Haunted Design House

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Our next Macabre Monday challenge is : Skeletal Remains We are not actually goading you into doing a Burke and Hare on us! What you can do is get down to the nitty gritty with anything relating to skeletal remains e.g. skulls, skeletons and bones etc. This week we are lucky enough to be sponsored by  The Octopode Factory . Lily is offering up a $15 gift certificate to the winner. Lily has some of the most quirky, original images available.  Something for everyone, even us creepy folk!   There is also a challenge blog for  The Octopode Factory . Let's see what the Minions have dug up for this skeletal theme. Menace Of The Monstrous  Mark : Using the Valentine St Valentine digital stamp. Agent Of The Abominable Andrea : Using The Raven and the Pirate Bay Fram...

I'm not really distressed... because I actually got to play along with the challenge this week!  Smeared Ink was awesome enough to offer up a sponsorship, and the Minions and I couldn't be happier... thanks SI!! We tailored this week's challenge, "Pass the Distressing, Please" , specifically for Smeared Ink... their name says it all!  Ink it, rip it, tear it, file it, crumple it... you get the idea :)  Here is my offering: other details:  Tim Holtz edge die & key die, Maya Road stick pin & rose trim, Karen Foster paper I LOVE how this turned out.  In real life, the red is a true BLOOD red!  I added color with my Copics and then went to town distressing the edges & gettin' inky.  I even colored a clear crystal stick pin to match the red... me likey. I used two of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Smeared Ink images:   Skull - Quoth the Raven Plaque - As Death   Aren't they fantastic?!  These images would ...

After seeing what Creepy Glowbugg did with all of those Delicious Doodles images, I didn't even want to post this.  Wasn't that step card amazing?!!!  Me.  So.  Jealous. So, here is my no-frills card for you: That Zombie Pirate image by Teri is awesome, isn't it?  So to make it center-stage, I just used some Karen Foster "Dragon's Gate" paper scraps & popped up the matted image. You still have a few days to play along for the chance at some Delicious Doodles digis!  Check out THIS post for details :)

First up... for those that have won prizes and have NOT received them, please email the Mistress:  barbi007@kc.rr.com ... she is obviously slipping :) Next... Mutinous Monday!  I totally forgot about posting this way back when SBS released the Halloween Steampunks...dammit!  Better late than never, I guess: Meet Draco .  LOVE him!  I can't find him in the SBS store, but the link takes you to the section in which he should be found.  The others in that line are pretty awesome, too!  The sentiment here is from Pink By Design's A Haunting We Will Go .  Martha's Scarey Fence & Grass edge punches and a little Echo Park Apothescarey paper line finishes this off. I'll have more Mutinous Mondays for you, however I am up to my pumpkins with classes & holiday activities for the remainder of the year!  I seriously don't remember life being this busy a few years ago... it sucks to be a grown-up sometimes ;)

Whoops!  Almost didn't make it :)  So, just a super-quick post tonight... I { bleeding heart } my new Tim Holtz Sizzix dies! Lookie: ( Candlelight Fright and Mini Bat & Skull Set ) More of that Moxxie Midnight Dreary line... I hope you're not sick of that yet, because I will be using it a lot more >:) Anyway, super-simple card, but it definitely rates a "me likey"... no?

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. Please make sure that your blog post / upload has been made AFTER the challenge date... we wanna see fresh stuff, not those from a few weeks ago!! 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH094 . 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. We'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a M...

I got to play!!!!  I am totally psyched... I just LOVE getting crafty, and these Kenny K images definitely add the fun ;) I was lucky enough to work with Miss Fortune... a sexy little bi-atch, no? And check this awesome clearance aisle find... its a faceted glass gem that has been wrapped in mesh and set into a metal housing.  L.O.V.E. it.  Thank you, JoAnn's, for the frugal find :)  I've got these in this pink/purple, light green, light grey & black (with silver mesh)... jealous?  ;) I'm not overly thrilled with her hair, but the rest of her turned out great, me thinks.  I've got her sitting atop some self-adhesive velvet skully trim from We R.  I cut the little bat out and stuck it on the inside.   The paper is from my stash, and it has been crumpled, sanded & torn... pretty much mangled :)  I also distressed the edges of all of the cardstocks & crumpled up the flower.  I used a Tim Holtz edge die & popped o...

