HDH #176 - Who Are You Supposed to Be?

Where has the time gone... can you believe that it is almost October?!  I have been loving the small glimpses of Halloweenie-ness that have been floating about the web-o-sphere as of late.  It makes me wish the leaves would turn colors faster so I can get into full-on Autumn mode ;)

The crisp evenings have been soooooooo lovely.  It's hard to get out of bed when all I want to do is snuggle down into my light blankie in the mornings!

Anyhoo... here is a bit of shocking news:

I actually made a card.

Yeah.

I know.

CRAZY!

AND it was for a challenge over at Haunted Design House to boot.  Woo Hoo!

Hellllooooooo, Minions... didya' miss me?  ;)

I've missed you!

Why is it that life gets totally nuts just when I want to get my mojo on, get creative and enjoy my favorite time of year?

Karma, did I reeeeally f*ck up THAT bad somewhere that I don't recall?  ;)

Good gawd... it's been so long since I've blogged that I can't even reel myself in and stay on track.  

Ahem.  Back to the challenge...

HDH #176:  Who Are You Supposed to Be?

Basically, create something that reflects a costume that you have always wanted to wear for Halloween, but haven't been able to do so, yet.  This challenge is being sponsored by

I Brake for Stamps.

The Minions and I were given the new Rick St. Dennis images from IBS to work with, and they are delightful!  IBS sells digis as well as rubber stamps.

I have always loved the intricate styling of the whole Steampunk movement.  But to really do it right, it would cost a fortune for one night of frivolity... but maybe someday :)

So, I used Rick's Steampunk Peg image... love her!

Here are the Copics I used:

skin:  E42, 41, 40

brown:  E87, 84, 81, 89 (shadow)

orange:  E08, YR18, YR27, YR15, E19 (shadow)

teal:  BG18, 57, 53, 78 (shadow)

background:  E84, 81

(papers are from Graphic 45)

That's it!  And I might even surprise you in a week or two and create again... you just never know :)

What do you think?

HDH173 - Astrological Atrocities

It's getting ever closer to THAT time of year... and I am trying my hardest to get my creep on.

I am having an extremely hard time with my creativity as of late... well... for quite awhile now!  So, to ease on into it, I have created a couple of clean & simple cards for the

Macabre Monday Challenge over at HDH:

Astrological Atrocities

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en 

based art piece that is somehow directly and obviously inspired by
the signs of the Zodiac or  Astrology.

Teri over at Delicious Doodles is being so kind as to sponsor us for this challenge, and she has worked up some AWESOME astrological sign digi's!  She has done two versions of each sign... one line for the more mainstream, and the other for those of us that prefer the dark side called "Horrorscopes" >;)

My first offering is her Horrorscope Sagittarius:

What is great about this line is that Teri has completed most of the shading for you!

My second offering is her Horrorscope Leo:

And how appropriate that I pick this one... it just so happens to be the hubby's sign.  Poot's birthday was yesterday, so I guess I should give this to him... or maybe I'll just show it to him ;)

That's it.  

Told you... super simple cards today.

I hope you're not terribly disappointed...

What do you think?

HDH165 - Skeletal Remains Challenge

Super simple card today for the fortnightly challenge over at Haunted Design House!  The challenge?

HDH165 - Skeletal Remains

No problem for my fellow Halloweeniacs... skulls, bones, etc.

Bonus:  we are being sponsored by Octopode Factory!  Fun and quirky images with an edge.  Here is  my clean and simple, Copic-colored offering:

I used the dude from the Day of the Dead Couple, Hallowe'en Tombstones, & Skull Head Sticks.  What is great about OF's images, is that some of them come as png files with transparent backgrounds... perfect for layering up several and creating an entire scene!

You've still got a week to participate over at HDH, so don't miss out on the fun!

What do you think?

Blog candy alert...

... over at my Haunted Design House blog.

If you want a little kreepy-kandy-korn-of-sorts, head on over :)   And then be sure to scroll down & check out some of the weird and wonderful projects the Macabre Minions have been cooking up ;)

Fiendishly Fun Friday, HDH081 - Dastardly Diva, Macabre Mistress style...

Woo Hoo, baby... I was able to play along my Haunted Design House blog challenge this week, and I thought I'd share it over here, too!  And though my card doesn't exude a lot of dastardliness, the image is still smokin' hot :)

Yowsa!  If I batted for the same team, I think I'd be turned on right about now...

I had a lot of fun coloring up this awesome image from Barbara Jensen:  Poison Ivy.  The look in her eyes is enough to call this one a dastardly diva!  Since she was earthy feeling, I used some paper from DCWV's green stack & got all flowery with fabric & stick pin flowers.  The ribbon is some random awesomeness I came across at Michaels last year.  Sentiment is from TAC's Joy, Found.

