Tuesday, August 02, 2011

How creepy can I get?

I think today is IT.  I mean truly creepy, not shocking, just the skin crawling heebie jeebies :).  I have combined the Smudgefest challenge to use the scariest image from Smeared Ink with the Haunted Design House Macabre Monday challenge to be influenced by the legendary Vincent Price.

Ok- so let me share the process my twisted mind went through :).  I knew that the spider image from Killer Bo Peep was what HAD to be used as the creepiest/scariest one of Smeared Ink I have.  I mean, lets face it, Zombies are just plain funny, not scary, but hairy legs spiders are WAY ooky.  I was doing some research and found that one of the many movies Vincent Price was part of was called The Web.  I went looking for some images from it and found this:
Now- I have NO IDEA what this image is from, but I want to say "Geez Vincent, do ya think...."  So, I kept looking and found not the poster for the movie The Web, but to The Fly.
BY JOVE, I think she's got it!  However, during the process I saw many, many of what I would call classic Vincent Price of him with a skull of some sort like this one.

 So, after all of this, I pulled out the supplies and got busy.  This is the result.....


Spiders are from Killer Bo Peep set as is the skull- which my brain hears doing the infamous Vincent Price evil cackle.  The grave is from the Zombies set.  Hope you like it :)

Challenges:
Smudgefest Day 2- Terrifying Tuesday
Haunted Design House #100- Varying Visages of Vincent
Simon Says - A Tag

Get Inky!
Alex

18 comments:

KC said...

super cool! Love your tag! also he did the intro for Alice Cooper's "black widow" hmmm now I have an idea!

Alison said...

BLECH!!!! And I mean that in the nicest way possible! I HATE spiders. Hate 'em, so this project is uber creepy to me! A job well done, my frined! I will most certainly be having nightmares tonight...

Creepy Glowbugg said...

So glad to have you playing along with us for this momentous challenge at HDH!
Great tag, and wonderful explanation of your inspiration trail.
I must admit the I had contemplated using his Alice Cooper (my other infatuation!)connection like Kapree mentioned.

Steph said...

Love this tag! Thanks for showing your thought process too, it's always cool to see how everyone comes up with their ideas :)

Laura B said...

I love it, Alex!:)

ike said...

Way cool - but that spider gave me a shiver. They always look pretty gross. FAB tag :-D
Hugz
Ike xx

Teri said...

Eeewww!! Loads of icky spiders! Yuck!!
Fab tag hun! LOL

Andrea C said...

Superbly creepy tag x

Susan Says (Stupid Stuff) said...

Wonderfully creep-tastic project! :D

DonnaMundinger said...

Oh yeah, Alex! Nicely done! I can hear Vincent now. Damn creepy spider, though. EEEWWWW!!!!! Great tag! Thanks for joining the Minions this week at HDH. xxD

Unknown said...

Hi Alex

Luv your tag the spiders are fantastic awesome work
Luv Jane xxx

Nancy Wethington said...

Cute and creepy! Thanks for joining the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

Susan said...

OH MY GHOULNESS!

I am totally creeped out by spiders! so in my mind this is very creepy, and even TERRIFYING!!

Nicely done!

Susan

~Lady B~ said...

You are totally making me want to start creating tags! This is awesome!

Sara a.k.a. Eternal Princess Ryan said...

Cool Tag and I love all the creepy spiders! You did a fantastic job!

DK Spins said...

You are seriously rocking the tags, Alex! I love the 3d effect of the big spider - really creepy!

Scrap Vamp said...

That is a fabulous project!

I Don't Do Straight said...

Creepy, creepy, creepy Alex! I love the spiders tho :)

Fiona. x