Wretched Wednesday HDH104- I Was Framed!

Happy haunted hump day!

I am here to amaze and inspire you to play along with us this week for 

HDH's Macabre Monday "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!!!

These little guys are in need of homes.

Please visit my Etsy site for adoption information.

Did I mention that they glow in the dark? 

Well, they do.

Creepy Cool Yule

The concept of making holiday cards all year long

is one that makes perfect sense. How nice to have all

of your cards ready to mail by Dec. 1st., as opposed

to making cards right up until Xmas eve?

Been there, done that.

There is a cool blog called,

"Christmas Stampin All Year Long",

and they have weekly challenges to help inspire you

to  create your holiday cards throughout the year.

I haven't really played along much, since the

thought of dragging out my Christmas supplies

before Hallowe'en is sort of blasphemous in my mind.

But...

I managed to combine the two, and created this

killer little holiday card.

I used a creepy, stitched up elf image from

Dilly Beans Stamps. 

I used some vellum and an EK web punch, some Stickles,

and some matching ribbon. The dp was already sparkly, so

it all played nice together. I colored the main image in a

monochromatic color scheme (using G82, 94, and 99) so I could

play along at CSAYL this week with their mono outbreak.  

Thanks for stopping by today.

I'll be back on Wednesday with my Macabre Monday

project using another Dilly Bean image.   

HDH103 Carnival of CuRioSiTieS

I'm finally 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'll just go ahead and bust myself out and tell you

I totally stapled the top of my card shut when I added my fancy

punched valance at the top. Nice.

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?

There is still time to play along with this week's challenge

at Haunted Design House.

Skellie group shot

I am new to the awesome digis from

Dilly Beans. 

I am a fan. A big fan.

This is the "Dunce Cap Skellies" image.

Saw it. Had to have it.

Fun to color, but I kinda blew it on the "shiny" parts. I used a white

gel pen that decided to take a nap on me and stopped working about

halfway through. I ended up using glitter to help camouflage the shiny bits.

I used the banner die from My Favorite Things and hand wrote the 

happy birthday. Wish I had thought to typeset it before the cutting,

but oh well.

Thanks for dropping by! 

HDH102 Queen of the Damned Wretched Wednesday

It's Wednesday already?!

Man, this month is just flying by!

This week at HDH, the challenge is

"Queen of the Damned".

Think royalty, crowns, thrones, and the like.

I decided to make my own Queen of sorts...

This is "Zombie Kellita" from Tickled Pink Stamps.

Really? Like you thought I wouldn't snag this little chickie

the second she went on the digi list at TP?

She's wonderful!!! In all her zombified loveliness!!

I had a blast coloring her in and giving her my favorite

YG shades of zombie pallor, and BG hair.

I used the "Bleeding Cowboys" font to set the type for

the sentiment, and mounted it on a fancy label from Spellbinders. 

I topped off the undead Kellita with a random crown stamp

I had in my stash. Threw in a few rhinestones to keep her

purdy, and we are fini!!

I am entering this project at

Tickled Pink Challenges - Happy Haunts

The Octopode Factory TOFF - hats and or crowns

I didn't use an Octopode image,

but at least I managed to play along, finally! 

There is still plenty of time to join in on the

Macabre fun over at HDH too!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday to Mommy's little Zombie!

Twelve years ago today,

my life changed forever.

I became a Mother and learned what it meant to

fall in love at first sight and to love unconditionally.

My son, Gryphon Hunter is the coolest kid I know.

He is intelligent, unique, artistic, hilariously witty, and

a neat kid to hang out with. I often forget that he is still a kid.

And he still lets me dress him up for

Hallowe'en.

He (and his Dad) have made me a better person just by

showing me love and compassion. They have taught me

the true meaning of family.

Seriously, I was a real piece of work before the boys came

along.

My husband and I just celebrated our 15th Wedding Anniversary

on Wednesday. We are high school sweethearts, and we've actually

been together for 24 years.

He loves me, despite me. I'm a real lucky lady. 

Goin' out of town for a few days to celebrate.

I need some ocean air....

