Macabre Monday HDH145 Insidious Inspiration

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Okay, macabre fans... your challenge this week:

HDH145
"Insidious Inspiration"

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

that is inspired in some way by this photo:


It's nice, right?

Now it's time to see how the Minions have interpreted

this mojo provoking photo.

First up is our esteemed
August guest DT and birfday girl,

Stampin' Angel Jenn

(I know, but we let her hang out anyway)

Jenn is not only our guest DT this month, but Donna and I also have the

pleasure of working with Jenn on the Dilly Beans DT.

Jenn is a busy gal with all of her DT commitments, but she also runs the

Wicked Wednesday ATC challenges,

and is a wife and Mom.

And yet, she never seems to miss a challenge.

Happy Birthday Jenn!

We look forward to seeing more of your

wonderfully dark side this month!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Donna's version of a Lachrymatory or Tear Bottle.

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

  

Imp of Insanity Ike:

The Freak of the Formidable Fiona:
will be joining in on the mid-week inspiration with Creepy Glo.

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Check back on Wednesday for Creepy Glowbugg's,
and Fiona's creations.
We will also be announcing the Gruesome Twosome
from last week's "Freaker's"challenge and July's
Master of the Macabre.

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!!

HDH107 Appalling Apothecary

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Ok, macabre fans... your challenge this week:

HDH107
"Appalling Apothecary"
what's in YOUR medicine cabinet? poison, hemlock, eye of newt!

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

The Macabre Minions have created some superb pieces!
Check out this array of creepy goodness:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Go on take a drink!

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Essence of rat anyone?

Devious Digital Demoness Susan:

Party Time!

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in!