Hi Ruby Rock-It fans, it's Kris Berc here with a layout featuring the Cook collection. My little girl turned 3 last week... here she is with her cake, candles and piggy tails with lots of beautiful Cook goodies!
I included two embellishment clusters, each consisting of an odd number of items (7 in the left and 3 in the right), a design principle that I strive to stick to in everything I create. I positioned the "May all your dreams come true" sentiment diecut beneath the photo and between the embellishment clusters as a way to help all the pieces flow together.
Tucking some embellishments partially beneath the photo and some above it, and layering embellishments with foam squares, are just a couple of simple ways to build dimension on the layout without causing too much bulk.
The beautiful pink doily-like Cook diecut glitter cardstock comes with a solid pink edge around it, about 1/4-inch wide. While it's pretty, I decided that for this layout I wanted to remove that pink edge, so I used my precision scissors to cut it off. This left white edges around the "doily" which I lightly inked with brown ink.
I finished the layout off by adding some faux pearl detailing around the edge of the "doily" with my pearl pen.
Supply List:
Cook Cardstock - Household Rules
Thanks for stopping by Ruby Rock-It today!
WOW.. Just beautiful Kris.. You are a very talented scrapper and card maker xx Love how you have the patchwork under the top paper.. just perfect
Posted by: Lisa Webb | 03/03/2013 at 03:25 AM
Beautiful job with this paper Kris! Your daughter is adorable!
Posted by: lisa | 03/03/2013 at 03:34 AM
Gorgeous Kris! I love the mix of the light papers and dark embellishments. Really "pops" that cute photo.
Posted by: carrie | 03/03/2013 at 06:15 AM
This is stunning as always, Kris! Thanks for sharing those design tips!
Posted by: Erin Yamabe | 03/04/2013 at 02:50 AM
What an adorable layout! Love all the details!
Posted by: Monique Liedtke | 03/04/2013 at 11:01 AM
GORGEOUS layout Kris - love how you have framed the photo and added dimension without the bulk!!!
Thank you for talking us through your creative process - I found it very interesting and helpful.
Posted by: TracyM #6773 | 03/04/2013 at 01:45 PM
woa... what a stunning as always Kris!
Posted by: liana suwandi | 03/04/2013 at 06:09 PM