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Holiday Card Quickie...

And I mean quick! I'm thinking this should have been my holiday card this year... sooooooo easy to mass-produce, clean, simple and with just the right touch o' creepy-cuteness.

The Jack ornie was a freebie from Tiddly Inks on PCP (thanks, Christy!) and the sentiment is from a retired set of TAC's. And of course, the infamous Scor-Bug... I just LOVE that thing. Jack was colored with Copics and popped up on foam tape.

I'll probably have a few more cards to share before the end of the year, so stay tuned :)

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!

Gruesome Twosomes & other assorted winners...

I'm not EVEN gonna start with excuses... you've heard them all before.

Let's just all agree that I suck...

and not in a good way :)

Now, on to those that DO NOT suck!

If you are one of the winners, be sure to grab the Gruesome Twosome badge and link back here... display it with pride, my pretties :)

HDH063 - Freaker's Free for All Gruesome Twosome:

Aisling for her awesome altered playing card, and Happy Days for her ATC treat pouch. And the prize winner is Nancy for skully santa in da hood. :)

Please email me your mailing address again, Nancy, so I can get your goodies out to you! My email address is in my sidebar :)

HDH064 - Butchered Blueprint Gruesome Twosome:

Croms for her skully Noel card, and Raeven for her delightfully different collage card. Fabulous work, girls! Nikki of Limited Runs Stamps is sponsoring this week's challenge and the lucky winner whom will receive their choice of THREE digis from from her shop is... Katt! Please email me so that I can forward it on to Nikki for your prize :) And thanks, Nikki!

HDH065 - Ravenous Ravens Gruesome Twosome:

Sarah for her tribute to The Birds, and Gina for her disturbing sheep card. And the prize winner is Alison...

please email me your mailing address so I can get your goodies out to you! My email address is in my sidebar :)

HDH066 - MM Movie Mayhem: A Nightmare on Elm Street Gruesome Twosome:

Crystal for her delightfully cute twist on a sweet image, and Andrea for a fan-freakin-tastic painting!

Andrea, please email me your mailing address (one more time!) so I can get your goodies out to you! My email address is in my sidebar :)

HDH067 - Paper Pandemonium Gruesome Twosome:

Alex for her FANTABULOUSLY fun Zombie handbook, and Katt for her her clever use of dp as sky and ground. Susan of Crafty Chaos Designs is sponsoring this week's challenge and the the winner will get to choose any THREE items from the shop, AND the Gruesome Twosome will get to choose ONE EACH! This week's prize winner is Teri for her beyond elegantly creepy raven in a skull tree :)

Ladies, please email me so that I can forward it on to Susan for your prizes :) And thanks, Susan!

Whew. Now to crown the November Master of the Macabre. THAT will have to wait a day or two... sorry guys! BUT, tune in tomorrow for a fun challenge sponsored by Octopode Factory!!

Now let's get on to Day #2! What is Christmas without the Grinch!? Why it's just not Christmas at all! So today we are challenging you to create the best Grinch-mas project you can think of! For this one you can use any image, doesn't have to be an SBS image, but remember it always help sway the judges when choosing a winner! Wink wink!

Today's Prize:
Any 2 SBS rubber stamps winner's choice! Remember you have until Nov. 29th at 11:00 pm PST to upload your creations to the SBS Challenge blog. And check to see what some of the DT has in store for you!

And here is my last minute entry :)

This would be Punky Teen Christmas Tristan... I really like him and this is the first chance I've had to color him up! I paired him with a little Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas paper. This is the Scallop Stripe one... you can see a bit of the stripe on the left, and I used the other side of it for the background.

The skullies are from a Bombshell stamp set, the Bah humbug is a retired sentiment from TAC, and the Whoville is written, not-so-greatly, by me. Copic markers & a little Rock Candy Distress Stickles finish this baby off. :)

That's it for today, peeps... super simple card, but a fun one to color!

What do you think?

Macabre Monday HDH064 - Butchered Blueprint

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 HDH064.

