... at least it's something to look at for a bit :)
7.13.2010
I know it's cute, but...
Labels:
Gamasol / mineral oil,
goulies,
Halloween,
TAC
7.12.2010
HDH047 - Freaker's Free-for-All
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 HDH047.
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 and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.
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 HDH047.
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 and will 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:
Freaker's Free-for-All
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using whatever the hell ya' want!! That's right, baby... a true free-for-all... no rules... no suggestions... no limits :) Well, the ONLY suggestion would be that they should be REALLY dark and creepy this week... you know, Halloween is a mere 110 days away!
I think that all of the jack-o entries last week really got me in the mood for Halloween. You guys are awesome! And I now have a few wonderful jack-o carving links that have been lovingly bookmarked {smiling}
Wanna know what sucks, though? I will not be able to get anything done for this week's challenge! I know.
I SUCK... and not in a good way.
However, I do have a wonderful excuse and it's not even made up! I am working at my day job all week (good AND bad, all at the same time), AND I will be teaching classes at the house (papercrafting & stamping), AND I have a super fun long weekend starting Friday (fun stamping weekend with some fellow TAC demos... as well as teaching Copic coloring!). So, as you can see, unless I can pull something outta my... ummm... by some stroke of geniusness get something done Thursday night, you will have to do without me.
{sniffling... chin quivering... }
There WILL be two Simply Betty posts this week, though... only because I had a deadline :) There will be some great build up to the July 15th release day and hop, so be sure to clicky over there
{pointing to SBS DT list in the sidebar}
Thanks, guys! I'll make it up to ya'... swear!
Really.
Promise.
I totally mean it.
{conceals horns beneath halo VERY well}
Labels:
blah blah blah,
challenges,
Halloween,
Macabre Monday,
twisted,
uh - ewww,
wtf
7.11.2010
Whoops! My bad...
... I TOTALLY freakin' forgot to share some of my favorite carved pumpkins!
I'll admit it, these are those fake hobby store pumpkins & the patterns are from those carving booklets that are aplenty around October.
BUT I DID carve them myself... does that count? I just couldn't bear having to take the many hours of carving a real pumpkin so intricately only to watch him rot away (although I REALLY do like how they look rotten!!).
The top one is a haunted house (hard to tell in this pic), spider next, and the bottom one was made with stencil shapes from Martha Stewart.
This one is really big and has three faces all "welded" together: a screaming ghoul, a skelly/reeper, & Dracula on the right. I had one of those blinking lights in the damn thing, so this was the best picture I could get... the three faces wrap over half-way around the pumpkin.
I just LOVE pumpkins... really I do.
Labels:
challenges,
goulies,
jack-o's,
luminaries,
Macabre Monday,
not-a-card,
skulls or skeletons,
spiders,
vampyres
7.09.2010
HDH046 Wacko Jacko's... done!
Well it took me until tonight, but I did my own challenge! And check it... two posts in the same day! I'll wait a moment while you haul you fanny back into your chair...
...
...
...
:)
Soooooooo back to the wacked jacked card for this evening. I apologize right now for the beyond crappy photos. Obviously if the sun isn't shining & I have to shoot them under my OTT light, ALL IS SUCKY. I even played with the color balance in PhotoShop... of which I know just enough to be dangerous.
BUT I can tell you that in real life, this is pretty cool... IF I do say so myself. Do ya' think I got enough jacko's?? I have a couple more, but me thinks this should do :)
Me likey the dimension to this bad boy... I used foam tape & pop dots to vary the heights of the jacko's. I also used two different orange cardstocks & white... not diggin' the white... made the orange WAY too freakin' bright {hey... that rhymed! :)}
Stamp companies: The Angel Company (TAC), Stamp It Crazy, Missy B's, Judikins, & SU.
Paper: Rusty Pickle dp, Bazzill & TAC cardstocks
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Other: MS border punches
Copics: E09, E35, E57, G14, G28, V99, YG05, YR04, YR07, YR18
Oh, by the way, to the first person that comments and says they want 'em, I've got 16 of these pumpkins stamped that I'll send out. The gi-freakin'-normous Judikins' one isn't in there, but the rest are. My favorite? It's a toss up between gi-fri Judikins' and the Stamp It Crazy one (extreme left)!
So..... have you done anything for this challenge yet? This is your friendly reminder...
don't make me get the flyin' monkeys!
Labels:
a beautiful mess,
challenges,
Copics,
Halloween,
jack-o's,
Macabre Monday
7.08.2010
Simply Betty Sketch Challenge!
