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!

 

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New Simply Betty Release - Christmas Emos Preview Day 2

How did you like yesterday's preview?  Well, on to Day Two:

Elfin' Miller is in da-house!  I swear I giggle every single time I see him :)

 VERY simple card, but I just couldn't foof it up.  Me thinks I need some red/black embellies.  Believe it or not, I just don't have any!  A room full of papercrafting schtuff & I couldn't find something that worked with this... CRAZY.  Time for a room re-org!!!

Please note:  Elfin' Miller does NOT come holding the pair of tidy whities... 

THAT little gem was added by me :)

And soooooooooo totally perfect for this image, dontcha think?

 And in case you can't see the sentiment, the front says:

WTH... I was good all year & all I got were these tidy whities?!

The inside reads:

Don't EVEN tell me what's in my stocking.

 I really wanted a wittier sentiment, but I just totally blanked.  The possibilities really are endless... 

• chestnuts roasting
• jingle bells
• snowballs
• you really shouldn't re-gift certain things
• roomier than the tights he's wearing...

   

A good friend of mine DID come up with this little bit of wondermousness:

"Well, I was ACTUALLY thinking of Santa's List

when I said that I wanted to leave a good mark."

bwaaahhhh haaa haaa... thanks, Beverly!

I would LOVE to hear some funnier ideas from you all.  Please leave me a comment with some off-beat sentiment that could be used for this image (with the tidy whities) and I'll select my favorite and send the winner a little sumpin' sumpin'!!

Well, tomorrow is the big Release Day Hop!!

Be sure to start over at the SBS blog for all of the details!

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HDH056 - Monochromatic Monstrosities

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 HDH056.
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. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my 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:

Monochromatic Monstrosities

We want to see the grotesque and the monstrous, and we want you to do it in shades of only one color.  But you can only choose from the following: black/grey, green, orange, or purple.

And check out what the Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure:

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Ahh... a pumpkin fairy :)  LOVE the bat wings on her, don't you?!


Concoctor of Chaos, Creepy Glowbugg:

Uber-creepy vamp, Glo!  LOVE the ornate frame, too!!


Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOVE the masking job on this, Donna!  Great new faces for Bowtie & Moth Fab from Stampotique, no?!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Serious fantastic digital invite!!!  LOVE the imagery, and of course you can't go wrong with anything purple :)


Ok... your turn... show us your monstrosities!  And no, I'm not asking you to flash us :)

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HDH054 - Creepy Cute Happiness Fairy

**note:  Please scroll down for Fiendishly Fun Friday posts!!!  They are worth it :)

I finished my challenge card, Christy!  Can you believe it?!!  Quick, what's today's date again?  :)  I was so excited to color up this house from Tiddly Inks... doesn't it make a delightful Halloweenie abode?  And there is little miss Autumn Bugg... cute, right?

I thought the sentiment matched Autumn's attitude perfectly... the inside says:
"this sh*t is expensive!" :)

If I were a fairy, this would be me :)  LOL, right?!  Just look at that face... doesn't she look a little irritated?  Either that or pissed off... I can't decide :)

Digi's:  Home Sweet Home & Autumn Bugg (Tiddly Inks)

Stamp:  sentiment (Viva Las Vegas)

Paper:  K & Co. pp, TAC black & Neenah white cardstocks

Ink:  VersaFine Onyx

Other:  Diamond Stickles, MS edge punch, foam tape & pop dots

Copics:  E000, E00, E11, E15, R02, V0000, V95, V99, YG11, YG13, YG17, YR0000, YR15, YR18, YR20, YR23, YR24

Don't forget, you still have time to play along with this week's challenge and a chance for some free goodies from Tiddly Inks!!  Go HERE for the challenge info, and go HERE for the Tiddly Inks store!

What do you think?

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HDH052 - Graveyard step card

Freakin' finally, right?  I stayed up late last night finishing this little baby off.  I've seen step cards around for awhile now, and just never tried one out... this HDH052 challenge gave me the perfect reason to do one :)  I mean, sometimes it's tough to get three or more images on one card unless you have just a little bit more room to work with :)

Have I told you lately that I LOVE my MS grass border punch?!  I think that is clear on this little graveyard scene!

I stamped the iron gate on a transparency and then glued it at the bottom & covered it with another grass strip to conceal it.  Works well me thinks!

I'm not sure you can tell, but there are a bunch of little stars in the night sky that I made with a glitter pen.

