You may have heard the news late last week that Ru of Studio Basic at Sweet Shoppe Designs lost her husband Di without warning in the early morning hours of January 20th in their home in Brazil. Di was her sunshine, the love of her life, a family man and a wonderful father, and now she's facing a future without him by her side as a single mother.
I know Ru personally as I have been creating layouts for her as part of her Creative Team since early 2016. To say she is incredibly talented as a designer is an understatement. If you look in her shop, you'll see that she's not only talented, but prolific. She is also delightful woman, who has a great sense of humor, yet she also has a fine-tuned sense of the darkness most of us have within us and makes incredible collections for exploring self-expression while being creative.
A fundraiser was put in motion by Sweet Shoppe Designs and friends to support Rubia. Forever is an absolutely stunning tribute to life, love, friendship, and everything we hold near and dear to our hearts. For as long as this collection is for sale, all of the proceeds from the sale of this collection will support Ru and her son Brian directly as part of her income.
There is so much more than pictured, but as you can see, this absolutely gorgeous effort is a massive collection of papers, elements, pocket cards, mixed media, and templates from the Sweet Shoppe team of designers AND designers from around the digital scrapbooking community who wanted to do whatever they could to help a friend when she needed us most. You'll find a template included in the fundraiser from me. I've shared a preview of it below the Forever preview.
Please consider purchasing the Forever fundraiser or making a purchase from Ru's shop. |
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