Mmmenacing Mmmermaids Mmmacabre Mmmonday

I'm a day late for my Wicked Wednesday

installment of this week's Macabre Monday challenge.

"I want to see Menacing Mermaids!", shrieked the

Masterful Mistress. And the Minions made it so.

I remember a few years back, I took my son to see 

a Peter Pan movie. They had Mermaids in that movie.

Some of the scariest freaking Mermaids ever! My son still

talks about those, "nasty fish chicks".  

I had the recent pleasure of doing business with

Teresa, from Crafts and Me.

She is an awesome lady, and a stellar business owner.

There was a hold up with her stamp manufacturer for the

new Jasmine Becket Griffith images, and as a thank you

for my patience, she gifted me some digital images from her shop.

I chose the "Columbine" image with this week's challenge in mind.

I think she's a bit on the menacing side. Did ya check out her ears?! 

This gorgeous image was a bit challenging to color, but I am happy

with how she turned out.

I used some Sweet Pea webbed ribbon I got on clearance at

Hambo Stamps. All of their May Arts ribbons are 50% off!!

I also used my new Spellbinders Fleur de Lis rectangles

and some crazy ass, Dee Gruenig paper I've had forever!

Please drop by Haunted Design House and see what the 

other Minions have created. Maybe even join in on 

the fun if you dare! 

Father's Day Fallout

I don't have a relationship with my father.

Maybe we are just too much alike. Yikes.

I did send him a card for the first time in three years.

More for me, than for him, but I sent one.

I don't want a phone call, but I do want him to know

I love him.

That being said, I do have three wonderful men in

my life who do deserve a heartfelt Father's Day card.

This one was for my FIL.

I was going for CAS and I managed it okay I think.

I am still new to single layer cards, but it did come together 

quite quickly. 

I opted for a handwritten sentiment as I don't have

any Father's Day stamps. I used Mercius from SBS.

I kept him monochrome to cut down

on my coloring time (which can take up to an hour or more!).

This one is for my other FIL who is a Mac geek.

This image is specifically for him. Perfect! I knew 

instantly when I saw it at Tiddly Inks ,

I had to have it for him. 

I totally struggled with the right sentiment and I finally

decided to go with a binary code with happy father's day

hidden within. Totally homemade, but effective.

I kept this one as a single layer card so I could play along with

the challenge at Tiddly Inks. 

Lastly, is my favorite card.

I immediately fell in love with the image when I saw it last year

at Paper Make Up Stamps.

This one is for my husband, who we both agree is

a much better father than either of us had.

He is awesome, and my son I are both uber blessed to

have him in our lives.

Happy (belated) Father's Day!

HDH093 Kuriously Korroded w/ Kenny K

I keep getting sidetracked and almost forgot to

post this card for this week's Macabre Monday.

Kenny K is the sponsor this week at Haunted Design House

and we want to see some distressing, tearing, sanding, etc.

on your project.

I chose to work with the sultry, Lady Raven. 

I had every intention of also playing along with this week's

Kenny K challenge of using your favorite color.

I guess I looked at the time left to enter incorrectly,

and missed the boat.

I found it way more difficult to come up with

some "korrosion" than I had first thought.

I ended up using distress inks on the papers that I tore

into strips, and I also finally used those weird ass

Distress Stickles on the pendants behind Lady Raven.

I also had a hard time coloring her hair. Maybe it's the lines

that represent the highlights that throws me off. I dunno.

  

My mojo is in limited supply as of late, so that's all folks!

I'll be back on Monday to show off some Father's Day cards.

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!!