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Macabre Monday - Eerie Inspiration

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Looks like the Minions slept in today. Must have been all that devilish revelry in celebration of our last milestone challenge. Thanks to everyone who made it down to the dungeon to party with us. I'm pretty sure we all had a blast.  We're going to go easy on you guys (and our aching heads),  with a photo inspiration challenge, we like to call, Eerie Inspiration .     This collage photo should be able to coax your mojo to come out to play. Interpret this as you'd like, it's purely for inspiration.  There is no wrong way to do this challenge. Wanna see what a couple of the (less hung over) Minions came up with? Maniacal Mother of Mayhem Mo The tools of the trade. Beautiful notebook front cover. Even the inside pages are decorated. Nice, right? So cool! Makes you want to start journaling, doesn't it?    Fantasmagorical Fiona   Wicked, skull book box! Great dimension and texture! No haunted mansio

Gruesomes and a Master

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I would just like to apologize to everyone for not being more organized and punctual when it comes to announcing the  chosen winners for our challenges. No excuses, just being absent minded, and for that, I apologize. First up, the chosen ones for the  Ripped to Ribbons challenge: Rebecca Matney And for the   Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble challenge: Pauline P Keren Congratulations everyone! Such well deserved wins by all! Grab your GT badge and post it proudly on your blog. Thank you so much for playing in the dungeon with us! And now for the announcement for the coveted  Master of Macabre Lisa    Lisa has been a chosen winner of 6 of our 11 challenges this year. That alone makes her the automatic winner of the Master of Macabre title. But her work speaks volumes about her vision, and talent as a dark crafter. Make sure to stop by her blog and check out all of her insanely wicked work. Congra

666 (+1) The Number of the Beasts Week 2

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Hey! Where is everybody? Did some devil horns scare everyone away? So far only one of you has been brave enough to play with us for this challenge. Now not to mess up her gig here, but we have LOTS of marvelously macabre prizes to share with the winners of this challenge. If there is only one winner, she gets it all! I'm talking about free digis from Smeared Ink , a creepy grab bag from me (Creepy Glowbugg), handmade items  and goodies from the Minions, a killer digi from Delicious Darkness , plus extra schtuff still to be determined . Yes, you read the title correctly. We are celebrating our  666+1 followers of our quaint little, dark sided challenge blog here. There are now 666 +1 beasties who follow our blog! Wow! Thank you to everyone who stops by, comments, and even dares to play with us. We appreciate you all, and look forward to spreading the word of the "dark artist" , to all who will listen. Join us, if you dare! Dontcha have a h

Macabre Monday - 666: The Number of the Beasts

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Yes, you read the title correctly. We are celebrating how close we are to 666 followers of our quaint little, dark sided challenge blog here. There are nearly 666 beasties who follow our blog! Wow! Actually, as of this writing, we are only ONE follower away  from that magically dark number.  Thank you to everyone who stops by, comments, and even dares to play with us. We appreciate you all, and look forward to spreading the word of the "dark artist" , to all who will listen.  Join us, if you dare! So to truly celebrate, we are having a  Number of the Beast   themed challenge this fortnight.   Bring out yer beasties and yer monsties! You could even use the number six (or multiple sixes) in your project, or make an Iron Maiden project as well. It's up to you. Interpret the theme as you like, but remember to keep it creepy, dark, Gothic, Steampunk, or Hallowe'en in nature.  And we're offering some equally wicked prizes t

WEEK #2 BUBBLE.BUBBLE,TOIL and TROUBLE

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Our  Macabre Monday  challenge theme is "Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble". Hope you did some shopping, because it's a recipe challenge. Your project must include the following ingredients: BLACK PURPLE GREEN METAL FLOURISH  That's it.  Now, toss them all together and make something creepy, spooky, and brilliant! Please be sure to include your recipe in your post, so we can see how you used our ingredients. Wanna see what the Minion's cooked up? BLACKDRAGON Contagion of Corrosion Croms Creepy Glowbugg You really should try this recipe!  It's super easy, and it tastes great, too!!  Enter your recipe makes here .

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

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Our new Macabre Monday challenge theme is "Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble". Hope you did some shopping, because it's a recipe challenge. Your project must include the following ingredients: BLACK PURPLE GREEN METAL FLOURISH  That's it.  Now, toss them all together and make something creepy, spooky, and brilliant! Please be sure to include your recipe in your post, so we can see how you used our ingredients. Wanna see what the Minion's cooked up? Maniacal Mother of Mayhem Mo Lovely wall hanging  My recipe: Purple on the frame, the shells, the senti,  in the colouring of the images, the clouds are stamped using purple distress ink and the wire is purple too. Green : on the frame, in the colouring of the images Metal : the wire and there are staples to hold the net Flourish : the TH die behind the mermaid Black : the flourish is black card, there is black paint on the frame, the ribbon is black. The rust