Haunted Design House

***Note:  If you are looking for this week's Macabre Monday challenge, please scroll down to the next post... it's a fun one!*** Simply Betty Stamps has got another fun release this week... if you like Gothic-cute, this is for you!  Remember the Sweet Gothic Kids ? Well they are back and ready for Easter... perfect for those Easter cards, crafts, and baskets!  The best part is that they will be available in both Digi and Rubber Friday March 25th!  In the meantime the SBS DT will be showing off all of the SG Kids, so be sure to check the SBS Challenge Blog every day this week! Well, you know me... I had to go all Halloweenie on this release, too ;)  This is Judy, and she is my FAVE of the release!  Sweet, sassy, and lookin' a bit like a Playboy Bunny, no? She was VERY fun to color, and can I say that I LOVE my colorless blender Copic marker?!  L.O.V.E.  It's so easy to get those eye highlights to look fabulously shiny :) And my new favorite C...

Just two more days until Simply Betty Stamps' Valentine Emos Release Day!!!!  Did you go check the previous previews yet from the DT?  You really should... especially Cupid Christian... he is LOL awesome! Sooooo, on to today's preview... London!  She is so cute, greedily hugging all of her valentines... she is one popular little thing, no? Like Valentine Betty, London has a big wink for ya'... cute, huh? And I am loving my Scor-Tape & squinchy ribbon look... it uses way more ribbon, but it is soooo worth it :) The sentiment is a retired one from TAC and the ribbon is HL. I've used MME's Alphabet Soup Boy & Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas paper lines. Be sure to check out the SBS challenge blog for the other DT's work... it is fabulous as always!

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...

Yeay!  Here it is... Release Day :)  If you were just at Alicia's blog , you are on the right track! If you haven't stopped at the Simply Betty Stamps Blog first, you need to start there!  Why?  For a chance to win the entire Summer Fun edition of My Kids Emo World!  Be sure to visit each of the SBS design team blogs & leave a little love...  SIX people will win one new release image, and ONE lucky person with get 'em all! {muhuwah ahh ahh ahh ahhhh} ... uh yeah, that was my attempt at the evil, shifty eyed, greedy bad guy laugh... in case you didn't know :) The contest ends Saturday night July 17th , so check the SBS blog for details. And now... on to the the lovely Summer Betty ! Isn't she awesome?  For this card, I wanted Betty to be a vamp.  So instead of tanning herself by sunlight, she's getting a moon-tan :)  I added a little white lace Stickles to the moon & top of the umbrella as well as some little gray gems to Betty's s...

Thought I'd post this before the weekend gets too far away from me.  Of course it didn't help that I slept in until 10am!!!  I KNOW.  But, I didn't go to bed until the wee hours of the morning, so it's not like I'm THAT big of a loser :)  I was up watching some LAME horror movie... I didn't even wait until the end to change the channel... yeah, THAT lame. Anyway, on to today's bit of creepy cuteness :)  I FINALLY finished my entry for this week's masking challenge!  And so sorry... it IS cute.  :) I had the idea for this since I first saw this set in the new TAC catalogue at seminar.  Well, I didn't have the broom and hat in mind, but the rest... definitely.  I admit, it looked better in my head... it looks kinda cluttered and busy now.  I should have left off the broom & hat... but I LOVE that broom stamp.  And isn't she such a cute little witch... all ready for bed in her pink curlers?! Stamps:   Movie ...

Ok, you KNOW how I just love the creepy stuff, but I SWEAR that as soon as I saw this Valentine Betty image I was a goner.  Is she not the CAH-YOOTIST chick ever?!  Complete all the way to her adorable little skully hair bow... it makes me smile. :) See?! Next to all of the Halloweenie Emos, this is my FAVORITE Emo to date.  Look at that sassy little wink as she blows a kiss... LOVE it. Digi/Rubber image:  Valentine Betty (SBS) - available starting January 7th! Paper:  MME ASB-Ledger , Echo Park ELC-Ornaments , Bazzill red cs Other:  Copic markers, Diamond Stickles, circle punches, misc. twill, tile & brads Be sure to pop over to the Simply Betty Stamps blog to check out my awesome fellow DT's work!  And you may want to load that blogsite into your Reader, because there will be previews every day from now until Release Day on January 7th!!! And don't forget that January 3rd starts up another year of Macabre Monday challenges here at HDH!!

