The Burton Weenies Release Day!

That's right.

Simply Betty Stamps is releasing the entire line of

The Burton Weenies for sale today!!

With the release comes the final preview of an image

that many of us on the DT have claimed as our favorite of the line.

I give you, "Pipper".

How dreadfully wonderful is she?!

I'm not sure if it's the ringlets or the look of utter

disgust, but I love this girl!!!

I broke out with some Hallowe'en papers and

 destashed with these cool orange cabochons.

As usual, Betty is offering some special deals with the

purchase of the new line, so head over to The Burtonesque Dolls

and or the Simply Betty blog for discount codes and details!! 

What did I just say?!

I said, "The Burton Weenies are coming!"

No, the boys didn't sit too close to the campfire.

Betty (of Simply B Stamps) is back at it again.

She has yet another, awesome line of images releasing this Friday.

These are called the "Burton Weenies".

This is Jack Jack.

My son, who is almost 12, really likes this image.

He considers himself "sorta Emo, sorta Scene", so this

image is "tween" approved.

Since I was on a skull roll, I decided to add on some

cool, spiral Glow Skullz to finish this card off.

Next up is the loverly, Ellenore. 

I am quite pleased with this one.

I like the color combination and I even got to use

my new Spellbinders fancy labels die.

Ellenore is so cute! Not quite sure if she is just

holding her dolly securely, or maybe there is

something more sinister afoot.  

This little sentiment from Hambo Stamps is perfect.

"Beast Friends" indeed. 

I'll be back on Thursday with another sneak peek of

my favorite Weenie from this line.

Check out what the fabulous Burtonesque Dolls have

created using these wonderful images as well.



Congratulations to

DK Spins!!

You are the winner of a $10 store credit to

Creepy Glowbugg Concoctions on Etsy!

Thank you to everyone who hopped along last week,

on the First Annual Skull Appreciation blog hop, and

for your thoughtful comments!   

Wicked Wednesday - HDH092 - Pleasure and Pain

This week's Wicked Wednesday Macabre Monday challenge is,

Pleasure and Pain.
Use something you love and something you hate. 

Haunted Design House has really been pushing the whole
"challenge" thing lately, and this week was no exception!

Now I have been busy within my own self absorbed little world lately,

so when I finally sat down to work on this week's Pleasure and Pain challenge it had

me stumped!

Usually, when I create, I make stuff that I would want to buy.

Like I would be so happy to see metallic brain cabochons

at a craft show.

If I saw this strapping young lad for sale, I would drop the

cash immediately!

And these guys?! Who could resist?

So basically, I LOVE to create creepy, fun schtuff, and kinda

HATE to part with it.

But I have prepared myself mentally, to say goodbye to

all my little babies this weekend for the right price.  

There is still plenty of time left to play along with

this week's Macabre Monday challenge.

Step outside of your box and try something new!!  

Who's a busy beaver?!

I have been running around like a chicken

with it's head lopped off! When it rains it pours,

both literally and figuratively.

Seems that everyone has been waiting until to June to do ,

well anything! I'm only five days into June and I have

already participated in an awesome Skull Appreciation hop,

celebrated three birthdays, my shop is sponsoring

this month's challenges over at Smeared and Smudged, 

getting ready for a big craft show next weekend, and let's not

forget creating all of my wares to sell!

Whew!

My husband helped me bring my coffin shaped

jewelry displays to life. I think these are gonna

look so cool with all of my earrings and schtuff

hanging off of them.

I hit the cherub jackpot last week at the thrift store,

and now I have a set of three cherub statues and some

other cherubic ornaments to zombify.

I want to create some more small sculptures for the

craft show, but I have coffin plaques, brain jewelry,

and snowflake skull ornaments to work on.

Never enough hours or stamina in one day!

So, if you don't hear from me for a while,

it's because I am busy trying to make schtuff

to sell to make some moolah next week!!!

I'll post again if I make anything cool. 

First Annual Worldwide Skull Appreciation Day Hop

If you happened here by chance and want
to join in from the beginning, please start
here. We have prizes to offer.....

Well it's finally here!

The First Annual Skull Appreciation Day!

The awesome Skull a Day blog started the

campaign for this long overdue day of recognition

of the cranium in it's many forms. 

As part of the idea behind the holiday and it's

associated blog hopping with Smeared Ink,
we were to create a homemade skull project of any sort
to show our appreciation for the skull. Right up my alley!
I have a special giveaway planned for one lucky
hopper, so keep reading to the end!

This is about as homemade as it gets!

I was inspired by a wonderful shop on Etsy called,

Mi Vida Creations. 

I have admired their art for quite sometime, and was very

inspired by their three dimensional skull art pieces.

  

It is painfully clear to me that I am not able to

recreate a human skull in any medium, be it clay,

drawing, or painting. I decided to go with a more

whimsical or fantastical design and here he is! 

He is sculpted of polymer clay and then I added his designs

with paint and permanent markers.

He has my signature "wonky eyes" with a loverly purple

rhinestone set in one socket.

Finally, I mounted him onto a hand painted plaque that is

ready to be hung proudly on this day of cranial celebration!

Now the pay off for sticking around this long.

I am offering up a $10 store credit to my Etsy shop

for one lucky visitor who is randomly selected from

their comment left on this post. Make sure to leave a way

for me to contact you if you are the chosen one.

I will pick a winner on Sunday, June 12th.

My sister Minion, Susan is next on this wonderful ride,

but if you get lost along the way, here is the hop list: 

Terra

Tori

Alison

Kelli

Jane

Alex

Judi

Kathi

Steph

Lisa

Feddie

Heather

Kapree

Susan

Dianne

Barb Foster

JenniLynne

Teri

Cyndi

Pamela

Prissy

Trisha

Dawn

Lady Brayton

Donna

Black Dragon

Paulette

Creepy Glowbugg - you are here

Susan’s Crafty Chaos

Andrea

Helen

Kate

Fiona

Sugar

Linda

Dragonfly Jane

Debbie

There's alot of us, but it is definitely worth the price of
admission to see all of the wonderfully creative projects
everyone has worked so hard on for this hop! 

HDH091 - E.M.O.

Well, here it is already Wednesday and I still

haven't completed my "to do" list from Monday!

School is almost out and then I can resume my

natural way of crafting, completely unencumbered ,

without stopping regardless of the time or the elements!

I love summer! 

Today I have a "two birds with one stone" project.

This week's Macabre Monday sponsor is Simply Betty Stamps.

It also happens to be SBS' first year birthday!

I have used the cool Christian image from the older,

Summer Emo line at SBS.  

Okay, I may be pushing it a bit here, but

I have Earthtones for E, and Masculine for M,

and then lastly, Oceanic for O.

Like I said, it's a bit of a stretch.

Happy Birthday Betty!

Chill out, and enjoy the fruits of your labor!!

You deserve it!

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

Macabre Monday "E.M.O." challenge.

Simply Betty Stamps has generously sponsored

this challenge and is offering up some rubber to

both of this week's Gruesome Twosomes!