Fiendishly Fun Friday - pumpkin carving extraordinaire!

I recently came across the wondrous creations of Roy Villafane, all carved from pumpkins and gourds. Impressive, no? And no, they're not preserved in any way, just like yours, these decay and rot after a week or so! :o

Better late than never HDH094

I'm a day late for my Wicked Wednesday

installment of this week's Macabre Monday challenge.

"I want to see Menacing Mermaids!", shrieked the

Masterful Mistress. And the Minions made it so.

I remember a few years back, I took my son to see 

a Peter Pan movie. They had Mermaids in that movie.

Some of the scariest freaking Mermaids ever! My son still

talks about those, "nasty fish chicks".  

I had the recent pleasure of doing business with

Teresa, from Crafts and Me.

She is an awesome lady, and a stellar business owner.

There was a hold up with her stamp manufacturer for the

new Jasmine Becket Griffith images, and as a thank you

for my patience, she gifted me some digital images from her shop.

I chose the "Columbine" image with this week's challenge in mind.

I think she's a bit on the menacing side. Did ya check out her ears?! 

This gorgeous image was a bit challenging to color, but I am happy

with how she turned out.

I used some Sweet Pea webbed ribbon I got on clearance at

Hambo Stamps. All of their May Arts ribbons are 50% off!!

I also used my new Spellbinders Fleur de Lis rectangles

and some crazy ass, Dee Gruenig paper I've had forever!

Feel free to join us, if you dare!

Enter your most Menacing Mermaid

here by Sunday the 26th.

HDH094 - Menacing Mermaids

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 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 Barb... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

6. In your post, please explain how your entry meets the challenge requirements... if you don't follow the challenge requirements, your entry will not be considered for GT status or prizes. Also please link back to the HDH challenge so others may find us & play along!

Ok, macabre fans... your challenge this week:

Menacing Mermaids

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

using mermaids as your main focus.

Let's see those terrifying temptresses from the formidable & foul fathoms!

Now let's see what the Minions have in store for you:

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

Gorgeous work, Lynx... as usual! Simply beautiful.

Devious Digital Demon-ess Susan:

This is fantabulous! LOVE that image... can't wait to read the backstory to this "caged" lovely!

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Underwater wonder! Great work, Andrea!!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

I have no words... seriously... "awesome" just isn't enough!

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg

will be posting a little sumpin' sumpin' on Wednesday, so check back!

Now it's your turn... show us something from the dark, dank depths!!

HDH093 Macabre Mistress style...

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 on a few gems to finish it off.

What do you think? 

You've still got a little bit to enter the HDH093 Kuriously Korroded challenge to win some Kenny K images for yourself!

Gruesome Twosomes and other various awesome people...

 Finally, right?!  Well let's get right to it shall we?

The prize winner for the HDH088 Mark of the Beast (sponsored by Crafty Chaos Designs) will get to choose SIX items from the Crafty Chaos Designs store!  And the random drawn winner is:

  Cuddly Bunny!

 

Regarding HDH090 Necro Neckware, I am still waiting to hear back from Kasket Kustoms for the selected winner of the challenge.  If I don't hear from her in a week, I'll choose a winner and send you a prize pack i.l.o. the stated challenge prize.

Prize winners for the HDH091 E.M.O. (sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps).  Betty is offering up THREE Emo rubber stamps to each of the Gruesome Twosome!!   Winners will be able to choose from the following EMO lines:  Everyday, Valentines, Back 2 School, and Halloween.  And the winners are:
I Don't Do Straight & Wendy!

Ladies, please send me an email so that I can forward it on to the companies above so you can get your goodies!!  My email address link is in the sidebar.

Now, the ever-so sought after Gruesome Twosome titles:

HDH087 - Freaker's Free For All:  Sammibug & Crystal

HDH088 - Mark of the Beast:  Chriss & Anita Marie

HDH089 - Dali Delusions:  Kim B. & Ike

HDH090 - Necro Neckware:  Gina & Ike

HDH091 - E.M.O.:  I Don't Do Straight & Wendy

HDH092 - Pleasure & Pain:  Jenn & Dawn

Grab the badge and display it with pride, ladies!!!

And now, the coveted Master of the Macabre title for May goes to:

Sammibug!

Grab the badge and display it with pride, oh masterful one!  AND don't forget to email me with your postal mailing address so that I can get a little prize pack out to you!!  My email link is in the sidebar.

And now that we're caught up, maybe we'll be a little more prompt at announcing winners, GT's & MM's... but then, maybe not  >;)

Congratulations to all of our winners... and to ALL of our participants!  YOU are the ones that make the world a little less cute & cuddly, one creeptastic project at a time :)

SBS Burton 'Weenies Final Preview & Release Day!