Welcome to Haunted Design House's Macabre Monday challenge ! HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a Halloweenie SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) However, no extra 'points' are given either way. 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and linky back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, PW, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH013 . 4. I'll have monthly contest giveaways... tune in for additional details. 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (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...

Ok, so I haven't been posting much lately, right?  Well, part of the reason is because I was busy creating these lovelies:  http://www.theangelcompany.net/PromoProjectPlaylist.html !  Click on the Fall Into Fabulous title to see the stamp specials, and click on the individual photos (including the Boo-berry one) for a closer look at the projects :) I had an absolute blast, and these stamp sets make me want to host a Halloweenie bash even more than before!  I LOVE how the two mummy things turned out... so much fun!  I think I'll be doing several of these projects to sell at my upcoming craft fair booth... most definitely. Thanks for looking!  And if you have any questions on recipes, etc., just email me and ask! .

You knew this one was comin', right? He's freakin' cute, Yo! :) As soon as I saw this little dude in the new TAC catalogue, I wanted to give him a spider yo-yo... that's just how I roll :) I saw the Mojo Monday #94 sketch and really liked it, so I started grabbing trims and halloweenie cardstocks and started layering. No patterned paper! Stamps: Victorian Elements , Spunky Sprite Boys , Happy Haunting , Punk Princess (retired) Paper: Basic Black & Olive cardstocks, Premium White, Bazzill Mono-Yellow Oranges , Mulberry Meadow cardstock (purpl e - retired) Ink: Burnt Umber & Noir Palettes , Moonlight White Brilliance , VersaMark Other: Pop dots, Prismacolors w/ mineral oil, foam tape, distresser, misc. trims, Creative Cafe button, orange blingy It kinda looks a little busy, but I really wanted to use my new brocade stamp on a creepy card :) I stamped the boy on the white panel and then colored it in with a black marker... this gives a great shadow aro...

Haa haa! I received several replies from FB & Twitter after my status update last night :) So, here is the little bit o' cuteness I was talkin' about: Boo Sprite Girl { squeal } Isn't she abso-freakin-lutely adorable? I LOVE LOVE LOVE this new set from TAC. So versatile... I mean, we all know I can spook-up just about anything... but come on, isn't the image cute? Stamps : Spunky Sprite Girls , Glitter G oblins (might be back in September) , Punk Princess (retired) Paper : Bazzill Mono-Oranges, Basic Black & Olive cardstocks, & Premium White cardstock Ink : Noir Palette , VersaMark Other : pop dots , black lace, distresser , Prismacolors w/ mineral oil, grey Tombow marker I missed a spot on her hand, but I'll fix it later... just a quick swipe with the blending stump! The woven background is a leftover from my Pape r Wings design team project, so that should peak a little interest, there { insert evil smiley w/ raised eyebrow & horns her...

This month, it was my turn to teach a make-n-take for the Gardner Stamp Club that meets at the library. Patti wanted to do the Fold Over Treat Envelope that is in the back of the TAC catty [though she doesn't remember saying that... silly Patti!], so I chose to do a Christmas version. It's a wonderful little project that I'll be sharing with you in another post , but I needed the back-story for this post. [can I get any wordier?... like you care about the back-story...] Anyhoo, the treat envie only uses the top portion of a lunch sack, so I had a ton of these 'bag butts' left over and they really wanted to become something wonderful. [wouldn't you want to if you were referred to as a butt?] ... I digress... Here's how I created my Boo Tri-fold Bag Card : I lightly stippled Burnt Umber Palette ink around all of the edges and distressed the edges of the cardstock & DP (except for the inside piece, which I fixed on another one that I made!). I also st...

OMG OMG OMG! I have a new love... Black Magic ColorCore Cardstock by core'dinations . It is quite possibly the most perfect cardstock for all that is Halloween. I just got it today and had to do something with it! This is not my best work, but I love it anyway because it uses one of my all time favorite (retired, dang it!) TAC stamp sets: Haunted . Isn't the house awesome? The sentiment is TAC's Happy Haunting (current), Noir & Water Lilly Green Palette inks, DCWV card base, some misc. funky orangy-yellow cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folder, and a ripped strip of cotton (old pillow case). So what do you think?