Macabre Monday HDH068 - Octopodally Ominous

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 HDH068.

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:

Octopodally Ominous

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween project / card using EXACTLY 8 items. Every little thing counts... card base, image panel, every gem, ribbon, sentiment, etc!!  This may be harder than you think ;)  No cheating on this one!

This week is sponsored by Lily from Octopode Factory!!  Lily has kindly offered up $10 to spend in her shop to this week's winner!  And yes, when you start looking around at all of her fab images, you are going to want them all... just ask Macabre Minion Donna how many she's got ;)

Check out what Donna and the other Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure... we were lucky enough to work with some of Lily's awesome images ahead of time!

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Geared-up steampunk... perfect, Lynx!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

More steampunks... gotta love 'em in aqua!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

What's the back-story to this one, Susan?  I'm diggin' it already :)

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Which one of these kids is not like the others?  LOVE this holiday card!

:)

Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... not surprising, right?!

I'll be back later this week with my offering...

... I've got TWO done for this challenge!

:)

Gruesome Twosomes & other assorted winners...

I'm not EVEN gonna start with excuses... you've heard them all before.

Let's just all agree that I suck...

and not in a good way :)

Now, on to those that DO NOT suck!

If you are one of the winners, be sure to grab the Gruesome Twosome badge and link back here... display it with pride, my pretties :)

HDH063 - Freaker's Free for All Gruesome Twosome: 

Aisling for her awesome altered playing card, and Happy Days for her ATC treat pouch.  And the prize winner is Nancy for skully santa in da hood. :)

Please email me your mailing address again, Nancy, so I can get your goodies out to you!  My email address is in my sidebar :)

HDH064 - Butchered Blueprint Gruesome Twosome: 

Croms for her skully Noel card, and Raeven for her delightfully different collage card.  Fabulous work, girls!  Nikki of Limited Runs Stamps is sponsoring this week's challenge and the lucky winner whom will receive their choice of THREE digis from from her shop is... Katt!  Please email me so that I can forward it on to Nikki for your prize :)  And thanks, Nikki!

HDH065 - Ravenous Ravens Gruesome Twosome: 

Sarah for her tribute to The Birds, and Gina for her disturbing sheep card.  And the prize winner is Alison...

please email me your mailing address so I can get your goodies out to you!  My email address is in my sidebar :)

HDH066 - MM Movie Mayhem:  A Nightmare on Elm Street Gruesome Twosome: 

Crystal for her delightfully cute twist on a sweet image, and Andrea for a fan-freakin-tastic painting!

Andrea, please email me your mailing address (one more time!) so I can get your goodies out to you!  My email address is in my sidebar :)

HDH067 - Paper Pandemonium Gruesome Twosome: 

Alex for her FANTABULOUSLY fun Zombie handbook, and Katt for her her clever use of dp as sky and ground.  Susan of Crafty Chaos Designs is sponsoring this week's challenge and the the winner will get to choose any THREE items from the shop, AND the Gruesome Twosome will get to choose ONE EACH!  This week's prize winner is Teri for her beyond elegantly creepy raven in a skull tree :) 

 Ladies, please email me so that I can forward it on to Susan for your prizes :)  And thanks, Susan!

Whew.  Now to crown the November Master of the Macabre.  THAT will have to wait a day or two... sorry guys!  BUT, tune in tomorrow for a fun challenge sponsored by Octopode Factory!!

HDH067 - Paper Pandemonium ala Barb...

See... I TOLD you I already had it done!  I actually had finished this over a week ago :)  thankfully, because work has had me freakin' swamped!  No fun time for me, dammit :(

Anyhoo, back to today's (last week's) bit o' fun:

For my offering for HDH067 Paper Pandemonium challenge, I used three different papers from Crafty Chaos Designs.  The line is called Velvet Descent.  LOVE it!  I also used one of Susan's images called Part of Me.

The pictures aren't great... the violet looks more grapey-purple than it's supposed to look :)  And it's MUCH more blended in real life... WTF?

I LOVE the black rose trim from American Crafts.  I can't remember where the black baubles came from, and the edger punch is EK Sucess (or is it a MS?).  Oi.  Where's my head?

