Haunted Design House

That's right everyone... I'm baaaaaack :)  The "real" jobs have been keeping me hoppin' for so long, that I almost forgot how to find this damn blog!  I'm working this weekend, too, so if I was gonna play, it had to be today.  So, without further ado: HDH126 - Grimm's Grimmest Ike's images that I used for this challenge are f'ing awesome.  "Red" is looking a bit... ummm... yeah, YOU know what I'm sayin'.  >`:)  Let's just say the hubby is diggin' this card. I'm not happy with how the wolf turned out.  When I was almost done with it, my damn marker dumped a HUGE drop right in the middle of it.  Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!  So I kept going over it to try and blend it out, so it looks all blah now.  Dammit.  Good thing "Red" is the focus I guess. I also used an old Rusty Pickle patterned paper that I've been hoarding (LOVE it).  The sentiment stamp is from StampInsanity. You've...

*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: HDH126 " Grimm's Grimmest " You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece based or inspired by one of  the t ales of the Brother's Grimm . There are well over 200 tales to choose from and you may be surprised by how brutal and horrific the original tales were actually written. For example, did you know that in the original version of Cinderella, (translated from the original "Aschenputtle") in order for the wicked step sisters to get their feet to fit into the slipper that one hacked off their toes and the other her heel? It would seem that most of the tales ended with some sort of bloodshed and death. Quite a long cry from the watered down versions we were raised on from Disney and Scholastic books. Oh! And let's not forget that...