Dasher – MojoMonday 98…. and Halloween Hoot Bonus

Happy Monday…. I hope you all had a great day.  Today felt like Friday 13th for me! 🙂  However, I managed to escape for an hour and play in my stamping space.  Yesterday I promised you Stampin Up Halloween Hoot cards… and they are in this post.  However, I wanted to start off with a card using Dasher with the MojoMonday 98 challenge.  Every week the team do a great job with the challenges.  I was so inspired by the sketch… even though there's a circle in it!  What is it about challenges and circles these days! :-) 

So.. you will probably be seeing a couple of different cards with this sketch this week.  I have two versions of the same card.  I couldn't resist using Dasher.  So, question for you all.  How many cards can Jaydee possibly make with Dasher?  This is the 5th that you are seeing.  It's amazing how much use I can get out of a stamp which costs less than $9.00.  To be honest, I haven't seen a bad card made with Dasher on any of the forums.

Here's today's version… in fact there are two for you.  I decided to try it with an Old Olive ribbon … and then one with the Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon.  Leave me a comment and let me know which you think works best.  I love them both, but for different reasons.  The fact that there isn't a single version here shows you that I couldn't make up my mind!!!!

I love the simplicity of the layout.  I really love the Crushed Curry as an accent on the Christmas cards.  I created a 5.25 x 5.25 card in Shimmery White.   I inked the Dasher image in Old Olive and then used my Crushed Curry marker to color in the horns.  I matted the square with both Crushed Curry and Whisper White.  The sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings set.  I hope you like them.  If you like the Dasher cards, then you might like these ones, which I published previously here and the second card down here and…. one more here.  Enjoy!  For under $9.00 it's an astonishingly versatile stamp!

Now… for you Halloween lovers… I promised you a Halloween card made using the Halloween Hoot.  Here's one.  I promise you another one tomorrow night.  

I found it really hard to actually photograph this card, but I had great fun creating it.  

I stamped the Cauldron in Versamark and then used black embossing powder to create it.  I stamped the witch in StazOn and colored her face, the lacy hem of her dress and the band of her hat with in color markers.  I then stamped the sign, the sentiment and the owl.  Finally used the moon stamp and the "bubbles" stamp.  I used the Uniball pen to color the moon.  I used sponges to ink in a twilight sky.  I also layered black and basic grey paper to give a little depth to the ground.  I "buried" the sign in the layers, almost as though it was a gravestone that was falling over.  The key for me was the sponging.  I wanted to make it look as though the sun was picking up the key areas of the scene.  What was difficult to catch was the fact that I'd used a gel pen to highlight areas.  You can see it close up.. but on the photo, it was pretty tough.

I hope you enjoy.  And for you Halloween Hoot lovers, I hope you found another little piece of inspiration.  If you need more – check here and check back tomorrow, as I will have another Halloween Hoot bonus.

As always, thank you for spending time in my little area of the blogosphere.  Your visits, and comments, are much appreciated.

I wish you an inkspirational day full of the time to do the things you love – with those you love.

Peace