Halloween Makeup Tutorial

A while back Susan posted a picture of a girl with a zipper on her face which was pretty cool and gruesome, well we have a tutorial for this from one very talented guy called Petrilude.  He has tonnes of tutorials on gruesome/scary/cool makeup.

This looks so gruesome but with a few of the right makeup products you are well on your way to creating some amazing grusome halloween makeup.

Hallowe'en Nuptials

I don't know about most of you, but when I got married some

15 years ago, I wasn't even aware of how cool my wedding could have been.

I opted for the traditional(ish) wedding, with a white(ish) dress,

normal cake and the only thing we did do different was have our

ceremony over looking Lake Tahoe from a cliff. There was a boat

in the water during our vows that kept yelling, "Jump!". Funny.

Anyhoo, if I could do it all over again I would! I'd still pick the same guy (even if

he doesn't share my love of the macabre or Hallowe'en - I know, I know),

but a totally different ceremony, cake, and dress!

Here is what I'm talking about....  

So very beautiful and elegant.

Now I could probably sneak these little lovelies in underneath

that gorgeous gown.

I like the idea of showing the bridesmaids in their

true form. Really, it's usually the truth.

Every wedding needs an ice sculpture!!

And a cake or two...

It totally goes with the dress!

I like the bright colors and the awesome spider webbed

candelabras at every table. 

If only I knew then, what I know now...

I'd still be paying for that wedding!!

HDH110 - Gods and Monsters

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules*

(Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges)

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

HDH110
"Gods and Monsters"

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

that uses, includes or is inspired by a God and/or a Monster.
You can draw inspiration from the
Gods or the Monsters of Greek Mythology.
 You can also go for the
classic movie Monster or some bizarre divination from
tales of long ago.
Remember, the Minions and the Mistress prefer things more
on the scary and creepy side.

We are thrilled to announce this
week's sponsor,



 I recently had the pleasure of receiving my order of charms from
The Charm Barn. I was so blown away by the quality of the charms
I had to email Diane and let her know how impressed I was with her
products and service. She was nice enough to offer up a gift certificatefor
$10 to The Charm Barn,
so one lucky winner will get to check out these
gorgeous charms for themselves.
They have some of the most awesome charms for Hallowe'en right now!


The Macabre Minions have out-done themselves once again!

Check out these fantastic cards:

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Devious Digital Demoness Susan:

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in!

Spotlight on Jessica Joslin

We Minions are always on the lookout for amazingly macabre and unique art. How about this? Done by rogue osteologist Jessica Joslin. What a fab blend of Skeletons and Steampunk! Click on her name to go to her website, or HERE for and interview and more pix!

Boy would I love this hanging from the ceiling!

And how about a little circus action?

Is the the coolest or what? Doubt I could afford any of these amazing creations, but Jessica does have a book HERE with photos of her work. Guess what's on MY Christmas list!

Catching up on the Countdown to Halloween . . .

Yup, we Minions have been really lax in posting Countdown to Halloween stuff. I know, I know, it's our favourite time of year but it's also our busiest time of year. Ack, no excuses, here's some fun stuff we'd like to highlight to help get you all in the mood for this wondrous holiday.
I found this beautiful animation video, The Kingdom of Witches, created in 2008 by Nocturnaloner. Here's what s/he has to say about it:

This is a Halloween animated short I created, based on the silhouette art of Jan Pienkowski. The music is Labyrinth of Dreams by Nox Arcana. It was made as a DVD greeting card for my friends.

I know, I know, it's not funny or gruesome, it's beautiful, and I love it!

Wonderfully Wicked Etsy finds

I have been feeling a bit under the weather lately

so I am just going to post some cool schtuff I found on Etsy.



This is Tommy from the uber talented

Jason Edmiston

 Monsters of Rock portraits.

Maybe Motley Crue isn't to your liking.

How about...

...some Joey Ramone?

Or maybe some of you are into a little

G'n'R (I won't hold it against you).