It's finally here!  The Release Day  for the new line of Simply Betty Stamps images... The Burton 'Weenies.  You'll have a chance to win these great images as clear stamps... just hop over to The Burtonesque Dolls blog for all of the details!

My absolute FAVORITE of this line is... Pipper:

Those ringlets, that facial expression... and of course... PINK!  Love love LOVE her!  

The sentiment is a perfect pairing... from a TAC set called Great Greetings.  And yet another 6x6 paper pad from Echo Park... Be Mine.  And look... the ever-present Barbi-dots (that's for you, Patti J!).

This whole line of images this week was so fun to color, and fit right in with the ever-so-awesome HDH stalkers, me thinks!  You can get this new line today... and even maybe win one... just pop by TBD blog for all of the details, and to see the DT's fab work!

What do you think?  Too pink for HDH?

SBS Burton 'Weenies Preview Day 5... Harley

Day 5 of previews for a new line of Simply Betty Stamps images... The Burton 'Weenies.  You'll have a chance to win these great images as clear stamps... just hop over to The Burtonesque Dolls blog for all of the details!

Today's you get a double whammy... Jack Jack & Harley:

This duo of doom was just begging to be Halloweenied-out.  I dug out my old Basic Grey Eerie 6x6 paper pad and found this loverly orange skully paper... LOVE!

I die-cut the image panel with a Nestie label die & then free-hand cut the black mat... holy shee-ite that took awhile to get just right :P  The sentiment is from a retired TAC sentiment set.  I even used up a scrap of ribbon and finished it all off with a little black twine.  Their hair looks awesome in person, but you can't really tell in these photos.  Trust me >:)

Tomorrow is the final day with my FAVORITE image and card of the entire line... and don't forget to pop by TBD blog for all of the details, and to see the DT's work!

What do you think?

SBS Burton 'Weenies Preview Day 4... Raven

Day four of previews for a new line of Simply Betty Stamps images... The Burton 'Weenies.  You'll have a chance to win these great images as clear stamps... just hop over to The Burtonesque Dolls blog for all of the details!

Today's image is the probably the edgiest one of the bunch... Raven:

 Yeah, me thinks I wouldn't want to piss her off too much ;)  You can't see it very well, but I used the MS Drippy Goo punch again in the lower left... a lovely black ribbon rose & I got the Copic airbrush out again.  This time I used the brush tip instead of the chisel tip to get a bigger & bolder splatter effect.

Check out those piercings... uh, ouch?  I passed out when I got my tattoo years ago and am freakishly weird about needles, so I can't even imagine getting pierced like they do now.  See, I've told you before that I am a princess ;)

"If you can't say something nice...then at least have the decency to be vague."  LOVE it.  It's from a TAC sentiment set called Laugh Lines. There are quite a few little gems in there :)

Tomorrow is another preview, and then Friday is the final preview and release day, so be sure to check back... and don't forget to pop by TBD blog for all of the details, and to see the DT's work!

What do you think?

SBS Burton 'Weenies Preview Day 3... Ellenore

Yep, the third day of previews for a new line of Simply Betty Stamps images... The Burton 'Weenies.  You'll have a chance to win these great images as clear stamps... just hop over to The Burtonesque Dolls blog for all of the details!

Today's cutie is the sweetest one of the bunch... Ellenore:

I chose to do pretty much a 180 from yesterday's wickedly dark tone... that's just how I roll.  Kinda like how I get distracted easily... "OH... something SHINY"!  Well, it would probably sound more like:  "OH... something creepy"!

Where was I?  Oh right... back to Ellenore :)  I picked up a new My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad... Happy Go Lucky... yeah, even the name of the paper is cute.  Ellenore saves the day by lovingly choking her dolly... that's where the sentiment comes in to play ;)

A little MS Drippy Goo punch action at the bottom of the Cricut-cut violet heart panel rounds it all out.

Don't forget to pop by TBD blog for all of the details, and to see the DT's work!

What do you think?  Creepy enough, or just too cute for HDH?

HDH093 - Kuriously Korroded with Kenny K

*For the Simply Betty Stamps' Burton 'Weenies Previews, please scroll to previous post!*

**Macabre Monday fans... please be sure to read the rules... we've added to them!**

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 HDH093.

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 Barb... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

6. In your post, please explain how your entry meets the challenge requirements... if you don't follow the challenge requirements, your entry will not be considered for GT status or prizes. Also please link back to the HDH challenge so others may find us & play along!

Ok, macabre fans... your challenge this week:

Kuriously Korroded with Kenny K

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

that is distressed in some way.

