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SBS Friday Challenge - Recycle!

I'm here with another challenge for you! Yes, yes... I know. I haven't even done MY Macabre Monday challenge card yet, but you guys are sooooooooo much better than me :)

Since I've been a super-slacker DT girl for Simply Betty Stamps lately, I felt it was important to get my butt in gear and do a little creating! So instead of doing work for my "real job", I decided to play catch-up.

Soooooo, on to this week's challenge over at Simply Betty Stamps Challenge blog:

It is Angela's turn to host this week, and she is challenging you to RECYCLE.
Come on how easy is that..

Don't toss it, Use it.

You can use scrap leftover paper, packing from paper, embellishments, bits and pieces of leftover embellishments or anything craft or non craft related.

It's up to you, just have fun with it and use things in a way you would never even think

to use on your creations.

A perfect night for a stroll in a cemetery, no?

The only "fresh" items I used for this card were the card base, Stickles & ribbon. Everything else I dug out of my scrap pile! The Cricut die-cut fence, cemetery & gravestone were leftovers from a class I taught in early October. The moon-with-ravens die-cut is from a MME sheet from who-knows-when.

I decided to use Elaine from the SBS Victorian Beauties digi line, and the stamped sentiment is from StampInsanity.

I over-exposed this shot to show all of the layers and die-cuts... this card is so dark, it's hard to see all of the details!

How's this for using scraps... the batty background paper? That is two separate pieces. Yep. I added the wavy ribbon to hide the splice :) Genius, me thinks!

Now, whenever there is a challenge, there is a prize!
Betty is giving away two rubber stamps:
Lola and London.
So be sure to go back and link up your project for this challenge on the SBC blog
using ANY Simply Betty image as part of your creation.

And if you haven't created your HDH Macabre Monday challenge project yet, why not combine these two challenges?! Don't just link them here or you won't be entered to win!

Are you up for it?!

Macabre Monday HDH076 - Love bites!

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:

Love Bites

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project with a distinctly anti-romantic theme. We know there are dozens and dozens of challenge blogs out there that are challenging you to create loved-up sweet pink goo, and we want you to give your dark side a chance to bite back! Forbidden love, twisted desires, passionate revenge. Let your inner demon out and bludgeon that smug little cherub to death with his own arrows :P

We also have a sponsor this week, the fabulous Strange Skin, and the winner will get to choose 3 of their wonderfully creepy digis! I'm going to let them tell you about themselves in their own words:

"Strange Skin is a company run by, began by, and will one day be ended by, Pamela Bowman and Jorge Garcia. Until that fateful day comes, we provide very real and eager-to-be-purchased products to hypothetical potential customers. Such products include (but are not limited to): jewelry, t-shirts, toys, various other trinkets, and our newest product, digis! Oh hell yes! Though digis exist purely in the technological world of confusing neon green blips and bleeps, they can be made physical upon purchase with a simple print out. From then on the journey has begun! Do anything you want with our digis! Spruce up your ransom notes, or add a distinguished flourish to your morbid scrapbooks that once only contained yellowed newspaper clippings and victims' ears (not so hum-drum anymore, sucker)! Just one purchase gets you an unlimited supply you can use until your printer explodes or a virus deletes your backup files. But what am I saying? You know how these things work. We here at Strange Skin strain the thin membrane of our gray matter that dictates creativity in order to bring you the most unique, daring, and admittedly sometimes cliched digital illustrations for your anything-you-want-to-do-with-it-ing pleasure. We hope you enjoy our current line-up and check back in the very near future (later tonight) for even more incentive to question how much more you love being emailed some sweet-ass artwork over that lame stupid money that's just sitting there surviving this recession somehow. Halloween is our favorite time of the year and we believe our current and soon-forthcoming collections reflect that. We only hope our joy for that season spreads to you. After all, we are here to serve joy. And to serve you. Bone appetit! "- Strange Skin

Here's what the Minions have created for you this week, using some of the digis from our sponsor:

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Smudgetastic Andrea:

Terrifically Terrifying Teri:

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

And now we want to see your creations! The linky tool will be added shortly, but if you've finished your piece before it's up and running, feel free to leave a link in the comments and we'll find you :D

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

Simply Betty Stamps challenge... Bling It On

Since I'm STILL in a fog from this freakin' cold, I'll let you check out all the details for this challenge over at the Simply Betty Stamps Challenge blog :)

Pic is a bit out of focus... sorry. The paper is Velvet Descent from Crafty Chaos Designs and the funky rhinestones are from JoAnn's.

I thought the folded flower was very fitting for a little fairy :)

And obviously, Stickles is my friend.

Be sure to check out the challenge over at SBC!

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 :)

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 HDH073.

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:

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!

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!

SBC 12 Days of Christmas... Day 8

Over at Simply Betty Challenges, there is an AWESOME challenge going on... ONLY UNTIL Dec. 11th at 11:00PM PST! Now... many of us wait until the 25th for Santa Claus to come to town... but today SANDY CLAWS is coming instead! Or well he has actually arrived! All you have to do is create your version of Sandy Claws on your projects! You will win two very special digis... these digis are going to be exclusive to the DT, a few winners, and as a free set in the future with your purchase at SBS! You do not have to purchase a new SBS image, just get those creative gears turning and create your Sandy Claws project with any SBS image!

Be sure to check out all the details at the Simply Betty Challenges blog!!

The DT was fortunate enough to be able to work with this fabulous new image created by our very own Cheri! I will apologize for the icky photos... they were taken late at night under the OTT light... ugh.

Isn't he awesome?! Not what I did with it, I mean the image itself! LOVE IT! And how festive is he?!

The sentiment is from a retired TAC set, All Things Christmas, but I use it over and over again :) It's VERY versatile, no? The snowflakes in VersaMark are from TAC's Vintage Santa. A little May Arts webby trim & some Eyelet Outlet brads finish this baby off.

Don't forget... you've only got ONE day to play along with this challenge over at SBC!! Good luck!