Haunted Design House

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Okay, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH144 "Freaker's Free for All" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that is basically stated, anything goes! Easy enough, right? Let your freak flag fly! Try a new technique or medium. This is the week to play along because not only are all bets off, but we have a sponsor too!  We are sponsored this week by Christy is a very talented artist. She has a very creepy cute side that appeals to so many tastes. She also has a huge range of every day adorable images as well. Drop by her shop and check 'em out! Christy  has generously offered up  2 free images of choice to each of the chosen ones ( Gruesome Twosome ) from this week's challenge. The Minions are using  Tiddly Inks  images in the...

   It's that time of the week again!! Time for a little hump day horror and a chance to inspire some of you to play along with our Movie Madness challenge.     I am joined today by my Sister Minion, Donna, and our wonderfully crafty guest DT, Nancy. We have such sights to show you! First up, Guest Minion Nancy : Nancy is using  "Zombie Alice" , a Spesch Designer Stamp . Nancy's 3D work is just amazing!   Now I went the route of the overachiever this week. I made two projects, but only because I couldn't decide on which Spesch image to use. First up, we have ... Fleetwood. That's Fleetwood Coupe de Ville, baby!! From "The Wiz".   This is actually the "Oz Lion" from our sponsor, Spesch Designer Stamps . I just lurve him! I didn't want to go all Disney with the creepy/sad Lion King, and I didn't want to go with the Wizard of Oz, so The Wiz allowed me the funkade...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Okay, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH143 "Movie Madness" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that takes it's inspiration from a favorite bit of celluloid. All types of films can be twisted into a darker interpretation. You don't have to be a fan of scary or suggestive movies to play along. Just keep in mind that we are going for creepy, scary, dark, gothic, or Halloweenie feel.  We are sponsored this week by Tracey has some wonderful images by some really talented artists available in her shop. She has a very diverse selection of images to choose from. Spesch has generously offered up 3 free images of choice to each of the chosen ones (Gruesome Twosome) from this week's challenge. The Minions are using  Spesch images in their projects ...

It's that time of week again when the Mistress lets us out of our cages to wreak a little havoc on hump day! We are showing off our projects for this week's Macabre Monday Music Mayhem challenge. Mine is kind of a stretch, but I really wanted to use this image from Delicious Doodles . Her name is Steampunk Sally , but for my purposes her new name is ... " Whole Lotta Neon Rosie " inspired by AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie".   I had all these new neon glitters that were just screaming to be played with, and then this image has been just daring me to give it some life. I even used some of my fluorescent Copics. I now know why I need fluorescent orange and yellow. And now for something completely opposite in both song choice and color palette. Andrea is joining me today and she has used Smashing Pumpkin's "Ugly" as her inspiration. So, now that you have seen how easy it is, pick a son...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Okay, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH142 "Music Mayhem" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that uses a song or song title as your muse. Now this one should be an easy one since everyone loves music of some sort. The Mistress plays music in the dungeon to get us all to settle down at dawn before we retire for the day.  Music soothes the savage beasties. Let's see what musical mastering the Minions have chosen for your viewing pleasure this week. (You can click on each Minion's name to be taken to their personal blogs with more details and pics of their killer projects!) Guest DT Nancy : The Eagles "Witchy Woman" Creepy Cricut Cween Donna : is being an over achiever this week with TWO projects Rihanna's "S&M". Marily...

Well Wednesday came and went, and I totally spaced the Wretched Wednesday posting. I am such a weak ticket sometimes.  Anyhoo, this week's challenge is to use the provided sketch. Sometimes, the hardest part of card making is the layout. This should make it easier for you. Feel free to flip it anyway that works for your project, but please follow it enough that we can find the sketch design in you work. I'd like to introduce you to this month's guest DT. Nancy from Another MD Crabbie . I first fell in love with Nancy's highly distressed, detailed, and dimensional style  when I won her awesome Betelgeuse card quite some time ago.     Cool, right? Nancy will be joining in on the challenges with us for the rest of the month. Her creations are quite the treat. Here is my Butchered Blueprint card. Like Nancy, I also flipped the sketch and used it more to my liking. I also branched out into anot...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Okay, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH141 "Butchered Blueprint" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that uses the following sketch. You can follow the sketch completely, or you may take some artistic license. Either way, the sketch should be obvious and easy to find. Let's see what the Minions have butchered for your viewing pleasure this week. (You can click on each Minion's name to be taken to their personal blogs with more details and pics of their killer projects!) Sultana of the Sinister Lynx : Creepy Cricut Cween Donna : Agent of the Abominable Andrea :     Temptress of Terror Teri : Imp of Insanity Ike : The Freak of the Formidable Fiona : The Contagion of Corrosion Croms...

Well, it seems like it's becoming my modus operandi to be late with my Wednesday posts. Keeping with that tradition, here is my Vile Vintage Ephemera shadowbox. I have a hoarded supply of 8X8 shadow boxes that I picked up at a ridiculously low price last season. It didn't occur to me to use one for this project until late, Tuesday evening. I tore my original project apart, and started anew around midnight. Hence my tardiness.   Creepy ass ventriloquist dummy and his "Papa". I mounted the photo and aged the whole thing to appear distressed and forgotten. I finally got another opportunity to use one of those cool baby doll eyes from Pork Chop Show on Etsy.  Some people find the notion of Nuns and/or Catholicism to be vile or unpalatable. I lightly sanded the face off the nun to make her appear as a demon might when being photographed. Then I added bloody fingerprints to give it some more drama.  I...