Yep... pimping myself out once again :)  I just can't help myself.  At least I won't be writing a lot for this post... I'll just load her up with pictures, cool?  I'm gonna use these as my Pleasure & Pain entry as well: Pleasures:   Copic coloring, pop dots (I'm addicted), GlowSkullz , rubber stamps Pains:   figuring costing, material spreadsheet & writing class instructions (ugh!!!!) I know... I'm stretching it, but I can because I am the Masterful Mistress of the Macabre .  :P Sorry I can't divulge the recipes for these... you've gotta attend the class to get them... sucka!  And the class is full AND it's next week.  BUT you can still take it if you bring your own Copics... just call The Scrapbook Page :)  I will say that the stamps are from Simply Betty Stamps {shhhhh}.

It's finally here!  JUST in case you hadn't heard about this through the grave-vine, the awesome Skull-A-Day blog has declared June 4th to be forever-more Skull Appreciation Day :)  For the full deets on this, check out THIS POST at S.A.D. To help spread the word and share a little skulliness (that would be skull happiness) with the masses, Smeared Ink has organized a fabulous blog hop for us creative & crafty types ;)  AND there are a ton of prizes to be won along the way!  For the full details, list of sponsors & prizes, or if you get lost along the way, just pop over to Terra's blog !  Be prepared to see some fan-freakin'-tastic skull action throughout this hop... a myriad of artists and craftsman have created some terrific works! If you've arrived here from Dianne's blog , you are right on track. I'll warn you up front... this card is super simple and not nearly as cool as a lot of the other creations you'll see, but it uses my a...

It's here!  The Simply Betty Stamps 50's Emos Release  :)  Be sure to pop over to the Simply Betty Stamps blog for details on how to get your mitts on these images!  Now, on to today's preview 50's Emo Betty: I HAD to ghoul this one up!  Betty is just so happy rolling around on her skully skates... and why shouldn't she be smiling?  Nothing is better than a little brain burger, right? Yes, our awesome Creepy Glowbugg made some custom GlowBwainz for me :)  Thanks, Glo!  As soon as I saw this image I knew I had to have 50's Betty serving up a little sumpin' sumpin' "off menu" so-to-speak :) That's it for this week's release!  Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has done with this image!  Enjoy! card recipe: image:  50's Emo Betty (SBS) sentiment:   More Bone Appetit (TAC) paper:   Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks, patterned paper from stash (can't remember) other:   custom GlowBwainz , Copic m...

Here's one for the guys!  Can't you just hear "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey" in the background?! 50's Emo Christian: Yep.  I went pretty traditional with this one ;)  Although, I did sneak an extra skully in there... I couldn't help it.  LOVE the shoes!  I went a little darker on the skin tone shadow (E13) and me likey! And was hair THE thing in the 50's?  Me thinks yes.  However, this guy doesn't have that duck-butt-'do... sorry, I keep flashing back to "Grease" :)  And, yes, I had to add the blue streak in his hair... he IS an EMO after all. Tomorrow is Release Day!  And just wait until you see what I "cooked" up for you >:) Don't forget to stop by the Simply Betty Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT has been up to! card recipe: image:  50's Emo Christian (SBS) rubber stamp sentiment:  Sweet Goodies (TAC) paper:   Little Yellow Bicycle Booville, Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks other:  Copic Markers, misc....

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. Please make sure that your blog post / upload has been made AFTER the challenge date... we wanna see fresh stuff, not those from a few weeks ago!! 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH090 . 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. We'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a M...