Haunted Design House

It's the Masterful Mistress of the Macabre here, late as usual with my Macabre Monday challenge goodness (bad bad Mistress) I may have to switch places with the Minions for my actions...  well...  maybe ;) We are having our  LAST  challenge of the year, which expires this Sunday at 5pm CST.  The Minions are in need of a little yard time from the dungeon, but will pop in now and again to keep everyone on their toes. So, what is the challenge? Macabre Monday  challenge, " Sam hain   Sun set ." You are to  create a   dark,  Gothic, or  Hallowe'en based art piece that represents a  Samhain  Sunset . We're looking for the colors of a beautiful fall sunset. Think  purples ,  reds ,  oranges , and  yellows . Use them as you wish, just keep it within our guidelines. We are sponsored by the incredibly talented Mitzi Sato-Wiuff, of  Aurora Wings . She has offered up a ver...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Welcome to week #1 of  Macabre Monday  challenge, " Sam hain Sun set ." You are to  create a   dark,  Gothic, or  Hallowe'en based art piece that represents a  Samhain Sunset . We're looking for the colors of a beautiful fall sunset. Use them as you wish, just keep it within our guidelines. We are sponsored by the incredibly talented Mitzi Sato-Wiuff, of  Aurora Wings . She has offered up a very generous prize of $15 worth of digis (digis ONLY) to each of our GTs this challenge. Mitzi has beautiful artwork available in her store. She has digis, ACEOs, original artwork, and more in her shop. Stop by and check it out. BLACKDRAGON Insanely brilliant shrine using Aurora Wings' "Bone Queen" image. Ike Beautifully executed card using Aurora Wings' "Ribb...

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, Nes...

Just a little heads-up for all of you challenge nuts out there :)  Over at the Smeared and Smudged ning site, I am hosting the October 2010 Guest Designer Challenge So, you might want to head on over and play along!  The challenge is to create something paying homage to one of the Goddesses of Harvest . You may only use warm, Fall colors and you must also have at least one rubber-stamped image. This is my offering: Stamps:   Elementals (Smeared Ink), Falling Leaves (Stamper's Anonymous), Trendy Greetings (The Angel Company) Paper:   Karen Foster dp, white cs (Neenah), Bazzill cs Ink:   Tuxedo Memento, Burnt Sienna Palette Other:   Copic markers, sheer ribbon (Hobby Lobby), pop dots I LOVE this Smeared Ink image!  Though she is a Fire Goddess rather than an Earth Goddess, the colors work so well with her that I had to ink her up :)   So, are you all up for the challenge?!!

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 HDH038 . 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. He/she will be...

Tonight I've got the last of my Art Shares! Well, I had an additional one, but I had made one similar and had posted it before HERE ... it was for Suzanne . She has a couple of boys and lives in Florida, so I thought it was totally her :) Hope you like it, Suzanne!! I made these Halloweenie Boo Birdhouses for Bren . She is my downline from Wichita and she said to just surprise her with something... muhuhuwahh ahh ahh ahh aaaaaaahhhh! `:) What was she getting herself into?! I LOVE THESE ... and I almost wanted to start another project and keep these for myself. But, no no no... I was good and gave them away :) Me... good... ha ha ha... no comments from the peanut gallery... {cough... CINDY ... cough} Anyway, I had these envisioned stuck in a plant centerpiece... mossy and dark. Or, if you want to go the fun route, in a big bowl of candy corn :) I'm sorry to say that there isn't ANY product from TAC on this project... that's a first in a LONG time for me! But ...

... where does the time go?! Christmas cards one post... Hallloween the next :) For those of you who don't know, I am the Halloween Queen . My house always has a bit of Halloweenie-ness goin' on, decor wise... I've got quite the collection workin'. So, from time-to-time, I'll throw a little card creepiness out year-round... that's just how I roll ;) Remember when I said I wanted to color that little owl from the Bird Cage set with minereal oil & Prismacolors... well, here he is! He turned out pretty wicked-cool if I may say. Stamps: Bird Cage , Fresh Air Favorites ( retiring!!! grab this now! ) , Glitter Goblins Paper: Bazzill Mono-Oranges , Bazzill Mono-Greens , Natural cs , White UltraSmooth cs , and misc. dark brown cs Ink: VersaMark , Burnt Umber Palette Other: Antique Copper Hardware , Crystal Laquer , Prismacolors & mineral oil blending, foam tape I love distressing paper for extra Halloweenie-ness... no pristine princess in this house {w...