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HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre 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 please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH041 . 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 Maca...

I gave up on the butterflies for the moment, and decided to play along with The Burtonesque Dolls challenge this week!  It's been awhile since I had seen Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride , so Tuesday night I popped in the ol' dvd and snuggled in with the K-9 kiddos. I forgot that it was a musical... of which I'm not a fan... but I still liked the movie :)  The dark palette with the eerie blue moonlight... love it!  So that set the tone for my card today. Once again, I grabbed my Haute Couture diva from The Angel Company... LOVE her.  This isn't the first time she's been a creepy bride.  Remember THIS card?!  I created a fence with my latest border punch (another "LOVE it"!)  I used the Scor-bug to create the pickets and added a bit o' green bling... it is her wedding day after all :) Stamps:   Haute Couture (retired TAC) Paper:  Bazzil, white ultrasmooth & black cardstocks Ink:  Palette Noir Other:   EK Success edger p...

... here's another one... not sure about it... me thinks me mojo is amiss. HauntedDesignHouse's HDH040 - Beautifully Beastly Butterflies FluterByWednesday's Challenge #111 (open) Digi:   Butterfly (Scrap Your Scraps) Paper:   TAC's scarlet, kraft & DCWV orange cardstocks Ink:   Burnt Sienna & Noir Palettes Other:   EK Success edger punch Copics:   0, V99, YR04, YR18, R24, R29 Maybe I'll have some time this weekend to try again... hmmm... What do you think?

Ok, so the idea that was floating around in my head for this challenge, didn't actually hit the worksurface as I imagined it.  So I have ANOTHER idea that I can hopefully get done in the next day or two :) Me thinks I should have NOT used the white ink in the sky... just sayin' .  I must say that I do LOVE the double border punched scene at the bottom.  AND the butterfly came out pretty good, too :)  Definitely a fun one to color. The butterfly is a $.99 digi created by Angelia from Scrap Your Scraps , who just happens to be a buddy of mine!  You definitely need to check out the original digi... I actually inverted it & cut the antennae & curly-q's off since I didn't want to cut AROUND those little suckers :) See the clouds?  I actually used a VersaMarker and colored just a portion of a border stamp (left off the vines & foof), as well as to highlight the gravestones and top of the fence.  A little embossing powder & heat gun...

HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre 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 please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH040 . 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 wil...

HDH038 - Voodoo Witchery Gruesome Twosome:   Donna for her beyond fabulous "real" MS voodoo doll (it's a good thing), and to Oz & Paula for there awesome joint-venture voodoo store front card.  Great job, ladies!!!  Grab your GT badges from the sidebar and linky back here! HDH038 prize winner , whom will receive the awesome Stamp It Crazy Elf w/ dreds image I used for my challenge card is:  Renee (fantastic voodoo witch, my friend)!  Please email me your mailing address so that I can forward that on to Barb at Stamp It Crazy... thanks so much for offering up the prize, Barb ! HDH039 - Devious Doctors & Fiendish Florence Nightingales Gruesome Twosome:   Sarah E . for her true fiendish Florence card, and Alex for turning that sweet fairy nurse into something NOT so sweet.  Fabulous work, girls!  Grab the Gruesome Twosome badge from my sidebar and link back here, please!!! HDH039 prize winne...

Another challenge card!  Barb over at Stamp It Crazy is holding a challenge for a spinner card... it will end on Monday night, so better hurry!  It's been a LONG time since I've done one of these... I forgot how fun they are to make! And I had so much fun doing The Burtonesque Dolls' skull & black flower challenge , I decided to add that to the mix again as well.  Same tissue paper & Glimmer Mist technique as the last one, but with a smaller flower die. Stamps:  Creepy Tree (Stamp It Crazy), Punk Princess (retired TAC) Paper:  Bazzill & black cardstocks Ink:  Memento Tuxedo & VersaFine Onyx Other:  Copics (BV20 & 0), Black Gold Glimmer Mist, tissue paper, Micron pen, pennies & pop dot Don't you LOVE that creepy tree?  VERY Burton-esque, no?  :)  And I thought the sentiment was kinda lovey-dovey... hmmm... I wonder if Poot would appreciate this card for our next anniversary... ... maybe not :)

