Macabre Monday HDH072 - Hell Hath No Fury

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 HDH072.

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 Twosome (our 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:

Hell Hath No Fury

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project showcasing bad-ass bitches on a rampage. Bitter much? This challenge is PERFECT for a little emotional purging :)

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

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

OMFG, Lynx... who was the unsuspecting victim kind donor for this beauty?! LOVE IT!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOL!!! This is fantastic, Donna... it definitely put a smile on my face

:)

See?

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

PERFECT Queen of Hearts, Susan! I can just hear Helena Bonham Carter's voice in the back of my head :)

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Is this a little miniature dollhouse-of-doom?! I can't wait to read more about it!! Wonderful, Andrea!!!

Macabre Mistress: Oz

I'm almost afraid this is a personal quote and not a work of fiction.

It's deceptively demure and lovely. Then again aren't we all? Nicely done, Oz.

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Better late than never!

Fabulous work from everyone per usual! Be sure to check back for what is SURE to be a fun-filled week of smile-inducing entries!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Puntastic!

Gruesome Twosomes and prize winners

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 :)

HDH070 - Colorblind Christmas Gruesome Twosome: 

Crystal for her hilariously gift-wrapped mummy, and Gina for her fabulous take on the three wise men; And the prize winner is Sarah Cooper for her gloriously macabre tree. :)

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

HDH069 - Nightmarish New Year Gruesome Twosome: 

Sarah for her depiction of her deadbeat relations, and Aisling for her sumptuous art journal; And the prize winner is Suzy EisenHauer for her wonderful card, LOVE that image. :)

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

Congratulations to all of you, and THANK YOU to everyone that plays along, you brighten our world with your darkside creations :D

Macabre Monday HDH071 - Bizarre Birthday

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 HDH071.

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 Twosome (our 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:

Bizarre Birthday

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based birthday card with that HDH twist we all know & love :)

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

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Nothing tops off a cupcake better than an eyeball :)

Macabre Mistress Oz:

Super cute, Oz! This takes me back to the good ol' days :)

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

This is PERFECT for one of those 'milestone' birthdays, no?!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Luvin' the pink, and the sentiment is perfect :)

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Mmmmm.... cake.... and a wicked-cool image!

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Steampunk & Poe... what could be better?

Fabulous work from everyone per usual! I can't wait to see all of the awesome entries this week!

Our latest addition to the Sisterhood of the Sinister...

Now that you know that Smudgetastic Andrea has joined our horde of Macabre Minions, I thought you might want to know a little sumpin' sumpin' about her :)  Here's a pic & a little bio:

Andrea as Mom

Andrea as how we like to picture her :)

My name is Andrea which means “warrior man” in Greek. I don’t think this describes what I’m about at all so here is a quick biography of myself. I was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1974 but now live in Scotland. I am married with three very young gorgeous but very boisterous children who take it in turns to drive me to derangement. I’m desperately clinging onto sanity but red wine and banging my head off the wall seems to help for now. On occasions my home looks and smells like the chimp’s house at Edinburgh zoo or the baby crèche at Shutter Island but we cope and during the quieter times, when the kids are in bed, I get to dabble in my craft. Arts and Crafts are my joy and that is why I was surprised and honoured when I was asked to join the Macabre Minions. I’m particularly attracted to the quirky and the creepy which is no doubt on account of my early obsession with horror movies. I am also very interested in Celtic mythology and legends which inspire some of my work.

Welcome to the Macabre Minions, Andrea!

We think you are a perfect addition to this crazy creepy bunch of gals!

And if you, Stalker (reader), are new to this blog, you can check out the rest of our bios in THIS post!

Have a great weekend... keep it creepy!

SBS Valentine Emos Release Day Hop!

Yeay!  It's finally here :)  Simply Betty Stamps' Valentine Emos Release par-tay!  If you've arrived here via Angela's blog, you are on the right track... if not or if you get lost along the way, please go to the Simply Betty Challenge blog.  While you are there, you might want to check out how to win a couple of these awesome Valentine Emo digi's!

And here is my little bit o' love today...

Yes, the infamous Cupid Christian feeding Valentine Lola a line ;)  I really couldn't figure out a whopper of a witty sentiment... I'm sure y'all can have a little fun with THAT!  Some others I was kicking around:

"What are you tryin' to say...  this outfit isn't sexy?"

or 

"How many guys CAN pull off this look, huh?!"

:)

I know... silly.  But fun!  I LOVE the look in Lola's eye... is it not devious?!  I Stickled her up a bit for a bit o' blinginess... I mean she had to match Christian's halo & wings, right?

