Ruby's Bridal Shower Hop!

Greetings!

I'm heading home from Minnesota today where I've had a lovely time with family and friends. I've scheduled this post because I was asked by Amy Tsuruta to be a part of a celebration blog hop in celebration of the wedding of our friend Ruby of A Rare Ruby. Ruby, it's a pleasure to be part of this hop and I wish you and Steve many blessings of good health and happiness!

Amy has a few words to describe the event:

I'm so thrilled to be the happy hostess for Ruby's Bridal Shower.  The big day happened on Saturday, September 24th. We've rounded up a bunch of crafty friends to celebrate, papercrafter style!  Before you hop around, here are a  couple words from the blushing bride:

"Steve and I are very excited about starting a new life together. We look forward to beautiful memories in a new home and lots of adventures overall. We are grateful for the support and love from our family and friends. My heart is full, and I truly feel so blessed and loved. :)"

This is the inspiration photo for the wedding cake:

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Amy thought the beautiful cake would make a gorgeous theme for the hop. I agreed with her so much that I simply CASEd the cake! Here is my card for the happy couple:

I used appropriate SU Blushing Bride card for the base, stitched with a My Favorite Things die. The cake (which I made a little whimsically askew because that's the way I bake) is made of glitter paper and cream paper. The cream paper is embossed with a Cuttlebug branches e/f to mimic the frosting in the photo. I cut the layers by hand and ate three practice layers. 

The celebrate sediment is from Winnie & Walter. The roses were a challenge prize I received about four years ago. I love that they have been patiently waiting for Ruby's special day! The leaves are cut from Poppystamps, "Lorelai Outline Leaf."

And now back to Amy:

We're thrilled to be offering up prizes:

Mama Elephant $25 Gift Card

Winnie & Walter $30 Gift Card
Kennedy Grace Creations $20 Gift Card

The winners will be selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop! Commenting will close on Saturday, October 22nd, 11:59 p.m. and winners will be posted on my blog on Sunday, October 23rd.

Here are your blog hop participants:

Amy Tsuruta 

Keeway Tsao

Erum Tasneem

Taheerah Atchia

Tracey McNeely
Tiffany Au

Nina-Marie Trapani

Darnell Knauss ~ you are here

Rachel Bergfeld

Thanh Vo

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Jenny Lee Yamasaki
Stephanie Gold

Jessica Martell
Maria Peters

Yuki Yoshioka

Isha Gupta

Mayline Jung

Emily Leiphart

Shay (Winnie & Walter blog)

Miriam Prantner

Thank you for hopping and good luck!

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