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"My Happily Ever After" for D-lish Scraps

Hello everyone!!

Here today to share with you the April D-lish Inspiration Board – Have you seen it this month?

Ok, so when I saw this, my first thought was WOAH, it’s pretty “boy” themed, my next thought was WOAH, it’s pretty “cool” too!! Two words I would not use to describe my creating style! However, after some thought, and a little pep talk from myself to be open, try new things etc…(you know the one), I decided to give it go. The result, I hope you’ll agree is still very true to my style but is still in keeping with the Retro Revival Inspiration board.

I wasn’t sure I would have a lot of choices from my stash in these colours, however, I went digging and I found this pretty Dear Lizzy pattern paper with red flowers all over it and immediately thought to fussy cut a stack of them out. I also found this chipboard heart embellishment from the depths of my stash and the page was off to a start! As I mentioned, I don’t use a lot of these colours in my day-to-day scrapbooking so I don’t have a stack of embellishments, but reminded myself, you can make a lot from a little if you get creative!! I will add that there was a little bit of Pink in the pattern paper, just a touch, and I thought I’d get away with that!

Next, I pulled out my spray inks, I managed to find a dark blue, a light blue and a perfect shade of yellow. I’m not hugely into mixed media so I just went at it little by little adding little splatters to the centre part of my page. I kept building it up slowly but surely trying to keep it down the centre of the page leaving 3 inches each side (approximately) for white space. Next, I spread the fussy cut flowers out over the splatters, placing them closer together near the centre and spreading out as they went down the page.

Next, I added a few layers of paper under my photo to create a mat and of course added some stitching. I then went about building my flower clusters to the left and right, starting with the largest of the fussy cut flowers, layering them up and I knew I had these super pretty yellow Fantasy Blooms to finish the clusters off which would be a perfect fit. I so love how they pop off the page!

For my title, I used some dark blue alphas and stitched them on – you can find similar ones in the shop… here in red and here in royal blue. I have also added some enamel dots, there’s a stack in store and I find you can really never have too many of these!

To finish off the page, I added in a Bitty Bow Clip on the top left-hand side of my photo and added in the Resin flowers lucky last – I use these a lot on my pages, they are a really nice finishing touch.

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thanks for popping by,

Gwen

HELLO ADELE | WILD AT HEART & HELLO SUNSHINE | GWEN WRUCK

Hello creative friends,

Today I’m here to share with you my latest layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studios. Crazy happy with how this layout came together and it has been so nice to document the Adele concert in Brisbane my sister and I recently attended.

The design and whole idea for this layout came from these sweet little notes that were sprinkled over us towards the end of the show, just like confetti. As soon as I saw they had hand written song lyrics on them I knew I had to use them on a layout and my sister and I went madly about trying to get one of each of the different types!

Then came the tricky part, trying to include them in a way that was my style, not taking too much away from my photo but showing them off as well. I came up with the idea to use them in my background. To do this I chose 3 of my favourite papers (Artisan, Luscious and Grow Wild) from the Wild At Heart collection and cut rectangle pieces similar to the size of the notes, these are 5.5cm x 3 cm if you are looking to re-create at home. I then layered them onto a white piece of card stock in a patch work kind of design, mixing up the papers for interest as I went. Once I was happy with how these looked, I added in the song lyric pieces and stitched in place.

Next, I went about adding the chipboard frames, ohh how I love these, and layered them in with the photo mat. I then decided I wanted a little more interest in the background and had some of the XOXO shapes cut from the Colour Me Happy cut files I really wanted to use. I like to cut elements in advance so I have them on hand when creating and these were from that pre-cut stash. I also took this time to add in the title, using the Hello Sunshine Alphabet stickers which were a perfect colour match to the blue shades in this collection. Next, I noticed the flair badge that said “Hello” and then went about finding all of the “hello” sentiments I could from the collection and was quite surprised at how many I found!! These really helped my layout come together. (“Hello” is one of my favourite Adele songs and the song she sang to open the show)

Then, I went through the Die Cut Ephemera pack and found this sweet blue bow, blue flowers and fab star elements. I also added the wood veneer hearts at this point and decided where that flair should go. Lastly, I finished out the layout with some Hello Sunshine enamel shapes – how cute are these hearts? and these divine typed sentiments from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

I hope you enjoyed hearing about my process for this layout, and if you too went to the concert, I’d love to see how you documented the event.

