Haunted Design House

*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: HDH136 " Truebie or not to Truebie. " You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that represents or celebrates the upcoming season debut of The Mistress's favorite television show, True Blood . It starts up again for it's 5th season on HBO this coming Sunday.   This pleases the Mistress. If you aren't familiar with the show you can google clips or episodes, but basically it's about a bunch of highly sexual vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, mediums, and witches, (and were panthers, too - some crazy shit huh?) trying to coexist (or not) amongst the humans in Louisiana. The show is somewhat loosely based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. We are joined this month by our first Guest DT Cryst...

I'm not really distressed... because I actually got to play along with the challenge this week!  Smeared Ink was awesome enough to offer up a sponsorship, and the Minions and I couldn't be happier... thanks SI!! We tailored this week's challenge, "Pass the Distressing, Please" , specifically for Smeared Ink... their name says it all!  Ink it, rip it, tear it, file it, crumple it... you get the idea :)  Here is my offering: other details:  Tim Holtz edge die & key die, Maya Road stick pin & rose trim, Karen Foster paper I LOVE how this turned out.  In real life, the red is a true BLOOD red!  I added color with my Copics and then went to town distressing the edges & gettin' inky.  I even colored a clear crystal stick pin to match the red... me likey. I used two of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Smeared Ink images:   Skull - Quoth the Raven Plaque - As Death   Aren't they fantastic?!  These images would ...

This week we are sponsored by  Smeared Ink They have offered up a very generous prize of a $15 digi shopping spree in their shop!  The Macabre Monday challenge this week is to use some sort of distressing on your project. Super duper easy, right?!   I chose this little candy corn monster to work with. He is so cute in a slobbery and chopped off head kinda way. I am in love with this guy. Or maybe it's just his little teefs. I used some distressed paper from a random Hallowe'en paper pack, I added a distressed bit of the cover from a TH Hallowe'en paper pack, and worked it over pretty good with a sanding block and the TH distressing tool. I think I like using scissors better. I added some cool webbed ribbon in green and black and even snuck in that bug ribbon that I bought last season and never managed to work it into a project. You still have until Sunday at 5PM, CST to enter to win a $15 digital shopping spree at Smeared Ink!!! ...

*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: HDH135 " Pass the distressing, please. " You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that uses distressing of some sort. Get out your nail files, your scissor blades and your distress inks! Your hands are really the best tools to crumple and rip, and then spritz and sponge your way to a distressed masterpiece!  Distressing is also a good way to work out those aggressions  possibly left over from this past weekend's festivities. We are sponsored this week by Smeared Ink has generously offered up a $15 digi shopping spree to their online store! They have so many unique images, I'm sure you'll find something that strikes your fancy! Let's see what the Minions have torn up for your viewing pleasure this week. (You can...

As usual, we are running a bit behind here in the dungeon. Better late than never though, right? We am proud to announce Cgra as our Master of the Macabre for April !!! Congratulations!!! Please contact The Mistress to lay claim to your winnings. Her addy is in the sidebar, and include your mailing address too.  The chosen Gruesome Twosome for the Hot as Hell in Here! challenge are Mark     and Lady B Congratulations to you both! Great takes on the theme of fire and/or Hell. Grab your badge and display it proudly! We would also like to add a special mention this week to Nancy Check out  Nancy's blog to find the YouTube link that makes this card even funnier! Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to join us last week for our fiery challenge. We really enjoy seeing what you come up with each week!  We'd love to have you all take a stab at our ...

It is Wednesday already, and I have two   toothy inspiration pieces for you!! Long in the Tooth is the challenge, and we are sponsored by Andrea has offered up a one of a kind sculpture to this week's winner. Check out this post for more info. First up, is the incredibly talented, Teri .  Teri has used her gorgeous new image, La Rosa Muerta , which is available in her digi shop, Delicious Doodles . I toiled and scrapped a few projects before coming up with this card. I printed out some dental diagrams I found on Google images. I printed them onto kraft stock, colored the teeth with a white pastel pencil,  and then aged the panels with distress inks.  I used my favorite stamp from Paper Make Up Stamps called, Chomps . I think he's still available as a digi, but they no longer carry rubber. I added an "I Bite" sentiment and layered it onto a Spellbinder die cut.  I had to add some blood splatter to t...

*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: HDH134 " Long in the Tooth " You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that shows us some chompers , teeth , fangs , dentures , etc.! Creepy toothy grins to wind up teeth ! If it has something to do with teeth, we wanna see it! We are sponsored this week by our own incredibly talented, Andrea! Not only is she an amazing painter, and felter, but her sculpting skills are out of this world! Drop by her Etsy shop and take a look at just a sampling of what this lady is capable of! Andrea has graciously offered  up her one of a kind sculpture of ... Now is your chance to win a Smudgetastic original. I am the proud owner of many Smudgetastic pieces. Every one is a masterful piece of art unto itself. Let's...