Saturday Special 5/29/10 – Achieving Balance
Hello everyone!! This is Kathleen, here to bring you another Sat Special challenge. This time we’ll be focusing on balancing our layouts. I recently read an AMAZING article by Debbie Hodges over at The Daily Digi (you can find the full article here). She talks a lot about how to make our pages much more pleasing to look at and, thus, tell our story well in an interesting way. Debbie talks about using horizontal, vertical, or radial balance to give your elements (photos, papers, elements, etc.) a certain weight on the page. She also explains symmetrical vs. asymmetrical balance, which also helps draw visual interest into our layouts. Your challenge this time around is to use these design principles to create a well-balanced, visually-pleasing page. So I would encourage you to read through the article and start applying those principles in your scrapping!! Again, Debbie’s informative article can be found here.
And here are a few examples from the CT and me….
canadianmommy used Vibrant Memories by Pri Rocha for this page –
becca1976 created this layout, using Dandelion Wishes by Jennifer Barrette –
hoo-rah used Whimsy by Purple Tulip Designs, Growth Spurt by Jennifer Barrette (wordart), and My Buddy by Sarah Bennett (kraft paper) to create this page –
and I lifted one of the LOs in Debbie’s article, using Focus – The Kit, a collab by Page Frocks, Sweet Tomato Designs, and Heather Hess; Stitched Borders by Page Frocks; Date Stamped by Britt-ish Designs; and Scratched Notes by Sahlin Studio –
Now for the nitty-gritties:
-Since this challenge takes place during the last week of the month, you actually have till the end of JUNE to complete and post your entry. Be sure to post it to the “Saturday Special” gallery and link it back to the thread in the forum.
-No double-dipping! This challenge CANNOT be combined with any other ScrapMatters challenge or Speed Scrap. Your layout must be unique to this challenge.
-You can earn an extra point for using any new ScrapMatters product during the first week of its release. Be sure to note the new product in your layout description AND your post in the thread on the forum. In order to get your bonus point, it does need to be noted on your forum post.
-At the end of June I will randomly select one layout to receive a bonus point for their next month’s total.
-You don’t have to use ScrapMatters products, but we sure like it when you do.
