HDH055 - Elegantly Evil

Well, kids... this didn't turn out NEARLY elegant or evil enough, but I'm posting it anyway :)  I've been busy planning & designing samples for some upcoming classes I'll be teaching at The Scrapbook Page in Shawnee, Kansas!  Yep, if you are in the Kansas City area, be sure to sign up for my October 11th Eerie Elegant card class & October 19th Halloween Waterfall Mini-Album class.  The Scrapbook Page's newsletter should be coming out soon so you can get more details... and I'll be posting a couple of pics here in the next week or so :)

Anyway, back to today's bit o' Halloweenieness :)  Super simple and no frills.

Stamps:  Spiders are Seen

Paper:  Penelope, white UltraSmooth & black cardstocks

Ink:  VersaMark, Moonlight white Brilliance

Other:  black embossing powder, Silver Stickles, black ribbon, sequin, Scor-Bug, foam tape

After heat embossing the image & sentiment, I sponged white ink around them.  A little Stickles adds just the right bit o' bling.

What do you think?

HDH051 - Netherworld Nymphs... by Barb

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Can you believe it... I made it just under the wire!  The Queen of Procrastination strikes again.  I should have already had next week's card done by now... HAAAA HAAA... yeah right.

This little nymph image is from Stamp It Crazy... which is still one of my absolute faves.  I squeezed her onto a regular A2 sized card... she really needs a little more space though... no room for foof.

That ribbon is about a 100 million years old and is some cheap crap from Target $1 spot or something.  But, the color was perfect... though the bow won't poof up because it's kinda crispy feeling ;)  So I topped it with another GlowSkullz embellie.

Stamps:  MS182 LG Gothic w/ Branch Wings (Stamp It Crazy), Thinking of You (TAC)

Paper:  Bazzill and Neenah cardstocks

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo

Other:  Scor-Bug, Tim Holtz edge die, GlowSkullz, cheap a$$ ribbon

Copics:  0, BV20, BV23, G12, G21, G24, G85, V93, V95, V99

Look, Oz... Barbi-dots just for you :)

Deal with it...

My mojo is missing... still... WTF?!!  I am hoping to "stamp out of it" this weekend, but I just don't know.  

Soooooooo, the only thing I have for your viewing pleasure is this super CAS card.  The attitude in the sentiment is a PERFECT affirmation for me to get creative... no?

Stamps:  BeBoop Gothing Wings (Stamp It Crazy), Sassy Girls (Missy B's)

Paper:  Bazzill, white ultrasmooth & black cardstocks (TAC)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo

Other:  MS border punch, Tim Holtz edge die, circle punches

Copics:  0, RV10, RV13, RV14, G12, G24, G85, YR20, YR23, YR24, V99

And this card isn't even vintage for my OWN freakin' HDH challenge?!!  Hmmmmm...

...well, at least I can enter this over at BBCS for their "Anything Goes" challenge :)

Beastly Butterfly take two...

... here's another one... not sure about it... me thinks me mojo is amiss.

HauntedDesignHouse's HDH040 - Beautifully Beastly Butterflies

FluterByWednesday's Challenge #111 (open)

Digi:  Butterfly (Scrap Your Scraps)

Paper:  TAC's scarlet, kraft & DCWV orange cardstocks

Ink:  Burnt Sienna & Noir Palettes

Other:  EK Success edger punch

Copics:  0, V99, YR04, YR18, R24, R29

Maybe I'll have some time this weekend to try again... hmmm...

What do you think?

HDH039 - Devious Doctors & Fiendish Florence Nightingales

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:
1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)
2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here.
3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH039.
4. Weekly giveaways!  Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?!  Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :)
5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if they so wish, and receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Devious Doctors & Fiendish Florence Nightingales

 You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using images and/or sentiments of demented doctors, MD's of mayhem, nasty nurses, or psychotic psychiatrists.   

This fabulous challenge has been created by one of our very own Gruesome Twosome Mistresses, OZ!  After a recent up close and personal visit, she has a wonderful outlook on our medical people :)  From Oz:   

"Devious Doctors and Nasty Nurses!!!   That smirk just before they stick that HUGE A$$ED needle in your arm could scare ya to death iffin the bed pan don't kill ya first!!"