How do you like the kitty hiding behind the grass?  That would be a "whoopsie-turned-wonderful".  I took a marker to color the white around his whiskers green, so that it would blend a bit.  UGH!  Do NOT do that.  So I covered it all with the bunch of grass... genius me thinks :)

Don't you love the orange bubbly wondermous oozing from the cauldron in the background?!  Me too :)  And the gravestone border punch from MS... love love LOVE.  Love even more when I add a little Stickles to them :)

Stamps:  Skull Gate, Girl w/ Skull, Creepy Tree, Silhouette Cats - PET 32 & 33 (all Stamp It Crazy), 

Delightfully Spooky (TAC sentiment), witch/cauldron silhouette (unknown)

Paper:  Bazzill & Neenah white & TAC black cardstocks

Ink:  StazOn black, Memento Tuxedo, VersaFine Onyx,

Raw Sienna, Orangerie, Noir & Violete Palettes

Other:  MS border punches, orange & Concord Distress Stickles, clear Stardust glitter pen, Copic markers

What do you think?

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HDH052 - Stamp It Crazy!

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 HDH052.
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. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my 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.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE CHALLENGES!

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

Stamp It Crazy!

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using a minimum of three stamped images (or digi's). Yep, Barb over at Stamp It Crazy is sponsoring this very important challenge this week... this week marks our 52nd challenge... a whole YEAR has gone by already, can you believe it?!!! You don't HAVE to use images from Stamp It Crazy on your entry this week, but you'll get "bonus" points ;) Be sure to read the blurb at the bottom of this post for all the ways to win free schtuff!

I'll have my challenge card for you later this week, BUT some of the other Macabre Minions have some wonderful eye candy-corn for you today!!! Check it:


Macabre Mistress Lynx:

I'm seein' AT LEAST four different stamped images here... a truly fabulous rubber-stamped scene done only how our awesome Lynx can!


Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOL... LOVE the sentiment... Donna, you clever little witch, you! Wonderful Halloweenie colors & fantastic coloring :)


Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Another fun one by Susan... great sentiment, and don't you love 'em da kitties?! Diggin' the harlot-styled witch in red, too!


Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

Oh how I LOVE purple!  Fabulously colored Asian Goth girl with gates, Creepy Glo!

Be sure to go check out the Minions' blogs for more details on these awesome cards. AND if you pay attention and gather up the little snippets that each of the Minions and I leave on our blog posts, you will be entered in a random drawing for a little sumpin' sumpin' from Stamp It Crazy! How? Well, after visiting Lynx, Donna, Susan, & Creepy Glo, email me at: barbi007@kc.rr.com with our random facts about us that we posted. Mine? Well, my Totally Random Fact: my pet name for my hubby is Poot. Now doesn't that make you smile? :)

Bonus! Since it the Anniversary challenge, both of the Gruesome Twosome for the week will get several wondermous rubber stamps from Stamp It Crazy!

Now... are you up for the challenge?!

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HDH051 - Netherworld Nymphs... by Barb

**If you are looking for Simply Betty's Back to School Emos Blog Hop,

please scroll down to next post!** 

Can you believe it... I made it just under the wire!  The Queen of Procrastination strikes again.  I should have already had next week's card done by now... HAAAA HAAA... yeah right.

This little nymph image is from Stamp It Crazy... which is still one of my absolute faves.  I squeezed her onto a regular A2 sized card... she really needs a little more space though... no room for foof.

That ribbon is about a 100 million years old and is some cheap crap from Target $1 spot or something.  But, the color was perfect... though the bow won't poof up because it's kinda crispy feeling ;)  So I topped it with another GlowSkullz embellie.

Stamps:  MS182 LG Gothic w/ Branch Wings (Stamp It Crazy), Thinking of You (TAC)

Paper:  Bazzill and Neenah cardstocks

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo

Other:  Scor-Bug, Tim Holtz edge die, GlowSkullz, cheap a$$ ribbon

Copics:  0, BV20, BV23, G12, G21, G24, G85, V93, V95, V99

Look, Oz... Barbi-dots just for you :)

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HDH050 Ice Queen Angel

Well, after seeing all of the fantabulousness from the Minions, I am embarrassed to show this piddly thing, but I will!

I needed something quick and easy, and since Torrente's images are so skinny, there isn't much room for a lot of coloring :) 

Bonus:  another winter holiday card done!  Yeay!  That makes, what, like four that I've done so far... good grief... I need to pick up the pace!

Stamps:  Angel (Stampotique), Merry Words (retired TAC)

Paper:  Bazzill, DCWV, black & Neenah white cardstocks

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo, Cote d'Azure Palette

Other:  Nesties, Tim Holtz edge die, EK Success edger punch, misc. rhinestones

Copics:  0, BG02, BG05, BG07, BV20

Tune in tomorrow for Fiendishly Fun Friday AND a Simply Betty Bloghop!!!