I've got a three-fer!  I knew I had to finish a card for my own HDH039 challenge (duh), but then the Burtonesque Dolls & Busy Beauties Boutique teamed up with a sketch, and THEN the Burtonesque Dolls also had their third challenge for using skulls & black flowers! HDH039:   I was seriously stumped with this one, people.  I have NO doctor/nurse type images.  None.  Nada.  Nothing even remotely close.  Well, a month or two ago I bought this awesome vampyre image from Stamp It Crazy that hadn't seen any ink yet {GASP!!!} Isn't she great?!  Her fiendish smile reminded me of what Oz had mentioned about nurses drawing blood ;)  I drew a little nurse's cap, though I know I've never seen a nurse outfit like this ;)  Sexy and sinister, no? BD & BBB:   I'm not-so-hot with sketches.  I never seem to stick to them much, but I think you can still tell I used it :)  I created the black poofy flower from tissue p...

... until True Blood starts up again! Eric, I think I love you.

HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre 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 please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH039 . 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. ...

I cannot freakin' believe this... do you realize that I didn't select a March Master of the Macabre ?!!  I knew I was behind for April, but daaaaaammmmnnnn!!!! The Gruesome Twosome list from which I will draw a name for Master of the Macabre for March 2010 (from HDH028-HDH031 challenges): 1.  Susan 2.  Creepy Glowbugg 3.  Tracey 4.  Lynx 5.  Terry EO 6.  Alex 7.  Paula 8.  SIC Barb {drum roll} The Master of Macabre for March 2010 is:  Creepy Glowbugg !!!  Grab your Master of the Macabre badge from the sidebar, and please email me with your mailing address so I can send out your winnings :) The Gruesome Twosome list from which I will draw a name for Master of the Macabre for April 2010 (from HDH032-HDH036 challenges): 1.  Renee 2.  Linda in PA 3.  Dragon 4.  lachsekatze 5.  Renee 6.  Sarah 7.  Gabby 8.  Donna 9.  Margie 10.  Suzi 11.  Don...

Once again, I'm behind in announcing winners... my bad! And I think I've said this before, but I seriously believe that Lynx & Oz should just be their own Gruesome Twosome every week.  I'm always gravitating to their work, so from here on out, you two shall be the weekly GT Mistresses .  Don't worry... you'll still be in the prize drawings ;) HDH034 - Grim Gift Boxes Gruesome Twosome:   Renee for her fabulous "At Death's Door" box, and to Sarah , for her fabulous skull & scorpion purse box.  Great job, ladies!!!  Grab your GT badges from the sidebar and linky back here! HDH034 prize winner , whom will receive a fun prize pack from me is:  Alex !  Woo hoo!  Please email me your mailing address so that I can mail out your goodies! And we can't forget our GT Mistresses:  Lynx & Oz ... fabulousness as usual, ladies! HDH035 - Walking Dead Divas Gruesome Twosome:   Gabby for her fabulous N...

HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre 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 please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH038 . 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...

Yeay... got my card done, and only a day late :)  I went for a touch of the cute on this one guys... hopefully your not too disappointed... I'm sure Poot is happier with this one ;)  I used white in addition to the purple, teal, black & yellow requirements, but oh well! This awesome image is from Stamp It Crazy ... too darn cute, right... I colored her with Copics.  Well, when I first got this stamp, I was trying to figure out what that thing was on her broom handle (the yellow thing).  And then it hit me like a bus... it must be a huge dust bunny, right?!  I know they are prevalent around here... only laced with dog hair :) The outside sentiment is from Bugawumps, and on the inside, the card says: "...like the Killer Dustbunnies under your bed." Oh!  And see that fan-freakin'-tastic black holey trim?  That is a bit of yumminess from Creepy Glowbugg ... LOVE IT!  Thanks so much... you're pretty sweet... in an off-the-wall, pseudo creepy...

HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre 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 please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH037 . 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...