Haunted Design House

Our theme for this month is simply (grotesque, macabre and creepy) Halloween, but remember that we don't do cute and cuddly here. We want only your freakiest, most macabre and gothic creations. So don;t enter any cutesy pumpkin stuff or you will be removed and haunted by the demons that live in the dungeon, there will be no where to hide......... The second inspiration post today with some nice projects from the Minions and our guest in the Dungeon  Marilyn Girling . Temptress of Terror Teri made an awesome coffin Manical Mother of Mayhem Mo  made a Halloween Shrine Seriously Sick Susan did a Halloween portrait And  Marilyn Girling  our special guest gruesome made these awsome works of art The Minions choose the Gruesome Twosome from the entries of our September challenge Yvonne Byoux Crafts ánd Claudia von Pappe Take your winner badges below and wear it with pride

Happy Hallowe'en!!!! Seems like we are waiting all year for this day, here in the dungeon. Then, when it finally arrives, it's so bittersweet. After getting the monster off to school, decked out in his finest "Amanda Bynes" attire, I have had the morning to work on some last minute projects, and watch scary movies since 7 AM. I wish the programming was always like this. I wanted to share an awesome make by Minion Sister Teri, using her wonderfully wicked images from her shop, Delicious Doodles . Teri is such an incredibly talented artist. She makes some of the  very best dark digi images around. She also has quite the knack for creating beautiful mainstream images, as well. Beautifully dark and sexy! Gorgeous and fun! To see more of this incredible booklet, check out  Teri's personal blog .   There is a sale currently underway at  Delicious Doodles . 25% off the entire store! I am offering up some blog ...

It's the Masterful Mistress of the Macabre here... late as usual ;) But at least I've got an additional body in the dungeon today...  Creepy Glowbugg! We've got a little mid-week Halloweenieness for you using the newest of the  Steampunk Collections  digi images drawn by the fabulous Abigail Larson,  Limited Edition Zombies and Creeps , provided by our Macabre Monday Challenge sponsor this fortnight: Store  / Simply B Blog  /  Challenge Blog  /  Steampunk Challenge Blog First up, using SBS's Collette digi: Masterful Mistress of the Macabre Barb And also using SBS's Collette digi: Creepy Glowbugg   For details and additional photos, please visit our blogs! Please enter your  Zombie or Classic Creep  creation  here . And if you're feeling a little literary, enter our  creative writing challenge   here .

Just a little quickie today, from Ike . This project includes a sexy wolfman from Ike's World , a mad scientist image from Smeared Ink , and a screamin' zombie from Rick St. Dennis . The archway is a Tando Creative product, with really cool brickwork added to it. Thanks for dropping by!  Feel free to leave a comment and share what you think is going on in that archway. Imagine it to be a movie poster for some old throwback B horror film of the 60's. Or even a newer, "yet to be a genre" type of foreign film.  Best idea gets a prize. I'm not sayin' what kind of prize,  but it will probably have something to do with  Hallowe'en. EDIT: Contest has closed. Winner will be announced shortly.   Keep it creepy! 

The 2nd week of   this challenge   is almost up, but there is still some time left to join in on the dimensional fun and  be in the running to win a killer grab bag of Tando die cuts. I chose the webbed archway for my project. It gave me a good opportunity to use some of my favorite textures on each layer.   I also tried some textures on the coffin blank I found in my stash. I used TH Distress paint, some pigment ink in a metallic purple, and then  I used clear embossing powder to set the pigment ink. Luckily, it all worked. I also colored the orange rose and the small black bud using Copics to match my Sweet Pea image. Drop by my blog for more details and pics.  And now for some long overdue Gruesome Twosome announcements. The Gruesomes for the Octopode/Hallowe'en in your face   challenge are: Suzanne and Wendy/PaperWhims  Congrats ladies.  Please contact Mark to cl...

*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 #2 of   Macabre Monday  challenge, "Dimensional Hallowe'en." You are to  create a   dark,  Gothic, or  Hallowe'en   based art piece that is dimensional in some way. Now foam pop dots are fine, but we are really hoping to see you guys come up with some  real dimension . There are some fine prizes being offered by our generous sponsor, Tando offers a wonderful line of unique and well designed, chipboard designs for all of your crafting needs. We are pleased to offer up a  Tando grab bag  full of Hallowe'en themed  cuts as pictured below, to  one lucky winner . Need to see some inspiration to get in the mood? Let's peek in on the busy Minion's and see what they have been building for this challenge. BLACKDRAGON Donna Mundinger ...

October first is finally here! The anticipation was killing us, but now the pressure to  perform is on high. Welcome to the Countdown to Hallowe'en 2013!! We are honored to be among the 192 fellow Hallowe'en revelers  participating in this month long blog hop! If you'd like to see the entire list of participants, it can be found here . Let me introduce myself. My name is Creepy Glowbugg, and I am the head Minion in charge here in the Haunted Design House. Which basically means, if things go awry, I get blamed, and (if I'm lucky) flogged.  My fellow Minions and I, run a Hallowe'en themed crafters challenge blog that is open all year long. We eat, sleep, and bleed, Hallowe'en. We also accept the Gothics, the Steampunks, and dark of heart as well. We like to celebrate the alternative crafter. No mainstream pablum for us! Every other week, we issue a challenge prompt with a specifically dark theme. Then it is up to our follower...