Check it...

The Mistress has a card today!!!  I know... un-freakin-believable.

It's even for the current HDH107 Appalling Apothecary Macabre Monday challenge!

I am a bit of a cheater though.  This was actually done a couple of months ago!  ACK!  I know.  It was one of six cards I did for my Elegantly Eerie card class last week.  I had 25 people show for the class, and the three extra kits were gone by the time it was over!  Sah-weet!  I used all of Moxxie's new Midnight Dreary paper line... LOVE LOVE LOVE every single paper in that line!

I will say that it took FOREVER to cut and punch all of the pieces for the kits.  I definitely don't make any for my time, which completely sucks.  BUT, I do enjoy teaching.  Here's another card from that class:

Super easy, but I just couldn't bring myself to cover that beautiful house!  You can't see it here, but I ended up adding clear glitter pen over the eaves and the right side of roofs & projections... and in each of the windows for a little candlelight effect.  Obviously this wasn't one of the tricky ones, but I'll be showing the others over a few more posts :)

That ribbon... ooooooooh me likey a lot!  It is velvet w/ a crocheted edge and it is crazy expensive.  I couldn't help it... it had me at black velvet.  And don't ask me about the effed up lighting on the second shot... it totally looks freakin' yellow.

That's it for now... and you've still got about 18 hours left to play along with this week's challenge!!

Way Late Wretched Wednesday - Appalling Apothecary

The Macabre Monday challenge here at HDH is

Appalling Apothecary.  

I have been compiling my own Apothecary collection on

my mantle for about a year or so now.

I have some antique books, some specimen bugs, candles,

and creepy bits and bobs.

I have taken pictures of my mantle before, so I wanted to

show you something totally new.

I got this awesome little cabinet for my birthday.

My friends are finally catching on as to how easy I am to shop for.

Thrift store finds are my favorites!!! 

I took all nine of my Tim Holtz bottles and

transformed them into various tinctures, poisons,

and remedies.

I printed out a bunch of poison labels I had been

saving for just such a project. I glued them on the bottles

and placed them on the shelves in an attractive manner. 

I also added some of my miniature sculptures from my personal 

collection to fill in the blank spots.

If you are interested in some mini gourds of your own,

please check out my Etsy shop.

Uh oh! Someone left the lid off the Zombie Virus!!!

I had a blast making these little bottles and may be heading to 

Mike's tomorrow to pick up some more with my 40% off coupon!

There is still plenty of time left to get in on the action for this

week's challenge.