Macabre Monday HDH155 - R.I.P.



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(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! 

 

 

    

  

 



HDH153 - Creepy Cryptids



*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:

HDH153
"Creepy Cryptids"

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

that has something to do with a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but is unrecognized by scientific consensus and often regarded as highly unlikely!  Think Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, even Faeries.

A link here gives a more detailed explanation and a list of possibilities.  Your only boundaries are your imagination.

CRYPTOCURIUM is a New Jersey based custom artwork, chocolate and candy maker
committed to producing “handmade and edible art” of the highest quality.
Utilizing legends and lore, stories and the Lovecraft Mythos, CRYPTOCURIUM transforms
the strange and the macabre into limited edition artwork and terrifying treats for your enjoyment.

This week we have an amazing sponsor.  The Cryptocurium is offering the Lovecraftian Lollipops waves 1 and 2. One set of four pops to each GT.  Now that is what I call a prize!


Lollipop Wave 1:

   


Lollipop Wave 2:

   

I know what I want from Santa Claws this year!
Let's see what creepy coolness the minions have prepared for your viewing pleasure:

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:



Willo the Wisp



Menace of the Monstrous Mark:





Temptress of Terror - Teri :

Check back on Wednesday for more Minion inspiration
and the announcing of the winners of the last
challenges.

Chain me up Wretched Wednesday inspiration

This week the challenge theme is

"Chain me up, Chain me down".

Incorporate chains into your project .

Simple.

 

I chose to work with a favorite image from

Rick St. Dennis (Uncle Rick) called,

"Screaming Me Me".  

I made an ATC using chains to imprison my little fiend, here.

I fussy cut MeMe, and then added him to a Stickled and embossed spider web.

I opened the links of the chain and put his little wrists in to make it official.

I added a little inspirational saying to convey hope.

I'm nice like that.

 

 

Now let's see what magical mystery Mark has created.

 

Hmmm... looks old and rusted. And there is a chain and lock, which

could mean a treasure or something otherworldly could be inside.   

 

According to Mark, this belonged to his world renowned,

Monster Hunting Grandad.

How cool. 

 

I bet you have never seen a real, Merman heart before.

Drop by Mark's blog and read all the wonderful details

that make this heart such a treasure.

 

C'mon and take this week's challenge of using chains on your project.

Not necessarily real chains, but any chain-like representation will do.  

 

 

And now for the winners and GTs from the last 2 challenges.

Last week's Gruesome Twosome for the "I'm Melting" challenge are:

 

Fiona

 

and

 

Suzanne

 

Congratulations ladies.

Please grab your badge and display it with pride. 

 

 

 

Looks like the smell of melting flesh has left the

Minions salivating and wanting more.

 

The week before last, we had the "Oh my Gourd!" challenge.

The Gruesome Twosome from that week are:

 

Fiona

 

and

 

 

Monique

 

Not only do the Gruesome Twosome each win a Floating Pumpkin kit,

but so do the following Minions in training:

 

Crafty Girl

Tammie E

Nancy

Suzanne 

 

Congratulations!!!

Please contact me (Creepy G) here to claim you winnings.

I'll need your mailing address to get your kit to you in time

for Halloween.

 

Thank you to all who played along with us for the last couple of weeks.

We love seeing what kind of Macabre Madness you have created using out challenge themes.

I updated the coming challenges list in the sidebar if any of you would care to

work ahead.

 

Keep it Creepy!!