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Deal with it...

My mojo is missing... still... WTF?!!  I am hoping to "stamp out of it" this weekend, but I just don't know.  

Soooooooo, the only thing I have for your viewing pleasure is this super CAS card.  The attitude in the sentiment is a PERFECT affirmation for me to get creative... no?

Stamps:  BeBoop Gothing Wings (Stamp It Crazy), Sassy Girls (Missy B's)

Paper:  Bazzill, white ultrasmooth & black cardstocks (TAC)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo

Other:  MS border punch, Tim Holtz edge die, circle punches

Copics:  0, RV10, RV13, RV14, G12, G24, G85, YR20, YR23, YR24, V99

And this card isn't even vintage for my OWN freakin' HDH challenge?!!  Hmmmmm...

...well, at least I can enter this over at BBCS for their "Anything Goes" challenge :)

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Beastly Butterfly take two...

... here's another one... not sure about it... me thinks me mojo is amiss.

HauntedDesignHouse's HDH040 - Beautifully Beastly Butterflies

FluterByWednesday's Challenge #111 (open)

Digi:  Butterfly (Scrap Your Scraps)

Paper:  TAC's scarlet, kraft & DCWV orange cardstocks

Ink:  Burnt Sienna & Noir Palettes

Other:  EK Success edger punch

Copics:  0, V99, YR04, YR18, R24, R29

Maybe I'll have some time this weekend to try again... hmmm...

What do you think?

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HDH040 - Beautifully Beastly Butterflies... my 1st take...

Ok, so the idea that was floating around in my head for this challenge, didn't actually hit the worksurface as I imagined it.  So I have ANOTHER idea that I can hopefully get done in the next day or two :)

Me thinks I should have NOT used the white ink in the sky... just sayin'.  I must say that I do LOVE the double border punched scene at the bottom.  AND the butterfly came out pretty good, too :)  Definitely a fun one to color.

The butterfly is a $.99 digi created by Angelia from Scrap Your Scraps, who just happens to be a buddy of mine!  You definitely need to check out the original digi... I actually inverted it & cut the antennae & curly-q's off since I didn't want to cut AROUND those little suckers :)

See the clouds?  I actually used a VersaMarker and colored just a portion of a border stamp (left off the vines & foof), as well as to highlight the gravestones and top of the fence.  A little embossing powder & heat gun... and voila... shimmery moonlit clouds & schtuff :)

Digi:  Butterfly (Scrap Your Scraps)

Stamps:  Edge Designs (TAC), So Splattered (retired TAC)

Paper:  Hemingway, black & kraft cardstocks

Ink:  Violete Palette, Moonlight Brilliance

Other:  VersaMarker, Transcendence EP, MS border punches

Copics:  0, V06, V09, V99, BG72, BG78

What do you think?

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April Fool's Day Smeared and Smudged Member Blog Hop

Happy April Fool's Day!  Is that the proper greeting?  I guess I've never really thought about it :)  Well, at any rate, today will be hoppin'... Blog Hoppin' that is!  The Smeared and Smudged online community is having a blog hop that is sure to be full of surprises... I'm not telling about ALL of the surprises... you'll just have to find out for yourself

{muhu whah ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhhhhhhh}

My project, however has no surprises... I was mojo-less for that part, so my sad little fairy must do.  I brayered & sponged directly on the card base for this one... the only additional layer is the fairy herself :)  She is so beautifully sad, don't you think?

I colored her with Copics and probably should have gone a little more dark with her to fit into the rest of the scene, but I kind of like how she is this bright little thing standing out in the middle of a dark evening.  I used a three-color feathering technique for her gown... it looks really good in person.

Stamps:  Sad Elfwood Fairy (Stamp It Crazy), tree (Tim Holtz), Edge Designs (TAC), Trendy Greetings (TAC), Fresh Air Favorites (retired TAC)

Paper:  premium white & white ultra smooth cardstocks

Ink:  Violete, Starry Night, Iris, Jardin Moss, Water Lily Green, Raw Sienna, Cognac, & Noir Palettes, Memento Tuxedo, Onyx VersaFine

Other:  Copic markers, foam tape

And to see if you actually read all of this stuff, I'm going to be offering up a little surprise of my own... be sure to leave a comment on this post, and I'll draw a name on Thursday, April 8th after 5pm.  Now, keep in mind that this IS April Fool's Day, so the little surprise you get in the mail MIGHT be new, used, shiny, ready for the trash bin... you just don't know!  It might be dark or cute or something in between, but I'm not telling.  Sucka!

