Monday, June 20, 2011

Macabre Monday Menacing Mermaids




This week at Haunted Design House our challenge is Menacing Mermaids. OOOHHH, did we have fun with this one! Forget Ariel! Mermaids have always had the reputation of causing shipwrecks and luring sailors to their deaths (conveniently forgetting that humans can't breathe under water, yeah right!) with their irresistible songs. They are often portrayed as beautiful creatures, but in the dark gloomy depths of the sea they revert to the the horrific creature they REALLY are. BWAHAHAHA!



So there ya go. It's been awhile since I've gotten my full creep on and I was afraid the Minions might just drum me out of the corps. Never fear! I was REALLY inspired by this challenge! It started with the digi skull head I received for FREE by participating in the Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop with Smeared Ink. The rest of the skelly was cut and pasted from the Muertos Doll digi from Bombshell Stamps. They were shaded a bit with Copics, then fussy cut and glittered. Her tail was cut from the Dreams Come True (yikes, with dreams like this, who needs nightmares?) Cricut cartridge, again shaded with Copics and embossed with the Cuttlebug.






Her hair is a ripped up used dryer sheet, inked with Distress Inks, dabbed with silver acrylic paint and glittered. the background was done with Distress Inks in the smear, spritz and swipe manner on a craft sheet, dried, ironed and distressed with my Distrezz-it-All, and overstamped with Perfect Medium and brushed with Perfect Pearls. It turned out too big for a card once the mermaid was popped on there so I used my Grand Caliber and the 3 largest Spellbinders Grand Labels Four to cut and emboss a base. This was also stamped with Perfect Medium and brushed with Perfect Pearls. The stamp is the Large Elegant Words background stamp from Heartfelt Creations.







"Siren Song" was computer generated and printed on a Fanciful Label from the Cuttlebug Embossing Plus folder. It was inked and glittered as well. For additional texture I added a woven piece that was cut from a pouch that came with some silverware. It was inked with Distress, dabbed with acrylics and glittered too. This was the closest I've ever gotten to mixed media and I have the blue fingers to prove it. LOL







All that was need was a hanger and some fibers and ribbon to trail from the bottom and a Recollections brad to dress it up a bit. Now, if you dare, check out the rest of the Minions fabulous creations at HDH. I'm sure you'll be inspired to play along. I'm also entering this in my DT Sis Susan's Guest DT Monochromatic Challenge over on the Smeared and Smudged Forum. I'm thinkin' it's close enough, eh Susan? And I'm also entering it in the Cardmadfairy's Under the Sea Challenge and the Shopping Our Stash SOS Challenge using Spellbinders, Smeared Ink, Ocean theme, skull, sparkle, stamping, Siren's Song.


And WooHoo! Look at this!


I made Top 3 at SOS - badge



and this! I love it when people appreciate my "dark side". LOL






19 comments:

  1. Donna this is awesome!! Oh my I love how you used the dryer sheets!! Gorgeous effect!!
    Hugs,
    M

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  2. Hi Donna,
    Another marvellous creation. I love the way you have put the various elements together.
    hugs,
    Fiona x

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  3. You definitely have your full creep on today.. lol... love the dryer sheet for her hair.. You are so funny Donna.. hugs

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  4. my oh my oh my! I have missed sooo much! I can not believe the degree of which you are crafting...these projects, each their own, is so incredible...the detail without a single thing missing! I don't know how you do it! I am pleasingly stunned with all the work and love each of them...however I am particular to the cowgirl card (but you had to know it!)
    hope you had a great weekend...gotta work on posting my photos from Yosemite!
    love ya girlfriend!

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  5. Now that's not something you see every day! Love the colours and all the layers and detail. Fab! Thanks for joining in at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days challenge. Gillian x

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  6. YES! Right up my alley! Beyond fabulous!!!

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  7. SUPERB!! very clever indeed, love the skeleton and the hair!
    Susan

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  8. oooh soo creepy in such a fun way...thanks for joining us at the SOS this week!

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  9. Thats how ariels going to look if she keeps dying her hair... lol. Love the mix of blue and the eerie skeleton. Great job Donna. I JUST missed the linky for the last HDH but I am making the mermaid one for sure! x

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  10. How fun is this! I love the chance to do something totally unexpected! Love it! Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash!

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  11. Good heavens, this is a keepsake for all things fantastic. I love her little row of pearls and the dryer sheet. She's so fantastically scary-precious, I can't stand it.
    Carole

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  12. WOW!!! You got your creep on and created this beauty. It's gorgeous!!!

    The detail in your cards always amazes me!!!

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  13. You have topped yourself with this one Donna! Who would have ever thought to use dryer sheets...only you!

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  14. It's official....you've got your "creep" on! LOL! I love everything about your card!

    :D

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  15. OK now that is just fabulous!!!! Love it!

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  16. How awesome is this! Love the textures and the "creepiness"! lol

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  17. Fabulous work, love the textures and colours definitely macabre!! Thanks so much for joining in with the Cardmadfairy challenge this week. Please come back and join in again :o)
    Jenni x

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  18. Oh wow...this is certainly interesting.....not something I would do but I do love it. :-) Thanks so much for joining in the Underwater challenge at Cardmadfairy Digi Days.

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  19. WOW this is SUPERB! You are on fire x

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Thanks for making my day!