesome macabre participation goin' on!  If you haven't visited the links for Macabre Monday challenge participants, you are really missing out!  It's getting harder and harder to choose only two :) HDH022 - Fallen Angel Gruesome Twosome :  Kristen for heartbroken and tattered winged hand-drawn beauty, and Alison for her beautifully dark collage of wings.  Please grab your GT badge from the sidebar ladies and linky it back to here!  We want to get some more players to join the fun! P rize winner for week HDH022 , who will receive the wistful goth-angel image from Stamp It Crazy is...  Alison !!!  Alison, please email me your address and I'll forward that to Barb at SIC :)  Thanks again, Barb, for sponsoring!!

I can't seem to find it... have you guys seen it anywhere?  Did someone borrow it and forget to tell me?   WTH?!  So, all I have for you today is this 2-second card. Stamps:   Fun Skulls , Linear Sentiments , Tiny Tidbits ( Hostess Level A ) Paper:   Premium white cardstock Ink:   Noir Palette Other:  Scor-Pal , paper flower I am hoping to have something of substance for you soon :) What do you think? It doesn't look too...ummm... "wow, I hope this gift of wine isn't tainted" or anything... does it?  ;) .

Welcome to Haunted Design House's Macabre Monday challenge ! HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a Halloweenie SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and linky back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, PW, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH022 . 4. Weekly giveaways!  Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?!  Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if t...

... to draw a winner for Stamp It Crazy's Moon Fairie stamp from HDH020?!  Seriously, who's turn was it to babysit me... you guys are slippin' ;) {drum roll} Doot doot doot doooooo ........... Melisa !  Winner!  Winner! Chicken Dinner!  Melisa, please email me your address so that I may forward it to Barb at Stamp It Crazy, and she'll send you out that unmounted image.  Thanks again, Barb , for sponsoring! Yes, it was all very scientific... I wrote the participants' names on slips of paper and drew from a jar.  I am soooooo high tech here :) .

Only 2-1/2 more days left for this challenge and chance at the giveaway!   Just a friendly reminder... that's just how I roll :)

Alert:  Killer Klowns from Outer Space is on the Chiller channel right now (10:00pm central)!!  

Well, here my take on HDH021... in all it's sucky photographic glory.  No matter what I did, I could not take a decent photo to save my life... yep, that's right... dead woman writin'. At any rate, I loved Oz's challenge card last week so much... it inspired me to get the ol' heat gun out! It really looks better in person.  I heat embossed the black card base with clear EP... overheating parts here and there to give a distressed look.  Then spritzed on a deep violet Glimmer Mist and wiped off immediately. Stamps:  sentiment (Stampendous or Hero Arts... can't remember!), From the Crypt (SU!) Paper:   black PTI cardstock Ink:  VersaMark Other:   Transcendence embossing powder , Haunted Shadow Glimmer Mist, EK Success edger punch, circle punch, misc. fatty satin ribbon Super simple & kinda grown up, no?   What have YOU been working on?! .

Welcome to Haunted Design House's Macabre Monday challenge ! HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a Halloweenie SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and linky back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, PW, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH021 . 4. Weekly giveaways!  Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?!  Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if t...

I posted a little lovely on my other blog ... more black with a shot of red love card.  In case you're up for it :) But what I really wanted to tell you guys, is about the card challenge over at Stamp It Crazy 's new blog!  Barb is giving away a $25 gift certificate for her store... go HERE for details!  The challenge isn't dark or halloweenie, but I'm sure you Pepsi lovers (blech!) will have no problems!

So I've had these glittery black chipboard letters for OVER A YEAR , and figured I should use some :)  It's been kinda blah here lately, with the sun only peeking out for a few, so I thought I'd take advantage of my dark mood. It's kinda Twilight-ish, maybe?  I don't know since I STILL haven't seen the movies or read the books.  I KNOW!  Crazy, for a lover of all that is macabre... especially vampires . The black netting used to hold some glass pebbles... I cut it apart and tied it together with some black Scrapper's Floss .  Recycling gone goth?   ;)  The flower is Bazzill & the spider is confetti. Super simple and easy and not very creative, but you've got to have those projects from time-to-time! What do you think? .

I want to thank all of those that have been participating in these off-the-wall challenges!  I LOVE seeing all of the creativity that is out there, and I'm glad that you are sharing it with us :) Ok, enough of the sappy stuff .  Starting this month with HDH020 , I will be awarding prizes every week .  Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?!  Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not tellling you ahead of time :)  OH THE POWER!   Sometimes it's good to be the Masterful Mistress of the Macabre , no?  Yeah, I just now named myself... I'm hoping it doesn't sound too... ya' know :)  If you have a better title for me, please share ;) On to the point of this post... our GT's for last week & December's MOTM: HDH019 - MoonGlow Gruesome Twosome:    Kristen for her artfully hand-drawn piece and Oz for her moonlit trees!  Please grab your GT b...

Welcome to Haunted Design House's Macabre Monday challenge ! HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a Halloweenie SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) However, no extra 'points' are given either way. 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and linky back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, PW, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH020 . 4. I'll have monthly contest giveaways... tune in for additional details. 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if they so wish, and receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items...

Ok, you KNOW how I just love the creepy stuff, but I SWEAR that as soon as I saw this Valentine Betty image I was a goner.  Is she not the CAH-YOOTIST chick ever?!  Complete all the way to her adorable little skully hair bow... it makes me smile. :) See?! Next to all of the Halloweenie Emos, this is my FAVORITE Emo to date.  Look at that sassy little wink as she blows a kiss... LOVE it. Digi/Rubber image:  Valentine Betty (SBS) - available starting January 7th! Paper:  MME ASB-Ledger , Echo Park ELC-Ornaments , Bazzill red cs Other:  Copic markers, Diamond Stickles, circle punches, misc. twill, tile & brads Be sure to pop over to the Simply Betty Stamps blog to check out my awesome fellow DT's work!  And you may want to load that blogsite into your Reader, because there will be previews every day from now until Release Day on January 7th!!! And don't forget that January 3rd starts up another year of Macabre Monday challenges here at HDH!!