That face!  {giggling}  I don't know of any dude (of sound mind) that would don a diaper to impress the ladies... I'm just sayin'.  :)

Well, that's it for this Fiendishly Fun Friday!  Don't forget to leave some lovin' along the hop... you could win a little sumpin' sumpin' ;)

Your next stop on this Virtual Valentine Voyage is Betty Boo!

SBS Valentine Emos - Preview Day 5

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!

SBS Valentine Emos - Preview Day 1... belated

So evidently Blogger decided to delete my January 1st post I had scheduled.  Ugh.

January 1st-6th, the Simply Betty Stamps DT have been/will be previewing the latest SBS Valentine Emos line... just in time for Valentine's Day!  On January 7th, there will be a big blog hop & you can begin purchasing these awesome images... digital or rubbah, baby!

Here is the Valentine Betty card from Sunday... she IS my absolute FAVORITE of this release!  And she can be used for more than just Valentine's Day... anniversary or "just because I love you" cards, too.  Maybe even a "kiss off" card?  :)

I'm lovin' that wink... flirty girl.  And I wish I could pull off a hair color like that... just sayin'.

Simply Betty Stamps also carries a few choice paper lines, including those shown here today!

I've used MME's Alphabet Soup Boy 

& Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas lines.

Be sure to check out the SBS challenge blog for the other DT's work... it is awesome!  And you make want to scroll back to start on January 1st... it's worth it!

Macabre Monday HDH070 - Nightmarish New Year

  Sorry I'm late with this week's challenge!  The hubby decided to that we needed to move my entire craft room this weekend... ugh.  I'm still not done yet.

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 HDH070.

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 Twosome (our 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:

Nightmarish New Year

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based Winter Holiday card representing those long forgotten resolutions that NEVER seem to be carried out.

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

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

I can not even BEGIN to tell you how much I LOVE this one :)

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

How many times have we said THAT before :)

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

It's like you can read my mind, Susan :)

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Dreadfully cute... what's in that skully bottly anyway?  :)

And I'll be introducing her more formally this week, our newest Macabre Minion...

Smudgetastic Andrea:

LOL!  Starting the New Year off right :)


Fabulous work from everyone per usual!  I hope everyone enjoyed the break is ready for another year's worth of fiendishly fun challenges!  Welcome back!

Pimping myself out again...

Yep.  It's true.  So if this bothers you, please ignore it and go to your next item in your Reader :)

The Angel Company is having an AWESOME paper sale for all of you scrapbookers & cardmakers!!

Here's a link to my online store so that you can see what they look like... and you can order directly online :)  Just click the link and look at the side bar... then click on each collection to view them all!

 CLICK ME

For you local people (Kansas City to Wellsville areas), just EMAIL ME and I'll send the order in with others to save a little shipping cost!  And I'm sorry to say that The Angel Company does not ship outside of the US or PR :(

My Top 10 Cards of 2010 Blog Hop

Fellow SBS DT member, Suzi, has organized a fun blog hop to round out the year!

All you have to do to join in, is create a  post on your blog entitled

'My Top Ten Cards of 2010'.  Then link that post to Suzi's post, using the inlinkz tool at the bottom of her post... please visit that post to see details about prizes along the hop!

 

 

Sooooooooo, here are my faves for the year:

Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (vampire),

The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment)

Images by:  Kenny K (girl), The Angel Company (sentiment & background)

Image by Stamp It Crazy

Image by Delicious Doodles

Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (vampires), Stampers Anonymous (sentiment)

Images by:  Tiddly Inks (house & fairy), Viva Las Vegas Stamps (sentiment)

Images by:  Stamp It Crazy (fairy), Stampers Anonymous (tree),

The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment)

Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (boy), unknown sentiment

 

Image by:  Tidldy Inks (witch), The Angel Company (Boo!)

 

And my absolute most favorite for the year has to be this one...

I think it's the hand drawn knife that's the clincher:

Images by:  B-line Designs (boy w/ wagon), Kraftin' Kimmie (dolls),

The Angel Company (fleur), Bombshell (skull), and unknown sentiment

What do you think?

Happy Holidays from HDH!

My last Winter holiday card for you this year... and actually it isn't really THAT holiday-ish... me thinks I could send this anytime.  And let me say that every time I use Stickles or glitter, I can't get the color balance & lighting right, so once again we have photos of the sucky variety :)

Nice sentiment, right?  Yeah.  I like it, too :)  It's from Stamp Insanity.  I'm picturing the adorable little Octopode Factory Angel yelling at the Christmas tree... like a few bulbs are out or something :)  Yes... yes... I like to make up little stories for my cards.  And that's just one of the MANY reasons why y'all come back to HDH all the time, right?!

I hope you and yours have a very Happy Winter holiday, and a joyful & prosperous New Year!

~Barb