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The Gray Muse Summer/Fall Collection Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

24 Sep

Good morning! I am so excited to be a stop on the hop celebrating Ruby’s Summer and Fall stamp collection from The Gray Muse!  I’ve known Ruby since almost the very beginning of her cardmaking journey (and mine!) way back in 2015 and it’s amazing to see where she’s taken her creativity since then!  Today I decided to play with the Pretty Pansies set!  If you’re a regular blog viewer you know that I don’t often do copic-colored florals these days but for Ruby I’ll make an exception! 😉

Pretty Pansies by Jessica Frost-Ballas for The Gray Muse Stamps

To start I stamped the pansies onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Then I colored them with copic markers before fussy-cutting the entire image.  I used the following colors:

  • Pansy centers: Y32, Y35, Y38
  • Pansy petals: B60, B63, B66, B37, B39, BV29
  • Leaves: T1, T3, T5, T7

I decided to let the flowers pop and kept the foliage gray!

Pretty Pansies by Jessica Frost-Ballas for The Gray Muse Stamps

Next I ink-blended a panel of strathmore bristol cardstock with scattered straw, mustard seed, and wild honey distress oxide ink.  I focused the darkest color in the center and blended out to the lightest around the edges.  After the panel was dry I splattered it with water, metallic gold paint, and distress oxide inks in wild honey and ripe persimmon.  While it was drying I stamped a sentiment from Pretty Pansies onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder before trimming it down to a thin label.  Next I added adhesive to the back of the pansies and coiled a little bit of metallic gold thread on the adhesive.  Then I added a layer of foam mounting tape to the pansies and adhered it to my blended panel.  When I add thread to a card I like to keep a layer of foam tape between the base of the card and the thread to give the thread a little dimension!  Finally I added the sentiment with foam tape!  I’ll admit, I don’t think I’ve ever used so much yellow on a card ever before but I kinda love how cheery it is! 🙂 Definitely brightens your day! 😉

And that’s it!  Be sure to head over check out the full stamp release from The Gray Muse as well as her incredible enamel pins! 😉

To celebrate the hop The Gray Muse is giving away FIVE $25 gift codes to the shop so you can add some of these stamps (or enamel pins) to your collection! In order to qualify, leave comments on every post in the hop. The more posts you comment on, the greater your chances. The giveaway ends on Wednesday, September 30th at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. All winners will be selected at random and announced on The Gray Muse Blog within a week.  You should have arrived from The Gray Muse Blog and your next stop is Preeti!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and enjoy the hop!!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!

The Gray Muse
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Pretty Pansies Stamp Set
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
[ SBC | ELH | SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
[ SBC | ELH | SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
[ SBC | ELH | SSS ]
DMC Metallic GOLD Embroidery Thread…
[ SSS ]
Starry Colors – 6 Color Set, Gansai…
[ ELH | SSS ]
Copic Markers
[ SBP | ELH | SSS ]
Nuvo 2 Pack Light Mist Spray Bottles
[ SBC | ELH | SSS | AMZUS ]
Ranger Ink – Inkssentials – Mister -…
[ SBC | ELH | SSS | AMZUS ]
Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool…
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Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool and…
[ SBC ]
Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool and…
[ SBC ]
AF419 Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink…
[ HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ]
Tsukineko – VersaFine – Instant Dry…
[ SBC | ELH | SSS ]
PW100 Gold Embossing Powder – Hero Arts
[ HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ]
PW111 Ultra Fine Embossing Powder -…
[ HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ]
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Pad 9 X 12
[ ELH | SSS ]
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White…
[ PPR ]
PS323 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock…
[ HA ]
Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by…
[ AMZUS | SSS | ELH ]
Scotch Pink ATG One Fourth Inch…
[ SBC | ELH | SSS | AMZUS ]
MT100 Original MISTI Laser Etched…
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Rotatrim RC RCM12 12-Inch Cut…
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Crafter’s Companion – Gemini Jr. -…
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Comments

  1. Terrie D. (StarSpry) says

    September 25, 2020 at 5:26 pm

    Your card is so cheerful! The background is really fun, and I love how you colored the flowers. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Sue says

    September 26, 2020 at 6:17 am

    Holy cow! Your Pandey flowers r incredible! So intense and magnificent.

    Reply
  3. Amy Cooley says

    September 26, 2020 at 9:19 am

    Wow, what an amazing card! The colors are so beautiful.

    Reply
  4. Linda Peix says

    September 26, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    Love the use of such bold colors!

    Reply
  5. Kathy Schweinfurth says

    September 26, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    OMG – your card is amazing!!! Those blue flowers are so vibrant against the background!

    Reply
  6. Lauryne Cunningham says

    September 26, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Wow! I love the bright colors! Beautiful card!

    Reply
  7. Sandra Campbell says

    September 26, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    The card is so bright and beautiful. Love it!

    Reply
  8. Amber Bissonnette says

    September 26, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    Beautiful cards! Love the colouring you did.

    Reply
  9. Andrea Dressner says

    September 26, 2020 at 11:35 pm

    You do amazing work! I really appreciate all the education you provide. I can’t wait till I can try some of your ideas!

    Reply
  10. Katie Baird says

    September 27, 2020 at 12:08 pm

    Wow! I love the brightly colored pansies against the yellow background. It is so striking and makes a huge impact! Gorgeous!!!

    Reply
  11. Sue D says

    September 27, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    So pretty with the vibrant blue and yellow.

    Reply
  12. Mary Holshouser says

    September 27, 2020 at 11:36 pm

    Love the deep blue of the petals.
    The shading of the white petals
    make them pop. Beautiful card.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply
  13. CHRISTI L STEINBECK says

    September 28, 2020 at 12:31 pm

    What a gorgeous color combo for pansies! I have always kept in mind only purple. That is the thing with coloring you can do whatever color you want and they look stunning! Thank you for the inspiration to step out of my box of color! Love this!

    Reply
  14. Denise Bryant says

    September 29, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    Gorgeous coloring of these beautiful pansies!

    Reply
  15. tara prince says

    October 13, 2021 at 4:25 pm

    so very pretty

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