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Ruby’s Bridal Shower Blog Hop

15 Oct

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!

  • Amy Tsuruta 
  • Keeway Tsao
  • Erum Tasneem
  • Taheerah Atchia
  • Tracey McNeely
  • Tiffany Au
  • Nina-Marie Trapani
  • Darnell Knauss
  • Rachel Bergfeld
  • Thanh Vo
  • Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
  • Jenny Lee Yamasaki
  • Stephanie Gold
  • Jessica Martell
  • Maria Peters
  • Yuki Yoshioka
  • Isha Gupta
  • Mayline Jung
  • Emily Leiphart
  • Shay (Winnie & Walter blog)
  • Miriam Prantner

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

supplies

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!)

Happy Day
Concord & 9th Clear Stamps, Happy Day
Happy Day Dies
Concord & 9th Dies, Happy Day
Happy Day BUNDLE
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 260, Deep Red
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 024, Wine Red
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 400, Marine Green
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 044, Deep Green
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors, 6 Color Set
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 4 Round 300541
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM METALLIC GOLD Cupped Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 6MM METALLIC GOLD CUPPED Sequins PPP027
Canson Arches French Bound Cold Press Watercolor Paper Pad 9×12
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator
VersaMark Ink Pad
Ranger Embossing Powder, Tinsel – Gold
Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Gold
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun
Sizzix 660340 Big Shot Plus Cutting/Embossing Machine, White/Gray
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents Precision Tip, 2-Ounce
Scotch Acid Free Advanced Tape Glider, Pink Applicator with 2 Rolls of 1/4-Inch Tape (085)
3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape
InLinkz.com

 

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Comments:
67 Comments
Categories:
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Tags:
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Comments

  1. kiwikoncepts says

    October 15, 2016 at 9:12 am

    Wowza! Your coloring on the cake and beautiful. I love how beautifully those flowers pop!

    Reply
  2. Hussena says

    October 15, 2016 at 9:14 am

    Oh, this is really so gorgeous, Jessica! I love the contrast of the gold foiled pattern with the cake image. Super pretty card!

    Reply
  3. Pooja says

    October 15, 2016 at 9:34 am

    Stunning card !

    Reply
  4. blissfullyscrappy says

    October 15, 2016 at 9:53 am

    Gorgeous! I love the gold, and your watercoloring is beautiful!

    Reply
  5. ~amy~ says

    October 15, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Yay! Your card is stunning…love the vibrant watercoloring and the gold.

    Reply
  6. Erum says

    October 15, 2016 at 10:09 am

    I was going to ask you if that gold design a background stamp but then I read it’s paper – what a gorgeous one and it fits so well with this card (also Ruby’s style). Love your gorgeous creation!

    Reply
  7. EnigmaArtistEnterprises says

    October 15, 2016 at 10:15 am

    Very striking color combinations and gorgeous card.

    Reply
  8. Amy Cooley says

    October 15, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Congrats to the newly married couple! You have wonderful friends to organize a hop on your behalf…how fun! I just love this cake stamp! It’s gorgeous!

    Reply
  9. Rowena M. says

    October 15, 2016 at 10:36 am

    Beautiful card!!! I love how you mounted the cake against the black and gold

    Reply
  10. Maria says

    October 15, 2016 at 11:00 am

    Stunning card, Jessica. Your coloring is simply gorgeous. Love the elegance. ?

    Reply
  11. Dr Sonia S V says

    October 15, 2016 at 11:00 am

    WOW love the vibrant colors…stunning

    Reply
  12. Preeti D. says

    October 15, 2016 at 11:29 am

    Very pretty card! Loveeee that gold on black background

    Reply
  13. Elise Smith says

    October 15, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Wow, I love how the vibrant colors pop against the black background. So pretty!

    Reply
  14. Jennifer T says

    October 15, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    Gorgeous! So bold and lovely.

    Reply
  15. Denise Bryant says

    October 15, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Gorgeous card! I love the coloring on the cake design, and the fabulous gold and black background! Congrats to Ruby and Steven!

    Reply
  16. Woendi Levitt says

    October 15, 2016 at 12:49 pm

    Just BEAUTIFUL!!!

    Reply
  17. Kristina CraftyPaws says

    October 15, 2016 at 1:01 pm

    So beautiful! Crafty friends are the best! 🙂

    Reply
  18. Karen B. says

    October 15, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    Jessica, this is gorgeous! I adore the bright pops of pink, and the gold foiling details.

    Reply
  19. Gilda (McStamper) says

    October 15, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    The colors you used on the beautiful cake look fantastic with the gold and dark background.

    Reply
  20. Verna Angerhofer says

    October 15, 2016 at 4:33 pm

    Totally gorgeous cake and beautiful card.

    Reply
  21. Jean Bullock says

    October 15, 2016 at 6:27 pm

    the gold embossed and brilliantly colored cake against the gold and black background is so impressive. Wow!

    Reply
  22. Dena J says

    October 15, 2016 at 6:29 pm

    The beautiful cake takes the stage, but I love the back and gold behind.

    Reply
  23. Mary Holshouser says

    October 15, 2016 at 6:45 pm

    The gold in the background is beautiful.
    The flowers on the cake are wonderful.
    thanks for sharing

    Reply
  24. jlingraham says

    October 15, 2016 at 6:46 pm

    Gorgeous joyous card. Wow!

    Reply
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