Ripped, smudged, torn, sanded, acid-eaten, burned, mangled... you get the idea.

Wooo hoo! You know what this means, right? Yeah, Kenny K is sponsoring this week!! Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations!

The creator, the artist, the man: KennyK is a NYC-born professional illustrator who has brought his funky-but-slick, urban-influenced look to the cardmaking and papercrafts world. His signature style can be seen throughout his various collections of sexy pinup babes, sweet 'n sassy girls, cool rockin' dudes, kid’s stuff, retro characters and more at KennyKDownloads.com.

I’m ElenaK, the woman behind the man. I am an event planner and crafter at heart. KennyKDownloads.com is a collaboration that combines both of our respective skill sets and allows us to create together – and there is nothing better than that!

Kenny & Elena K, have offered up THREE prizes for this week!

First Prize: 3 digis of your choice

Second Prize: 2 digis of your choice

Third Prize: 1 digi of your choice

First & Second place winners will be our Gruesome Twosome this week :)

Now let's see what the Minions have in store for you:

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

Brilliant work as usual! Perfect use of black and red... beautiful!

Devious Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Torn & digitally distressed wonderfully, Susan! And fun color combo :)

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Sanding, smuding, inking... LOVE it, Andrea!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

The bloody spur & the sentiment saved you, Donna ;) Great coloring!

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg

will be posting a little sumpin' sumpin' on Wednesday, and the Masterful Mistress of the Macabre will make an appearance sometime this week, so check back!

Time to get down, dirty, & distressed! Let's see whatcha' got!!

SBS Belladonna Preview!

This entire week, I will be showing a new line of Simply Betty Stamps images... and let's just say, they are creepy... yet a little cute.  But you should be used to that by now ;)  You'll have a chance to win these great images as clear stamps... just hop over to The Burtonesque Dolls blog for all of the details!

And now, on to the fun:

You HDH stalkers know that I don't do red often, but I saw this paper and I just HAD to use it :)

Don't you love her raggedy sleeves?  And the hair... awesome!  This is the first time I've tried out the whole Copic airbrushing thing.  I really like how splattery & grungy it turned out.

Definitely check out what the whole TBD DT has done for this... you won't be disappointed!

 

Main Image:  Belladonna (SBS)

Rubber stamps:  Bad to the Bone (TAC), skull (Artful Illusions)

Paper:  Reminisce & Bazzill

Other:   Copic markers, MS edge punch, misc. sheer ribbon, Nestabilities, eyelet, black twine

Upcoming class at the LSS and a little Pleasure & Pain...

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}.

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Channelate trasure hunt

Courtesy of channelate.com
Yes, it may be in bad taste, but this tickles me :P

Wicked Wednesday Two-fer

This week's Wicked Wednesday is a two-fer.

The Creepy Cricut Cween, Donna is joining me

for this week's Macabre Monday challenge,
"Pleasure and Pain".
Use something you love and something you hate. 

We have really been pushing the whole "challenge" thing

lately, and this week was no exception!

Apparently, our dear Donna does not enjoy heat embossing (see tiny spider),

but just loves dry embossing (see web). She also confessed to not being

a big fan of the arachnids either, but I don't think that applies to Mr. Stripes.

I am loving every bit of this card!

Now I have been busy within my own self absorbed little world lately,

so when I finally sat down to work on this week's Pleasure and Pain challenge it had

me stumped!

Usually, when I create, I make stuff that I would want to buy.

Like I would be so happy to see metallic brain cabochons

at a craft show.

If I saw this strapping young lad for sale, I would drop the

cash immediately!

And these guys?! Who could resist?

So basically, I LOVE to create creepy, fun schtuff, and kinda

HATE to part with it.

But I have prepared myself mentally, to say goodbye to

all my little babies this weekend for the right price.  

There is still plenty of time left to play along with

this week's Macabre Monday challenge.

Step outside of your box and try something new!!  

HDH092 - Pleasure & Pain

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 HDH092.

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 Barb... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

Ok, macabre fans... your challenge this week:

Pleasure & Pain

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece 

using something you love and something you hate.

Stamping, digis, a particular color, a style, a technique... no limits!

Now let's see what the Minions have in store for you:

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

Love:  rubber stamping

Hate:  mirrored cardstock

Devious Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Love: digital
Hate:  white space


Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

 Love: rubber stamping
Hate:  rubber stamping
{yeah, leave it to Andrea to come up with that one :) }


Creepy Cricut Cween Donna & the 
Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg
will be posting a little sumpin' sumpin' on Wednesday, so check back later this week!!

Now it's your turn... pleasure & pain, love & hate... HDH crafty-style :)