Fiendishly Fun Friday - I'm back, zombies!

This is by Jim Benton, and it amuses me greatly :P

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Lusciously macabre heart cake!

I spotted these after seeing Croms mention a book called "A Zombie Ate My Cupcake!" by Lily Vanilli. Of course I had to investigate and I found these WONDERFULLY gruesome Bleeding Heart Cakes! Thanks Helen! :D
Want to send your Valentine something sweet that they won't forget in a hurry? I think you've found your answer :P They're made with a red velvet sponge, cream cheese frosting and blackcurrant & cherry 'blood'. Is your mouth watering? You can see all the details, and a music video that features the cakes, HERE. And if you live near London, you can buy other sweet goodies made by this artist in Harrod's Food Hall. Lily Vanilli is her name, and I just LOVE LOVE LOVE her work :D

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Puntastic!

SBC 12 Days of Christmas... Day 8

Over at Simply Betty Challenges, there is an AWESOME challenge going on... ONLY UNTIL Dec. 11th at 11:00PM PST!  Now... many of us wait until the 25th for Santa Claus to come to town... but today SANDY CLAWS is coming instead! Or well he has actually arrived! All you have to do is create your version of Sandy Claws on your projects! You will win two very special digis... these digis are going to be exclusive to the DT, a few winners, and as a free set in the future with your purchase at SBS! You do not have to purchase a new SBS image, just get those creative gears turning and create your Sandy Claws project with any SBS image!

Be sure to check out all the details at the Simply Betty Challenges blog!!

The DT was fortunate enough to be able to work with this fabulous new image created by our very own Cheri!  I will apologize for the icky photos... they were taken late at night under the OTT light... ugh.

Isn't he awesome?!  Not what I did with it, I mean the image itself!  LOVE IT!  And how festive is he?!

The sentiment is from a retired TAC set, All Things Christmas, but I use it over and over again :)  It's VERY versatile, no?  The snowflakes in VersaMark are from TAC's Vintage Santa.  A little May Arts webby trim & some Eyelet Outlet brads finish this baby off.

Don't forget... you've only got ONE day to play along with this challenge over at SBC!!  Good luck!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Poe's "The Raven"

photo from collider.com

I had no clue that this movie was in the making... can't wait to see it, as I LOVE Cusack & Poe :)  And how fitting to come across this during our Ravenous Ravens challenge week?!!  For more info,

CLICK HERE.

New Simply Betty Release - Christmas Emos Release Day Blog Hop

Yeay!  It's here!  SBS Release Day Hop... if you have arrived here from Angela's blog, then you are on the right track... if not, head over to the SBS blog for all of the hop details!  Let me just say this:  there are SEVERAL fab prizes to win!!!

Rio really knows how to trim a tree... skullies & pink bling... what could be more festive?!   And just look at her eyes... they turned out pretty cool, if I may say so myself :)  Ah, the beauty of Copic coloring... you can change your eye color to match your sweater EVERY time :)

Digi/Rubber Stamp:  Rio Trimming the Tree

Sentiment stamp:  Merry Words (retired TAC)

Paper:  Sophie (retired BG); Black, Mimi & Caboodle white cs (TAC)

Other:  Copic markers, pink Stardust glitter pen, VersaFine Onyx ink, misc. ribbon & pink rhinestones

Now on to the rest of the Simply Betty Stamps Christmas Emos Blog Hop!

Your next stop is Catherine's blog!  Happy hopping!

TI & SBS Trick or Treat Blog Hop

Two great companies, one awesome hop :)  Christy & Betty just happen to be BIG Halloween fans, so guess what...  Yep, Tiddly Inks & Simply Betty Stamps decided to do a little swap hop... the TI DT worked with Simply Betty images, and the SBS gals got to play with Tiddly Inks images.  Should be fun!

What's even better is that this hop will involve you, too!  Yes, you can do a little Trick or Treating with us and maybe score some gift vouchers to Tiddly Inks or Simply Betty Stamps!  How?  Simply go check out Christy's blog for all of the details... she's the one that is gonna kick this hop off :)  And if you've arrived from Angela's blog, you are on the right track!

