Wretched Wednesday: Perplexing Pigment Play

We are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps this week.

Bugaboo was one of my very first digi stamp purchases back
when I started this "little hobby" of mine years ago.

I fell for the Skelekinz line via another blogger,
and I was instantly hooked on their simple designs that
lend themselves to so many occasions.

They are so easy and fun to color.

The theme is a color challenge using black, teal,

purple and lime green.

I used an old Bugaboo freebie called, flower tag

(they give away a free image every Friday),

and the cute (in a mouth less and nose less kinda way)

bare feet image. I think they work well together.  

I used a circle and a scalloped circle Spellbinder,

fussy cut the tag and the bare feet girl, and then

doused it all with Stickles and Stardust Gelly Roll pen.

She strikes me as a fairy and fairies have to sparkle right?

If memory serves me correctly, most fairies are quite nasty and

can be quite the handful. Or in the case of their enormously long

and sharp teeth, quite the mouthful. 

I mean if she has no mouth to terrorize or eat

the other garden residents, then the least she can do is sparkle.

Join us this week at HDH for your chance to win 

7 free images (that's a $21 value!) from the

Bugaboo store! 

And now for the chosen.

The Gruesome Twosome from last week's

"Truebie or not Truebie" are

Kapree

Killer TB mini album chock full of sexiness and

the supernatural. I'd love to pour over all the

little details and trinkets in person. Or maybe just

leave a drool stain on the Alcide page...

Mark

Mark shared his Great Great Granddad's trophy Vampire heart.

Talk about a family heirloom! Fabulous mixed media piece.

Thank you to everyone who participated last week. Even with so

many of you not familiar with (the best show on HBO) True Blood,

the entries were stunning and so inspired! It keeps getting harder

to choose a GT every week. I'd say we should change the winners

to the Gruesome Threesome, but that just sounds wrong.

And probably really ugly. 

Macabre Monday HDH137 Perplexing Pigment Play

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules*

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

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

HDH137
"Perplexing Pigment Play"

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

that uses the colors, black, teal, purple, and lime green.
Basically, anything goes as long as you use the prescribed color pallet
and make it creepy (cute) in nature.


We are sponsored this week by

Bugaboo has generously offered up 7 free images from their online store!

They have so many cute and unique images,
I'm sure you'll find something that fits your crafting needs.
Bugaboo also have a challenge blog and they give away
a free digital image every week. It's a great way to check out
digis without the commitment or the cash.


Let's see what the Minions have colored for your viewing pleasure this week.
(You can click on each Minion's names to be taken to their
personal blogs with more details and pics of their killer projects!)

Bugaboo Minion on loan: Lola

Guest DT Minion for June: Crystal

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

  

The Freak of the Formidable Fiona:

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so check back!

Wretched Wednesday HDH136 Calling all Truebies

Season 5 starts this Sunday!

Can I get a "hell yeah!"?!

Hey! I just noticed that my favorite ripped werewolf is missing

from this group shot!

Let me fix that.

 

There, that's so much better.
How you doin'?
Woof!

Anyhoo, I digress.
And I drool, too.

The challenge this week is to pay homage to the

enigma that is HBO's True Blood.

Here is my homage.

I had lots of elements that I wanted to use on this card.

Believe it or not, there were more bits of ephemera that didn't make it.

It's a bit much, but I think it strikes a decent balance.

I was able to use yet another of these weird bat-like brads,

and destash my ever growing collection of feathers.

I think they procreate in the jar where I keep them.

Every time I grab one, three more pop out!

I also finally broke out the weird (for me) TH Distress Stickles

in Antique Linen. It gave the aged piece a nice sheen.

I have the pleasure of sharing the spotlight with Andrea today.

Her project includes a wicked little vial of "V" and a "V" cupcake

just  for Andy Bellefleur. Yum?

Incase you aren't in the know, "V" means vampire blood.

It's kinda like Ecstasy mixed with LSD and PCP, when taken

by humans as a recreational drug.

Won't you join us this week in celebration of the

fifth season of True Blood?

There are plenty of magical and wicked characters to

choose as your muse.

Deadline to enter is this Sunday at 5PM, CST.

Now for the chosen ones.

First up is the supreme Master of the Macabre for May

Congratulations  to

Carol

Please grab your badge and display it with pride.

Also, contact Barb (addy in the sidebar) to lay claim to

your Masterly winnings. Be sure to include your

mailing address.

  

The Gruesome Twosome for the

Smeared Ink Distressing challenge are

Aisling

and

Jenn

Congratulations ladies.

You know the drill. Grab it and flaunt it.

Your badge, that is.

The lucky winner of the Smeared Ink

$15 digital shopping spree is

Mark!!!!  

Congratulations!!

Please contact Tori here to claim your prize!

Just let her know Haunted Design House sent ya!

Congratulations to all of the winners.

It wasn't easy to choose with all of the amazing art we

had the pleasure of perusing this week. 

The Minions really appreciate everyone who plays along with us

down here, in the dungeon.

YOU are the ones that make the world a little less cute & cuddly,

one creeptastic project at a time :)

Macabre Monday HDH136 Truebie or not to Truebie

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules*

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

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

HDH136
"Truebie or not to Truebie."

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

that represents or celebrates the upcoming season debut
of The Mistress's favorite television show,
True Blood.
It starts up again for it's 5th season on HBO this coming Sunday.
 This pleases the Mistress.
If you aren't familiar with the show you can google clips or
episodes, but basically it's about a bunch of highly sexual
vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, mediums, and witches,
(and were panthers, too - some crazy shit huh?) trying to
coexist (or not) amongst the humans in Louisiana.
The show is somewhat loosely based on the Sookie Stackhouse
novels by Charlaine Harris.