Hey all you challenge fans! Here's one for you: the Simply Betty Stamps blog is hosting a sketch challenge that will run through July 29th (11:59pm Eastern time). That's right... about three weeks, so there is PLENTY of time for you to try this baby out:
And guess what the prize is for winning this challenge? One lucky winner will get to be a Guest Designer for Simply Betty Stamps in August! Guest Designer means FREE images to play with... helloooo... TOTALLY worth trying out the sketch, no?!
As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to use Max & Li-Li! Doesn't Max look like he wants to pet Li-Li? Surely he wouldn't bite... well... maybe. Since I printed these digi's prior to sizing them properly, I needed to figure out a way to make it work. Hellooooooo forced perspective :) You are my friend. Doesn't it look like Max is standing in the background with Li-Li up front? Simply by using a trapezoid instead of a rectangle. Me likey.
Had I kept the rectangle shape, Li-Li would have appeared to be some crazy huge monstrous kitty... not that it would be a BAD thing :)
And did her eyes not come out freakin' awesome? And what about her texture? I know! Copic blending solution, you are my friend, too :) A scrap of an old washcloth and some solution, and Li-Li is all textured up.
Digi's: Max & Li-Li (Simply Betty)
Rubber Stamp: Spunky Sprite Girls (sentiment- TAC)
Paper: Cougar white cardstock, Winchester cardstocks (TAC)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Palette Burnt Umber
Other: EK Success & MS border punches, Tim Holtz embossing folder, Scor-bug, Fancy Pants felt border, silver stardust gel pen
Copics: 0, BV20, BV23, E31, E35, E57, E59, V93, V95, V99, YR20, YR23, YR24
Don't forget to pop over to the SBS blog to see what the rest of the SBS Design Team created using the sketch (I can tell you, they are all awesome) and to link up your own creation for a chance to win!
Labels:
challenges,
Copics,
cute,
embossing,
guest blogging,
masculine,
Simply Betty,
vampyres
7.06.2010
Yet another little announcement :)
Are you guys jones'ing for an actual card on this freakin' blog?!! Now that a lot of the housekeeping has been done, how about a little fun?!
I am super excited to tell you all that I am one of the newest members of the Simply Betty Stamps design team! Yes, Lynx TOTALLY caught the new badge in my sidebar... clever girl :)
The SBS blog will be hosting monthly challenges AND there is going to be a new release on July 15th, so you might want to go follow to be updated! In fact, Betty has a fun way to win all SIX of the new releases going on RIGHT NOW!
Yes, I know... SBS are a bit cute... BUT if you will notice there is a subtle appearance of skulls, bats & spiders! Love it. I call it creepy-cute.
Stamps: London, sentiment (unknown source)
Paper: black & premium white cs (TAC), green & amber cardstocks (Bazzill)
Ink: Tuxedo Memento
Other: Michael's $1 ribbon (I know! effing fabulous, right?), pearls (Michael's), clear Stardust gel pen
Copics: 0, C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, E57, G12, G14, G17, G85, V93, V95, V99, YR20, YR23, YR24
So, what do you think?! Don't you LOVE the sentiment? I should probably make a stockpile of these ;)
Labels:
all occasion,
Copics,
cute,
diva,
OMG,
Simply Betty,
sprites
HDH Eerie Inspiration Team...
Ok, so the general consensus on the whole design team thing is this:
1. Macabre Mondays must stay... which we knew already :)
I had no intention of NOT having MM... but thanks for confirming that!
2. keep it small... no need to have too many cooks in the kitchen
3. use and abuse (in a good way) the Gruesome Twosomes & Masters of the Macabre
4. have a list on the sidebar of upcoming challenges to give more time
5. keep it casual... no dungeon time necessary if a deadline is missed :)
Sooooooooo. All that being said, I'm going to start listing upcoming challenges in my sidebar. Not today, but soon :) And we all know that I am not a formal kinda gal, so no issues there. In this case, I agree... small is good... I mean a small group :)
I do like the idea of past GT's & MM's making up the team. Crazy part is that we've got 43 weeks of GT's & 9 or 10 MM's! So that is where we'll start. I went through to see how many people received more than three GT badges to date. My top five GT's are:
Lynx (big surprise!), Oz (love you, babe!), Creepy Glowbugg (my TB soulmate), Donna (Cricut Wonderwoman), and Susan (digital rock star)
So, if any of you Fab Five are up to it, I'd love to enlist your help. Oz, baby, I know you won't be up to it, but you are still on my list, girl! We miss you and are here when you are up and causing trouble :)
My next group of top GT's are: Teri, Alex, Nans, & Kristen... if you all would like to be on standby for the next round (whenever THAT is) I'd love it :)
Well, my Eerie Inspiration Team, what is the next step? Should I start a yahoo group so that the whole team can communicate at once? This way we can come up with some fun ideas to keep it all fresh... in a totally decrepit kinda way? :) Please email me at: barbi007@kc.rr.com and let me know if you are "in" or "out"! Thanks to everyone... we'll work on making it even more fun here!