Well, I'm off (yeah... waaaaaaaaay off) to get some more work done.  Ugh.  Cross your fingers and cast a spell that I may find time on Sunday to announce some past winners... it's my only day off for 2 weeks :)

Macabre Monday HDH067 - Paper Pandemonium

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 HDH067.

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:

Paper Pandemonium

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using at least two different patterned papers. This has GOT to be an easy one, kids!

This week is sponsored by one of our very own resident Macabre Minions, Digital Demoness Susan from Crafty Chaos Designs!!! Susan has a great assortment of original digital papers and images... AND she'll be handing out some of those bad boys for the winner(s) this week!The winner will get to choose any three items from the shop, and the Gruesome Twosome will get to choose one each.

Check out what the Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure... we were lucky enough to work with some CCD papers ahead of time :)

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Another beyond-gorgeous dark gift box... LOVE IT, Lynx!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

How fun is this?! LOVE the whole steampunk feel to this, and that image is weirdly disturbing :)

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Looks like that clock was MADE for this paper, Susan! Fabulous work as usual :)

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Another lover-ly steampunk card! Beautiful colors AND coloring, Glo!!

Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... not surprising, right?!

I'll be back later this week with my offering...

... really I will.

I mean it.

I swear I already have it done.

:)

SBS 12 Days of Christmas - Day 2

Now let's get on to Day #2! What is Christmas without the Grinch!? Why it's just not Christmas at all! So today we are challenging you to create the best Grinch-mas project you can think of! For this one you can use any image, doesn't have to be an SBS image, but remember it always help sway the judges when choosing a winner! Wink wink!

Today's Prize:
Any 2 SBS rubber stamps winner's choice! Remember you have until Nov. 29th at 11:00 pm PST to upload your creations to the SBS Challenge blog.  And check to see what some of the DT has in store for you!

And here is my last minute entry :)

This would be Punky Teen Christmas Tristan... I really like him and this is the first chance I've had to color him up!  I paired him with a little Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas paper.  This is the Scallop Stripe one... you can see a bit of the stripe on the left, and I used the other side of it for the background.

The skullies are from a Bombshell stamp set, the Bah humbug is a retired sentiment from TAC, and the Whoville is written, not-so-greatly, by me.  Copic markers & a little Rock Candy Distress Stickles finish this baby off.  :)

That's it for today, peeps... super simple card, but a fun one to color!

What do you think?

SBS 12 Days of Christmas - Day 1

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas... with the Simply Betty Twist!  These 12 days are going to be a bit different!  For starters, one winner will be chosen on the next challenge, the prize will be given out right away!  Woop woop!

Enter all challenges for a chance to win a Guest DT Spot for January 2011!  That one person will be chosen by popular votes and as mentioned as long as all challenges have been entered by this person!

Well, what do you say we get this Christmas party started?!  Using any Simply Betty Stamps Halloween image, create a Christmas card... anything goes, but it must be a SBS Halloween image!  Not too hard eh?  For today's prize one lucky winner will receive a choice of any 2 Digi stamps!

You will have until Saturday November 27th at 11:00 PM PST to upload your card for voting consideration.  Upload your card on the SBS Challenge blog... and while you are there, be sure to check out the rest of the DT's cards!

Here's my offering for today's challenge: 

Now, you KNOW I'm down for anything Halloweenie... and Winter holiday cards are no different :)  Actually, I've been known to send Halloween cards INSTEAD of Winter cards, but that's just how I roll.

Mummy Lola was the first SBS image that popped into my head for this challenge :)  At least I gave her a more festive outfit than the usual mummy, right?

 

Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks, Copic markers, a little May Arts webby trim, Tim Holtz edge die, Scor-bug, a few misc. gems & an American Crafts ribbon rose were all that were needed for this yuletide card :)  The alphabet set I used for the sentiment comes from TAC called Mini-Bet.

 

This Lola is available in digi AND rubber form... AND everything is on sale right now!!!  $2.75 for a digi and only $4 for rubbah... and don't forget about the papers & embellies over there.  Go HERE to shop :)

Simply Betty Stamps - Sweet Gothic World Kids Release!