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:

Butchered Blueprint

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using this sketch:

Yep, this is a new challenge for us here at HDH! Interpret the sketch as you like... maybe the the blood drips actually become crinkled ribbon, the skull a scalloped circle & the scythe a stick pin... endless possibilities, baby. If you could please post a picture of the sketch & link back here, that would be great :)

And this week we have another new sponsor! Nikki from Limited Runs Stamps has generously offered up three digi's to this week's winner! Be sure to page back to older posts... she has a bunch of images on there... and some of them are pretty creepy... just like we like 'em! And Nikki has even played along with us this week:

Necromancer Nikki:

I LOVE that you actually used the Grim Reaper... perfect for this sketch!

And the subject matter alone... mmmmm :)

Lynx has a sick computer, so we won't see her this week, BUT check out what the other Macabre Minions have in store for your viewing pleasure...

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

LOVE this! So wonderfully creepy-cute... this would make a lovely birthday card, no?!

And check it... Creepy Glowbugg has made two for us this week... awesome! Nothing like an eyeball cuppie cake with green ooze... zombie dessert maybe?

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

LOL! Freakin' awesome... LOVE the sentiment with those images, Donna...
this one definitely makes me smile :)

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

What is that peeking about the 'shrooms?
Oh I am hoping for a fun story to go along with this one, Susan! Love it!

Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... as usual!
I'll be back later this week with my offering...

... but what will YOU do with this sketch?!

New Simply Betty Release - Christmas Emos Release Day Blog Hop

Yeay! It's here! SBS Release Day Hop... if you have arrived here from Angela's blog, then you are on the right track... if not, head over to the SBS blog for all of the hop details! Let me just say this: there are SEVERAL fab prizes to win!!!

Rio really knows how to trim a tree... skullies & pink bling... what could be more festive?! And just look at her eyes... they turned out pretty cool, if I may say so myself :) Ah, the beauty of Copic coloring... you can change your eye color to match your sweater EVERY time :)

Digi/Rubber Stamp: Rio Trimming the Tree

Sentiment stamp: Merry Words (retired TAC)

Paper: Sophie (retired BG); Black, Mimi & Caboodle white cs (TAC)

Other: Copic markers, pink Stardust glitter pen, VersaFine Onyx ink, misc. ribbon & pink rhinestones

Now on to the rest of the Simply Betty Stamps Christmas Emos Blog Hop!

Your next stop is Catherine's blog! Happy hopping!

Macabre Monday HDH059 - Dastardly Delicious Digis

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 (S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH059.

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

Dastardly Delicious Digis

This one is for you digi lovers out there! All digital or just a little, your project must use a digi image as your main heinous focus.... oh, and there MUST be a touch of the macabre!

Teri with Delicious Doodles has prepared a feast for the eyes, and is our
Minion of the Moment (guest Minion)
for the week! Her personal blog, team blog & shop are all must-sees!
Teri has offered up two prize packages for the chosen Gruesome Twosome this week... each of the GT's will get FOUR Delicious Doodles digis for free!
The hardest part will be narrowing your selection to just four... I'm just sayin' :)

Minion of the Moment, Terribly Talented Teri:

TT Teri strikes again with this gorgeous new dragon digi... and those colors are wonderful!

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

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Fabulous creepy cool skull-spider project... can't WAIT to read more about this!!

Concoctor of Chaos, Creepy Glowbugg:

What could be creepier than a spooky haunted house?

Ummm, ... Pumpkin Head blocking the door out of that spooky haunted house!!!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

One of my favorite DD images, and Donna has showcased it beautifully! The corset lacing, the pop of red, and that border punch is to-die-for :)

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Where is the beautifully cloaked lady off to? Perhaps to do a little dark moon magic?!
Great all digital piece, Susan!

Fabulous work from my Macabre Minions... as usual! I'll be back later this week with mine ;)
Ok... your turn... let's see what dastardly delightful projects you can create!

p.s... don't forget about the free giveaway at the bottom of the post HERE!! Wednesday the 6th is your last chance! AND I'll draw a winner from my commenter/followers from the last post on Wednesday as well!! So stay tuned.