I, being the loser that I am, have NOT done the challenge yet!  And I don't have ANY idea what to create... I KNOW I don't have any Dr./Nurse stuff... hmmmmm... 

What do you think...  

are you up for the challenge?!

Missing my mojo... majorly!

I can't seem to find it... have you guys seen it anywhere?  Did someone borrow it and forget to tell me?  WTH?!  So, all I have for you today is this 2-second card.

Stamps:  Fun Skulls, Linear Sentiments, Tiny Tidbits (Hostess Level A)
Paper:  Premium white cardstock
Ink:  Noir Palette
Other:  Scor-Pal, paper flower

I am hoping to have something of substance for you soon :)

What do you think?
It doesn't look too...ummm... "wow, I hope this gift of wine isn't tainted" or anything... does it?  ;)
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Hostess Club Night & a Halloweenie Treatie...

I just got home from a trip to the stylist, and I almost feel human again... now that I have short hair, I swear it grows twice as fast... and those pesky grays mixed with dark brunette is just NOT me!! :) The crazy orange-red is much more in sync with my personality [insert raised eyebrow and sheepish grin here].

I don't know what happened, but I swear my calendar blew up and I have had ZERO creative time! I am so bummed. At least the hubby FINALLY hauled all of my Halloween stuff up (well most of it... he did miss two of the COOLEST things and he'll have to fix that soon!). OH! There's the garage door opener... maybe he'll grab the last goodies now!! [another raised eyebrow] Yes, he is, but he is not happy about it... poor Poot...

[me screaming: "Love you... big kiss!!"]

One of the COOL things is the awesome witch hat in the first photo... definitely one of my favorite purchases last year.

Anyway, my Hostess Club ladies were here last night and they re-created my Batty Moon coaster project. My photo really sucks, but they turned out great in real life!

And, as a bonus, Julie made everyone a little Halloweenie treatie! Last month I showed them how to do the sour cream containers from the SCS tutorial, and everyone loved them... Julie even bought a crimper so she could do more (as did Cindy). I really like it when people get excited about a project... it makes me feel like I actually contributed something!

I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get to work on something tomorrow night. My Saturday is TOTALLY BOOKED with Shriner activities because it's Fall Ceremonial. I will be going to the Ladies' Luncheon with my mom, which is always nice, at one of the MANY country clubs in KC (what is it about golf... I just don't get it). There is always a large turnout for the luncheon, and I'll get to see some faces that I haven't in awhile [I've been a very bad Shrine Lady this year... not going to many functions, etc.: bad bad bad].

Side note: I've had a couple of people ask me how I make my seasoned olive oil, so I'll share that next time, too!

Mojo returneth?

I think I got a little of it back late last night.

From the first moment I saw the Fresh Air Favorites stamp set, I knew I had to have it for Halloween... yes, I know *freak*. There are a couple of images in there that really look like you could creep-them-out with just the right color palette:

Stamps: Fresh Air Favorites, Boo! GWP, From the Heart GWP

Paper: DCWV purple, Bazzill Mono Yellow-Greens, black & white c.s.

Ink: Noir Palette, Moonlight White Brilliance

Other: edge distresser, paper piercer, pop dots, sanding block

I really like this one. It's almost got a creepy-elegance to it?! The second photo is more true-to-life colors.

What do you think?

Have you seen my mojo... it seems to be missing...

Ok. A little warning here. My mojo is missing and I don't know where it could be. I shut myself in my studio last night and this is all I could muster. Also, the lighting stinks right now because it is rainy, so the photos look yellow from my dining room light. Ick.

It is supposed to be one of those illusion-type-things where the smaller individual stamps aren't supposed to be the focus, but the overall picture is what you're after. Does that make sense? I had these scrap pieces of Bazzill Monochromatics and had already cut out these cool scallop cards with my Nestibilities, and decided to put them together.

Stamps: Running Stitches (eyebrows & forehead), Mini Occasions (cat/eyes, pumpkins), All Season Swirls (hat/nose), Boo Bash (sentiment/teeth), So Splattered

Paper: Bazzill Monochromatics (Violets & Yellow-Oranges), black cardstock

Ink: Noir Palette, Brilliance Moonlight White

Other: Nestibilities, Fantastix (for shading), pop dot, foam tape, hydra sponge

Yes, I know... very creepy... but other than that, what do you think? Did I at least get the illusion working?