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Ruby’s Bridal Shower Blog Hop

Good morning!  I am excited to be participating in a special blog hop to celebrate the recent marriage of my good friend, Ruby Farooqui and Steven Ianigro!  We wanted to do something to celebrate and we thought we’d give her a bridal shower, papercrafter style!!

I know that Ruby loves watercolors, cake (yay!), pink, gold, and black so I wanted to create something with those themes in mind and here’s what I came up with!

This definitely says Ruby to me!  Hopefully she agrees!

Anyway, to start I stamped the gorgeous cake from Concord & 9th onto watercolor paper and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Then I watercolored the flowers with zigs and the cake with gansai tambi watercolors and a small paintbrush.  After I was happy with the coloring I let it dry and then stamped the “Mr. and Mrs.” and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder.  I die-cut it with the coordinating dies and then set it aside while I worked on the rest of the card.

I wanted the focus to stay on my cake so I went digging through my patterned paper stash and found this pretty black and gold foiled pattern.  I trimmed it down to an A2 panel, stamped the rest of my sentiment onto the paper and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder.  I adhered the cake with foam mounting tape and then added a sprinkling of gold sequins to finish the card!

And what’s a hop without prizes?!

  • A $25 Gift Card to Mama Elephant
  • A $30 Gift Card to Winnie & Walter
  • A $20 Gift Card to Kennedy Grace Creations!

Winners will be selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop.  Leave a comment on every stop of the hop for the most chances to win!  Commenting will close on Saturday, October 22nd at 11:59PM PST and winners will be posted on Amy’s blog on Sunday, October 23rd!

You should have arrived from and is your next stop!  Here’s the full list if you get lost!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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Comments

  2. Christy Q says

    Amazing!!! I love that black and gold foiled background – it is a fantastic detail which allows the main image to shine. Ruby is so lucky to have wonderful and caring friends/bloggers like you and others in this hop!

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  17. Super Stick Chick says

    Congrats Ruby and Steve! This is such a fun way to celebrate. Wonderful card, love your amazing colors.

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  18. Nancy R says

    So beautiful and elegant. Love the colors of the cake against the background. Your cards are always inspiring, and this one is no exception!

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