HDH156 - Nosferatu Ad nauseam



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

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

HDH156
"Nosferatu Ad nauseam"

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

that has anything to do with Vampires. Lots of vampires!
Tribute to the unholy Vampire!!
Fangs, blood, sensuality.
We want to see your interpretation of the beautiful or the deadly Vampyre.


Our sponsor this week is Rick St. Dennis.

Rick has a wonderfully dark line of Creepmas images and many
masterfully drawn everyday macabre images.
He also has more mainstream images available as well.
 
Now not only have the Minions been given some digis to work with, but
BOTH Gruesome Twosomes will win 3 digis of their choice. 
I think we will be inundated with entries this week!

There is also a challenge blog called Sparkle and Glitter with Rick St. Dennis,
which features a couple of our own Minions as DT members.

  The Minions have created the following
for your viewing pleasure:

Sultana of the Sinister Blackdragon:

 

Menace of the Monstrous Mark:

 

 

 

 Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

 

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos
Creepy Glowbugg:

 

Check back on Wednesday for more Nosferatu inspired pieces. 


 

R.I.P. - Rest in Peace - Wretched Wednesday

Welcome! To the Creepeeville Cemetery!!

 

Tucked away in the tiny town of Creepeeville,

there is a cemetery full of life! 

Under a silvery moon, hangs a Creepee Bat named, Vincent.

Vincent welcomes all visitors and invites us to take a tour of

"his cemetery".  

Let's go through the gates and say, "Hello".

Anyone home?

First we happen upon a wonky eyed gourd, named what else but,

Gourdy.

After we discuss the best way to spend our time in Creepeeville,

we hear what sounds like soft purring.

Look! It's the ol' cemetery familiar, Pyewacket.

And she's scratching herself upon a tombstone.

What a sweet kitteh.

 

Do you hear that? 

Boo!

It's one of the friendlier ghosts in the cemetery, Silas Spectre.

He points us in the direction we came and tells us it's time to go.

The sun will be up soon, and they all have to retire for the day.   

Silas bids us a fond farewell, and invites us to come back

and visit the Creepeeville Cemetery anytime.

 

Thanks for going with me. I always get freaked out in cemeteries.

 

I made a card too!

I used one of the newly released digis from Sweet Pea Stamps.

This image is called, "Hallloween Trio" by Ching Chou Kuik.

 

The challenge this week is "R.I.P. - Rest in Peace".

We're looking for anything to do with cemeteries, headstones,

funerals, the great demise.

You still have half a week to come up with something deadly!!

 

The chosen Gruesome Twosome for last week's

Bats in the Belfry challenge are

 

Redanne

 

 

and

 

 

Fiona

 

Congratulations!

Please grab your badge and display it with

Hallowe'en pride!!! 

 

 

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

We had so many fabulously dark and wonderfully wicked entries.

Our season is upon us!!! Let's play!! 

 

 

 



Macabre Monday HDH155 - R.I.P.



*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:

HDH155
"Rest In Peace"

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

that has anything to do with cemeteries, coffins, headstones, or funerals.
Any and all things resting in peace. Or pieces...

  Let's see what restful projects the minions have created
for your viewing pleasure:

Sultana of the Sinister BLACKDRAGON:

 

 Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Menace of the Monstrous Mark:

Temptress of Terror Teri :

Imp of Insanity Ike:

 Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Check back on Wednesday for more restful Minion projects. 
Remember, the upcoming challenges for this month are in the sidebar.

Bats in the Belfry Wretched Wednesday inspiration

THE BAT

by Theodore Roethke

 

By day the bat is cousin to the mouse.
He likes the attic of an aging house.

His fingers make a hat about his head.
His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead.

He loops in crazy figures half the night
Among the trees that face the corner light.

But when he brushes up against a screen,
We are afraid of what our eyes have seen:

For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.

 

 

This week the challenge is to use bats as your m(o)use.

 

I have been busy working on a set of Hallowe'en ornaments, and just so happen

to have sculpted a bat for the set. How timely.

 

As you can see, this a creepy cute bat.

Or maybe it's just a black hairless hamster, with wings. 

I sculpted him out of polymer clay and used glass beads for the eyes.

I used a satin finish glaze for the wings, nose and ears, to give them

a different, leathery-type texture. 

Hey! Who goes there?

Tune in next Wednesday, to see the other clay creations

waiting on the other side of the cemetery gates.

...

 

Now for official Haunted Design House business:

 

The Master of the Macabre for September is

Fiona!!!!

Congrats, Oh Masterful One for September!

Grab the illustrious badge and keep an eye out for your

winnings to arrive (with your pumpkin kit) very soon! 

 

The chosen Gruesome Twosome for the

"Creepy Cryptids" challenge are

 

Didos

 

 

and  

 

 

Monique 

 

 

Congratulations ladies. Well done.

Grab your badges and then send your mailing address to 

glowreahhh at gmail dot com, to claim your sweet prizes from

 

 

 Also, attention all past winners that have yet to receive their winnings.

The masterful Mistress has awoken for her long slumber and has actually posted

all of the long awaited prize packs.

Keep an eye out for Hallowe'en awesomeness to hit your mailboxes very soon!  

 

  

HDH154 - Bats in the Belfry



*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:

HDH154
"Bats in the Belfry"

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

that has anything to do with a bats.  Think belfries, church steeples and all round general battiness!

  Let's see what batty madness the minions have created from the minds of madness:

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

 Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Menace of the Monstrous Mark:

Temptress of Terror - Teri :

Imp of Insanity Ike:

Check back on Wednesday for more Minion batty surprises.  Remeber the upcoming challenges for this month are in the sidebar.

Sucker of Goats

Here is quick look at an elusive cryptid, the Chupacabra.

 

The Chupacabra or Chupacabras (Spanish pronunciation: from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat sucker") is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the US, especially in the later's Latin American communities. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats.

 

Awww! He doesn't look very scary or intimidating.

But then again, I'm not a goat.

He even brings his own snacks. 

I fashioned him out of polymer clay. The eyes were supposed to appear

large and able to see well in the dark. My Chupa is little light sensitive, and

could probably benefit from corrective lenses.

His horns (and tail) glow in the dark and aid in his hunting of goats.

Ack! Those eyes are killing me! Wish I had gone a different route, but I can just

blame it on interpretation.

 

Join us this week for our "Creepy Cryptids" challenge.

We have a great sponsor and a fabulous prize for the chosen

Gruesome Twosomes this week! Check out this post for more info.   

Creepy Cryptids Wretched Wednesday

****  If you played along with our "Oh my gourd!" challenge ****

you may be one of six lucky winners. Check this post to see if you won.

So far, only half the winners have responded.

You only have until this Sunday, the 7th to claim your prize.

We need to get them posted in time for the holiday!!

 

 

So, have you heard that Cryptocurium is our

Macabre Monday sponsor this week?

What is Cryptocurium, you ask? Well, it's a candy store that caters to the

Lovecraftian epicurean sweet tooth.   

Check out this post to see all the sweet pics and details. 

 

I am still working on my Cryptid for this week, so I'll just get to the meat of

the post and announce the Gruesome Twosome from last week's

Chain me up, chain me down challenge.

 

Congratulations to

 

Kristy Lee

 

and

 

Nancy

 

Thank you to everyone who plays along with us every week.

It's comforting to know there are other dark crafters out there.

We couldn't do this without you!