Last one...

Just a quick note to wish everyone a wonderful Winter Holiday weekend!  And even though I didn't keep it creepy this week, just know that I still haven't put away ANY of my Halloween decor :)

Does that make up for it?!!

More My Mind's Eye paper and a Simply Betty Stamp image.

Merry Creepmas to all!!

Stop the cuteness...

Warned ya' yesterday... just sayin'.  Today's bit of non-creepiness:

But at least she has attitude, right?  Another image from SBS's Sweet Gothic Kids.  And Echo Park paper maybe?

A not-so-macabre Mutinous Monday :)

Since this week is bound to be super busy with Holiday merriment, I'm scheduling a couple of posts ahead... OMG... can you believe it... it sounds like I'm kinda organized.

Don't let me fool you ;)

Anyhoo, just to warn you:  this week's posts won't be very creepy.  Sorry, I've scraped the last of my never-before-posted cards out of the crypt, and they're on the cute side.

GASP!  OH THE HORROR!

(or the lack there of)

This one is from quite awhile back... when I was on the DT for Simply Betty Stamps.  Actually, all of them this week are from then :)  Enjoy!

A little saucy, no?  ;)

The image is from one of the Sweet Gothic Kids lines.  I do like the big eyes... very fun to color.  And I can't remember which paper this is... maybe My Mind's Eye from a year or two ago?

See... not very organized at all :)

Mutinous Monday...

Whoops... almost forgot to post something today!  Rush rush rush... this time of year is exhausting.  So, take a little breather and have a gander at this:

This card is from one of my recent Copic Classes I taught at The Scrapbook Page in Shawnee, Kansas.  I LOVE this Sweet Pea image from Anna Marine!  Paired with that black/red paper = awesome!

She looks so much better in person... my camera isn't the best.

I sprayed the rolled flowers with Black Gold Glimmer Mist for a subtle shimmer.  And then there is that fan-freakin'-tastic black velvet/crochet trim from May Arts... just one more addiction I have now developed!

SMUDGETASTIC



Still have some hard to shop for names on your
holiday list?

Our very own Minion, Andrea
"has such sights to show you"
in her Etsy shop.

Not only is Andrea truly gifted with a paint brush,
but she is amazing at making the most detailed tiny miniatures.
They are perfect for a mini apothecary hutch or a
miniature Hallowe'en display.    

See what I mean?!
Look at those teeny little punkins and leaves on
that tiny cake!!!

Perfection!!!

Multi talented, that's our Andrea.
She is also quite clever with the whole felting gig as well!
I am the proud owner of a few of her felted pieces and I can attest that
they are unique in design, very well crafted and neat and tight.
I like that in a felted piece.  

I know I already mentioned her immense ability with paint
and a  brush, but check out this gorgeous witch!!
Completely hand painted and it measures 3" X 3"!!!
I also have a collection of Andrea's small paintings and they
are superb! So detailed and beautifully crafted!!!

Now that you have had a taste of what kind of magical items
await you in Andrea's Etsy shop, please drop by and see what
may very well be the perfect holiday gift for someone on your list
or just treat yourself to something special!!

If you use the coupon code HDHSMUDGE
you will receive a 15% discount over the holidays.

    

Mutinous Monday...

Just a few more weeks and the Minions will be back!  Until then, here is a little sumpin' sumpin' from the Mistress:

All of the stamps used here are/were from The Angel Company.  I cut up a large collage stamp that had a vintage chick on it with a totally f'd up face... the border and the sentiment was pretty cool, so viola!  I even did a little heat embossing on this baby.

I paper-pieced the chair fabric for a little POP o' color... regal purple... mmmmmmm... this makes me think of True Blood's former King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington for some reason.  

(image borrowed from Google Images)

Though Russell was not a looker (helloooooo Eric... I miss you), he definitely had that royal air about him.  Not to mention his style of furnishings:

(image borrowed from Google Images)

Anyway... back to the grind... I need to work on my class samples, but I'm probably just going to veg in front of the tv.  Gotta work at the Evil Job tomorrow... dammit.  

Question of the day:  Why can't someone just pay me to HDH all day?  (sigh)

I have been working so hard on so many

cool and unique items that I just have to say it again.

Please stop by my Etsy shop and see what I have to offer

for the cool kid on your holiday shopping list!

Who doesn't need a new sparkly skull ornament this year?

Timeless color combo perfect for any occasion and any ensemble!

Every girl needs a little zombie sweetness in her accessories this season!

Use coupon code: HDHROCKS

and receive a 15% discount!

