Haunted Design House

Happy haunted hump day! We are here to amaze and inspire you to play along with us this week for Macabre Monday's   "I was framed!" challenge. We are sponsored this week by    Dilly Beans Stamps The challenge is very simple, use a frame or frames in your project. Easy right? I decided to use the Voodoo Doll #3 image after much deliberation. There are so many neat, odd, and unique images to chose from on the Dilly Beans site! Now isn't he a handsome one?! I opted for the dot technique after I picked up the wrong shade of BV to add some shading to his nose. I went way too dark, but managed to salvage the image with some strategically placed textural dots. Nice save! I used some of the awesome new Tim Holtz Kraft  Resist Hallowe'en paper along with some old scraps I needed to use up. The Corpse Dust label was part of a digital collage sheet I bought on Etsy a few years ago. And then there's these guys. The march of the candy corns has begun...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* Ok, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: "I Was Framed!" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses or includes frame somewhere in your creation . Alter a frame, create a frame, use a stamp that has a frame or create something that uses a frame. Easy peasy pimple squeezy! We have a FUN new sponsor this week: Dilly Beans Stamps ! Megan at Dilly Beans has the most adorable creepy-cute stamps I've ever seen! The Gruesome Twosome for this week will each receive their choice of TWO free digis , and Megan shall choose her favorite submission to receive FOUR free digis ! There's also a Silly Dilly Beans Flickr group where you can upload all the fabulousness you create using Dilly Beans stamps, and Megan would LOVE to see your creations there. I know I've spotted a few blog posts featuring Dilly Beans stamps recently, so why not share the fun and upload th...

Creepy G here with my submission for this week's Macabre Monday challenge , "Carnival of CuRioSiTieS". It all started with a hoarded pop corn bag. "Hello, my name is Gloria, and I am a hoarder." I have had that pop corn bag for a few years. A local gift shop uses these for their purchase bags and I knew it would come in handy some day.  These lovely bottles and jars are from an "Itkupilli" digital collage sheet. So cool!! I got pretty fancy here, using a repurposed net bag as a curtain, and then covering my staples with a edge punched scrap of the pop corn bag. I also added a Recollections glittery spider web and some fancy beaded things from Wild Orchid to give the illusion of a spray of bubbles and beverage coming from the weird bottle of creepiness. And then we have "Kolossal" from Stampotique Stamps .  She is perfect as a side show barker dontcha think? As a new feature on Wretched Wednesdays , I will be announcing the GTs fro...

It's here... yep, more of that Halloweenie cuteness!  Today I'm sharing two cards made with the final three Simply Betty Stamps Teen Scene Halloween line.  I am pretty excited about today's images because they are modeled after The Addams Family! First up, Lola Addams : Miss 'Tude herself... along with her dolly.  Unfortunately, she has not taken this one's head off yet... hmmm... maybe I'll be doing a little sumpin' sumpin' to remedy that later :) I created the window & wallpaper from last year's Martha Stewart paper pad & a little Bazzill cardstock.  The floor is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  And the sentiments for the cards from yesterday & today is a new set:  "A Haunting We Will Go" from Pink by Design.  MS's Drippy Goo punch adds a final touch. And now, Betty & Christian Addams as... The Spooky Couple : LOVE LOVE LOVE these two!  And look... Thing is in there, too!  I also LOVE that rose trim that I pic...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* First up... how about finding out who the HDH101 Kreepy Kids Gruesome Twosome is: Alison for her vampified/zombified cutie, and Chloe for her wonderfully Witching Hour saga.  Congrats!  Grab your badge and wear it with pride, ladies! Ok, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: "Carnival of Curiosities" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece of the creepy circus or carnival oeuvre . Come one, come all!! Bring out your freaks, your fortune tellers, terrifying clowns, and your most curious of curios. Now let's see what the MAGNIFICENT Macabre Minions have in store for you: Sultana of the Sinister Lynx : Creepy Cricut Cween Donna : Agent of the Abominable Andrea :   Devious Digital Demoness Susan : Temptress of Terror Teri :  Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg : will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in! Now let's see what little curiosities YOU have in store for U...

Ok, normally I am NOT a sucker for cute Halloween schtuff, but this new line of Simply Betty Stamps is rapidly making me change my mind. I know!  Don't lynch me, Minions... I'm sure to back to my creepy self soon ;) I'm showing you two of the three preview images today.  To see the third, and more of these below, pop on over to the SBS blog and check out what the DT has in store for you! Mummy London: LOVE her!  The hair, the ornery kitteh, and the WTF look on her face is awesome :) Igor Miller: The cutest little hunchback I've ever seen, me thinks! Tune in tomorrow to see the remaining three images in this stamp line AND they'll be available for purchase tomorrow, too!!!  Yeay for Halloweenieness :)

Remember these cards? I had several people inquire about the stamp that I had used... it was retired.  Guess what?  You can now buy the whole set of 6 stamps as digital images for only $3.75!  No, I'm not getting paid to do this, but I thought y'all would like to know... I'm nice like that ;) They are at Digi Design House ( no, I am not affiliated ) right HERE . If you DO pop over there to purchase, please drop me an email.  I had asked them to re-release this set, so I'm curious to see how popular it will be!

It's Wednesday already?! Man, this month is just flying by! This week the challenge is "Queen of the Damned". Think royalty, crowns, thrones, and the like. I decided to make my own Queen of sorts... This is "Zombie Kellita" from Tickled Pink Stamps . Really? Like you thought I wouldn't snag this little chickie the second she went on the digi list at TP? She's wonderful!!! In all her zombified loveliness!! I had a blast coloring her in and giving her my favorite YG shades of zombie pallor, and BG hair. I used the "Bleeding Cowboys" font to set the type for the sentiment, and mounted it on a fancy label from Spellbinders.  I topped off the undead Kellita with a random crown stamp I had in my stash. Threw in a few rhinestones to keep her purdy, and we are fini!! There is still plenty of time to join in on the Macabre Monday fun and create your own Queen or royalty project!! Thanks for stopping by!!

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* Ok, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: "Queen of the Damned" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses royalty, crowns, and/or thrones as the focus . This doesn't have to focus on the movie with the same name (though it may)... just as long as it has that royally creepy touch, it qualifies! Now let's see what the Minions have in store for you: Creepy Cricut Cween Donna : Agent of the Abominable Andrea : Devious Digital Demoness Susan : Temptress of Terror Teri : Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg : will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in! Now let's see what YOU have in store for US!

Woo Hoo, right?!  First up:   HDH100 - Varying Visages of Vincent:  Kelli & Jamie S. & Lady B. I couldn't get it down to two... so it's a Gruesome Threesome this time :) Grab the badge and display it with pride, ladies!!!  Now... what you've really tuned in for... Mmmmm.... Blog candy corn. This is my cute little iron cauldron in which we loving placed all of participants' names... sometimes three times each for entering the challenge: There they are... little slips of paper... anxiously awaiting to possibly be plucked from the depths of the cauldron: This is my friend, Beverly... well, actually it's just her hand.  Really there IS more to her, but we won't be showing you that.  She is stirring the cauldron: Now with her hand plunged into the brew of slips, she prepares to draw one lucky name... And the winner is... {pause for effect} {drum roll} Oooops... outta time... Be sure to tune in next week when we find out wh...