Haunted Design House

Just a heads up... I'm not feeling the mojo.  I almost didn't post this, but Creepy Glo talked me into... dammit.  This is what I get when I try to get all matchy-matchy.  I wanted to make sure the colors of the tickets were brought into the colored image & the card background.  O...M...G... remind me to not try that with bright-assed orange again, K? The paper is Echo Park and the punch is from MS.  The uber-awesome image is from Delicious Doodles .  I really liked how her skin came out, though.  It's just that damn orange that f****d everything up :)  The tickets I picked up at a local boutique a year or two ago... LOVE them... and I hoard them.  They used to say "Trick" or "Treat"... but since it's a zombie, I thought maybe "ick" or "eat" was appropriate?  Besides, one of them was already torn up from the tape... so I made it work :) You still have time to play along with our challenge this week !  Until Su...

P.M.S. Who would have thought that mere initials would strike fear in the hearts of men? Silly mortals! This week's Macabre Monday challenge is P.M.S. - Psychotic Miss Silver . Why? What were you thinking? I kind of had a hard time with this challenge. Seems simple enough, just use a crazy chick and something silver. It took me a while, but once I found my muse (also known as "Karin" from Stampotique ), I decided to make something other than a card. Once I got "Karin" all colored and UTEE'd a few times, I mounted her onto a black card stock scalloped circle.  Then, for my ultimate destash, I used a Leeza Gibbons silver rope frame I picked up years ago at Big Lots! for a $1.00. I have two more frames in smaller sizes that may need their own Stampotique images as well. Anyhoo, a little (LOTS!) glue and some complimentary colored ribbon, and we have ourselves an orny-mint! Yay! There is still plenty of time to play along with this week's challeng...

*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: HDH105 "P.M.S. Psychotic Miss Silver " You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses or includes a angry/crazy/psychotic woman and silver . We've all been there. Some weeks are better than others. Make her crazy. Make her angry. Make her silver. Well, not literally, but use silver somewhere on this project. The Macabre Minions have out-done themselves once again! Check out these fantastic cards: Sultana of the Sinister Lynx : Creepy Cricut Cween Donna : Agent of the Abominable Andrea : Devious Digital Demoness Susan : Temptress of Terror Teri : Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg : will post on Wretched Wednesday, so tune in! Now let's see what wonderfully creep-tastic creations YOU have in store for US!

I started out all dark, but it just kept turning cuter and cuter :)  But I'm so glad I was able to play along this week with Dilly Beans and our "I was Framed" challenge !  I still might work up another one... without pink... but we'll see how time permits ;)   See... told ya'!  Ca-yoot.  I used Dilly Beans' "Framed Zombie Girl 2" image (scroll down a bit)  along with some paper from a Basic Grey 6x6 pad.  And look at the flower... THAT would be one of Creepy Glowbugg's Bwainz ... LOVE it as a flower center!!!   So enjoy your dose of creepy cuteness for the evening.  I'll try to go all darkside next time... I don't want anyone to think I've lost my evil edge ;)   And you still have a few days to play along with this week's challenge!!  Who wouldn't want to win some of those creepy-cute images from Dilly Beans?!!!

Happy haunted hump day! We are here to amaze and inspire you to play along with us this week for Macabre Monday's   "I was framed!" challenge. We are sponsored this week by    Dilly Beans Stamps The challenge is very simple, use a frame or frames in your project. Easy right? I decided to use the Voodoo Doll #3 image after much deliberation. There are so many neat, odd, and unique images to chose from on the Dilly Beans site! Now isn't he a handsome one?! I opted for the dot technique after I picked up the wrong shade of BV to add some shading to his nose. I went way too dark, but managed to salvage the image with some strategically placed textural dots. Nice save! I used some of the awesome new Tim Holtz Kraft  Resist Hallowe'en paper along with some old scraps I needed to use up. The Corpse Dust label was part of a digital collage sheet I bought on Etsy a few years ago. And then there's these guys. The march of the candy corns has begun...

*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* Ok, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: "I Was Framed!" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses or includes frame somewhere in your creation . Alter a frame, create a frame, use a stamp that has a frame or create something that uses a frame. Easy peasy pimple squeezy! We have a FUN new sponsor this week: Dilly Beans Stamps ! Megan at Dilly Beans has the most adorable creepy-cute stamps I've ever seen! The Gruesome Twosome for this week will each receive their choice of TWO free digis , and Megan shall choose her favorite submission to receive FOUR free digis ! There's also a Silly Dilly Beans Flickr group where you can upload all the fabulousness you create using Dilly Beans stamps, and Megan would LOVE to see your creations there. I know I've spotted a few blog posts featuring Dilly Beans stamps recently, so why not share the fun and upload th...

Creepy G here with my submission for this week's Macabre Monday challenge , "Carnival of CuRioSiTieS". It all started with a hoarded pop corn bag. "Hello, my name is Gloria, and I am a hoarder." I have had that pop corn bag for a few years. A local gift shop uses these for their purchase bags and I knew it would come in handy some day.  These lovely bottles and jars are from an "Itkupilli" digital collage sheet. So cool!! I got pretty fancy here, using a repurposed net bag as a curtain, and then covering my staples with a edge punched scrap of the pop corn bag. I also added a Recollections glittery spider web and some fancy beaded things from Wild Orchid to give the illusion of a spray of bubbles and beverage coming from the weird bottle of creepiness. And then we have "Kolossal" from Stampotique Stamps .  She is perfect as a side show barker dontcha think? As a new feature on Wretched Wednesdays , I will be announcing the GTs fro...