Sunday, August 29, 2010

macabre Monday Creepy Cute Challenge Sponsored by Tiddly Inks


Ah yes, it's another Macabre Monday at Haunted Design House with a super fun challenge sponsored by Tiddly Inks (and you know I LOVE me some Tiddly Inks!). The challenge? It's Creepy Cute. Create a dark, Gothic or Halloween page 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. So here is Portence. Her lovely frame suggested a pillow for eternal rest. Her spidery coffin is cut from the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge. I created a shaped card using Cricut Design Studio and I hid LOTS of contours to create the background which I glittered with blood red German glass glitter. (This stuff is made from real glass so it HURTS, trust me!)
Dear Portence has been altered a tad (to look dead) by masking her eyes while printing, her x'd out peepers added by ME! (Sorry Christy, couldn't be helped) She's colored with Copics ( her skin taking a slightly greenish hue around the edges) and she's covered in a black tulle shroud.
She's still quite lovely though, hence the sentiment "Death... becomes her". Or perhaps I should have said "Undeath" Bwahaha! Again I used the Cuttlebug Embossing Plus Fanciful Label with a computer generated sentiment and a single Prima blood red rose. The coffin door is embossed with the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes folder and the viewing window is cut with a Nesties Deckle Rectangle.
Of course there's loads of dimension and the entire card does open at the side. Ready to play along? Of course you are! Rush to Haunted Design House for more of Creepy Cute inspiration by the Macabre Minions and creep up your own cuteness for a chance to win some Tiddly Inks of your very own! (You know you want to!)

18 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous. The dimension is hidden until that last pic - glad you added that one. I love the little adaptation of the image and you're right - death does become her.
    Thanks for sharing
    x

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  2. Love all the layers on that coffin. The colors are great too.

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  3. donna she is drop dead gorgeous hun!! romfl!!! i love the effects from the dimension and her eyes!love the coffin and the pain you endured with your glass glitter!! big hugs lou xxxxx

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  4. Hi Donna,
    What a fantastic make this is. I love the red and black. I don't ever do macabre but you do it so well. Great crafting.
    Hugs,
    Fiona x

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  5. this is brilliant I love that you masked her eyes it is super creepy, fantastic work it looks gorgeous x

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  6. Just WOW, this is so awesome, I love it all :D

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  7. Awesome! No doubt about it Donna, you are the queen of creepy cute! There is so much detail...you are incrediable!

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  8. One word.......grue-awesome-ness!!!!!!

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  9. Donna-
    I love the little x's for her eyes and the spider web background is divine!
    NJB

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  10. OMG, DONNA! 20 times better than I had envisioned it! The glass glitter looks awesome and I love the veil! Death certainly does become her! SUPER JOB!

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  11. Oh I just dread seeing this gruesome project lol...its awesome! Love how you gave the coffin and the base of the card its deminsion and the stamp is so cool. love the eyes...what a perfect halloween card.

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  12. Wow, Donna! Your detailing is amazing! I love the red glass (I'm sure it really DOES hurt!!) And the masking of her eyes was fabulous along with the veil!! I love it! And at the same time I want to go eeewwww....LMAO! It is definitely creepy! Fabulous job, chickie!!
    hugs
    Sharon

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  13. Oh my gosh - you just knocked another one outta the park, didn't you? What a fabby creation!

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  14. This is so CUTE! I'm so glad I saw it.

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  15. That red glitter is worth bleeding over, let me tell you - I love it! The veil and X X eyes put me over the edge. AND you have used another one of your super hero powers and turned cute to creepy - excellent! :D

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  16. How gruesomely sweet is that! Love the black and red...poor fingers but well worth the results. Gruesomely awesome card!

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  17. I LOVE these images. They're right up my alley. How, though, do you color your digi images in with Copics? What kind of printer do you have? I have a Canon and the ink always smears when I try to use Copics or a Dove Blender.

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Thanks for making my day!