Haunted Design House

It's the Masterful Mistress of the Macabre here... late as usual ;) But at least I've got an additional body in the dungeon today...  Creepy Glowbugg! We've got a little mid-week Halloweenieness for you using the newest of the  Steampunk Collections  digi images drawn by the fabulous Abigail Larson,  Limited Edition Zombies and Creeps , provided by our Macabre Monday Challenge sponsor this fortnight: Store  / Simply B Blog  /  Challenge Blog  /  Steampunk Challenge Blog First up, using SBS's Collette digi: Masterful Mistress of the Macabre Barb And also using SBS's Collette digi: Creepy Glowbugg   For details and additional photos, please visit our blogs! Please enter your  Zombie or Classic Creep  creation  here . And if you're feeling a little literary, enter our  creative writing challenge   here .

Are you ready for Round #3 of the Design Team Throwdown Challenge going on at  Smeared and Smudged's ning forum ?! Teri , Creepy Glowbugg , and myself ( The Masterful Mistress ) are competing as a team for the badge and bragging rights of the DT Throwdown champions . Top designers from some of the BEST alternative DTs are competing against each other to see which DT reigns supreme. We won the first challenge... I KNOW we can do it again! This DT Throwdown Challenge is all about Mini Books ! Let us reveal what the Minions have been up to: Temptress of Terror Teri The Little Book of Gothic Horror Please visit Teri's blog to learn about all of the fabulous details in this beautiful faux leather & copper mini book! Masterful Mistress of the Macabre Barb Mixed Media Dark Art Book  Please visit Barb's blog to view each page up close and personal, and see what happens when she raids the Architectural samples closet in ...

Do not adjust your monitors.  It is not a glitch.  And no... you are not hallucinating (or maybe you are).  It is I... The Masterful Mistress of the Macabre! Oh how I have missed this.  It has been so sad that I haven't been able to get my creep on this year and participate at HDH.  Life sometimes is a drag, and the mundane things like work,bills & drama unfortunately take the front seat. So, on to the good stuff for today!  This week we are sponsored by Rick St. Dennis .  I chose to work with his " Salome the Vampyr " and " Hexology " images... and they are fabulous: I apologize for the horrible photos... I just don't know how to adjust my camera when it comes to reds... they always end up REALLY bright.  Anyway, I know the color combo on this card is a bit different.  Red, purple, black & gold?  Yeah.  I had already colored her gown purple & hair black, so the robe needed contrast... it DOES pick up ...

It's that time of the week where I try to entice you with my wares. The Macabre Monday challenge this week is Freaker's Free for All and we are sponsored by   I used a few Tiddly Inks images for this one. I used  "Vamp Me" as my main image. I also used the  headstone and the coffin from the Vampire extras pack. I attached everything to a floral oval Spellbinder and added some paper fleurs for that overall Gothic feel. I am not a big Vampire fan (I like the dirty werewolves better- like Alcide Herveaux), but this is a sweet image, perfect for the newer generation of Gothic glamourists and Vampyr lovers. The challenge is anything goes, so why not play along with, well, anything!!! As long as it's Hallowe'en or Gothic in nature, we'd love to see it! And now the moment you've all been waiting for, the naming of the Gruesome Twosome from last week's Movie Madness challenge. Congratulations ...