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'My Top Ten Cards of 2010'. Then link that post to Suzi's post, using the inlinkz tool at the bottom of her post... please visit that post to see details about prizes along the hop!

Sooooooooo, here are my faves for the year:

Images by: Simply Betty Stamps (vampire),

The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment)

Images by: Kenny K (girl), The Angel Company (sentiment & background)

Image by Stamp It Crazy

Image by Delicious Doodles

Images by: Simply Betty Stamps (vampires), Stampers Anonymous (sentiment)

Images by: Tiddly Inks (house & fairy), Viva Las Vegas Stamps (sentiment)

Images by: Stamp It Crazy (fairy), Stampers Anonymous (tree),

The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment)

Images by: Simply Betty Stamps (boy), unknown sentiment

Image by: Tidldy Inks (witch), The Angel Company (Boo!)

And my absolute most favorite for the year has to be this one...

I think it's the hand drawn knife that's the clincher:

Images by: B-line Designs (boy w/ wagon), Kraftin' Kimmie (dolls),

The Angel Company (fleur), Bombshell (skull), and unknown sentiment

What do you think?

HDH068 Octopodally Ominous... by Barb

Have you totally just had a heart attack from seeing a post with an HDH068 challenge card done by me?! I know! Cah-raaa-zy. And the crazier part is that I'll be back in a day or two with a SECOND one... yeah... I know... un-effing believable. :)

Since the winter holidays are JUST around the corner, how apropos is this?! I seriously fell in LOVE with this little snowman... it's a bit warped and twisted... sooooooo up my alley :)

I should probably do my 8-item breakdown that was part of the challenge:

1: card base, 2: blue-grey panel, 3: sentiment, 4: webby trim, 5: snowman, 6: straight ribbon, 7: separate bow, 8: snowflake gem

How do you like how grungy this guy is? It kinda looks like he was made from that snow along the street that has all of the dirt & grime thrown over it, no? All misshapen and a little sad. That's why I thought the sentiment was particularly fitting :)

Digi: Whimsical Snowman (Octopode Factory)

Rubber stamp: retired TAC sentiment

Paper: Caboodle White & scarlet cardstocks (TAC), blue-grey cardstock (Bazzill)

Ink: VersaFine Onyx

Other: ribbon & trim (May Arts), gem (JoAnn's)

Copics: 0, BV20, BV23, C00, C3, C5, C7, E57, E59, G21, G24, G28, R35, R37, R59

How are YOUR challenge cards coming along? :)

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas... with the Simply Betty Twist! These 12 days are going to be a bit different! For starters, one winner will be chosen on the next challenge, the prize will be given out right away! Woop woop!

Enter all challenges for a chance to win a Guest DT Spot for January 2011! That one person will be chosen by popular votes and as mentioned as long as all challenges have been entered by this person!

Well, what do you say we get this Christmas party started?! Using any Simply Betty Stamps Halloween image, create a Christmas card... anything goes, but it must be a SBS Halloween image! Not too hard eh? For today's prize one lucky winner will receive a choice of any 2 Digi stamps!

You will have until Saturday November 27th at 11:00 PM PST to upload your card for voting consideration. Upload your card on the SBS Challenge blog... and while you are there, be sure to check out the rest of the DT's cards!

Here's my offering for today's challenge:

Now, you KNOW I'm down for anything Halloweenie... and Winter holiday cards are no different :) Actually, I've been known to send Halloween cards INSTEAD of Winter cards, but that's just how I roll.

Mummy Lola was the first SBS image that popped into my head for this challenge :) At least I gave her a more festive outfit than the usual mummy, right?

Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks, Copic markers, a little May Arts webby trim, Tim Holtz edge die, Scor-bug, a few misc. gems & an American Crafts ribbon rose were all that were needed for this yuletide card :) The alphabet set I used for the sentiment comes from TAC called Mini-Bet.

This Lola is available in digi AND rubber form... AND everything is on sale right now!!! $2.75 for a digi and only $4 for rubbah... and don't forget about the papers & embellies over there. Go HERE to shop :)

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 :)

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Hello Zombie!

We hadn't discussed this, but I also have some Hello Kitty alterations to share with you today. LOL Barb, if you're hypnotising us all to do your bidding, it seems to be working :P

This Zombie Kitty toy was made by DovSherman, you can read the original post HERE

This is a tattoo designed by BlueUndine, also available at DeviantArt HERE

And these little beauties are made by Undead Ed, who sells these and other creations at his Etsy shop HERE

And this is the beyond-fabulous Hello Kitty Zombie cake made by Debbie Gourd from Debbie Does Cakes

Fiendishly Fun Friday 13th - Monster names

Have you ever whiled away an afternoon thinking up silly monster names and acronyms for everyone you know? Just me? Ah no, I see a single hand raised at the back of the room. Ok, buddy, just for us, here's a fast easy way to get your own monster name

Monster Name Decoder

And here are the Minions' names:

Bloodthirsty Abomination Roused by Brutality

Sinister, Unholy, Scientist-Abducting Nightmare

Deadly, Orphan-Nabbing Nightmare of Anger

Cursed, Ravenous, Explorer-Eating, Person-Yoking Ghoul from the Legendary Oasis

Get Your Monster Name

Fiendishly Fun Friday 13th - Buried Alive!