Have fun hopping through all the blogs to see the great variety and talent that Smeared and Smudged members have to offer!!!  It is such a fun community of stampers, and if you like things a little on the dark side or out of the norm, it's definitely the place to gather!  These stampers are really fun group... now, go and check them out for yourself and be sure to leave the love!

Alison
Kelli
Meredith
Michelle
Kathi
Kim
Lisa
Danielle
Alex
Jean

Monica
Sarah
Erica

Black Dragon

Kymberly

Steph

Lady Brayton

Barb ***this is me!***

Terra

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Macabre Monday #032 - Somber Shakespeare

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 HDH032.
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. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my 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. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if they so wish, and 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:

Somber Shakespeare

 You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using images/sentiments from Shakespeare's tragedies.  Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet... I know he's got a ton of plays & poetry, so let's limit this challenge to the tragedies only!!  Click HERE for a list from Wikipedia.

I chose Hamlet... it was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this stamp from Stamp It Crazy!  PERFECT!

I'm also using this card as another entry over at the Copic Creations challenge No. 24!  Does green count as a skin-tone technique?!!  I hope so :)  If you click on the second photo, you can really see the shadows on her face, which I think turned out pretty cool.  As did the skull... did you know that when you use the blender on the BV20 & BV23 Copics that it appears to separate the blue from the violet?!  The effect is awesome!

Stamps:  Girl with Skull (Stamp It Crazy), Fresh Air Favorites (retired TAC)
Paper:  white Ultra Smooth, black, & Bazzill cardstocks
Ink:  Palette Noir
Other:  Copics, Scor-bug, Black Soot Distress Stickles, EK Success edger punch

Ok, people... let's see some culture ;)  Break out those old English Lit. books from back in the day for a little inspiration this week!!

Are you up for it?!

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Fairy princess...

I have had this fairy all colored up with no where to go!  I just haven't been feelin' the mojo flowin'... I'm thinkin' it's this dreary weather... ugh.  So, I tried to use a sketch... let me just say that I do not use sketches... they are hard for me to design with for some reason.  That being said, I am not happy with the card, just happy with colored image :)  So I'll include this on the Copic Creations Challenge No. 24 for blonde hair and faces/skin tones.

Maybe you would have better luck with this sketch... it's over at the Smeared and Smudged forum, and it's the March Smeared and Smudged Very Sketchy Challenge.  And of course, this goes along with the princess theme here at HDH, except she's not sinister enough :)

I really like how I made her sleeves look sheer and the two-toned wings.

Stamps:  FY39 Elegant Fairy (StampItCrazy), Yield to the Princess (TAC)
Paper:  white ultra smooth & black (TAC), DCWV blue, & Bazzill gold cardstocks
Ink:  Tuxedo Memento, Noir & Cognac Palettes
Other:  Bazzill Bitty Blooms, Copic markers, turquoise sequins, gems (Hobby Lobby), Diamond Stickles

What do you think?

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Macabre Monday #026 - Vampy Vampyress

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:
1. Create a Halloweenie 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 HDH026.
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. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my 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. He/she will be asked to be a guest blogger for the following month, if they so wish, and 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:

Vampy Vampyress

 You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using an image of a vampyre or vampyress.  Decrepit or sexy, mysterious or "in your face"...  let's see those fanged fiends!

 And look, can you believe I finished my card on time?!  I know, I've TOTALLY been slacking as of late, but since I've been working full time again, I'm mojo-less after work :(  What's good is that I just received a fresh supply of creepy-cool images from Stamp It Crazy!  I LOVE happy mail!

I altered a fairy image to create this vampyress... I blackened the eyes & then added fangs with a white gel pen.  The original image is so pretty, put I needed a little bit of vamp in there :)

Stamps:  fairy FY38 (Stamp It Crazy), Mini-bet (TAC), Creative Inspiration (retire TAC)

Paper:  White UltraSmooth & DCWV cardstocks, and black Bazzill

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo, New Canvas & Toile Pink Palettes

Other:  Icicle Stickles, Scor-bug, Mini Attacher (Tim Holtz), lace fabric, Copic markers

I am trying to get the hang of those Copics still... luckily I'll be getting Copic certified on Sunday the 21st!  Can't wait :)  I did pretty good on the wings, but now you can't tell since I coated them in glitter!

Barb from Stamp It Crazy has offered up this fairy image for our prize winner this week!  So let's get Vampy, people!!

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