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Macabre Monday HDH067 - Paper Pandemonium

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HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH067 . 4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishment

SBS 12 Days of Christmas - Day 2

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Now let's get on to Day #2! What is Christmas without the Grinch!? Why it's just not Christmas at all! So today we are challenging you to create the best Grinch-mas project you can think of! For this one you can use any image, doesn't have to be an SBS image, but remember it always help sway the judges when choosing a winner! Wink wink! Today's Prize: Any 2 SBS rubber stamps winner's choice! Remember you have until Nov. 29th at 11:00 pm PST to upload your creations to the SBS Challenge blog .  And check to see what some of the DT has in store for you! And here is my last minute entry :) This would be Punky Teen Christmas Tristan ... I really like him and this is the first chance I've had to color him up!  I paired him with a little Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas paper.  This is the Scallop Stripe one... you can see a bit of the stripe on the left, and I used the other side of it for the background. The skullies are from a Bombshell stamp s

SBS 12 Days of Christmas - Day 1

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Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas... with the Simply Betty Twist!  These 12 days are going to be a bit different!  For starters, one winner will be chosen on the next challenge, the prize will be given out right away!  Woop woop! Enter all challenges for a chance to win a Guest DT Spot for January 2011!  That one person will be chosen by popular votes and as mentioned as long as all challenges have been entered by this person! Well, what do you say we get this Christmas party started?!  Using any Simply Betty Stamps Halloween image, create a Christmas card... anything goes, but it must be a SBS Halloween image !  Not too hard eh?  For today's prize one lucky winner will receive a choice of any 2 Digi stamps! You will have until Saturday November 27th at 11:00 PM PST to upload your card for voting consideration.  Upload your card on the SBS Challenge blog ... and while you are there, be sure to check out the rest of the DT's cards! Here's my offering for

Simply Betty Stamps - Sweet Gothic World Kids Release!

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Surprise!  Simply Betty has a houseful of birthdays this month, so she wanted to release a new par -tay line of images!  Que Sweet Gothic World Kids :) Betty has commissioned a new artist for this release... you can find out more by going to the Simply Betty Challenge blog .  Until then, here is the whole line: Judy, Sally, Wednesday, Tilly, Alex, and Scott Cute, right?  But, if you will notice the touch o' Gothiness... skully party hat, batty balloon, skully barrettes, faces with attitude... my kinda cute.   I decided to work with Wednesday & Alex... for obvious reasons :)  There are so many snarky sentiments that I will be able to pair with these two, no?! I tried to make the top of her dress/sleeves & a bit of her tulle skirt look sheer... did it work?  I probably should have darkened them up just a wee bit more.  And I do NOT like how her hair turned out.  Practice practice practice... ugh.  For Wednesday, I tried a darker skin tone than I normally use... kinda L

Macabre Monday HDH066 - Macabre Monday Movie Mayhem... A Nightmare on Elm Street

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HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH066 . 4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishment

Enabler alert!

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  Why wait till Black Friday when you get only one day of sales right? Let's get the SALE party started... Simply Betty Stamps style! Digis @ $2.75 ALL EMOS! Steampunk Gang  All Victorian Beauties  All Punky Teens  All Jude and his Shenanigan Crew Spooky Hallow All Papers @ .40¢ Rubber only $4.00!! Emo Halloweenies Everyday Emos Sorry Christmas Emos still out of stock! Well what are you waiting for!?  Get going before all the paper & rubber stamps are gone!  This sale will end at Midnight on Saturday Nov. 27th.  Hope you all grab yourselves some goodies!  It will be the last sale of the year!

Fiendishly Fun Friday - parenting with a chainsaw

Two young boys watch one of the Texas Chainsaw films when they shouldn't. Finding the two huddled together in a single bed in the morning, with all the lights on, the parents decide to wake them up in a way that will probably scar them for life, but that does provide a highly amusing short video clip :P

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Poe's "The Raven"

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photo from collider.com I had no clue that this movie was in the making... can't wait to see it, as I LOVE Cusack & Poe :)  And how fitting to come across this during our Ravenous Ravens challenge week?!!  For more info, CLICK HERE .