Now, here's the little twist to this hop, we were to create a Trick (a favorite technique) or a Treat (just a project to share).  Well, I'm usually a trickster, but I decided to just go for the treat this time :)

 I worked with TI's Betty Belfrey... isn't she freakin' adorable!?  She was so fun to color.  And for some reason I was kinda in a scrappy mood... so I just kept layering... pop dots are my friends :)

Digi:  Betty Belfrey (Tiddly Inks);  Rubber stamp:  Boo! (retired TAC);  Paper:  Icky from Heebie Jeebies (WRMK), flocked dot (Hobby Lobby), Penelope & Caboodle white cs;  Other:  Copic markers, VersaFine Onyx ink, iron fence punch (MS), bat & webbed trims (May Arts), moon transparency (MM), pumpkin brad (OTC)

I fussy-cut the 6x6 Heebie frame and glued it to a slightly smaller white card base.  Love the shape and that image just makes me smile.

:)

See?

Well, off you go to Catherine's blog for more Tricks or Treats :)

Enjoy the hop and I hope your Halloween is frightfully fun!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Sedlec Ossuary

The Cemetary Church of All Saints is a snall Roman Catholic Church in Sedlec, in the Czech Replublic. It's several centuries old, and beneath it lies the Sedlec Ossuary. An ossuary is a place where human remains are stored, sans coffins, to save space when they've been buried for a long time. So, why am I telling you about this one in particular? Sure, any place where they store humain bones MIGHT be worthy of a Fiendishly Fun Friday post, at a stretch. But, this one is special.

In the 13th century, an abbott returned from the Holy Land and sprinkled a small amount of earth that he'd taken from Golgotha over the abbey cemetary. This made the graveyard a highly desirable final resting place, and people from all over Europe would request to be buried there. The cemetary has been expanded, but with centuries of bones, the older ones ended up having to be stored in am ossuary. Again, it's all mildly interesting, but not really worthy of a Fiendish Friday post, right?

Well, here's where it gets fabulous. In 1870, František Rint was hired to put the heaps of bones in some kind of order. Did he just straighten them up and tidy them away? Oh my goodness, no! He decorated the entire place with pieces made from human bones. That chandelier above? It was made from at least one of every single bone in the human body. The hanging mitre sculpture above that? Yup, same again, it's all human bones. Every beautiful piece in this post was created from human bones!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - darkly humourous

I found a couple of pieces of artwork that I'd like to share with you today.

This first one is by black-head, and can be downloaded from his/her pages on DeviantArt


And this second one is by Aleksandra Marchocka, and you can see her work at Behance



This final beauty I can't give proper credits for, obviously there is a signature, but I'm having trouble reading the surname, and my guesses havn't turned up anything. I found the image here.

Simply Betty Double Whammy Release Blog Hop

Yep, it's time for another Simply Betty Double Whammy Release Blog Hop!

Victorian Beauties Halloween, the last SBS Halloween line of the year...

{sniff sniff... throat choking up... chin quivering... tear falling}

...and a little Thanksgiving  Jude & His Shenanigan Crew.

Betty is doing the giveaway for this hop a little differently, so you should start at
Simply Betty Stamps

first to get all of the details & what to include in your comment... of course we all LOVE comments, but the giveaway will be drawn from the SBS blog :)

If you've arrived from Angela's blog, then you are on the right track!


First up, we have Mikey & Lizzie from Jude & His Shenanigan Crew Thanksgiving :)  Yes, I know... they are TERRIBLY cute, and NOT creeped out at all.  Does it count that I originally was going to put a HUGE SCARLET LETTER "A" on Lizzie's bodice?!  ;)  Kinda cheeky, me thinks... but I held back... for once :)

Digi's:  Mikey & Lizzie from J&HSC Thanksgiving (Simply Betty Stamps)
Paper:  brown, kraft, scarlet & Caboodle white (The Angel Company)
Other:  woodgrain texture plate (Papertrey Ink), Burnt Umber Palette ink
foam tape, micron pen
Copics:  C00, E000, E00, E01, E02, E11, N1, N4, N7
R24, R29, R32, R59, R83, YR21, YR23, YR24


And here is my favorite of the Victorian Beauties Halloween line:
James the Zombie!!

Don't you just LOVE him?!  I was channeling Creepy Glowbugg for this one... can you tell?  She loves zombies.  And yes, I know... this really isn't appropriate for many people, but I think I know what card to send Glo when she's feeling under the weather... LOL!
Love ya' Glo!