Eerie Elegance & a Halloween waterfall...

Yeay... the new calendar is out for The Scrapbook Page, and sign-ups can begin for my classes!

First up, Eerie & Elegant Cards on October 11th, 6:30pm-8:30pm. Click on the link and it will take you to the store's website where you can see all four cards.

This is my favorite of the four, but the others are pretty cool, too :)

And this one I am REALLY excited about... a Halloween Waterfall Mini-Album on October 19th, 6:30pm-8:30pm. It is a wine bag album :) Plenty of pockets & pull-outs...

all in Halloweenie glory!

There is no way to do this album justice in a photograph. Tons of heat embossing, Tim Holtz stamps, May Arts ribbons, flocked paper, and so much more. LOVE it.

If you are in the Kansas City area, stop by The Scrapbook Page and sign up! For you out-of-towners that would like to purchase kits, please email the store for details.

Simply Betty Double Whammy Blog Hop!

Have I told y'all lately how much I LOVE this time of year? Huh? Have I? You know, when all of the Halloweenie goodness starts showing up in magazines, store shelves, and of course in rubber stamps & digi's?!!!!

Can you say: HELL-to-the-YEAH! :)

And Betty, being my Halloweenie Soul Sistah, is making me smile even more... she's releasing TWO new Halloween-themed digi/stamp lines today, with MORE coming soon! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. Today's new lines from Simply Betty Stamps are:

Jude and his Shenanigan Crew and Punky Teens.

(note: please click on photos for clearer view... Blogger is sucking the life out them here...)

First up, this is Peter... buddy of Jude, and just as ca-yoot as can be! And you know I usually try to creep-out any cuteness... well, I just couldn't do it. I KNOW! Am I getting soft? WTH? :)

Peter is colored a la Copics, but I forget which ones I used... my bad. I used a Tim Holtz texture folder, Neenah & TAC cardstocks, VersaFine Onyx ink, & a retired alphabet stamp set from TAC.

Next up, Punky Teen Tootsie! Freakin' adorable, but I didn't feel bad at all giving her green skin and purple hair... that's just how I roll.

More Copics, Tim Holtz edge die, Delightfully Spooky stamp set (TAC), VersaFine Onyx ink, PTI canvas texture plate, purple rhinestones, Bo Bunny paper(?), misc. ribbon; Bazzill, Neenah & TAC cardstocks.

And finally, my FAVORITE of the entire release :) Punky Teen Freddy! I'm sure you can tell why, right? How fun is this?! I tried to icky-up his face a bit, but OBVIOUSLY it does no justice whatsoever to the real Freddy... just sayin'.

Copics, Studio G rubber stamp sentiment, Background Soup rubber stamp (TAC), Moulin Rouge Palette ink, VersaFine Onyx ink, Stardust clear glitter pen, Neenah & TAC cardstocks.

Now, more on this Double Whammy Blog Hop... if you've arrived here from the SBS blog, you are on the right track!

To continue on your merry way, you should head off to SBS's September Guest DT's blog: Calie!

Four lucky winners will receive three free digis of their choice from these two lines! All you have to do is leave us some loving on the Simply Betty Stamps blog! Of course it is always appreciated when you leave everyone a little lovin', however the four winners will be chosen from the Simply Betty Stamps blog! Have fun hoppin'!

