Haunted Design House

I've been putting off this last post. Maybe I think it will postpone the impending holidaze as well. I'm not ready for Xmas. Are you? We haven't even hung up the nooses in the dungeon yet. We keep up the cobwebs all year long, but not a lot of holiday merriment going on yet. I think we're still hung over from Hallowe'en. The time has come to announce the winners of  our "Samhain Sunset" challenge, sponsored by Aurora Wings . Congratulations to Susan and  Leigh    Fabulous work ladies. Well deserved win! Please contact me here , and I will put you in contact with Mitzi to claim your generous prize. And our final Master of the Macabre goes to Wendy Lynn !!!! Congratulations Wendy! Please email me your mailing address and I will get your winnings in the mail ASAP! Thank you to everyone for visiting us throughout the year.  We love hearing your feedback and comments. Thank you to ...

Drum roll please....... The Master of Macabre is Shelley .  Congratulations Shelley for substantially getting your creep on and you are the proud winner of  Teri's La Llorona image AND Lynx's Poe Piece.      We bow to you oh creepy one.  If you could  email   with your address to claim your prizes please.      The Gruesome Twosome for the Drop Dead Gorgeous Challenge are:   Carol with her amazing Zombie Head.     and   Crystal with her very cool Frankie Card.       The Gruesome Twosome of the Dante's Nine Circles challenge are:   Monique  with her insanely brilliant card.       and   Fiona with her brilliant ATC.     Now you can display your badges with the knowledge that you guys have the ability to hone your dark side to wicked little pieces of art.   Thank you and rem...

Better tardy than dead! I am alive, but still a bit "off". Okay a little more "off" than usual. But I did manage to actually produce something for this week's challenge. Bare Bones - no bumpy embellishments or dimensional creations this week. More along the lines of a clean and simple, but cleanliness is not really in my repertoire.   I went with a tag this week, featuring an insane image from Rick St. Dennis . I was inspired to create a tag after watching a Stamp-tember tutorial by Tim Holtz. It was perfect for this "non-dimensional" challenge, and it gave me a reason to use some new stamps and more of my unused Ranger products.  Who doesn't need a Zombie Stripper image?!!! Isn't she just wonderfully wretched?! I have a few RSD digis from last years designs, but he has come out with so many new and horribly twisted Hallowe'en themed images this season. I picked up a few more, with plenty still on my w...

This week we have provided you with a photo to draw your inspiration from. I am a huge Oddities geek, so this photo really spoke to me. Problem was, trying figure out that the hell it was saying! This was a rough one, so I opted for a very literal interpretation. I am starting to enjoy making ATCs, so I thought this would make for a smaller and what I thought would be easier project. Smaller? Yes. Easier? No. It looked pretty good in the sketch phase, but once the colors were added, there was no going back. I don't hate it, but I wanted to feel more proud of it than I am.  Betcha Fiona rocked this one!   Why yes, yes she did!! Beautiful!!   There are still a few more days to join us with for our Insidious Inspiration photo challenge !  We want to see what you see when you look at that picture. And now for the naming of the Gruesome Twosome from last week's Freaker's Free for All challenge. Con...

As usual, we are running a bit behind here in the dungeon. Better late than never though, right? We am proud to announce Cgra as our Master of the Macabre for April !!! Congratulations!!! Please contact The Mistress to lay claim to your winnings. Her addy is in the sidebar, and include your mailing address too.  The chosen Gruesome Twosome for the Hot as Hell in Here! challenge are Mark     and Lady B Congratulations to you both! Great takes on the theme of fire and/or Hell. Grab your badge and display it proudly! We would also like to add a special mention this week to Nancy Check out  Nancy's blog to find the YouTube link that makes this card even funnier! Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to join us last week for our fiery challenge. We really enjoy seeing what you come up with each week!  We'd love to have you all take a stab at our ...

... is none other than... Croms Congratulations!  Be sure to grab your badge & then email your home address to The Mistress (see sidebar for link) so I can send out your goodie-pack! And we'll be deciding on our new Minion this weekend, so stay tuned :)  You've only got a few more hours to enter the DT call!

The winner of the esteemed title of Master of the Macabre (for June) is Wendy!!!!! Congratulations Wendy! Grab your badge and display it with pride.  Please email Barb (her addy is in the sidebar) with your mailing address,  and she will prepare a wonderfully wicked array of goodies sure to make your day!