I love the whole "oopsie" look on his face {giggle}... it makes me smile.
And I think I got the blood pool about right :)

Digi:  James the Zombie (Simply Betty Stamps)
Paper:  Winchester, black, scarlet, & Caboodle white cardstocks, Mia's Cottage dp
(The Angel Company)
Ink:  Moonlight White Brilliance, VersaFine Onyx
Other:  Scor-Bug, edge die (Tim Holtz), circle punch, loopy brads (Karen Foster)
Copics:  0, BV20, C00, N1, N4, N7, R29, R59,
V01, V15, V17, YG01, YG03, YG05

Well, that's it for me today!  BUT come back next Monday for the

Haunted Design House Macabre Monday Challenge

sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps!!!  Super easy & fun challenge, so you'll want to play :)

And now, back to the hop... your next stop on this wicked wonderful ride is Catherine's blog!
Have fun a hoppin'!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Sleeping Beauty

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty from Darragh O'Connell on Vimeo.

Fiendishly Fun Friday - What's in your bag?

Lol, I love this suitcase sticker, available from TheCheeky.com. Here's the official blurb from the company

Take a stand against monotonous travel with Suitcase Stickers. Designed to stick to anything, they will draw attention to your bag making it easily identifiable and sure to make you some new friends.

Caution: Some of these stickers may cause offense to airport and immigration staff. But you would have figured that out whilst enjoying those cavity searches.

Fiendishly Fun Friday - What are you eating?????

I'm so sorry I forgot to post this earlier (Donna, did you manage to actually get through breakfast without being creeped out? :P)
Well, maybe I can get you in time for dinner?


I'm so sorry I forgot to post this earlier (Donna, did you manage to actually get through breakfast without being creeped out? :P)
Well, maybe I can get you in time for dinner?

These are described as Cajun Turtle Burgers, although they're hot dogs, minced beef and bacon. Sounds so delicious, looks so wrong! I do eat meat, but I like it to look much less like a dead animal by the time it gets to my plate :P

For this one, I really wasn't sure whether to post the pictures or not. However much I tell my self that it's an ice-lolly, there's something horrific about the way it looks. So, before you click, these are NOT guns, they're ice lollies. Keep repeating that as you look :P
Ice Lolly Guns

And this one I'm not posting the picture for because frankly, it makes me feel sick. :P You have been warned! Deep-fried spiders

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Halloween-named US towns...

And to think, when someone says they are in a living Hell... they really might be...


Scary, Putnam County, West Virginia
Trickem, Lowndes County, Alabama
Trickem, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Treat, Pope County, Arkansas
Treat, Polk County, Georgia
Treat, Webster Parish, Louisiana
Candy Town, Hocking County, Ohio
Chocolate Bayou, Brazoria County, Texas
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Frankenstein, Osage County, Missouri
Goblintown, Virginia
Casper, Wyoming
Boos, Jasper County, Illinois
Spider, Knott County, Kentucky
Spider, De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina
Bat Cave, Henderson County, North Carolina
Pumpkin, Paulding County, Georgia
Pumpkin, San Jacinto County, Texas
Pumpkin Bend, Woodruff County, Arkansas
Pumpkin Center, Alabama
Pumpkin Center, Coconino County, Arizona
Pumpkin Center, California
Pumpkin Center, Lake County, Florida
Pumpkin Center, Indiana
Pumpkin Center, Caldwell County, Kentucky
Pumpkin Center, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Pumpkin Center, Allegany County, Maryland
Pumpkin Center, Union County, Mississippi
Pumpkin Center, Missouri
Pumpkin Center, North Carolina
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma
Pumpkin Center, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Pumpkin Center, Tennessee
Pumpkin Center, Bland County, Virginia
Pumpkin Hill, Genesee County, New York
Pumpkin Hollow, New York
Pumpkin Hook, Washington County, New York
Pumpkintown, Jackson County, North Carolina
Pumpkintown, Pickens County, South Carolina
Pumpkintown, Macon County, Tennessee
Pumpkintown, Randolph County, West Virginia

Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
Skull Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona
Skullbone, Gibson County, Tennessee
Skullhead, Ware County, Georgia
Skull Run, Jackson County, West Virginia
Skull Creek, Weston County, Wyoming
Deadmans, Muskingum County, Ohio
Deadman Landing, Volusia County, Florida
Deadman Crossing, Ross County, Ohio
Deadmans Corner, Converse County, Wyoming
Deadmans Corner, Aroostook County, Maine
Dead Mans Crossing, Posey County, Indiana
Dead Women Crossing, Custer County, Oklahoma