HDH Mutinous Monday #004 and a little housekeeping...

First up... for those that have won prizes and have NOT received them, please email the Mistress:  barbi007@kc.rr.com ... she is obviously slipping :)

Next... Mutinous Monday!  I totally forgot about posting this way back when SBS released the Halloween Steampunks...dammit!  Better late than never, I guess:

Meet Draco.  LOVE him!  I can't find him in the SBS store, but the link takes you to the section in which he should be found.  The others in that line are pretty awesome, too!  The sentiment here is from Pink By Design's A Haunting We Will Go.  Martha's Scarey Fence & Grass edge punches and a little Echo Park Apothescarey paper line finishes this off.

I'll have more Mutinous Mondays for you, however I am up to my pumpkins with classes & holiday activities for the remainder of the year!  I seriously don't remember life being this busy a few years ago... it sucks to be a grown-up sometimes ;)

Schocking Schtocking Schtuffers

I was horribly influenced by Cindy Brady's

speech impediment whilst growing up.

I just can't shake it! Makes me laugh everytime!

Anyhoo,

Creepy Glowbugg here to hock my wares!

Do you hate Christmas shopping?

Are you avoiding Black Friday like the plague? 

Do you look forward to Cyber Monday?

Do you enjoy giving unique, quality handmade holiday gifts

to friends and loved ones?

If you are in need of cool and well made stocking stuffers,

office Secret Santa trinkets or one of a kind hostess gifts,

drop by my Etsy shop, 

Creepy Glowbugg Concoctions

and peruse my artistic offerings.

I have a wide variety of items and prices start as low as $1.85!

And as a special bonus for HDH followers, I am offering a coupon code

for 15% off everything in my shop! 

Use coupon code: HDHROCKS

The code is good until Dec.30th.

  



Heinous Gruesomes

Congratulations to

lachsekatze

and

Monique

for winning the title of 

Gruesome Twosome for their entries in MM113

Heinously Haunted Houses.

Please grab your badge and display it with pride!   



HDH Mutinous Monday #003...

I'll say it... 

I miss my Macabre Minions!

Yep, I can't wait for the new year so we can get our creep on again :)

Until then, how about a little sumpin' sumpin' from The Masterful Mistress of the Macabre?

Since the next installment of the Twilight Saga premiered this week, I thought I'd share this little gem:

Do you get the Twi-vibe?  Well, at least a little Gothic-vampy thing anyway.

I just love the stick pins and that FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC blood-red rosette ribbon... yummy.  And do you see the tiny token spider in the corner?  Kinda cute :)

What do you think?

HDH Mutinous Monday #002

Whoops!  Almost didn't make it :)  So, just a super-quick post tonight...

I {bleeding heart} my new Tim Holtz Sizzix dies!

Lookie:

(Candlelight Fright and Mini Bat & Skull Set)

More of that Moxxie Midnight Dreary line... I hope you're not sick of that yet, because I will be using it a lot more >:)

Anyway, super-simple card, but it definitely rates a "me likey"... no?

A little Voodoo...

Well, a Voodoo image on a card, anyway.  I had been wanting to color up this Delicious Doodles image F.O.R.E.V.E.R. and just never found the time.  Well, lookie:

Isn't she wondermous?  I love this image, even if the rest of the card is just "ok"... Teri, I want to draw like you when (if?) I grow up :)  I think the next time I color her up, I'll go all "Hell's fire" on her... flame hair and all... ooooooo, me likey.

Don't you just LOVE that one stick pin... ouch... are you trying to say something, Teri?  Were you miffed at the hubby or something?!  :)

That's it for today, stalkers... I hope you enjoyed it!

What do you think?

2011 Mutinous Monday #001

That's right folks... it's the first Mutinous Monday from the Macabre Minions!  The Minions need a little R&R and have declared mutiny until 2012, so no challenge this week... but I still wanted to give you a little sumpin' sumpin' to satiate your HDH appetite :)

I even posted on my "normal" blog last night if you want more mainstream :)  Yes... I've been busy.  Anyway, back to a little wickedness...

First up, the last couple of cards from my Halloween card class back in September:

You can't tell, but there is some DELIGHTFULLY sinful, black-velvet crocheted trim from May Arts on the tag... yummy.  And of course, more of that awesome Midnight Dreary line of paper from Moxxie:  Tomb it May Concern & Dead on Arrival.  I rolled a paper rose and finished it off with a dew drop center... LOVE it.

Quite elegant, no?  The top half of this 12x12 paper has a pinkish hue and blended together with the bottom half's greenish hue.  The salmon pink really creates a truly non-traditional Halloween card, but it works!

