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 HDH091 . 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 Twoso me (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled an...

Teri, don't read any further, you won't like it :P Today's FFF post is about La Isla de la Munecas, or the Island of the Dolls. It sounds like it should be full of pretty pink lace and plastic tea sets, doesn't it? Well, it's actually a macabre tourist attraction to the south of Mexico City, festooned with thousands of decomposing and mutilated dolls on display. The area is filled with canals and waterways, and in amongst these is a small uninhabited island. Don Julian Santana moved to this island in the 1950's, hoping to find peace and refuge from the modern world. However, he came to believe that the island was haunted by the ghost of a young girl who had drowned in one of the canals in the 1920's. Reports vary, but the dolls are either for the little girl's ghost to play with, or to ward off other evil spirits that roamed the area and which were scaring the little girl. Either way, the hermit would fish out old dolls he found in the canals and place t...

It's here!  The Simply Betty Stamps 50's Emos Release  :)  Be sure to pop over to the Simply Betty Stamps blog for details on how to get your mitts on these images!  Now, on to today's preview 50's Emo Betty: I HAD to ghoul this one up!  Betty is just so happy rolling around on her skully skates... and why shouldn't she be smiling?  Nothing is better than a little brain burger, right? Yes, our awesome Creepy Glowbugg made some custom GlowBwainz for me :)  Thanks, Glo!  As soon as I saw this image I knew I had to have 50's Betty serving up a little sumpin' sumpin' "off menu" so-to-speak :) That's it for this week's release!  Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has done with this image!  Enjoy! card recipe: image:  50's Emo Betty (SBS) sentiment:   More Bone Appetit (TAC) paper:   Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks, patterned paper from stash (can't remember) other:   custom GlowBwainz , Copic m...

As soon as I heard HDH was being sponsored this week by none other than the uber wicked, Kustom Kaskets , I knew exactly what I wanted to create for the challenge. The "Necro Neck wear" challenge is to create a piece of  original  artwork that may be chosen as a new design for Kustom Kaskets , and they will also make the winning design into a pendant for one lucky wiener!!! How cool, right?!  Earlier this week, I debuted a re purposed piece of religious sculpture that turned out quite awesome. My dear friend and  fellow team mate, Andrea, popped my Zombie Buddha into an ornate frame and I must admit, I would totally rock this piece!!!        I actually did come up with an original piece of art to submit for this challenge as well. I bought this adorable little 3" x 3" canvas and easel a while back and thought it was the perfect size for this challenge. I realize it may be a bit large for an ac...

Here's one for the guys!  Can't you just hear "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey" in the background?! 50's Emo Christian: Yep.  I went pretty traditional with this one ;)  Although, I did sneak an extra skully in there... I couldn't help it.  LOVE the shoes!  I went a little darker on the skin tone shadow (E13) and me likey! And was hair THE thing in the 50's?  Me thinks yes.  However, this guy doesn't have that duck-butt-'do... sorry, I keep flashing back to "Grease" :)  And, yes, I had to add the blue streak in his hair... he IS an EMO after all. Tomorrow is Release Day!  And just wait until you see what I "cooked" up for you >:) Don't forget to stop by the Simply Betty Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT has been up to! card recipe: image:  50's Emo Christian (SBS) rubber stamp sentiment:  Sweet Goodies (TAC) paper:   Little Yellow Bicycle Booville, Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks other:  Copic Markers, misc....

I missed the whole first half of the week of previews, but be sure to go to the Simply Betty Stamps blog to check out what you've missed! Today, we have 50's Lola :   Are you diggin' that big boo-font hair?!  It was screamin' to be green, so.  And this Lola image DOES have the rest of her body, but I just wanted to accentuate that hair :) Release day is Friday, and I whipped up a pretty fun one for you.  It couldn't have been done without Creepy Glowbugg... curious?  Tomorrow I've got a not-so-creepy card that would be perfect for the dude in your life... tune in! card recipe : image:   50's Emo Lola (SBS) paper:  We R Memory Keepers Heebie Jeebies, Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks other:  Copic markers, Nestabilities, May Arts velvet ribbon, misc. black trim

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 HDH090 . 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 Twoso me (our top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a M...

The awesomeness known as Skull-A-Day is attempting to get June 4th as an official internationally recognized Skull Appreciation Day!  How cool is this?  I KNOW!  Please go HERE for all of the info. And the Smeared and Smudged forum group is doing their part by hosting a Skull Appreciation Day blog hop!  Fun fun fun... click HERE for the info on how to join us! Are you going to do YOUR part?!

I won't have anything to show you until Wednesday, but be sure to check out the Simply Betty Stamps blog for previews all week long!

Yep!  That right :)  If you have been luvin' the SBS images you've been seeing so much here at HDH, then how about doing a little try-out to get on Betty's new Scrapbooking design team! Get all of the details for the DT call and other exciting events HERE !!