Screamer, Henry County, Alabama
Screamer, Maury County, Tennessee
Screamersville, Chesterfield County, Virginia
Yelling Settlement, Baldwin County, Alabama
Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas
Yell, Marshall County, Tennessee
Holler, Frederick County, Maryland
Devil Canyon, San Bernardino County, California
Devil Town, Wayne County, Ohio
Devils Backbone, Connecticut
Devils Corner, Delta County, Michigan
Devils Corner, Pepin County, Wisconsin
Devils Cross Roads, Newberry County, South Carolina
Devils Den, Park County, Wyoming
Devils Den, Kern County, California
Devils Elbow, Colusa County, California
Devils Elbow, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Devils Elbow, Pulaski County, Missouri
Devils Gap, Gosper County, Nebraska
Devils Ladder, Adams County, Idaho
Devils Lake, Lenawee County, Michigan
Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota
Devils Slide, Utah
Devils Tower, Crook County, Wyoming
Kill Devil Hills, Dare County, North Carolina
Red Devil, Alaska
Seven Devils, Avery County, North Carolina
Satans Kingdom, Addison County, Vermont
Satans Kingdom, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hell, Livingston County, Michigan
Hell Hollow, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Half Hell, Brunswick County, North Carolina
Little Hell, Accomack County, Virginia
Hells Corners, Trumbull County, Ohio
Merry Hell, Simpson County, Mississippi
Firetown, Hartford County, Connecticut
Pyro, Jackson County, Ohio

Witch Lake, Marquette County, Michigan
Witch Hazel, Washington County, Oregon
Black Cat, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Spook City, Saguache County, Colorado
Spook Hill, Baltimore County, Maryland
Transylvania, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
Transylvania Beach, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Blood, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Bloody Corners, Portage County, Ohio
Bloody Springs, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Slaughter, Kent County, Delaware
Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Slaughter, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Slaughter Beach, Sussex County, Delaware
Slaughter Creek, Stewart County, Georgia
Slaughter Landing, Madison County, Alabama
Slaughterville, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

John, Russell County, Virginia
Carpenter, Clark County, South Dakota
Michael, Calhoun County, Illinois
Myers, San Miguel County, New Mexico
Lee, Fayette County, West Virginia
Curtis, Lewis County, Washington
Lance, Madison County, Missouri
Guest, De Kalb County, Alabama
Malcolm, Washington County, Alabama
McDowell, Highland County, Virginia

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Cupcakes and knitting and dolls, oh my!

This makes me smile so much - the Dark Side is taking over the whole of the crafting world, Bwahahahahahahah!
I found this first lot on Slightly Warped, but there are no credits given, so we can't all give praise to whichever fiendish soul created these little beauties :(









But these little beauties I can give credit for, we should all bow down before xsomnis, who has these pics up at her Flickr account


And last but definitely not least, we have dollmaker cArNiVaLiTy, who creates these awesomely creepy dolls. You can see her Flickr album HERE and her Etsy shop HERE

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Happy Tree Friends

Allow me to introduce you Happy Tree Friends, and don't worry, this won't be disturbing for all you cute-o-phobes out there, the cute in this is definitely balanced out :P It's not entirely necessary to have the sound on as you watch, but without it you'll miss the psychotically cheerful theme tune, which I love ;)
And, LOL, if it's any consolation, I've had the theme tune stuck in my head as well :P One, two, three, altogether now . . .

Fiendishly Fun Friday - It hurts . . .

Ok, not really so creepy, but it made me smile :) Originally found HERE

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Burtonesque furniture

 

I swear Vincent Leman channels Tim Burton's brainwaves for these little treasures!  Be sure to click on the link to see more of Leman's lovelies :)

Fiendishly Fun Friday - more killer pumps

Ok, let me just preface this with the fact that though I love the look of  killer stilettos, no way could I wear them.  My pudgy peds prefer running shoes & Sketchers... just sayin'.  :)  But I stumbled across THIS post that showcased these beauties:

This lovely acrylic tarantula number... uh, eww.

And how about this?  Kinda looks like a hooker robot pump, right?!  :)

I hope your Friday is Fiendishly Fun!!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Freaky Face(s)

I have no idea what he's doing, or why he's doing it, but kudos to him for beimng so freakishly mesmerising. I hate it, but I can't look away . . .
Original page HERE

He's being the whole of KISS, lol, I missed that reference until you all commented :P