Thanks for popping by today,

Gwen xo

So happy…

Happy Saturday creative friends,

A quick little share today to tell you… I’ve been invited to say on as D-lish Designer for D-lish Scraps, and how could I possibly say no!

It is an amazing design team to be a part of and I just love love love all of the D-lish Goodies!!

and here is the rest of the fab team… such a great bunch of talented ladies!

Sooo looking forward to sharing more D-lish inspired creations with you on the next 6 months.

Gwen

"You Shine" by Gwen Wruck

Hi creative friends,

I’m back on the D-lish Scraps blog today with a pretty special share. This photo has been kicking around my scrap room for years!!! For years, I have been trying and trying to get it scrapped, trying it with a heap of colour combos but it never made it to the final layout as it was switched out with another photo. The problem was the gold in the tutu… it’s a bit of a mustard gold colour and I could never find a good fit, it’s also of my sweet little Miss when she loved Ballet. She has since stopped ballet and I am still quite devastated about it, so this layout brings me a lot of joy and takes me back to a time when she loved it.

I’m telling you all this because I want you to know that not every page turns out perfectly, things rarely go to plan when I scrap, especially when the photo is particularly meaningful… I’ve just learned to go with the flow, switch out some things and work with what I have that is working and eventually, everything will fall into place 🙂

I have used a bunch of D-lish goodies here including the felt heart doilies which I crazy adore! This one has an acetate overlay layered on top and stitched into place. There is also a mix of different resin embellishments which are always the perfect finishing touch to a layout.

I know you all know how I love bows… #allthebows #bowadict… and this layout uses this lovely Gingham bow – the black was a surprising addition but I think it really makes the page pop! I’ve also added some Wood Veneer as I love the soft colour of these hearts.

You can also see here the TuTu bloom – So soft and delicate and really fit with the tutu theme of my page and some of the pretty paper layers and stitching.

One more close up, stitching, paper layers and Enamel dots… all in my signature style.

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thanks for popping by today

Gwen

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES | WILD AT HEART | GWEN WRUCK Guest Designer for Kraft + Challenges

Hi friends,

Did you know that Cocoa Vanilla Studios is one of the sponsors this month over at Kraft + Challenges? If you are looking for some inspiration and want a chance to win yourself some Cocoa Vanilla goodies, be sure to check the challenge out and give it a go!

This month, you need to use Denim on your creation, somehow, anyhow (I simply used the colour Denim)… making sure the Kraft is still the hero. Here is the inspiration board:

At first I was a bit worried that the board was not quite me, however, it was a great starting point for a layout and I find challenges like these really help me become a better scrapper by getting me out of my comfort zone a little. I took inspiration in particular from the lace and the beautiful shades of denim blue. I started with the Kraft card stock base and a cut file from white card stock from my stash. Then I pulled out a stack of pieces from the Wild At Heart collection all in varying shades of blue. I starting with the stunning bold title from the chipboard sticker sheet.

It turned out a little ‘boho’ and I really love that about it! To create the layout, I took the “Grandma’s Tablecloth background” cut file from the silhouette store and cut it to fill an entire 12 x 12 white card stock sheet. I then overlaid it onto of my Kraft card stock. At this point I saw the background design had taken away from the Kraft base too much so I went about cutting out large sections of it to reveal more Kraft colour. I kept aside some of these cut out pieces to use as layers in my photo mat. Once I was happy with the white that was left, I backed with the small pieces of the “Mariposa” paper. I tried to vary the pieces from the paper up a lot, rather than back the file in one large piece; as I wanted a mix of the shades of blue to match the inspiration board. I then went about machine stitching the pieces for added detail.

Next, I set about adding my title. With a title this large, it’s a good idea to place it early in the design – I find if I don’t do this, I can run out of space later. I then added in the lovely chipboard photo frames. I love love love these! I wanted to use the quote about love as well, and was the perfect fit for the frame as you can see here. This was also the point where I finalised my photo mat; I’ve used more of the “Mariposa” paper as well as some of the “Artisan” paper for contrast.

You can also see I’ve added some more machine stitching around my photo, some die cut ephemera pieces such as this bow and some pretty blue flowers and the enamel dot sparkles. At this point I thought it needed a little pop of another colour and noticed the inspiration board had the smallest pops of pink. For these, I went to the Endless Summer collection and found the Woodies and Blooms were a perfect fit to finish off the layout.

I hope my layout and a little look into my process has inspired you to give the challenge a try, I’d love to see what you create!

Thanks for popping by today

Gwen xo