Surprise!  Simply Betty has a houseful of birthdays this month, so she wanted to release a new par-tay line of images!  Que Sweet Gothic World Kids :)

Betty has commissioned a new artist for this release... you can find out more by going to the Simply Betty Challenge blog.  Until then, here is the whole line:

Judy, Sally, Wednesday, Tilly, Alex, and Scott

Cute, right?  But, if you will notice the touch o' Gothiness... skully party hat, batty balloon, skully barrettes, faces with attitude... my kinda cute.

 

I decided to work with Wednesday & Alex... for obvious reasons :)  There are so many snarky sentiments that I will be able to pair with these two, no?!

I tried to make the top of her dress/sleeves & a bit of her tulle skirt look sheer... did it work?  I probably should have darkened them up just a wee bit more.  And I do NOT like how her hair turned out.  Practice practice practice... ugh.

 For Wednesday, I tried a darker skin tone than I normally use... kinda Latina-ish, maybe?  I need more practice with it because the blush is DEFINITELY off.  The sentiment is PERFECT for this card... just sayin' :)  It's one by The Angel Company called Great Greetings.

Next up, Alex:

The look on his face cracks me up. :)  Not really in the party mode, me thinks.  How do you like the sentiment?  It should be read with very little gusto... and perhaps a tinge of annoyance.  :)

And isn't it nice that he is color coordinated with his giftie?  :)

I decided to go through my embellishments and try to use some oldies but goodies.  I have a tough time with guy cards... no ribbon or foof... so these Karen Foster brads & the Scor-Bug did the trick.

Well, that's it for today.  I've been so tired lately, so these aren't the most fantabulous of cards, but I don't hide much from you guys :)  Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's wonderful work over at the SBC blog!!

What do you think?

Macabre Monday HDH066 - Macabre Monday Movie Mayhem... A Nightmare on Elm Street

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 HDH066.

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:

Macabre Monday Movie Mayhem...
A Nightmare on Elm Street

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card gaining inspiration for your project from any of the Freddy movies...
"screeeeeech"


Check out what the Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Eerie & darkness to the nth degree! Fan-freakin'-tastic!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Another favorite Betty image! Works PERFECTLY with the upcoming USA holiday, no?!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

LOVE this eerie song from the movie... hauntingly wonderful :) and the colors are perfect.
Awesome work, Susan!


Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:
called in sick.
...

Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... as usual!
I'll be back later this week with my offering...

... what about YOU?

Enabler alert!

 

Why wait till Black Friday when you get only one day of sales right?

Let's get the SALE party started... Simply Betty Stamps style!

Digis @ $2.75

ALL EMOS!

Steampunk Gang

 All Victorian Beauties 

All Punky Teens 

All Jude and his Shenanigan Crew

Spooky Hallow

All Papers @ .40¢

Rubber only $4.00!!

Emo Halloweenies

Everyday Emos

Sorry Christmas Emos still out of stock!

Well what are you waiting for!?  Get going before all the paper & rubber stamps are gone!  This sale will end at Midnight on Saturday Nov. 27th.  Hope you all grab yourselves some goodies!  It will be the last sale of the year!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - parenting with a chainsaw

Two young boys watch one of the Texas Chainsaw films when they shouldn't. Finding the two huddled together in a single bed in the morning, with all the lights on, the parents decide to wake them up in a way that will probably scar them for life, but that does provide a highly amusing short video clip :P

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Poe's "The Raven"

photo from collider.com

I had no clue that this movie was in the making... can't wait to see it, as I LOVE Cusack & Poe :)  And how fitting to come across this during our Ravenous Ravens challenge week?!!  For more info,

CLICK HERE.

Steampunk Annie & a CARDS blog challenge...

Ok.  It's not Halloweenie OR creepy, but I'm sharing anyway :)

Today I wanted to share a mini-card... the challenge came from the CARDS blog.  Just click the link to find out the details :)

I love mini-cards... they do not have a lot of 'real estate' with which to work, so the challenge comes from trying to foof up a pretty small canvas :)  I worked with one of the new Steampunk Gang digis from Simply Betty Stamps... LOVE them!  She commissioned a new artist that has such a wonderful style.