7.05.2010
Gruesome Twosomes, a new Master, and other various rock stars...
HDH043 prize winner, whom will receive the awesome Stamp It Crazy Dreaming Gothic Lady image I used for my challenge card is: Nancy (beautiful vintage work)! Please email me your mailing address so that I can forward that on to Barb at Stamp It Crazy... thanks so much for offering up the prize, Barb!
HDH044 - Noxious Toxins Gruesome Twosome: Donna for her fabulous shaped card, and Andrea for her awesome hand-drawing ala gas mask. Fabulous work, girls! Grab the Gruesome Twosome badge from my sidebar and link back here, please!!!
HDH044 prize winner, whom will receive a little sumpin' sumpin' from me is: Andrea! Please email me your mailing address so that I can get your prize pack out!
And of course, there is our GT & MM Mistress, Lynx. Beautiful work as always... love it!
HDH045 - Marvelous Masking Gruesome Twosome: Gina for her beautifully masked sassy fairies, and to Clare for creepy-cute carrot tops on parade :) Great job, ladies!!! Grab your GT badges from the sidebar and linky back here!
HDH045 prize winner, whom will receive a little sumpin' sumpin' from me is: Gina! Please email me your mailing address so that I can get your prize pack out!
And then there is Lynx, Queen of Marvelous Masking... not just for this challenge, but in general :)
And we cannot forget about Barb at Stamp It Crazy for this comedy relief! I seriously laughed out loud on this one :) Thanks, Barb!
And now...
It's that time again...
The Gruesome Twosome list from which I will draw a name for Master of the Macabre for June 2010 (from HDH041-HDH045 challenges):
1. Nadine
2. Shelley
3. Kelli
4. Susan
5. Andrea
6. Creepy Glowbugg
7. Donna
8. Andrea
9. Gina
10. Clare
10. Clare
{drum roll}
The June 2010 Master of Macabre is:
Andrea!!!
Grab your Master of the Macabre badge from the sidebar, and please email me with your mailing address so I can send out your winnings :)
Thanks so much for everyone's participation... because we all really need a little bit of dark to balance out the cute & cuddly in our lives :) Keep the Eerie Inspiration comin', guys!!
HDH046 - Wacko Jacko's
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 HDH046.
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.
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 HDH046.
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:
Wacko Jacko's
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using images of pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns. Sinister smiling, gutted, sliced, jacko's left to rot... this has GOT to be an easy one in which to participate, right?! AND you can earn a bonus entry into this week's prize drawing if you also share a photo of your favorite jack-o-lantern... it can be one that you created yourself or one that is over-the-top awesome that you've found elsewhere. Sound like fun? I KNOW!
Later today (Monday) I'll announce the Gruesome Twosomes for the past few challenges AND the June 2010 Master of the Macabre! AND I'll address the "poll" results from this past week very soon!
7.03.2010
HDH045 Macabre Monday challenge...
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 Night, Spring Dream and All Season Swirls (retired TAC), broom (Battle Axe), sentiment (Viva Las Vegas)
Paper: Penelope & brown cardstocks, Cougar white cardstock
Other: Lime Stickles
Copics: 0, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR18, YR23, YR24, YG01, YG03, YG91, V01, V06, V09, RV02, RV10, RV11, RV13, E09, E31, E35, E53, E57, E59, BG02
Here is the original stamp image (above). I masked over the little girl on the left. I LOVE the hair curlers. They make me smile. They remind me of when I was a very little girl... I would watch my sisters & mom put them in their hair. I also masked the sentiment/swirls & a teensie bit of the broom.
So much fun to color... I need to work on my wood floor technique more. Maybe I should google you-tube that. Her hair & face turned out awesome, me thinks.
What do you think?
Labels:
all occasion,
challenges,
Copics,
cute,
Halloween,
Macabre Monday,
magic,
masking,
new products,
witch
Random poll question:
Since I have been sucking (in a bad way) at posting, and keeping up on schtuff... should I enlist the help of you good (or evil) readers? I guess it would be KINDA like a design team, but since I don't own some awesome stamp store, compensation would be a whole separate poll question :)
(HDH design team picture stolen from Google images)
See, when I first started this little ol' blog, I thought I would be surfing the net, finding all kinds of random creepy and weird stuff to post... photos, links, whatever. How much of THAT has gone on here?
