I'm a BIG weiner!!!!!

I am a huge weiner and I am proud!!!

So, I follow quite few blogs that have something to do with

Hallowe'en or horror. One of my favorites is

Freddy in Space.

The cool guy who runs the show over there is John,

but the lady behind the masked man is named Jen.

She is very important to my

winning an awesome prize(s) from their recent giveaway.

I love me some True Blood. Russel Talbot and Pam are my

favorite characters, but as far as the beefcake goes,

Alcide gets my vote!

Now Freddy in Space wanted to know who the most romantic

character was on the show and why. I chose Alcide for his hotness

and the fact that he is/was so loyal to

Disco (I have bad veneers) Debby, and his heroism.

Tres romantique!

Now it was Jen's job to choose a winning submission from the over

100 entries, and she is so cool that she chose mine! 

Wanna see what I won?

So frigging cool right?!

I have never read the Sookie Stackhouse books since I started

watching the show, so it looks like I'm going to start.

Roddy McDowell is one of my favorite character actors of all time.

Ever since The Planet of the Apes films, and then as Peter Vincent

in Fright Night 1 and 2, I have enjoyed Mr McDowall's

performances. His birthday is also a day after mine.

Virgos rule! Great trading card!

There is always a need for a' grow in a jar' Dracula and a

killer sucker to break your fangs on! Unless they

are the cool rubbery ones like I got in my prize pack. 

Feast your eyes on the main attraction!!

That's right! The new True Blood palette from

Tarte Cosmetics!! In a beautiful corset box to boot!

The colors are named after things in the True Blood series,

like 'waitress' and 'telepath'. The colors are so sparkly and

vivid too! Just gorgeous make-up.

So thank you to John and Jen from

Freddy in Space!!!!

You guys ROCK!!!!

   



Am I too late?

I am in a hurry to get this posted so I can

get this card submitted to

The Octopode Factory Friday challenge of

"Stripes"!!!

I used the "Pumpkin Boy" the "Sun" and the banner

from the "Skull and Roses" digi, all from

The Octopode Factory.

I hand wrote the question onto the banner.

It was going to take too long to set it on the computer.

I shredded the ends of the ribbon to look a bit shabby

and give the card some texture. 

I hope I'm not too late for the challenge at Octopode,

but if I am, I'm also entering this at

Graphicat Sketches challenge. 

I used one of Cheri's awesome sketches to help move this little

doggie along. I can sit for far too long just trying to get a layout right. 

Wretched Wednesday HDH105 P.M.S.

P.M.S.

Who would have thought that mere initials

would strike fear in the hearts of men?

Silly mortals!

This week's Macabre Monday challenge is

P.M.S. - Psychotic Miss Silver.

Why? What were you thinking?

I kind of had a hard time with this challenge.

Seems simple enough, just use a crazy chick

and something silver.

It took me a while, but once I found my muse

(also known as "Karin" from Stampotique),

I decided to make something other than a card.

Once I got "Karin" all colored and UTEE'd a few times,

I mounted her onto a black card stock scalloped circle. 

Then, for my ultimate destash, I used a

Leeza Gibbons silver rope frame I picked up

years ago at Big Lots! for a $1.00.

I have two more frames in smaller sizes that may need their

own Stampotique images as well.

Anyhoo, a little (LOTS!) glue and some complimentary colored

ribbon, and we have ourselves an orny-mint! Yay!

There is still plenty of time to play along

with this week's challenge at Haunted Design House!!

Also I wanted to say a heartfelt, "Thank you" to Ike from Greece.

She not only was so awesome to have created this killer

piece of art, but she was also generous enough to send it to me!!

She entered this in a Magnolia challenge blog

and they removed it. Some people just can't take a joke.

I am not a fan of the Tilda character, so I got quite a kick out

of this awesome art piece! Tons of details and dimension.

I will be framing it tomorrow and hanging it up in my craft

room for all to admire and adore!

Thank you Ike!! You ROCK!!!

Just for grins

I am back today with a new card that

I am very proud of.

I have used the "Gargoyles of Notre Dame" image from

the Crafts and Me line of Jasmine Becket-Griffith art.

I intended to enter this card in the Crafts and Me challenge this week

of "Adding a Charm", but I didn't wanna add a charm after I got this far.

I like it the way it is.

I also broke out with a new item for me.

It's a metal die from Tickled Pink,

and this is the Hallowe'en stamp set that goes with it.

I still need some practice getting everything straight, but it's

still way cool! LOVE the artwork on this!!! 

Here's a close-up of this killer image and her awesome wings!

I had fun coloring her with a new (to me) technique that is

making the rounds. The latest tutorial I have seen can be found here.

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

Magical Mondays - Anything Goes

Color Me Creative Copic Challenge - Hallowe'en or Fall themed

Creations by Gil - Anything that flies

Squiggle Stamps - Spooky Fun

Forever Night - Devilish Intentions

By the Cute and Girly - All Things Bright and Beautiful 

Thanks so much for dropping by!

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.