Steampunk Annie & a CARDS blog challenge...

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Ok.  It's not Halloweenie OR creepy, but I'm sharing anyway :) Today I wanted to share a mini-card... the challenge came from the CARDS blog .  Just click the link to find out the details :) I love mini-cards... they do not have a lot of 'real estate' with which to work, so the challenge comes from trying to foof up a pretty small canvas :)  I worked with one of the new Steampunk Gang digis from Simply Betty Stamps ... LOVE them!  She commissioned a new artist that has such a wonderful style. I chose salmon, olive & mustard as a color palette, which I think compliments the image very well.  I added lace & velvet trims along with the metal elements to add to the whole vintage steampunk genre. I packed this little 3x3 card with quite a bit of punch, no? Digi:   Steampunk Annie (Simply Betty Stamps) Paper:   Bazzill & Caboodles white cardstock Ink:   Burnt Umber Palette Other:   MM mini-eyelets & oval pearl, Nesties, misc. lace & velve

Macabre Monday HDH065 - Ravenous Ravens

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HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH065 . 4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishment

Bite Me Butchered Blueprint :)

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Woooo hoo!  Got HDH064 challenge done,  AND just in under the wire since I'll be working all afternoon/evening tonight & all day tomorrow! I challenged myself to take one of Nikki 's cute, not-so-creepy images and show it's sinister side `:)   This digi is One Candle Cupcake from Limited Runs Stamps , and I love it.  I can soooooooo see this decked out in pink & glitter & all kinds of beautimousness... but me likey alot this way, too!  The photo isn't the greatest... the red is a really deep scarlet blood red in real life... this looks kinda pink/red...   I used Copic markers, some rose trim from American Crafts, EK Success chain punch, MS Drippy Goo punch, So Splattered stamp (retired TAC) and Stamp Insanity's Otherworldly Loves for the sentiment.   You've still got until tomorrow at 5pm CST to play along with this week's HDH064 challenge !

Helloooooo???

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Is the HDH064 sketch challenge not working for y'all?  There are only 2 days left to get your entry posted! And yeah... I know... I haven't done mine yet either ;)

Ok, this isn't creepy or Halloweenie, or anything... but....

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I just HAD to share about the class I'm teaching on November 30th at The Scrapbook Page in Shawnee, Kansas :)  Please pop over to my other blog for additional photos and info... thanks! FosterDesignHouse.blogspot.com

Macabre Monday HDH064 - Butchered Blueprint

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HDH Macabre Monday Rules: 1 . Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :) 2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH064 . 4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much ... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :) 5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twoso me (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishment

Kenny K's Krash Kittenz Kontest

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I am loving the Kenny K's digi images, and he is having a contest for his latest line... so you know I HAD to give it a shot :)  You can find out how to enter by going to Bearly Mine Crafts !   Here is a shot of the new image line: And here are my names for the babes: A.  Flaming Fiona B.  Biker Babe Brenn C.  Krash Over Drive D.  Wrangler Reba E.  Finish Line Frannie F.  Puckered Up Buttercup G.  Six-Gun Sally H.  Leggy Layla I.  Rhonda Rider J.  Laced Up Lucy K.  Little Miss Bo Dacious L.  Maggie Mayhem Fun stuff... even though it's not Halloweenie :)

HDH063 - Freaker's Free for All by Barb

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Here it is... Saturday, and I'm just now posting my challenge stuff :)  I'm not in a gabby kinda mood today, so I'm just gonna share a bunch of photos of my Tim Holtz Configurations box I made with My Mind's Eye papers, Tim's tissue tape & Mod Podge: I LOVE this line of paper... is all flocked and fabulous.  I've got a couple of little Halloweenie bits & bobbs that I'll put in  the box... and I think I'll take the acrylic out of the lid because it really obscures your view of the inside. I also had this little guy colored up and threw this card together real quick: I'm not totally stoked with the card, but image is too damn cute :) This is Dracula Mikey from SBS and the sentiment is from a Tim Holtz Halloween stamp set. What do you think?