HDH054 - Creepy Cute

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 HDH054.
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:

Creepy Cute

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using cute images, but on the darkside. Turn something adorable into something abominable... something delightful into something devious... something cute into something creepy. Or just grab one of TI's Gothic cute images and start coloring ;)

Bonus: This week's challenge is being sponsored by Tiddly Inks! Christy Croll is a children's illustrator who also happens to have several delightful lines of original digital images & papers... of the cute & whimsical variety :) Christy has so generously donated a $10 & a $5 gift certificate for two winners! We'll do a random draw for the $5, and the Best of the Best will get the $10 one :) The link above will take you directly to Christy's store, but she also has a blog site here: Tiddly Inks Blog

I'll have my challenge card for you later this week (ha! maybe...), BUT some of the other Macabre Minions have some wonderful eye candy-corn for you today!!! To get the complete 411 on all of these fab projects, be sure to stop by each of their blogs and don't forget to leave the Minions a little lovin' :)

Macabre Mistress Lynx:

Another fab little box, and what is that inside?! Hmmm...

Concoctor of Chaos, Creepy Glowbugg:

Super cuteness.... LOVE those trees, and hellooooo... purple hair... what's not to love about that?!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Another Cricut card... from the darkside, and check out how Donna modified this cute digi!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Digi-on-digi action... wait, that sounds kinda funny... YOU know what I meant :) This house image is by far one of my personal faves from TI!!

So, wanna get your mitts on some ca-yootie patootie digi's from Tiddly Inks? Join in the fun!!

HDH053 - Pink on the Brink

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 HDH053.

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

Pink on the Brink

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using pink in an edgy and dark way. Edgy & pink... what puts you on the brink? The brink of insanity... the brink of catastrophe... the brink of death?

Bonus: This week's challenge is being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps! I'm not sure what the prize is, but you can bet it will be a goodie! The link above will take you directly to Kellie's store, but they also have a blog site here: Tickled Pink Blog

Edit - Barb is truly Masterful; she has Minions to do the mundane stuff like adding blinkies to a post :P

Tickled Pink Stamps is an Australian based online business and loves everything PINK. They are the home of the Lil Lolita Stamps and everything else Cute, Quirky and PINK....

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:

LOVE the black cracked look, and the zipper is brilliant!

Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

Don't you LOVE that Tickled Pink Lil' Lolita image? And the "miss you" headstone tag is perfect!

Digital Demon-ess Susan:

Another fun Lil' Lolita... and this sentiment is wonderful... quite fitting for this crew of Minions, me thinks... said with sweetness AND a gleam in her eye :)

Concoctor of Chaos, Creepy Glowbugg:

The look on this Lil' Lolita is just priceless... and the sentiment? Maybe THIS one suits the Minions even better :) And I'm lovin' that webbie border, Glo!

Ok, now the challenge is on you! Wanna try for some Tickled Pink goodness?

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?

Simply Betty Stamps - Back to School Emos Preview Day 1

How perfect is this for a Fiendishly Fun Friday: FRIDAY THE 13TH... sah-weet, right? ':) I know! And, though not as crazy as what the Macabre Minions are posting today, here's a little Back to School fun for you.

This Sunday the 15th is Simply Betty Stamps' release day, so how about a couple of days of sneaky peekies first?! Yep, it's THAT time of year again, so Betty has created Back To School Emos!

I know that this is such a super simple layout, but no fluff necessary when the image is THIS cute and fun to color! This is Back to School London, and she's got a seriously wicked wink workin' :) Could be just for fun, or she could be a little flirty... "Haaaaaaaaaay" ;)

Digi: BTS London

Rubber Stamp: Glitter Goblins (TAC)

Paper: Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks

Ink: VersaFine Onyx

Other: May Arts trims, MM heart gem

Copics: 0, BV20, E000, E00, E01, E02, E11, E31, E35, E57, E59, R02, V06, V09, V95, V99, YR04, YR07, YR18

I just love her little subtle Goth touches... skull barrette, brooch, skully backpack and matching purse, even on her shoe... I'm tellin' ya', it's all about accessorizing!! {should be said with a hoidy-toidy lisp & a few swooping hand gestures for effect :)}

Wanna see some more previews? Check out the rest of the DT including our August Guest DT, Lady B!!

There's a fun and easy way to win these Back to School Emos on the SBS blog!! AND be sure to come back on Saturday & Sunday for more peeks and the Back to School Emos Release Day!

OH! And HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH!!! :)