And hey, don’t forget our sponsors who are bringing you the cool prizes — show ’em some love and go visiting!

So, some inspiration… I’ve picked a couple of our entries thus far to showcase here… But go check out all the entries in the comments over Here.

<– A lovely Anti-Valentine from kleio’s belly
&
A delightful Valentine’s Maggot from Pterodactyl Pants –>

Be a Dabbled emissary, and go visit them and check out their other cool stuff!

It’s time! The second annual Dabbled Black Heart Anti-Valentines Day Contest is here!
If you remember last years, it was a ton of fun. (Check out last year’s entries here, and winners, here!)

The Rules:
Quite Simple: The theme is anti-valentines. Something a bit darker/creepier than you average valentine project–or however you interpret “Anti-Valentine”. Illustrations or any sort of food or craft project welcome. Tutorials and How-to’s are encouraged! Simply create your offering, and either post the link to it as a comment on this post (if you don’t mind others seeing it), or email it to me at holiday[at]Dabbled[dot]org (if you prefer secrecy!)- please put “Black Heart Contest” in the header of your email. And show off your stuff on flickr by adding it to the dabbled group pool.

You can enter more than once, but only 1 of your entries can win (i.e. the same person can’t win 1st and 2nd place)

The Time Frame:
Entries must be received by 11:oo PM Eastern US time on Feb 12.

The Prizes:
The coolest stuff will be featured on Dabbled.org, linking back to all your other equally cool stuff if you provide a website. And the *top* winners will receive other prizes (Go See the Prizes HERE!) which have been donated by our Sponsors. And of course “I’m a Winner” buttons for your blogs/websites.

How will the winners be chosen? Well, we have 3 lovely and talented judges who’ll be weighing in!

Spread the word! Last year’s was a blast, and we had so much cool stuff, so let’s get even more creative people involved this time :) If you’ve got a blog or participate in a message board, add a button (below) or post a link back to this post.