Haunted Design House

Well, kids... this didn't turn out NEARLY elegant or evil enough, but I'm posting it anyway :)  I've been busy planning & designing samples for some upcoming classes I'll be teaching at The Scrapbook Page in Shawnee, Kansas !  Yep, if you are in the Kansas City area, be sure to sign up for my October 11th Eerie Elegant card class & October 19th Halloween Waterfall Mini-Album class .  The Scrapbook Page's newsletter should be coming out soon so you can get more details... and I'll be posting a couple of pics here in the next week or so :) Anyway, back to today's bit o' Halloweenieness :)  Super simple and no frills. Stamps:   Spiders are Seen Paper:   Penelope, white UltraSmooth & black cardstocks Ink:   VersaMark , Moonlight white Brilliance Other:   black embossing powder , Silver Stickles , black ribbon , sequin , Scor-Bug , foam tape After heat embossing the image & sentiment, I sponged white ink around them.  A little ...

Allow me to introduce you Happy Tree Friends , and don't worry, this won't be disturbing for all you cute-o-phobes out there, the cute in this is definitely balanced out :P It's not entirely necessary to have the sound on as you watch, but without it you'll miss the psychotically cheerful theme tune, which I love ;) And, LOL, if it's any consolation, I've had the theme tune stuck in my head as well :P One, two, three, altogether now . . .

Ok, not really so creepy, but it made me smile :) Originally found HERE

Miss me?  Are you wondering if you are one of the big winners from the last few challenges?  Are you wishing I would get my act together and be on time?  Yeah, me too :) If you are one of the winners, be sure to grab the Gruesome Twosome badge and link back here... display it with pride, my pretties :) So, without further ado: HDH052 - Stamp It Crazy Gruesome Twosome:   Croms for her fantastic scene she created, and Nancy for her beyond awesome dimensional card.  Fabulous work, girls!  And each of you are going to get a package of several pre-selected rubber images worth approximately $24 from Stamp It Crazy ! HDH052 random draw prize winner , whom will receive one pre-selected Stamp It Crazy rubber image is:  Carol H ! Please email me your mailing addresses so that I can get your prize packs out! HDH053 - Pink on the Brink Gruesome Twosome:   Nicole for her back to school card, and to Crystal for ...

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 HDH055 . 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, halloweeni...

**note:  Please scroll down for Fiendishly Fun Friday posts!!!  They are worth it :) I finished my challenge card, Christy!  Can you believe it?!!  Quick, what's today's date again?  :)  I was so excited to color up this house from Tiddly Inks... doesn't it make a delightful Halloweenie abode?  And there is little miss Autumn Bugg... cute, right? I thought the sentiment matched Autumn's attitude perfectly... the inside says: "this sh*t is expensive!" :) If I were a fairy, this would be me :)  LOL, right?!  Just look at that face... doesn't she look a little irritated?  Either that or pissed off... I can't decide :) Digi's:  Home Sweet Home & Autumn Bugg (Tiddly Inks) Stamp:  sentiment (Viva Las Vegas) Paper:  K & Co. pp, TAC black & Neenah white cardstocks Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Other:  Diamond Stickles, MS edge punch, foam tape & pop dots Copics:  E000, E00, E11, E15, R02, V0000, V...

  I swear Vincent Leman channels Tim Burton's brainwaves for these little treasures!  Be sure to click on the link to see more of Leman's lovelies :)