Wretched Wednesday Nosferatu Ad nauseam

It is Wednesday already! Only one week until Hallowe'en!!

I add the exclamation points to give the illusion of enthusiasm.

I am B-U-R-N-T out this year! I didn't even decorate my house.

I know! The shock and horror of it all! I figure I have enough everyday

Hallowe'en inspired stuff adorning my house. To the layman, I decorated.

Kinda bummed, but not enough to warrant going through 20 boxes of decorations,

only to have it out for a week or two. Then comes Creepmas....    

 

 

Anyhoo,

the challenge this week is basically, vampires.

Easy enough with everyone already having their Halloween

supplies out and at the ready.

No cute schtuff please.

 

We are sponsored this week by Rick St. Dennis, who has generously

offered up 3 free digis of choice to the GTs this week.

 

 

We have a couple of samples to get your mid week mojo flowin'.

 

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:  

 

 

 

The Contagion of Corrosion Croms:

 

 

 

Now how's that for inspiration???

 

There is plenty of time to prepare a vampy type project.

The deadline for entries this week is Sunday at 5 PM CST.

 

 

Now for the Gruesome Twosome for last week's

R.I.P. challenge.

 

Congratulations to

 

Leigh

 

and

 

Jenn

 

 

Grab your badge and display it proudly.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who played along last week.

Keep it creepy!!! 

 

 

 

 

 



HDH156 - Nosferatu Ad nauseam



*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:

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.