And here's a favorite of the class:

It would have been 100x better if I would've had my Tim Holtz raven die at the time instead, but this bird worked out ok.  And there's the infamous MS Grass punch... what did I ever do without it?

 

Moxxie's Feelin' Vine paper... LOVE!  I created the fence with the Scor-Pal and a MS Iron Gate edge punch... turned out pretty awesome me thinks.... simple and detailed at the same time.

That's it for today, but the Minions and I will still be posting random bits now and then... they may be fortuitous, frivolous, fanciful or foul, but you'll want to check back often :)  You just never know when I will be in a random-prize-winner-from-the-comments kind of mood for the next couple of months... hmmm...

**One more thing... we are now gladly taking sponsors for the 2012 HDH Macabre Monday challenge calendar!  Just send a note to The Masterful Mistress via email (link located in the sidebar). 

Vampire Friendly Greetings / HDH113

I have been trying all week long to make something

uber creative and awesome for the final challenge of October

here at Haunted Design House.

The challenge is "Heinously Haunted Houses".

I live in a house that I have decorated and staged to

give the appearance of hauntedness all year long.

I prefer, "Apothecary Chic".

Just your everyday mantle decor.

The framed print is one of my newest acquisitions.

It is a signed and numbered print from the brilliant artist,

Leontine Greenberg.

It is a painting of a Skeksis from The Dark Crystal.

Mmmmmm? Hmmmm?

I adore this piece!

I did try to create some really cool houses from wood,
but they turned to crap in my hands. 

I think my mojo has left the building.

So I returned to a project I was working on earlier this

year, but never got around to actually finishing. 

A nice little "Welcome" plaque for your foyer or front door.

This is a completely handmade plaque.

The coffin shape is cut from MDF board, and then sanded and

base coat painted with black acrylic. 

I then hand sculpted a Vampyr skull out of polymer clay

to embellish the plaque.  

I also fashioned a fang from poly clay and added it to the piece as well.

I am pretty happy with how it turned out, but that hand painting of the

swirls and the "Velcome" was a serious challenge for me.

I guess I need to paint free hand more for the practice.  

I do plan to make more and put some for sale in my Etsy shop.

Thanks for sticking with me this long.

I will be back with new projects in the coming days/weeks,

as the Minions are taking a well deserved break from the weekly

challenges here at HDH, to focus on new projects for the coming Hexmas. 

Please still drop by the HDH blog on Mondays to see what type of

Mutiny the Minions have cooked up all on their own!

Mutinous Mondays from here on out, until the new year. 

HDH113 & an extra...

Fantastic work by the Minions & participants so far!  I am LOVING this challenge :)  But as usual, I ran out of time to play, so I've got a couple more cards to show you from my class that I taught in September... and yes, one actually fits the challenge ;P

This one uses another Midnight Dreary paper by Moxxie (Dead on Arrival)... LOVE it.  I trimmed up a tree diecut (Tim Holtz) and added a bit o' ribbon.

Here's my challenge card :)  More MD Moxxie paper & another Tim Holtz die (rickety house), and a MS fence punch.

This shows the dimension a little better (pop-dots are my friends), but the lighting is off.  I kinda like it :)

Well kids, you've got one more day to join in on the HDH113 Heinously Haunted Houses challenge for a chance to win a fun little prize pack.  Got haunts?

Whoops... Masters of the Macabre x3...

Where does the time go?  We haven't announced Masters of the Macabre for August, September or October!  So, without further ado...

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

Carol!

The coveted Master of the Macabre title for September goes to:

Fiona!

The coveted Master of the Macabre title for October goes to:

Jenn B!

Grab the badge and display it with pride, oh masterful ones!  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.

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 :)

Pumpkinhead Gruesome Twosome and a Prize winner!!

Thank you to everyone who played along with us last week.

Despite the fact that almost no one was actually a fan of the film,

we did have quite a few participants.

Kudos to everyone for not letting a challenge intimidate you!

The chosen Gruesome Twosome from last week's challenge are

KristyLee

and

Amy!

Congratulations to both of you with your multiple entries and

smashingly gourd-geous projects!!

Please grab your badge and display it proudly!

Ah, nothing like the smell of fresh blood!

Um, I mean, yay newbies!!  

And without further ado, the winner of the 

beautifully crafted Pumpkinhead necklace, box, and card

so generously offered from our very own Lynx is

Tori!!!

Lucky Lady! Please contact Lynx to claim your prize.