I chose salmon, olive & mustard as a color palette, which I think compliments the image very well.  I added lace & velvet trims along with the metal elements to add to the whole vintage steampunk genre.

I packed this little 3x3 card with quite a bit of punch, no?

Digi:  Steampunk Annie (Simply Betty Stamps)

Paper:  Bazzill & Caboodles white cardstock

Ink:  Burnt Umber Palette

Other:  MM mini-eyelets & oval pearl, Nesties, misc. lace & velvet trims, metal findings, foam tape

Copics:  E000, E00, E01, R02, R05, R08, YG93, YG95, YG97, YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24

What do you think?

Macabre Monday HDH065 - Ravenous Ravens

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 HDH065.

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:

Ravenous Ravens

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using a raven as your main focal image.  And if you would like to learn more about corvidology, folklore, & raven magic, I found THIS fabulous compilation of info by Susa Morgan Black. 


Check out what the Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Gorgeousness, Lynx... absolute gorgeousness!  Wonderful box... what is that little giftie inside?

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOVE this multi-image card!  I see Poe peekin' behind the skully... brilliant work as usual, Donna!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Shades of purple and black... aaaaahhhhh... so lovely, Susan!  And I am loving that raven silhouette!


Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

I like to call this one, "Ravens at Sunset". LOVE the fall colors!

...


Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... as usual!
I'll be back later this week with my offering...

... what about YOU?

Bite Me Butchered Blueprint :)

Woooo hoo!  Got HDH064 challenge done,  AND just in under the wire since I'll be working all afternoon/evening tonight & all day tomorrow!

I challenged myself to take one of Nikki's cute, not-so-creepy images and show it's

sinister side `:)

 

This digi is One Candle Cupcake from Limited Runs Stamps, and I love it.  I can soooooooo see this decked out in pink & glitter & all kinds of beautimousness...

but me likey alot this way, too!  The photo isn't the greatest... the red is a really deep scarlet blood red in real life... this looks kinda pink/red...

 

I used Copic markers, some rose trim from American Crafts, EK Success chain punch, MS Drippy Goo punch, So Splattered stamp (retired TAC) and Stamp Insanity's Otherworldly Loves for the sentiment.

 

You've still got until tomorrow at 5pm CST to play along with this week's HDH064 challenge!

Helloooooo???

Is the HDH064 sketch challenge not working for y'all?  There are only 2 days left to get your entry posted!

And yeah... I know... I haven't done mine yet either ;)

Ok, this isn't creepy or Halloweenie, or anything... but....

I just HAD to share about the class I'm teaching on November 30th at The Scrapbook Page in Shawnee, Kansas :)  Please pop over to my other blog for additional photos and info... thanks!

FosterDesignHouse.blogspot.com

Macabre Monday HDH064 - Butchered Blueprint

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 HDH064.

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:

Butchered Blueprint

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using this sketch:

Yep, this is a new challenge for us here at HDH! Interpret the sketch as you like... maybe the the blood drips actually become crinkled ribbon, the skull a scalloped circle & the scythe a stick pin... endless possibilities, baby. If you could please post a picture of the sketch & link back here, that would be great :)

And this week we have another new sponsor! Nikki from Limited Runs Stamps has generously offered up three digi's to this week's winner! Be sure to page back to older posts... she has a bunch of images on there... and some of them are pretty creepy... just like we like 'em! And Nikki has even played along with us this week:

Necromancer Nikki:

I LOVE that you actually used the Grim Reaper... perfect for this sketch!

And the subject matter alone... mmmmm :)

Lynx has a sick computer, so we won't see her this week, BUT check out what the other Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

LOVE this! So wonderfully creepy-cute... this would make a lovely birthday card, no?!

And check it... Creepy Glowbugg has made two for us this week... awesome! Nothing like an eyeball cuppie cake with green ooze... zombie dessert maybe?

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOL! Freakin' awesome... LOVE the sentiment with those images, Donna...
this one definitely makes me smile :)

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

What is that peeking about the 'shrooms?
Oh I am hoping for a fun story to go along with this one, Susan! Love it!


Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... as usual!
I'll be back later this week with my offering...

... but what will YOU do with this sketch?!