The Saturday Special 6.5.10
{posting this for emileem}
Hi Ladies! I love the Saturday Special challenges here at SM. I always learn a new technique, a new way to do something or an idea to improve composition. Some Saturday Specials I end up using on nearly every LO and many could be repeated each year. One of those techniques I use on nearly every LO is the Visual Triangle Mary (Plum Dumpling Designs) taught us in April 2009. Here is the text from Mary’s post–>
There are many design principles that we can use to create beautifully balanced layouts. One of those principles is the visual triangle. Stay with me! Don’t worry if you failed geometry or can’t remember the difference between a scalene and an isosceles triangle. Surprisingly enough, this concept is very simple. Your challenge is to use three of the same (fill in the blank) to help guide the viewer’s eye around the page. You can be creative and have fun deciding which “three” you are going to use. Here are some examples:
• three of the same element (or variations of the same element)
• three pops of the same color
• three areas of text – font or alpha
• three pieces of the same patterned paperThere are many more ways you can incorporate the visual triangle into your layouts. Go where your inner mathematician takes you.
And here is some inspiration from the SM CT–>
from Jami (alansrock) using Sunday Afternoon kit Designs by Sarah Bennett & Trixie Scraps Designs:
from Lina (ldrag2004):
from Jen (jendavey):
And here is my LO using Bee Happy by Connie Prince. I loved her word art strips and used them to create my visual triangle:
Your assignment is to create a LO using a visual triangle as Mary described. Then post your LO in the Saturday Special gallery and the coordinating forum thread.
The deadline for this challenge is June 30th, 2010.
You will earn 1 point for your LO and a bonus point if you use a new release (within 7 days of release – be sure to mention this in the forum and in your credits).
No double dipping, your LO must be unique to this challenge.
At the end I will pick a random winner to receive an extra bonus point to go toward their July total.
Tags: challenge, The Saturday Special