Thought that the horror of being burried alive was fictional? Well, I'm afraid not, here are 10 cases of people who were actually buried alive, and regained consciousness trapped in their own coffins

READ THE LIST

Fiendishly Fun Friday 13th - Nature's hidden dark side

Cute and cuddly, here, at Haunted Design House? Well, just occasionally but, never fear, there will always be an undertone of the macabre. Just like in nature:

Loveably cute animals that are actually terrifying

Ok, was it just me, or did this mini-series / movie scare the holy bejeezus out of you as a kid? That crazy looking vampire with those wicked knarly teeth (and I don't mean knarly in a GOOD way...)!

Evidently I missed the remake with Rob Lowe... ummm... was it any good?

I also remember my sisters reading the book back in the day...

Go HERE for a movie & book summary.

Fiendishly Fun Friday - Lenore

I love Lenore, here's a link to the film/cartoon/video/fantabulously-freaksome-awesomeness that is

THE NEW TOY

Be warned, this is probably not for the squeamish. But then if you're squeamish then you're probably lost, run, quick, before Barb finds you and locks you away in her Closet of Cute. Seriously, with the amount of locks and chains and iron bars on that door, ain't no cute getting out here :P

Merry Freakin' Christmas...

Ahhh... the holidays... HDH style `:)

Yes, the endless pursuit to get the winter cards done before the spring thaw... I've been pretty good the last two years, but I'm waaaay behind this year. Yes, I know... it's only July... but I just don't like doing 150 cards that all look alike... you know what I'm sayin'?

Sooooooo, for my very special friends, I get to make doosies like this one! They make me happy... in a twisted, demented, totally WTF kinda way :)

What spurned this bit of happiness today? Two challenges... and they're not even mine! I know... I'm totally psyched (no, not psycho... well, not really) :) There are probably more challenges to which this little baby would apply, but I'm just stickin' with these two:

Stampotique (Christmas in July)

The Burtonesque Dolls (Nightmare Before Christmas)

I started with the Tickled Pink sketch, but strayed too far AND I didn't realize I had to use certain available stamps, so I'll have to work on that one again :)

Stamps: Winter (Stampotique), sentiment (unknown)

Paper: kraft & black cardstock (TAC), & Bazzil cardstocks

Ink: Memento Tuxedo, VersaFine Onyx

Other: Copic markers, black gems & tulle, foam tape

Winter is just one of the creepiest images... me likey alot! And the sentiment couldn't be more perfect, right?! Yep... there are several times during the season that I've said this very thing... SEVERAL times.

I actually finished up a card for the Tiddly Inks blog hop on Thursday! Un-freakin-believable! AND I'm hoping to "formally" introduce y'all to the Sisterhood of the Sinister aka HDH's Macabre Minions on Friday, so tune in!

HDH047 - surprise!

I got something done for my challenge this week! And not only for MY challenge, but also for Stamp It Crazy's challenge, too :) Love ya' SIC Barb!

I'll admit it... I started this card last week for The Burtonesque Dolls' challenge "The Burton Boys". This image is PERFECT for that... oh well... c'est la vie. At least I finished it... and me likey alot.

Stamps: A Man A Mess- Goth39 (Stamp It Crazy), Background Soup (TAC), That Guy (retired TAC)

Paper: black cs (TAC), Neenah white cs, random turquoise cs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Noir & Jardin Moss Palettes

Other: hardware (WeRMK & Karen Foster), spring, jewlry wire, Turquoise Glimmer Mist, 1/16" hole punch, super cool web trim gifted by Creepy Glowbugg (thanks, man!)

Copics: 0, BG72, G21, G85, W2

The turquoise mist shows up awesomely on the black cardstock! In real life it is way better than the photos... trust me. I know the wire is a bit wonky, but I guess the rest of the card is, too :) It's fun to see the card open and light spill through the teensie little punched holes.

Do you dig the spring & large brads?! Me too! I might have to go on the search for more springs... I've got a bunch of the brads, although some are antique brass & copper. Oooooo.... the copper & brass would look all steampunk, no?! Hmmm....

OH! And don't forget that there is only a couple of days left for current Freaker's Free-for-All challenge! How much easier can a "do whatever ya' want" challenge be?! :)

What do you think?

Macabre Monday HDH072 - Hell Hath No Fury

My Top 10 Cards of 2010 Blog Hop