We are joined this month by our first Guest DT
Crystal of Rustic Daisy Studio

My Bio:
I have had my hands in drawing, crafting, painting, crocheting, knitting, woodworking (have my own tools and I know how to use them) etc........ seems like my whole life.
Eons ago at the tender age of 16, I was the youngest pastel portrait artist at Six Flags over GA.
I love to paint using acrylics and have painted murals in several businesses locally....
(Our local animal shelter, Jump for Joey, etc....) My specialty is pet portraits.
I have 4 children and 5 grands. Love 'em all to pieces!!!
Still have one at home; a 13 yrs. old daughter named Harlee.
I'm a SAHM....kudos to my hubs Jeff aka Scrubby, he works hard so I don't have to....LOL

Recently I've delved into the acting world (extra in an independent film) and the bug has bitten me pretty hard.  I have a friend that is a talent agent and she thinks I can get a few gigs. So now I'm a signed actress...... (suhweet)!!!!
Heck, I've had enough practice dressing up on Halloween....its our fave holiday!!!!
I make all our costumes, from scratch or by altering pre-made items. However and whatever it takes to get the idea in my head into a wearable costume.
My fave motto is "Go BIG or go home!!!"

Fabulous first creation from the Dungeon, Crystal.
Thank you for agreeing to hang out in the muck with us
for the entire month of June.

Now let's see what the other Minions have sunk their teeth into this week.
(you can click on any Minion's name to be taken to their
personal blog with more info and pictures of their awesome work.)

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

The Freak of the Formidable Fiona:

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so check back!

HDH135 Distressed Mistress...

I'm not really distressed...

because I actually got to play along with the challenge this week!  Smeared Ink was awesome enough to offer up a sponsorship, and the Minions and I couldn't be happier... thanks SI!!

We tailored this week's challenge, "Pass the Distressing, Please", specifically for Smeared Ink...

their name says it all!  Ink it, rip it, tear it, file it, crumple it... you get the idea :)  Here is my offering:

other details:  Tim Holtz edge die & key die, Maya Road stick pin & rose trim, Karen Foster paper

I LOVE how this turned out.  In real life, the red is a true BLOOD red!  I added color with my Copics and then went to town distressing the edges & gettin' inky.  I even colored a clear crystal stick pin to match the red... me likey.

I used two of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Smeared Ink images:

 Skull - Quoth the Raven

Plaque - As Death
 

Aren't they fantastic?!  These images would be perfect to use on June 4th,
which happens to be:

Skull Appreciation Day!

Get more info about SAD over at the Skull-A-Day blog 

And Smeared Ink is doing a blog hop that day, so be sure to check it out to get your fix for everything skully >`:)

So, what do you think, stalkers?  Skulls today AND Monday... ahhh... bliss.

Wretched Wednesday "Pass the distressing, please."

This week we are sponsored by



Smeared Ink

They have offered up a very generous prize of

a $15 digi shopping spree in their shop! 

The Macabre Monday challenge this week is

to use some sort of distressing on your project.

Super duper easy, right?!

 

I chose this little candy corn monster to work with.

He is so cute in a slobbery and chopped off head kinda way.

I am in love with this guy. Or maybe it's just his little teefs.
I used some distressed paper from a random Hallowe'en paper pack,
I added a distressed bit of the cover from a TH Hallowe'en paper pack,
and worked it over pretty good with a sanding block and the TH
distressing tool. I think I like using scissors better.
I added some cool webbed ribbon in green and black and even snuck
in that bug ribbon that I bought last season and never managed to work
it into a project.

You still have until Sunday at 5PM, CST to enter to win
a $15 digital shopping spree at Smeared Ink!!!  

Now for the real reason you all tuned in today.



Last week's chosen ones for the
Long in the Tooth challenge
are:

Carol


for her incredibly inspiring Tooth Fairy!!
I am totally making one of these!!

and

Jenn


for her very "non-cute" fanged submission.


And honorable mention goes to
Katt


using every one's favorite fatal couple.


Lastly, we have the real winner of this challenge,
Lady B


Who won us over with her sibling's mouth castings.
Brilliant way to display one of life's cruelest jokes!!!!!!

Well Lady B, you are the lucky winner of
 the Hamish the Scottish Werewolf sculpt from

Please contact Andrea  to claim your awesome prize,
and be sure to include your mailing address.

Thank you to everyone who entered our toothy challenge
last week! We appreciate and enjoy all of your hard work
and inspiring efforts.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with for this
week's distressing challenge.

Macabre Monday HDH135 "Pass the distressing, please."

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules*

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

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

HDH135
"Pass the distressing, please."

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

that uses distressing of some sort. Get out your nail files, your scissor blades
and your distress inks! Your hands are really the best tools to crumple and rip,
and then spritz and sponge your way to a distressed masterpiece!
 Distressing is also a good way to work out those aggressions
 possibly left over from this past weekend's festivities.

We are sponsored this week by

Smeared Ink
has generously offered up a $15 digi shopping spree
to their online store! They have so many unique images,
I'm sure you'll find something that strikes your fancy!


Let's see what the Minions have torn up for your viewing pleasure this week.
(You can click on each Minion's names to be taken to their
personal blogs with more details and pics of their killer projects!)


Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

  

The Freak of the Formidable Fiona:

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg:

will post on Wretched Wednesday, so check back!