Friday 10 August 2012

Haunted Design House News :)

Ok so for the last week I have made reference to a bit of news.
I can now share,
 I have been asked to be part of the Haunted Design House  Design team. I am over the moon about this as it's my first design team.
 I have been taking part in their challenges since starting to blog about 3 months ago and it's a great place to visit and take part in their challenges it really lets me let loose the darker side ;)
I'm so happy to be part of their team and very grateful they have asked me to come and play in their dungeon and If you guys ever want to let your darker side rise to the surface please come and join us in the weekly challenges!

This weeks challenge is 'Insidious inspiration'  basically use the picture on the right to inspire your project, whether it's a card,tag, mix media etc
Here is what I made using the pic as my muse.I have gone for an old shop window type of display. I painted the skull and used washes to give him some depth, the shadow box frame has been painted with a technique learnt in the Andy Skinner online workshop, I have also stamped onto the frame with one of Tim Holtz's texture stamps.The Bottles are from Tim and the lables are from & gypsies, they have been scuffed and aged a little with distress inks.
I made a couple of tiny books, these were very simple, I just folded some card, covered the front and back with the Tim sticky tape and stained them with distress inks, I coloured the spines with walnut stain to make them look like old bound Journals.
The inside of the box was covered with a paper from graphic 45 and The apothecary tag is also from one of their sheets. The main background was cut in one piece, distressed and folded to fit inside the box, the tag was also distressed and glued into place.
I have taken the pics while the glass was out as the glare was not helping ;)
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you join us over at the Haunted Design House

I'm going to enter this into Simon Says Stamp And Show where the challenge is paint it up.  both the shadow box frame and the skull have been painted.

18 comments:

  1. Congratulations!!! And Fabulous creation. Graphic 45 is one of my fav's and I love seeing your distressing on all of your projects :)

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  2. Huge congratulations - what a perfect fit! Brilliant first DT project... wow, the bottles!
    Alison x

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  3. That is such good news Mark, many, many congratulations and well deserved too. Even though the style is not for me I can still appreciate the lovely pieces that you make. This piece is fantastic, you have brought all the elements together so well (love G45) and love your distressing. Anne :)

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  4. Congrats Mark...so well deserved! I love all of your work and always look forward to your creations. And this weeks creation is amazing!

    Carol (Carol's Creations)
    4evercarolscreations.blogspot.com

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  5. Congrats on your 1st DT, well done you. Great piece too. Francesca xxx

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  6. Oh, and if you have time, check out my darker side which came out to play while you were away - great to have your opinion!
    Alison x

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  7. ...what super news Mark, you must be thrilled & a DT you can really connect with too...awesome, really pleased for you and well worth the wait for this one...loVe your shop of elixir's & potions...have a super weekend...Melx :)

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  8. Oh Mark, huge congrats! So well deserved. Can't wait to see what you do for this challenge. Loving your 'chemists in a box'! Hugs, Buttons x

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  9. What fabulous news Mark, congratulations, you deserve it.....

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  10. Heya....congrats!...and i bet you know that i love your painted skull (:o)

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  11. Hey Mark! Many congratulations on your appointment to the Haunted Design House DT. They are lucky to get you! You do such cool, unique work! This piece is really awesome, too. I love your painted and stamped frame and shadow box with all of the bottles and the cool painted skull. I thought I detected more of Andy's techniques in this. :) Next week, I will be showing an Andy Skinner piece on my blog for SSSS. Love your work! Thanks for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  12. Such a fabulous piece and congrats on your DT appointment! Love the cool bottles and all the details. Thank you for joining us this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show!!

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  13. Congrats, Mark. You are so talented and deserve the recognition. Your take on the HDH challenge is great. You hav knack for adding a vintage look to just about anything.

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    1. Whoops! You have a knack- should have said. Have to remember to spell check BEFORE I hit publish. Lol :)

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  14. Whoop whoop awesome news! Simon says? not sure what that is link me up!

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  15. Congratulations Mark :D Very well deserved :D I love your frame of goodies :)

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  16. Congrats, Mark, what a perfect fit for you. I love what you've created using the inspiration photo, and wish you all the best on this adventure! Barb

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