Haunted Design House

The Mistress has a card today!!!  I know... un-freakin-believable. It's even for the current HDH107 Appalling Apothecary Macabre Monday challenge ! I am a bit of a cheater though.  This was actually done a couple of months ago!  ACK!  I know.  It was one of six cards I did for my Elegantly Eerie card class last week.  I had 25 people show for the class, and the three extra kits were gone by the time it was over!  Sah-weet!  I used all of Moxxie's new Midnight Dreary paper line... LOVE LOVE LOVE every single paper in that line! I will say that it took FOREVER to cut and punch all of the pieces for the kits.  I definitely don't make any for my time, which completely sucks.  BUT, I do enjoy teaching.  Here's another card from that class: Super easy, but I just couldn't bring myself to cover that beautiful house!  You can't see it here, but I ended up adding clear glitter pen over the eaves and the right ...

The Macabre Monday challenge here at HDH is Appalling Apothecary .   I have been compiling my own Apothecary collection on my mantle for about a year or so now. I have some antique books, some specimen bugs, candles, and creepy bits and bobs. I have taken pictures of my mantle before, so I wanted to show you something totally new. I got this awesome little cabinet for my birthday. My friends are finally catching on as to how easy I am to shop for. Thrift store finds are my favorites!!!  I took all nine of my Tim Holtz bottles and transformed them into various tinctures, poisons, and remedies. I printed out a bunch of poison labels I had been saving for just such a project. I glued them on the bottles and placed them on the shelves in an attractive manner.  I also added some of my miniature sculptures from my personal  collection to fill in the blank spots. If you are interested in some mini gourds of your own, please check out...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Ok, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH107 "Appalling Apothecary" what's in YOUR medicine cabinet? poison, hemlock, eye of newt! You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece The Macabre Minions have created some superb pieces! Check out this array of creepy goodness: Creepy Cricut Cween Donna : Go on take a drink! Agent of the Abominable Andrea : Essence of rat anyone? Devious Digital Demoness Susan : Party Time! Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg : will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in!