Monday 30 September 2013

Dimensional Hallowe'en

Hi All and Welcome to a new Macabre Monday challenge at Haunted Design House and that challenge is............

Dimensional Hallowe'en

For the next two weeks we challenge you to create a dark, Gothic or Hallowe'en based art piece which is dimensional in some way.  Yes, foam pop dots are fine, be we are really hoping to see you guys come up with some REAL dimension.
There are some FAB prizes being offered by our generous sponsor


Tando offers a wonderful line of unique and well designed chipboard designs for all of your crafting needs.
We are pleased to offer up a Tando Grab Bag full of Hallowe'en themed cuts as pictured below to ONE lucky winner




Here is what I came up with using Tando's webbed coffin and spider


The image, as if you didn't know, is the Master himself Nosferatu, borrowed from the net. The Tando dimensional coffin is coloured with paint and ProMarkers.

I would like to enter my dimensional piece into the following challenges

Monday 23 September 2013

Broken Heart

Hi All and Welcome to a new two week challenge at Smudgy Antics ~

Broken Heart.

We have all been there.... crying our eyes out because somebody we loved broke our hearts. If you haven't had a broken heart, I'm sure you helped one of your best friends mend their broken heart or watched your children get their hearts broken.  This fornight we want you to create a project depicting a broken heart or being broken heated.

Here is mine


The backing paper is by Creative Imaginations and is called Tragic Symphony.   The verse typed over the top of the DP is taken from Peperonity.  The image is Holding Heart, a digi stamp from Smeared Ink, coloured with ProMarkers and glazed.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Who Are You Supposed To Be

Hi All, and Welcome to week 2 of the Macabre Monday Challenge at Haunted Design House and the challenge is "Who Are You Supposed To Be".... You are to create a dark, Gothic or Hallowe'en based art piece that depicts a costume or character you have been, or want to be for Hallowe'en

This challenge is being sponsored by I Brake for Stamps.  They have a huge and varied selection of images from various talented artists.  Della is generously offering up Two Images of choice to each of the Gruesome Twosome.

We, at Haunted Design House, have chosen to work with the new Hallowe'en images designed by Rick St Dennis


Very simple card using the digi image "Vampire Vic" coloured with ProMarkers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Monday 9 September 2013

Use Embellishments with Smudgy Antics

Hi All  and Welcome to another two week challenge at Smudgy Antics, the theme for this fortnights challenge is

Use Embellishments

How easy is that? Just use a stamped image (rubber or digi) and add some embellishements

Here is what I came up with


The image is a digi stamp called Mask 3 from the Venice set from Smeared Ink.  Everything else is from my stash.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge(s)

Wednesday 4 September 2013

Quest 24 Tic Tac Poe

Hi All

Welcome to a new challenge at Quoth the Raven.  For the next month we have another Tic Tac Poe grid to challenge you and here it is


You can choose any of the options above so long as they run in a straight line, be it horizontal, vertical or diagonal, for example, Flowers, Raven, Lace.  There is only one rule and that is your project must be 
Edgar Allan Poe related.

I have chosen the right hand vertical line ~ 
Raven, Poe, Lace


I don't know who created this gorgeous image, I borrowed it from the net.  There are, in fact three ravens in the image, but it's quite hard to see them in the photo. All embellishments are from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Halloween in your face

Hi All,

Welcome to the new Macabre Monday challenge at Haunted Design House, and that challenge is
Halloween in your face

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en based art piece to start celebrating for the upcoming holiday by making it all about Halloween, colours and images, etc.

For the next two weeks we at Haunted Design House will be sponsored by The Octopode Factory. Their challenge blog can be found Here.  The Minions have used the Gloomsville images.  These can be bought as a set or individually

Lily has some amazingly quirky and some superb Halloween images. 

Lily is also offering up a $10 prize to one lucky winner

This is what I came up with

I have used the Pumpkin Couple from the Gloomsville set from the Octopode Factory, coloured with Promarkers.  The backing paper is from Susans Crafty Chaos (no longer available).  All embellishments from my stash.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge(s)

Crazy 4 Challenges - Buttons or Bows (the pumpkins are buttons)