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Macabre Monday HDH077 - Dr Death!

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:
1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)
2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. Please make sure that your blog post / upload has been made AFTER the challenge date... we wanna see fresh stuff, not those from a few weeks ago!!
3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH076.
4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :)
5. We'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Dr Death

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project with a medical theme. Diseases, cures, medical staff and surgical instruments, this theme is just ripe for your twisted interpretation, and the perfect excuse to play with some blood splatter, so show us your your macabre medical marvels.

Sultana of the Sinister Lynx:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Cadaverous Concoctor of Chaos Creepy Glowbugg:

Agent of the Abominable Andrea:

Temptress of Terror Teri:

Devious Digital Demon-ess Susan:

So come on, share your dark medical visions with us, we LOVE seeing what you guys create each week :) The linky tool will be added shortly, if you finish your piece and it's not here yet, could you check back a little later? Think of it like being in a doctor's waiting room, to tie in with the theme. (Yup, we're shameless :P)

ETA: I'm so sorry for the confusion folks, but I think it's probably too late to add a linky tool now, so can you please leave your links in the comments?

Meet Terrifically Terrifying Teri!

Finally, right?!!! The Macabre Minions and I felt it was time to bring Teri into our little hoard... I mean how many times has she been part of a weekly Gruesome Twosome?! I don't know exactly, but it was A LOT!

So please welcome, Terrifically Terrifying Teri:

Hiya Folks!
My name is Teri, and I am a stay at home Mum. I live in North-East Scotland with my hubby and three little ones, aged 12, 11 and 7.

I trained as a Graphic Designer, seems like a lifetime ago now, and have worked in the newspaper industry making up pages for print (pre-computers!) and later with magazines and advertising when computers came along. (Makes me sound old!!)This is where I learned the basics in Quark Express and Photoshop, which I use constantly!

I have been raising my family for the last twelve years, and only delved into the realms of Crafting after the birth of my youngest. I started 'blogging' in May 2009, and got into doing many weekly challenges including Macabre Monday!

I started using my drawing skills to make images for my cards, as I didn't want to go buying all the cutsie stuff everyone else gets. Don't get me wrong though – cute has it's place, just haven't decided where yet. . .
After much persuasion I decided to start selling my ickle creations in blogland, and so Delicious Doodles was born and I haven't looked back since!

I get my inspiration from all over really, nature for the flowery and animal images, architecture, art etc. I recently started dabbling in the more gothic/dark and fantasy side of things with fairies and mythical beasties, and Macabre Mondays have been a fabulous source of inspiration for me along those lines. After all, without these challenges I wouldn't have tried drawing many of my darker images.

So it is with great pleasure that I step up to the plate and become a Minion of the Macabre – mwuahahahaha! Watch out peeps, I'm coming to get ya!

Squelchy drippy hugs,
Teri xx

My 'Dark Side' Blog http://deliciousdarknessbyteri.blogspot.com
Mainstream Blog http://handmadebyteri.blogspot.com
Delicious Doodles Shop http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com

Teri has a fabulous style and her drawing talents are fantastic :) I know she is one busy lady, so I was beyond thrilled when she said that she would join our Macabre Minions! She is a dark inspiration to us all!

If you are new to this blog and would like to read about the other Minions, you may do so

HERE and HERE

Now, how are your challenge projects coming along, my pretties? It's already Thursday

>:)

Macabre Monday HDH075 - Flesh-eating Frenzy!

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:
1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)
2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. Please make sure that your blog post / upload has been made AFTER the challenge date... we wanna see fresh stuff, not those from a few weeks ago!!
3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH075.
4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :)
5. We'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Flesh-eating Frenzy

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project with a flesh-eating theme. It can be zombies, cannibals, unpronouncable viruses, whatever floats your macabre boat that has something to do with consuming flesh.
Here's what the Minions came up with this week

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Yeah, you need a GOOD excuse to get out of babysitting :P. How wonderfully dark and creepy is this?

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

What a fabulous team this would be; I might even have got into football if the chamts had been along these lines :D

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

I had such trouble with this one, so just skip past it and feast your eyes on the next fabulous creation.

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Hmmm, can I have a palm piece? Genius Kentucky Fried Cannibal creation from Andrea!

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

This is just stunning; I LOVE that image and teaming it with the rich damask and feathers is inspired.

Teri:

And last but by no means least we have this knock-out creation from Teri, isn't it fab?

So now that you've seen ours, we want you to show us yours. And this is Susan stepping in for Barb, but I don't know how to add the linky thing, so that will be added shortly, when Barb finds a moment to breathe, so check back a little later please.

And, before you rush off to create your dark masterpieces, we also need some suitably dark and macabre names for Teri and Andrea, so if you have any flashes of inspiration, just leave them in the comments box. Have a creeptastic week! :D

Macabre Monday HDH074 - Angels and Demons

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:

1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)

2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here. Please make sure that your blog post / upload has been made AFTER the challenge date... we wanna see fresh stuff, not those from a few weeks ago!!

3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH074.

4. Weekly giveaways! Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?! Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :)

5. We'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Angels and Demons

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project using angelic products or images and creeping them out as only HDHers can!

We can't wait to see what you come up with this week :D
Our very own Masterful Mistress of the Macabre, Barb, is offering up some goodies from The Angel Company to the winner, and the Minions have all created their bits using TAC products.

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Fabulous mini... can't wait to know what Lynx will be jotting down in this little baby :) Lynx worked with the Willoughby paper & ribbon collections and the Damask Backgrounder stamp set.

