Wednesday 30 October 2013

HDH #179 Macabre Monday Samhain Sunset

Things are so darn busy here that I am late posting my HDH so here we go and apologies.

Welcome to week #1 of Macabre Monday challenge,

"Samhain Sunset."

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en

based art piece that represents a 
Samhain Sunset.

We're looking for the colors of a beautiful fall sunset.

Use them as you wish, just keep it within our guidelines.
 
I have started a piñata using the wonderful image I received. 
 
Our sponsor is Aurora Wings
 
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings
 
She has offered up a very generous prize of $15 worth of store credit
to each of our GTs this challenge.
Mitzi has beautiful artwork available in her store. She has digis,
ACEOs, original artwork, and more in her shop. Stop by and check it out.
 
The rest of the minions are cooking up a storm so don't forget to check their work out at Haunted Design House and their personal blogs.
 
I have still to finish the piñata but this is the basic:
 
First I coloured the image:
 
 
Then I scanned it and printed it on tissue paper to add to the piñata which I made by using a balloon and covering in tissue paper.
 
 
I am working on the top at the moment and will add some decoration to the base of it too.
 
Anyway get your butts on over to Haunted Design House and enter our challenge it is the last one of the year.
 
 

Wednesday 16 October 2013

HDH #178 Macabre Monday Zombies and Creeps

Welcome to week #1 of Macabre Monday challenge,

"Zombies and Creeps."

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en

based art piece that showcases Zombies or Classic Creeps 
in some way.


Our Sponsor this week is Simply B Stamps and the Minions are using the Limited Edition Zombies and Creeps digis, one of the newest of the Steampunk Collections drawn by the fabulous Abigail Larson.

I LOVE the Abigail Larson images, they are so intricate and wonderful!

I chose to use Collette.  I coloured her with a mix of cosmic shimmer inks, glimmer mist and distress inks and some watercolour pencils.  She looks a lot better coloured in person and I am really bad at photography so she doesn't look up to much in the photos but is very shimmery.  I also added some Wild Orchid Flowers and some of Glo's fabulous Brains from her etsy shop.  You can also purchase the brains as jewellery.  I have a pendant and a pair of earrings.



 
Get your bahookies on over to HDH to see the other minions creations and to check out the prize.

Monday 7 October 2013

HDH177 - Tando Dimensional Halloween Challenge

Welcome to the new Macabre Monday challenge at Haunted Design HOuse which is:
"Dimensional Hallowe'en."
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en based art piece that is dimensional in some way.

There are some fine prizes being offered by our generous sponsor,

 
Aha pop on over to Haunted Design House to see the prize on offer and to see the Minions hard work.
 
I used the Gothic Archway with a spiderweb.  These things are immense to paint on.  I have already ordered a few more!
 
 
The edge I used posh metallic inks and dabbed them on with a toothpick which took forever but gave a nice raised bumpy texture.



 
The minions as always have outdone themselves so go and have a peek.
 
Andrea C x