Axl has never looked better in my opinion.

Jason has more awesome art listed in his Etsy shop.

Check him out!

Maybe you're in the mood for something a bit more

spiritual.

This would be killer in my house! Just sayin'.

Li Grand Zombi

is a master with the chalk ware.

This coffin shaped Ouija board would also be right

at home in my house!

Li Grand Zombi strikes again!

Check out his Etsy shop here.

And now for the coolest thing I have ever seen...

 

3D printed skull rings!!!

Yes, I did say, "printed".

Check out their Etsy store,

Bits of Atoms.

Lastly, I present a doll of magnificent talent.

Sandra Arteaga is a mesmerizing sculptress!

Such whimsy and fantastical details!!

Please treat yourself and stop by her Etsy shop here. 

HDH109 Macabre Monday Inner Workings

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules*

(Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges)

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

HDH109
Inner Workings

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
that either is quite literal (clock works or guts) or just
simply decorate the inside of your project as well as the outside.

The Macabre Minions are ready to kick off this glorious month
of challenges with these awesome works of inspiration!

Sultana of Sinister Lynx:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Devious Digital Demoness Susan:

Temptress of Terror Teri:

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in!

Countdown to Halloween!!!

October 1st.  That's right folks... it's officially THAT time of year!  And though this blog is Halloween all-year-round, it is time to kick it up a notch!  Haunted Design House is proud to be a 2011 CryptKeeper participant at the Countdown to Halloween site:

Just click on the badge above to be taken to a HUGE list of houses (blogs) at which you can go trick-or-treating or play ding-dong-ditch... your call!  Arts, crafts, factoids, photos, stories, lore... you just never know what the CryptKeepers will be doling out!

This will be going on ALL MONTH LONG!

Sooooo, what have I got for you today?  Well, since Make it Crafty is our Macabre Monday challenge sponsor this week, I thought I'd show off a couple of cards.  The first is what I call the "normal" version... the second is MUCH more HDH style:

(click to enlarge)

 I used MIC's Forest Flower & Alyssa Elven Princess digi's.

I know!  TOTALLY un-Halloweenie or creepy in the least.  My bad.  Creepy Glowbugg DID ask me what the hell I was thinking when I chose these two images for a Halloween blog challenge.  After a few choice words by me... many containing the letter "F"... or maybe it was just one word repeated several times... I chose to show how to make something sweet into something slightly sinister:

  MUCH better, right?!  Kinda like an elven vampire fairy?  Her lips got completely out of hand, but I wasn't going to start over at that point!  So instead, I'll show a close-up of the cute 'shrooms.

Yeah... I know... return of the "Barbi-dots"... that's just how I roll.

That's it for today, kids... but check back often here at Haunted Design House, as well as at all the other 2011 CryptKeepers' blogs, throughout the month for more Halloween happenings!

The Zombies are Invading Blogger!!!

Today is the Blogger Zombie Walk.

Run, don't shamble to my blog here and get started!!!



Gruesome Twosome HDH107

Last week's challenge of

Appalling Apothecary

really brought out the creepiest of the creepy!



It was hard to choose, but this week's
Gruesome Twosome is:

Carol
who really went all out and stocked her very own
Apothecary shop! And what an inventory she has!

and

Michelle
who's  Voodoo Witch coffin was awesome!!
I am inspired to make one of my very own!


Congratulations ladies!
Grab your badge and let your creep flag fly!!
Thank you to everyone who played along last week.
Great projects abound!

Have you played along yet this week?
We have a great sponsor - Make it Crafty
and wonderful prizes to be won!
You have until this Sunday at 5 PM CST.

Wretched Wednesday - You're making a scene!

Horrific Hump Day Haunters!!!

Can you feel the crispness in the air yet?

I can't. We're still flirting with the 90's here in California,

but I am getting a bit giddy with all of the Hallowe'en decorations

out in the stores.

A little retail therapy really helped my mojo this week.