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Beautiful card, Donna! LOVE all of the layers, and your coloring of the Stamp Insanity digi is awesome :) Donna used the Winchester paper & ribbon collections for this beauty.

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Eerily somber & beautiful digital work from Susan! You know I love purple :) Susan used one of the free paper downloads from TAC's main website.

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Lovely little distressed number here! Andrea used the Penelope paper & ribbon collections, Edge Designs stamp set, and beautiful steampunk digi from SBS.

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Don't you LOVE the snarky sentiment?! And that Stampotique image is a perfect pairing for it. Glo is showcasing the Winchester papers & ribbons, and the Laugh Lines stamp set.

And though we'll formally introduce her later this week, along with her HDH title, check out who has joined our hoard!!

Teri:

We are THRILLED that Teri decided to join our motley crew! And me thinks she'll be forcing me to step up my game... she does gorgeous work!

Teri is showcasing a few of her own darkly angelic digis from Delicious Doodles.

Be sure to check out the Minions' blogs for more photos & description... they are all a beautifully dark inspiration :)

Macabre Monday HDH073 - Smudgetastic

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:

1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)

3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH073.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Smudgetastic

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project using images that have been colored/rendered with charcoal, pencils, pastels, or chalk.
(similar digital techniques allowed)

And our very own Minion Andrea (aka Smudgetastic) will be offering up a selection of her own digi images to the Gruesome Twosome and an additional challenge participant! To get an idea of what the winners may be receiving, check out what the Macabre Minions have done with some of Andrea's images...

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Darkly brilliant work as always, Lynx!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOVE the pop of red with all of the black/grey! Beautiful!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Fab and colorful collage piece, Susan! Luvin' that background paper, too :)

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Eerie and awesome image, Andrea!

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Fabulous work from everyone per usual! Now it's your turn to get your smudge on :)

Macabre Monday HDH072 - Hell Hath No Fury

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:

1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)

3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH072.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Hell Hath No Fury

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project showcasing bad-ass bitches on a rampage. Bitter much? This challenge is PERFECT for a little emotional purging :)

Check out what the Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

OMFG, Lynx... who was the ~~unsuspecting victim~~ kind donor for this beauty?! LOVE IT!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOL!!! This is fantastic, Donna... it definitely put a smile on my face

See?

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

PERFECT Queen of Hearts, Susan! I can just hear Helena Bonham Carter's voice in the back of my head :)

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Is this a little miniature dollhouse-of-doom?! I can't wait to read more about it!! Wonderful, Andrea!!!

Macabre Mistress: Oz

I'm almost afraid this is a personal quote and not a work of fiction.

It's deceptively demure and lovely. Then again aren't we all? Nicely done, Oz.

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Better late than never!

Fabulous work from everyone per usual! Be sure to check back for what is SURE to be a fun-filled week of smile-inducing entries!

Macabre Monday HDH071 - Bizarre Birthday

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:

1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)

3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH071.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Bizarre Birthday

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based birthday card with that HDH twist we all know & love :)

Check out what the Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Nothing tops off a cupcake better than an eyeball :)

Macabre Mistress Oz:

Super cute, Oz! This takes me back to the good ol' days :)

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

This is PERFECT for one of those 'milestone' birthdays, no?!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Luvin' the pink, and the sentiment is perfect :)

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Mmmmm.... cake.... and a wicked-cool image!

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Steampunk & Poe... what could be better?

Fabulous work from everyone per usual! I can't wait to see all of the awesome entries this week!

Our latest addition to the Sisterhood of the Sinister...

Now that you know that Smudgetastic Andrea has joined our horde of Macabre Minions, I thought you might want to know a little sumpin' sumpin' about her :) Here's a pic & a little bio:

Andrea as Mom

Andrea as how we like to picture her :)

My name is Andrea which means “warrior man” in Greek. I don’t think this describes what I’m about at all so here is a quick biography of myself. I was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1974 but now live in Scotland. I am married with three very young gorgeous but very boisterous children who take it in turns to drive me to derangement. I’m desperately clinging onto sanity but red wine and banging my head off the wall seems to help for now. On occasions my home looks and smells like the chimp’s house at Edinburgh zoo or the baby crèche at Shutter Island but we cope and during the quieter times, when the kids are in bed, I get to dabble in my craft. Arts and Crafts are my joy and that is why I was surprised and honoured when I was asked to join the Macabre Minions. I’m particularly attracted to the quirky and the creepy which is no doubt on account of my early obsession with horror movies. I am also very interested in Celtic mythology and legends which inspire some of my work.

Welcome to the Macabre Minions, Andrea!

We think you are a perfect addition to this crazy creepy bunch of gals!

And if you, Stalker (reader), are new to this blog, you can check out the rest of our bios in THIS post!

Have a great weekend... keep it creepy!

Macabre Monday HDH070 - Nightmarish New Year

Sorry I'm late with this week's challenge! The hubby decided to that we needed to move my entire craft room this weekend... ugh. I'm still not done yet.

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:

1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)

2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here.

3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH070.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Nightmarish New Year

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based Winter Holiday card representing those long forgotten resolutions that NEVER seem to be carried out.

Check out what Donna and the other Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

I can not even BEGIN to tell you how much I LOVE this one :)

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

How many times have we said THAT before :)

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

It's like you can read my mind, Susan :)

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Dreadfully cute... what's in that skully bottly anyway? :)

And I'll be introducing her more formally this week, our newest Macabre Minion...

Smudgetastic Andrea:

LOL! Starting the New Year off right :)

Fabulous work from everyone per usual! I hope everyone enjoyed the break is ready for another year's worth of fiendishly fun challenges! Welcome back!