Rest in Peace

Welcome!
To the Creepeeville Cemetery!!

 

Tucked away in the tiny town of Creepeeville,

there is a cemetery full of life! 

Under a silvery moon, hangs a Creepee Bat named, Vincent.

Vincent welcomes all visitors and invites us to take a tour of

"his cemetery".  

Let's go through the gates and say, "Hello".

Anyone home?

First we happen upon a wonky eyed gourd, named what else but,

Gourdy.

After we discuss the best way to spend our time in Creepeeville,

we hear what sounds like soft purring.

Look! It's the ol' cemetery familiar, Pyewacket.

And she's scratching herself upon a tombstone.

What a sweet kitteh.

 

Gourdy's friend, Jacko, tells us to watch out for spiders!

Then I see a tiny spider crawl across the socket of an old skull.

He's not so scary. 

Looks like someone lost her shoe!

From the looks of that heel, it was a sparkly, young lady witch. 

 

 

Pyewacket and Jacko want us to meet their ghostie friend,

Nebula.

She reminds me of a dollop of marshmallow creme.

But I didn't tell her that.

 

Watch out!

There's that spider Jacko warned us about!

 

 

Do you hear that? 

Boo!

It's one of the friendlier ghosts in the cemetery, Silas Spectre.

He points us in the direction we came and tells us it's time to go.

The sun will be up soon, and they all have to retire for the day.  

 

Silas bids us a fond farewell, and invites us to come back

and visit the Creepeeville Cemetery anytime.

 

Goodbye Vincent!!

Thanks for letting us visit "your cemetery".

 

Thanks for going with me. I always get freaked out in cemeteries.

 

Look! 

I made a card too!

I used one of the newly released digis from Sweet Pea Stamps.

 

This image is called, "Hallloween Trio" by Ching Chou Kuik.

I used some bling amongst the headstones and added some sparkly orange ribbon

on the side of the image in a pleated fashion. So pretty!

I used a Spica pen for some sparkle on the die cut cemetery from QuicKutz. 

 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says - Eerie Inspiration

Deep Ocean challenge blog - anything goes

LEJ Designs - Gothic Dark

Papertake Weekly - Fright Night...Boo!

Ribbon Carousel - Halloween Spirit

Fashionista Challenge - anything goes

Forever Friends - Halloween/Autumn

Poisoned Peas - Day of the Dead

There She Goes - Fall/Halloween

 

  

The challenge this week at Haunted Design House is "R.I.P. - Rest in Peace".

We're looking for anything to do with cemeteries, headstones,

funerals, the great demise.

You still have half a week to come up with something deadly!!

 

Thanks for dropping by and have a Wretched Wednesday!

 

Oh My Gourd!!!!

 

 

Well, another Wednesday has crept up on me, and caught me a little behind.

Nothing has gone as planned this week, especially my gourd project.

This week HDH is sponsored by Funworld's Floating Pumpkin Kits.
 

With it still being a little early in the season for pumpkins, I decided to use

a faux pumpkin for my project. I've had some for a few years and never got

around to actually carving them, but the monkeys at Mike's do it every year

for their check out counter lights and displays, so how hard can it be?

I watched a few videos with helpful hints and tips for a successful

fake pumpkin carving experience. I decided the easiest and fastest  

way was to use a Dremel. I think the key here is to use the correct bit.

I did not use the correct bit. I gave up immediately after the incorrect bit caught the

foam of the pumpkin and ripped a big plug of faux punkin foam out of my design.

Boo on power tools.

I ended up using the little saw they provide in the kit, a nail file, an X-acto knife,

a bastard file, and finally a rat tail file. Now doesn't all that sound so much easier

than carving a real pumpkin?!

No, no it doesn't.  

The actual kit is quite simple to use on the pumpkin once you have

carved it to your liking. Or to your disliking. I went with a very simple

design even though I really wanted to show off like Donna and Lady B.

They both went in the professionally finished and insanely detailed route,

which worked for them quite nicely.

I hung my pumpkin rather high so the neighborhood delinquents would have to

work really hard to give this guy a roundhouse kick or use it as a punching bag.

Don't even tempt them...     

And then the piece de resistance, I didn't have a freaking fake tea light

on hand except for a purple Hello Kitty one that was pretty weak.

Really?

Anyhoo, the Floating Pumpkin kit is pretty cool and would be great if

you hung a bunch in a display or from your trees. Very simple to use

and gives a great effect to your Hallowe'en displays.   

  

Since I wasn't feeling I had performed to my full potential this week,

I made an ATC using Andrea's awesome pumpkin digi and

the cool Raven background was a fabulous freebie from Ike a

few weeks ago. I used a Memory Box "Spooky collage" stamp

over the Copic colored pumpkin and added some distress inks,

a sticker, and a couple of rhinestones to finish it off. 

I may have redeemed myself.

 

The Punkins are coming....

That's right, the Punkins are making their way

to my Etsy shoppe today!

I have many different Punkins to choose from and keep in mind,

they look great in a group!!!

"Mini Jacks"  jack-o-lanterns

Flourished Punkins

Even a couple of "Steampunkins" too!