Exactly... notsomuch. Busy busy... which is good in some ways & NOT in others :)
Sooooooooo, what should we do? I am definitely keeping Macabre Mondays going, but right now I don't know very far in advance as to what the challenge will be.
{to be read as: drum up something the night before or night of posting :) }
procrastinate much?
I need to bite the bullet and figure stuff out a minimum of a month ahead
(haaaa haa haaaa.... oh, sorry)
IF I do that, maybe we could do a little team thing? I don't know... what do you think?
I'm just randomly typing crap here, guys :)
What would suck (in a bad way) is that if we get a team going and then no participation in challenges happen except team people... know what I'm sayin'? So, please please let me know your thoughts...
I really DO appreciate all of you!
you are the skull to my crossbones
the wand to my spells
the nail in my coffin... er, ummm...
... maybe that last one was a bit much?
7.02.2010
Please excuse the brain lapse...
... but if you have not received a prize package that you are due, please email asap to: barbi007@kc.rr.com ! If you happen to know for which HDH challenge, that would be a bonus. I'm playing catch-up this weekend, and I am even going to try to pre-package some for future winners.
{Hellooooooo... there's a freakin' concept}
I apologize profusely for my tardiness in getting these to you, ladies... I'm really not this flaky... normally :) Now that my annual direct-sales seminar is over, I will hopefully be more focused! Thanks!!!
~Barb... the not-so-Masterful Mistress of the Macabre
6.30.2010
No. I haven't done my challenge card yet...
...but thanks for asking :) I do have an IDEA for one. Does that count?
Instead, I thought I'd post this super simple card I did last night.
This is London. Isn't she cute? What about the green hair? I struggled with that one... I just didn't have quite the right markers to get the color right, so I kept layering and layering. You should see the back of the panel... it has as much color on it as the front :)
I'm not sure who makes the sentiment stamp... I removed it from the wood and didn't write down the company a loooooong time ago. But don't you love it? And don't we all have a little wonkeyness?
Stamps: London (Simply Betty), sentiment (unknown)
Paper: Olivia (BG), teal base (Bazzill), white ultrasmooth & black (TAC)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Other: flowers (MM & Bazzill), brad, silver Stardust glitter pen
Copics: 0, E000, E00, E11, R32, R35, R37, BG72, BG78, YG01, YG03, YG91, G24
Maybe I'll work on my challenge card tonight :)
Labels:
all occasion,
Copics,
cute,
diva,
Simply Betty
6.29.2010
Don't forget about the sale...
6.28.2010
HDH045 - Marvelous Masking
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 HDH045.
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.
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 HDH045.
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:
Marvelous Masking
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using the stamp masking technique. Not familiar with this? There are very extensive masking techniques, and then there is the quick & easy like post-it notes :) Take a rubber stamp, cover (mask) the area you do NOT want to see, ink up the stamp image, remove mask, and stamp image. Additional masking on the stamped panel may be required as well... do a little, or a lot... but let's see whatcha' create!!
Lynx is a FABULOUS resource for masked stamped projects... me likey... A LOT! And don't think you have to rock it like Lynx... simple one-image masking will do just fine for this challenge (that's probably what I'll be doing!!!). We just want to see you try it!
Lynx is a FABULOUS resource for masked stamped projects... me likey... A LOT! And don't think you have to rock it like Lynx... simple one-image masking will do just fine for this challenge (that's probably what I'll be doing!!!). We just want to see you try it!
Ok, sorry I've been MIA lately... I had a weekend seminar to attend, and I'm not very tech savvy away from home (to be read as loser) :) I am hoping to have something fan-tab-u-lous for you sometime this week... but in the meantime... are YOU up for the challenge?!!
6.24.2010
Enabling at it's best...
In celebration of the official start of summer, Simply Betty Stamps is having a sale!!! From now through June 29th:
- Buy all six My Kids Emo World rubber stamps for $45... that's like getting one FREE!!! Use Code 6EMOS45
- Buy all six DT Diva Digis for $15... that's like getting one FREE!!! Use Code 6DTDD15
- Buy all six My Kids Emo World rubber stamps AND all six DT Diva Digis for $50!!!! That's a discount of more than 30%!!!!!!! EMODTCOMBO
6.23.2010
Kenny K's DT call
Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge blog is having a DT call through Saturday, June 26th! These are some cute digi's, I must say. And if you go to his greeting card shop, you'll see a bunch of fabulous little goth girls, which I am hoping will be released as digi images in the future {crossing fingers}!
