Haunted Design House

I am sooooooo ready for all of the Halloweenie stuff to REALLY start showing up in stores and on blogs. I've been wanting to create my own little cemetary in the front/side yard for several years, but I never seem to start on it soon enough. I've got some great patterns and 'recipes' for tombstones and the like, but I am SUCH a procrastinator! I need to just set aside a month of weekends (probably next year!!) and just GET IT ALL DONE. Speaking of Halloween, here is a little 4x4 card with hardly any stamping [gasp!] . I cut into some more of my Black Magic (Hocus Pocus) Core d'nations cardstock and ran it through a couple of the new Cuttlebug embossing folders and got to sanding! This is actually too 'cute' of a Halloween card for me to do, normally, but I thought I'd share anyway! CuteWeb card supplies Stamps: TAC's So Splattered (retired), and the sentiment is unknown (I collect Halloween stamps and didn't keep track of the manufacturers in t...

Woo Hoo!!! Here it is!! Number 100 . Ok, so not THAT big of a deal, but I seriously didn't think I would keep up even this well with the whole blogging thing. That being said, let us now commence on the BLOG CANDY ! Yes, yes, you can win some splendiferous (is that a real word?) yumminess from little ol' me! [I just LOVE saying 'little' and 'me' in the same sentence :) ] Leave a comment on THIS POST ...I will NOT be revealing the goodness until all the entries are in and the winner has been selected [insert evil cackle here] . If you saw what I gave away last time , just know that it will be waaaaaaay BETTER than that. Here is some more good news : I'm one of the winners for TAC's monthly contests! Go check out all of the other wonderful creations from a few of my fellow Angels here ! Now, for the info on my Brewin' Dark Angel card for today. This was another submission for a contest that didn't win, but it is actually one of my favo...

As promised! Look at this little Halloweenie card... isn't it cute? I used not one, but TWO types of ribbon from my Paperlicious goodie package... AND I made TWO of these cards! [must keep one for myself!]. Here are the details: Stamps: Spooky Swirls, and Boo! (current GWP stamp!) Paper: White UltraSmooth CS, black CS, DCWV Flora-2 CS Ink: Noir, Orangerie, Jardin Moss, & New Canvas Palette inks, VersaMark Pen Coloring medium/Technique: heat embossed pewter EP, used VersaMark Pen to color around ghost and then applied Jewel Tone Iridescent chalks (Pebbles Inc.) Bling: Paperlicious Ribbon, Black Scrapper's Floss, TAC Essential Elements (tab) Misc.: Scor-Pal, Cuttlebug embossing folder, sanding block, edge distresser, & foam tape If you ever have ANY questions on how I did something or what I used, please feel free to email me or leave a comment! Thanks for visiting!

OMG OMG OMG! I have a new love... Black Magic ColorCore Cardstock by core'dinations . It is quite possibly the most perfect cardstock for all that is Halloween. I just got it today and had to do something with it! This is not my best work, but I love it anyway because it uses one of my all time favorite (retired, dang it!) TAC stamp sets: Haunted . Isn't the house awesome? The sentiment is TAC's Happy Haunting (current), Noir & Water Lilly Green Palette inks, DCWV card base, some misc. funky orangy-yellow cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folder, and a ripped strip of cotton (old pillow case). So what do you think?

Thought I'd share my 1st prize winner from Saturday! There are several different stamp companies represented in addition to TAC, and I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know the names, but I'm sharing anyway! I purchased several of them at past stamp conventions, and half the time they don't put a card or anything in the bag with their name on it. I think the tree is from Stamp Oasis, the creepy skeleton scene is one I got from Ebay, the broom is from BattleAxe, 'Believe in Magic' is from Viva Las Vegas, spider web and bats are from TAC. The crow and tombstones are from the same place (convention), and the 'If the broom fits...ride it' is another convention stamp. Majority of the ribbon is from Martha Stewart, Target, and some misc. fiber. Scrapper's floss and Stickles are absolute musts! Transparent tags & fence from MM, and 'creepy crawly' tag is I-kandee. I dyed the shipping tag with Terra Cotta spray ink. VersaMark, Noir Palette,...

Just a few pics from tonight... we had quite a few kids come by... and a couple that stayed on the sidewalk or walked across the street instead [insert evil laugh here].

I made these two cards w/ a brass stencil and translucent embossing paste. After applying the paste on the second one, I took a stipple brush & 'flicked' out the edges... turned out kinda creepy ... me likey ! After the paste dried, I brayered over the orange cardstock w/ black ink & quickly wiped it off of the image. Tore a couple of edges, layered it up, a little stamp here ( Running Stitches ), a little stamp there( Boo Bash ), and voila! What do you think? Please leave me a comment!