GC121: Chestnut Challenge - Horror Stories

Welcome to our first challenge of our Go Poe! month. We thought it would be appropriate in a month celebrating one of the greatest spooky writers of all time to ask you to create your own

HoRRoR SToRieS

Artwork by Annette Goatley

Create something spooky, eerie or just plain terrifying. Have fun with it!

We would like to thank Alpha Stamps for their generous sponsorship throughout this month!


One randomly drawn winner from the qualifying participants for this challenge will become our new Home Page Artist for a week as well as winning this fabulous prize package which includes 3 yards of seam binding in black, mango orange and cream, 1 Afternoon Muse Chipboard Album, 2 collage sheets printed on cardstock "Witchy Business" and "Poe's Words" and 3 unmounted rubber stamps "Cricket", "Bat" and "El Diablo Matchbox Cover".


When the challenge closes on October 30, 2011, we will pick 10 Ginger Gems - fabulous creations that we feel really exemplify that challenge's objective. The Ginger Gems will appear in our wrap-up post and in a slide show in the blog bar for an entire week and their creators will have the honor of displaying our Ginger Gems blog badge.

For your chance to be eligible as a Ginger Gem or as a Home Page Artist, just follow the simple guidelines below:

1) Make a paper crafting or mixed media creation using "Horror Stories" as your theme or inspiration;

2) Post your creation to your blog or online gallery with a mention and link to this post; and

3) Come back to this post and leave a comment including a DIRECT link to your creation or use the linky application below. Remember to make it a link to the specific post or picture and not just a general link to your blog or gallery. We need to be able to find your art!

For more information on our challenges and directions on linking, please check out our FAQ page.

One random winner and seven Ginger Gems will be announced from the qualifying submissions on November 1, 2011. You have until October 30, 2011 to enter!

Our Gingers got messy and created some fabulous art to inspire you!

The Spookily
Spectular Gingers


Artwork by

Artwork by Deb Corder

Artwork by Alexa Noble

Artwork by Annette Goatley

Artwork by Trisha Too

Artwork by Jean Franks Beck

Artwork by Gerri Herbst

Artwork by Helene Huber

Our Visiting Artists

Artwork by Debbie Reid

Artwork by Melissa Ustik

Can't wait to see what you create!