They're here.....

They're in the shop (along with some 

Mini Jacks and new brains) and ready for purchase.

Creepy Glowbugg's Etsy shoppe  

More of my "collections"...

I have been so busy as of late with special orders

for clay items and personal projects, not to mention

DT obligations. I love the artistic side of it all, but

I am not a fan of the chaos is creates with my scheduling.

I am a military brat, so I'll blame my anal retentive

scheduling on my First Sargent Father and his boot camp-ish ways. 

Anyhoo,

I'm gonna show you some more of my collections until I have

some completed art projects to share.

Sid and Marty Krofft were a huge part of my childhood.

I spent many an afternoon glued to the tv watching the

Krofft Supershow! and wishing I was Dyna Girl. I have a few VHS

tapes of the Supershow! so I could make sure my son is a fan too.

I finally managed to win a vintage Pufnstuf lunchbox and

a Lidsville lunchbox on Ebay. I still have to take pictures of my

lunchboxes. I have many old metal lunchboxes that remind me of my

childhood. Ahh, nostalgia.

I also have some toys from Stephen Spielberg's cartoon,

"Toonsylvania", man I loved that show.

There are also some collectibles from the pop artist, Shag. 

I have some of his art tattooed on me and figured I should have 

some of his collectibles like a Disney scrapbook he designed.

He is the artist responsible for the awesome 40th Anniversary art

and merchandise for the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. He is awesome!!

     

Trolls!! LOVE them! The original Norfin in the back with the

white hair is my favorite. He was supposed to be a groom,

but I decided he was more of an undertaker.

I also have some Where the Wild Things Are collectibles too.     

I've been collecting Nightmare Before Christmas for quite

a while, and this is most of my collection, minus a few

snow globes and a Sally potion pot that reside in my hutch.

Jim Henson is my lord and saviour. Really. No joke. 

Here are some of my Muppets collectibles and some

Disneyana as well. 

I am a collector of bits and bobs. What to do with all this

cute crap?! I made an ornament tree using stuff I made, found,

or bought.   

What is a Glowbugg without her buggs?!

Just a few.

Poison anyone? LOVE the old glass bottles

and how they shine in my windows.

I even scored a matching dram cup with one of my

Poison bottle purchases. 

Some bats I am working on for this year's Hallowe'en ornaments.

And lastly, another hand me down from

Marcom Manor.

Too bad he's not real.

Thanks for taking a peek into my world.

Next stop, vintage lunchboxes. 

HDH087 Freaker's Free for All!!

This week's challenge at HDH is one of my favorites,

Freaker's Free for all!

What this means is, whatever bizarre, unsavory, unnerving,

bit of strangeness you can muster, just might win you a title!

If you have a project that doesn't really fit any other challenge blog

criteria, we want you!!

That being said, I have a couple of (finally) finished

projects to share with you.

I have added more gourds to my garden.

I love the "Fairy Tale" punkins and always

make a mummy or Jack Skellington every year

out of their sickly white flesh.

More happy Jacks awaiting a new home.

New listings are going up today/tomorrow on Etsy. 

The sTeaMpUnKinS are all fired up and ready to

start chugging along towards Autumn.

And finally, my lovely cherubs.

I am so stoked with how these turned out! I know they are

a bit offensive when my husband (is that thumping I hear?)

is not a fan! Yeah! Mission accomplished!!

Aww! Isn't he just an angel?

So, I'm thinking lapel pins for the smaller ones and this

big guy gets a couple of magnets so he can oversee

the happenings in the kitchen.

Bring out yer dead, your decomposed, your unmentionables!

Just play along with us this week at Haunted Design House!!  

 

Attention: HDH Blog Stalkers - we have candy....

You really should head over to the

Haunted Design House

 blog and check out the scrumptious morsels of candy slop

that the Masterful Mistress has bucketed up for you to

salivate over.

Yup! There it is in all it's shiny candy glory.

So much cool schtuff I might create a new user name

just to enter my damned self!

GO NOW!!!!!!!!

...before she changes her mind! 

Head over to the HDH blog and get all the

morbid details on how she's gonna make you suffer

for a chance at the winnings.

Macabre Monday "Alone in the Dark" challenge

Just popping in between Zombie posts

and showing you what I did for this week's

Macabre Monday - "Alone in the Dark" challenge
at Haunted Design House.

This week is sponsored by our very own Minion,

Teri from Delicious Doodles!

The very first image I ever purchased from Teri was

The Grotesque Gargoyle.

It was fun to color him in, although I did have

a bit of a time with the shading since I chose

to follow along with the dot technique for most of it.

I like the effect it lends to the gargoyle and it's not 

my normal way of shading so I like the new look to

my coloring.  

I have a fondness for gargoyles (yes, another collection)

and I don't find this guy grotesque at all.

Just wanted to put that out there.

Now for a little show and tell.

This is "Drago", named after Billy Drago.

Gargoyle shelf, awesome Pinky Toast framed print

and Haunted Mansion mini replica placard (I have the vulture one also).

Cat gargoyles on an arch, various other 'goyles

and my beloved "Cosmos". 

Thumb sucking cherub gargoyle, mini Gryphon 'goyle,

and fat butt Gargoyle (and "Mos").

And now, back to our regularly scheduled post.

I ended up fussy cutting this Guardian of the Graveyard,

and sticking him in the foreground of a very dark scene

that I found online.

Please join us this week at HDH for our

"Alone in the Dark" challenge

using black or an eerily dark background (c'mon, how easy is that?!)

sponsored by  Delicious Doodles!!

You have until 10:00PM CST Sunday to play.

Summer Zombie preview - London

Today is my final sneak peek of the awesome

Summer Zombies at SBS.

This is my very favorite image from this new line!!

I LOVES me some London!!

Honestly, have you ever seen anyone look

so cute eating a brain burger??

London manages to pull  it off and still

look completely feminine and adorable!

I kept this card pretty simple since I really

wanted London to stand out and be the

main focus. Just some yellow pearls for accent

and a witty sentiment and I'm done! 

I had to come up with a unique sentiment for

this card. This was the best I could manage

that I hadn't seen before.

Betty and Cheri/Graphicat both have both come up with

some really great sentiments that are perfect for all

the zombie images. Check out both of their sites to see

all the different zombie (and non-zombie) sentiments.

So, the big release is tomorrow and then all of the new

Summer Zombies are available for purchase!!! 

Summer Zombie preview - Betty

Today's Summer Zombie sneak peek is...

Zombie Betty!!!!

So fun to make these zombies into

such sweet and colorful cards.

I usually make the hair on characters really

bright and nontraditional, but this time I flipped

the script a bit and made the skin really bright

and left the hair very normal colored. 

I had to throw in a brain, pink this time, and

use it as a center for my fleur. Such a fun accent

for these images.

I'll be back tomorrow for yet another 

Zombie sneak peek, before the long awaited

release on Friday at Simply Betty Stamps.