I could not capture the coloring of Ivy as good as it is in person, so you'll have to trust me ':)  These are the Copic colors I used for her skin:  E11, E01, E00, E000, R02 (cheeks)

Hair:  E07, YR18, YR15, YR12

Ivy:  can't remember... oopsie!

Well kids... you still have a few days left to enter your Dastardly Divas for the HDH081 challenge!!  Be sure to enter for a chance to win some fabulousness from Barbara Jensen's shop!

HDH055 - Elegantly Evil

Today's post is HERE

enjoy :)

HDH045 Macabre Monday challenge...

Thought I'd post this before the weekend gets too far away from me.  Of course it didn't help that I slept in until 10am!!!  I KNOW.  But, I didn't go to bed until the wee hours of the morning, so it's not like I'm THAT big of a loser :)  I was up watching some LAME horror movie... I didn't even wait until the end to change the channel... yeah, THAT lame.

Anyway, on to today's bit of creepy cuteness :)  Over at my Haunted Design House blog, I've got a stamp masking challenge going.  I FINALLY finished my entry.

I had the idea for this since I first saw this set in the new TAC catalogue at seminar.  Well, I didn't have the broom and hat in mind, but the rest... definitely.  I admit, it looked better in my head... it looks kinda cluttered and busy now.  I should have left off the broom & hat... but I LOVE that broom stamp.  And isn't she such a cute little witch... all ready for bed in her pink curlers?!

Stamps:  Movie Night, Spring Dream and All Season Swirls (retired TAC), broom (Battle Axe), sentiment (Viva Las Vegas)

Paper:  Penelope & brown cardstocks, Cougar white cardstock

Other:  Lime Stickles

Copics:  0, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR18, YR23, YR24, YG01, YG03, YG91, V01, V06, V09, RV02, RV10, RV11, RV13, E09, E31, E35, E53, E57, E59, BG02

Here is the original stamp image (above).  I masked over the little girl on the left.  I LOVE the hair curlers.  They make me smile.  They remind me of when I was a very little girl... I would watch my sisters & mom put them in their hair.  I also masked the sentiment/swirls & a teensie bit of the broom.

So much fun to color... I need to work on my wood floor technique more.  Maybe I should google you-tube that.  Her hair & face turned out awesome, me thinks.

What do you think?

A challenge card...

Today's post is here:  HauntedDesignHouse

It's a fun one!

Need a cloud stamp?

How to make clouds from one of the Edge Designs border stamps (the bottom one in the set):

HDH040 - Beautifully Beastly Butterflies

for a little TAC on the Darkside...

... go check my other blog :)

http://HauntedDesignHouse.blogspot.com

Last Halloween post of 2009...

As promised... photos via candlelight: 

http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2009/10/all-hallows-eve-2009.html
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creepy-cute...

Today's post is here:  

http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2009/10/macabre-monday-011-lurid-love-my.html

I hope to see you join in on the challenge over on my Haunted blog... I'll be doing a bonus drawing for all those that participate this week!

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Haunted Design House Macabre Monday #009...

For today's post, please go here:

http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2009/10/macabre-monday-009-eerie-inspiration.html

It's a pretty fun Halloween challenge today, so pop over and join in!

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Macabre Monday #007 - Menacing Moveables

Welcome to the Haunted Design House's Macabre Monday challenge!

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:
1. Create a Halloweenie SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy Halloween is fine, but creepy is better :) However, no extra 'points' are given either way.
2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and linky back here.
3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, PW, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH007.
4. Starting in September, I'll have monthly contest giveaways... more details to follow.
5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (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. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if they so wish, and receive a little giftie from me (I have NO idea what this will be!!).

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Menacing Moveables

For this week's challenge, you are to create something that moves.  Spinner cards, sliders, pop-ups... anything with a little action ;)  To illustrate, I'd like to show you something that I had made for a TAC Paper Wings design team project... sorry for the repeat for some of you!

The moon moves on the front a little bit with the help from a swing arm, and all of the creatures of the night on the inside are suspended from an acetate swirl created from a Sizzix die.  I used Crystal Lacquer on the bats, ghost, and owl eyes, and Stickles here & there (everywhere!).

I used Copics to color... it took forever since I am not marker savvy at all.  I cut the tree branches and highlighted them with a white gel pen & Moonlight White Brilliance ink.  There are a ton of different TAC stamp sets that I used on this, so if you would like the names, just leave me a comment or shoot me an email.

Gruesome Twosome for last week:  Lisa & Christina W. for their BOLD use of Perplexing Pigments!  Grab your GT badge in the sidebar ladies!

Ok, let see some action... do you accept this week's challenge?
 

(Be sure to click over to my other blog to add your link!)

What do you think?

creepy-good...

Today's post & challenge is here:
http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/macabre-monday-001-wicked-thicket.html