Haunted Design House

Due to my (un)healthy obsession with television and my (un)natural love of my DVR, I am officially a TV junkie. I record so much TV every week, but I do manage to watch some really cool and strange and funny shows that I would probably miss if I had to rely on the antiquated way of watching TV. One of my favorite shows to watch is " Lost Girl " on Syfy channel. At first I wasn't feelin' it, as it started right after " Being Human " and I had a hard time transitioning from werewolves and vampires, to the world of the light and the dark Fae. Huh? Isn't that the premise for " True Blood "?  Anyhoo, as result of my having a girl crush on "Kenzie" (the main character's sidekick),  I was inspired for this week's challenge. Yup! That was me!!     "Who are you callin' a Succubus?!"   What exactly IS a Succubus you ask? In folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus (plura...

 *Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Okay, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH147 "Who are you callin' a Succubus?!" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that depicts a Succubus in one form or another. Just what is a Succubus you may ask? In folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi ) is a female demon or supernatural being appearing in dreams, who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse . The male counterpart is the incubus . Religious traditions hold that repeated intercourse with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death. In modern fictional representations, a succubus may or may not appear in dreams and is often depicted as a highly attractive seductress or enchantress ; whereas, in the past, succubi ...

Yes, you are in the right place. I'm stepping up my responsibilities here in the dungeon, and hoping to stay on the Mistress's "good side". The Gruesome Twosome from the HDH093 Kuriously Korroded with Kenny K  challenge are Lucie and Nancy Feel free to grab your badge and fly your freak flag high!     Since Elena at Kenny K was so generous, we have another prize for one randomly chosen winner. Congrats to Kapree !!!  Congratulations ladies. Please email Barb (link in the sidebar) and she will arrange for you to receive your free digis from our generous sponsor, Kenny K Downloads .   Thank you to everyone who played along with us last week. Please remember, you need to provide a direct link to your project post, not just your blog, and you should also provide a link to our challenge somewhere in your post so others can join in on the fun too! There is still plenty of time to cook up something creepy for our current, Menacing Merma...

I got to play!!!!  I am totally psyched... I just LOVE getting crafty, and these Kenny K images definitely add the fun ;) I was lucky enough to work with Miss Fortune... a sexy little bi-atch, no? And check this awesome clearance aisle find... its a faceted glass gem that has been wrapped in mesh and set into a metal housing.  L.O.V.E. it.  Thank you, JoAnn's, for the frugal find :)  I've got these in this pink/purple, light green, light grey & black (with silver mesh)... jealous?  ;) I'm not overly thrilled with her hair, but the rest of her turned out great, me thinks.  I've got her sitting atop some self-adhesive velvet skully trim from We R.  I cut the little bat out and stuck it on the inside.   The paper is from my stash, and it has been crumpled, sanded & torn... pretty much mangled :)  I also distressed the edges of all of the cardstocks & crumpled up the flower.  I used a Tim Holtz edge die & popped o...

*For the Simply Betty Stamps' Burton 'Weenies Previews, please scroll to previous post!* **Macabre Monday fans... please be sure to read the rules... we've added to them!** 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. Please make sure that your blog post / upload has been made AFTER the challenge date... we wanna see fresh stuff, not those from a few weeks ago!! 3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.) , please tag the title using HDH093 . 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...

Fellow SBS DT member, Suzi , has organized a fun blog hop to round out the year! All you have to do to join in, is create a  post on your blog entitled 'My Top Ten Cards of 2010'.  Then link that post to Suzi's post , using the inlinkz tool at the bottom of her post... please visit that post to see details about prizes along the hop!     Sooooooooo, here are my faves for the year: Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (vampire), The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment) Images by:  Kenny K (girl), The Angel Company (sentiment & background) Image by Stamp It Crazy Image by Delicious Doodles Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (vampires), Stampers Anonymous (sentiment) Images by:  Tiddly Inks (house & fairy), Viva Las Vegas Stamps (sentiment) Images by:  Stamp It Crazy (fairy), Stampers Anonymous (tree), The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment) Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (boy), unknown sentiment   Image by:...

Check it.  This is a just-for-fun card I finished the other day.  Not for classes, not for DT, not for Christmas... just for the hell of it.  Ahhhh.  Cardmaking for the sheer joy... can ya' feel it?! And since I suck at the whole photo-taking thing, I thought I would show you the difference from my scanner vs. camera.  Let's just say that in real life, the image color is actually in-between these two representations.   {photo shot with camera} Awhile back, Kenny K had a contest to name his newest digi line, Krash Kittenz ... and one of my names was selected!  Yeay!  This is Maggie Mayhem ... VERY fitting name me thinks :)   {scanner version}  I'm trying out the Latina-esque / sun-kissed skin tone with Copics E11, E13 & E15.  The jacket & shoes:  N1, N4, N7.  Reds:  R59, R29, R24.  Hair:  E21, E25, E29. {photo shot with camera} The trim is some pleather belt-ish stuff I found at JoAnn's...

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 :)

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 HDH051 . 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 embel...

**If you are here for the for the Simply Betty Stamps Victorian Beauties Bloghop, please scroll down to the next post.  Thanks! Ok, I'm seriously diggin' the latest Kenny K digi's, Gothik Angelz... this line TOTALLY fits in around this blog :)  And I have finally managed to squeeze in a card for one of the KK challenges... bonus! This is Alice Chains... what do you think is goin' on in her mind?  Me thinks this would make a fun Valentine's Day or Anniversary card... I'm sure the hubbs would like it ;) A lot of fun to color, but MAN the skirting took awhile, whew.  LOVE how her eyeshadow & bodice turned out!  Please click on photos to enlarge. Digi:   Alice Chains (Kenny K) Rubber Stamps:  Background Soup , Spunky Sprite Boys (both TAC) Paper:   Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks Ink:  Charcoal Palette, Onyx VersaFine Other:  Tim Holtz edge die, Scor-Bug, Stardust silver glitter pen, black tulle, garter clasp Copics: ...