I kinda went cwazy on this challenge.

We are challenging you to make a Hallowe'en inspired scene

for this week's Macabre Monday. 

We are very fortunate to be sponsored by

Make it Crafty. 

We have some great prizes to award to this

week's chosen Gruesome Twosome, so play along!!

Since I am to lazy too make a step card, I decided to really make

a labor intensive project using a thrift store frame, lots of card board,

some MS punches, lots of glitter and Spica pens,

and some awesome MIC digis!!

Okay, first I painted the thrift store frame with black, silver, and 

purple acrylic paints. I used black as the base coat and then

used a dry brush technique to apply the silver and purple paints.

While that was drying, I colored in the Mini Monztas from MIC

using Copics.  After fussy cutting the images I used a Spica pen to

go around the outside of the images for some Vampiric sparkle.

Now let's not forget that Haunted House! That detailed baby was

quite a work out! LOTS of details!!!!

I had to get out the magnifying specs for that one!

I layered in some QuicKutz and Martha Stewart graveyard punches to

give more depth to the scene. I even managed to pop in a teeny tiny

skull on one of the headstones!  

I popped everything up on corrugated cardboard in varying thicknesses.   

I topped off both of my Vampyres with Glossy Accents.

It makes them a bit more sturdy, especially the little

lady since she is outside of the glass.

I love this house image!!!

I Stickled the windows to make them sparkle,

and outlined the entire house in Sakura Stardust pen.

I also added some rhinestones. More sparkles!

I think this will make a nice addition to my Hallowe'en

decorations this year.

There is still time to play along with us this week.

If you like these images, they (and others) are up for grabs as this

week's prize schwag. But ya gotta play!  

HDH108 - Macabre Monday - You're making a scene!!

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules*

(Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges)

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

HDH108
"You're making a scene!!"

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
that depicts a Hallowe'en scene.

This week we are being sponsored by Make it Crafty!!!



Make it Crafty has a wonderful selection of beautifully drawn
digital images (and new red rubber is on it's way too!), and
some really stunning background scenes and objects.
Zoe over at MIC has some awesome new images just begging to
be colored up for Hallowe'en! She has offered up two really
generous prizes for our chosen Gruesome Twosomes this week!


This is a perfect oppurtunity to get started on those Hallowe'en cards
and decorations!!
We want to see creepy trees, flying bats, trick or treaters, scary monsters,
cackling witches, drooling ghouls, everything but the kitchen sink!
Make it vintage, modern, scary, or serene.

The Macabre Minions have created some superb pieces!
Check out this array of Hallowe'en scene goodness:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Devious Digital Demoness Susan:

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in!

Check it...

The Mistress has a card today!!!  I know... un-freakin-believable.

It's even for the current HDH107 Appalling Apothecary Macabre Monday challenge!

I am a bit of a cheater though.  This was actually done a couple of months ago!  ACK!  I know.  It was one of six cards I did for my Elegantly Eerie card class last week.  I had 25 people show for the class, and the three extra kits were gone by the time it was over!  Sah-weet!  I used all of Moxxie's new Midnight Dreary paper line... LOVE LOVE LOVE every single paper in that line!

I will say that it took FOREVER to cut and punch all of the pieces for the kits.  I definitely don't make any for my time, which completely sucks.  BUT, I do enjoy teaching.  Here's another card from that class:

Super easy, but I just couldn't bring myself to cover that beautiful house!  You can't see it here, but I ended up adding clear glitter pen over the eaves and the right side of roofs & projections... and in each of the windows for a little candlelight effect.  Obviously this wasn't one of the tricky ones, but I'll be showing the others over a few more posts :)

That ribbon... ooooooooh me likey a lot!  It is velvet w/ a crocheted edge and it is crazy expensive.  I couldn't help it... it had me at black velvet.  And don't ask me about the effed up lighting on the second shot... it totally looks freakin' yellow.

That's it for now... and you've still got about 18 hours left to play along with this week's challenge!!