So, this post is my bid for a DT spot :) We're supposed to choose one of our best creations, colored images are a must, and post it. What is difficult, is that what I think is my best and what someone else thinks is my best are probably totally different :) Plus, Copic coloring looks very different from colored pencil rendering, so which do you choose? So, I'm posting more than one... will that totally disqualify me? :)
Click on the photos to see them up close and personal!
What do you think... which is your favorite?
Labels:
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Copics,
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elegant,
Gamasol / mineral oil,
wedding
Cuteness alert...
Ok... I know you guys are into the dark side of things and all, but I have to share this super cute Kraftin' Kimmie card I made over at my "normal" blog :)
Please click HERE
Labels:
all occasion,
blah blah blah,
cute,
diva,
dolls,
love,
sprites
6.21.2010
HDH044 - Noxious Toxins
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 HDH044.
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.
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 HDH044.
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:
Noxious Toxins
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using images & sentiments of a poisonous nature. Arsenic bottles, killer ivy, venomous snakes, pollutants of nature...
... it's a toxic free-for-all.
... it's a toxic free-for-all.
Check it! Another week of getting my card done on time :)
Oh, man... I probably just jinxed myself!
Is this not freakin' adorable? I know... I REALLY like the dark & creepy, but I saw this image and had to have it. I love the sweet & sinister look on her face :) This image is huge... not much room for any extra schtuff. I should have done a 5-1/2" square card... but that's out of my comfort zone :)
Stamps: Perfect Poison (or is it Pretty Poison? -- Kraftin' Kimmie)
Paper: Neenah white, TAC black & DCWV green cardstocks
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Other: MS border punch, Crystal Lacquer, Offray & HL ribbons
Copics: 0, E000, E00, E11, V93, V95, V99, YG01, YG05, BV20, BV23
I added a little lacquer to the bottle, her eyes, & barrettes. I know... ANOTHER dotty background... but it is totally in keeping with this image, no?! Me loves it.
Ok. Your turn. Are y'all up for concocting a little sumpin' sumpin' for this week's challenge?
Oh, man... I probably just jinxed myself!
Is this not freakin' adorable? I know... I REALLY like the dark & creepy, but I saw this image and had to have it. I love the sweet & sinister look on her face :) This image is huge... not much room for any extra schtuff. I should have done a 5-1/2" square card... but that's out of my comfort zone :)
Stamps: Perfect Poison (or is it Pretty Poison? -- Kraftin' Kimmie)
Paper: Neenah white, TAC black & DCWV green cardstocks
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Other: MS border punch, Crystal Lacquer, Offray & HL ribbons
Copics: 0, E000, E00, E11, V93, V95, V99, YG01, YG05, BV20, BV23
I added a little lacquer to the bottle, her eyes, & barrettes. I know... ANOTHER dotty background... but it is totally in keeping with this image, no?! Me loves it.
Ok. Your turn. Are y'all up for concocting a little sumpin' sumpin' for this week's challenge?
Labels:
all occasion,
Copics,
cute,
diva,
Macabre Monday,
magic,
poison,
skulls or skeletons,
sprites,
witch
6.19.2010
Double-duty challenge card...
... ala Stampotique :) Creepy Glowbugg, being one of the coolest creepy chicks I know, agreed to swap a couple of stamp images with me... and of course, Bowtie from Stampotique is STILL on my wishlist :) Thanks, CGB!
I've been wanting to participate in challenges, but just have not had the time or mojo to get it goin' on... so I forced myself to play today! I created Bowtie Birthday for The Burtonesque Dolls #7 (Burton birthday) & I used Stamp Insanity's SISC14 sketch & card size (dollar bill: 2-5/8"x6").
Fun time... except for sad Mr. Bowtie... suck it up man, it's just another freakin' birthday! :) Yeah, remember I said this come March next year when I turn the big 4-0 (GASP!) Actually it will be more like {GASP... HOLY $%&^, I'M HOW DAMN OLD?!!!} :)
Stamps: Bowtie (Stampotique)
Paper: Bazzill & DCWV cardstocks
Ink: stamped from CGB, so not sure :)
Other: Micron pen, foam tape, misc. gems
Copics: E000, E00, E11, RV06, RV09, BG10, BG49, BG78
Copics: E000, E00, E11, RV06, RV09, BG10, BG49, BG78
Well, I'm off to play more...
... and what have YOU been working on?!!
***ETA... I just noticed that it looks as if Bowtie is sportin' a 70's fro'!!!
***ETA... I just noticed that it looks as if Bowtie is sportin' a 70's fro'!!!
Labels:
challenges,
Copics,
cute,
goulies,
masculine
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