HDH101 Kreepy Kids

Wow, I just want to take a moment and

thank everyone who took the time to hop

with us last week.

We had a really good showing from the

creepier side, and even some "norms" braved the hop as well.

I am glad we could all come together in the name of Vincent.

This week we have what most think, is a fun challenge.

Show us your kreepy kids!

No, not the ones you gave life to, but the ones that reside, neglected

in your craft room. Maybe they didn't start out kreepy, but

I'm sure you can figure out a way to make them

into less than desirable little people.

I did....

Sort of a public service announcement if you will.

Took me a few minutes to come up with the perfect sentiment.

Once I did, everything else fell right into place.

I got these wonderfully wretched images from

Itkupilli. 

Just a little fussy cutting and some pop dots

and this critter is creeped out! 

I have had this wonderful array of horrible images

for quite some time, so I guess that's a destash right there.

I also have a bunch of vintage Hallowe'en images, and some new

"Curio Cabinet Curiosities", that I just had to have. 

I won't wait this long to use them though.

You still have plenty of time to put something

wretched and kreepy together for our challenge this week

at Haunted Design House.

All the kreepy cool kids are doing it!  

Fairy Clarabelle Birthday Wish

One of my favorite artists is

Annie Rodrigue,

who creates for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

This is "Clarabelle" from Annie's line of faeries,

released earlier this year at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.

I wanted to keep a very summery feel to this card.

I used some green and pink distressing inks to 

distress my card in a bright, less vintage way. I also used the

same inks to paint the background around the fairy. 

I destashed with this cool, epoxy clip which I have had way too long.

Looks good and adds that much needed sentiment.

I used my scissors and a sanding block to rip and distress all of the

edges on each of the layers.

Lastly, I destashed a bit more and used these flocked

brads. Adds nice texture and interest to the card. 

I would like to enter this card in the current challenges at

Kraftin' Kimmie - Distressed!!

Card Makin' Mamas - birthday card

Birthday Sundaes - birthday

Just add Ink - distressing/ripping



Congratulations to

Lady B

You are the chosen one from the comments left on my

HDH 100th challenge post.

Email me your address and choice of

brain magnets or brain pendant,

and I will get a package in the mail to you asap! 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to hop along with us on our

100th challenge. I really appreciate everyone leaving such sweet

and positive comments about my work. 

Don't be discouraged if you didn't win this time.

There is more candy to be won in the coming weeks.

Emerald Faeries Boo and Snookie

One of my favorite lines of images is from

Deb Mitchell's Emerald Faeries.

This is 'Boo and Snookie'.

I'm not really sure who is who, but they look really cute together!

I have had the snail colored for months and finally decided to

bring everyone to life with the magic of Copics!    

I used lots of Stickles, 'cause faeries are supposed to sparkle.

I used a metal wing brad sprayed with homemade Glimmer Mists

and added it to the banner dies from MFT.

I hadn't used these before, but I love the way they look and

plan to use them way more!

I also used a Spellbinder die for the center shape and

more corner die cuts from Sizzix, highlighted with

"Patina" colored Stickles.

I really like how this card turned out and I am

going to enter it in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - use a digi

Wags and Whiskers - sparkly

Raise the Bar - Anything Goes

Minky Girl!!!

One of my newer Stampotique stamps is

called, "Minky Girl".

Isn't she lovely?

Well, I think she's simply divine!

The current challenge over at

Stampotique's Designer's challenge blog is,

"Red, Orange, and Yellow".

Next to the color blue, those are probably the colors

I use the least often.

Talk about a challenge! 

I stamped, heat embossed, and colored "Minky" with Copics.

I used some Tim Holtz Distress Inks (loving these!) to paint the 

background around the image to match the bg paper. I also

(over) used them to distress the whole thing and give it a grungy feel.

I added some chipboard fleurs and some red half pearls to tie it all

together  and give it more interest and balance.

I threw in a pretty fleur for the first picture,

but found that it made the red in the card appear more pink.

I took out the pretty fleur and want to submit this for the aforementioned,

Stampotique challenge.