Monday 24 October 2016

Counterfeit Challenge Blog Hop - Balance The Scales

Welcome to the October Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Hop.   This is my first ever Blog Hop and I am excited.  You should  have arrived here from Kelly if not that is ok just follow the link at the end of this post to the next blog or head to CKC Blog for the Blog Hop List.

Challenge 2 - Balanace The Scales is all about balancing the colours on your layout.  
This photo from Better Homes and Gardens is a example of Balancing The Scales, There is a lot of the pale pink, a little of the slightly darker pink and the medium colour is the dark pink as there is slightly less of it than the light pink.
This Video explains the design concept well.





As suggested in the video I didn't count black or white in my 3 colours.  I chose Pink as my main colour, Grey as my medium colour and the Blue as my minor colour though it is a bit more than a dash.

I used papers from American Crafts Atlantic paper pad, my only Shimelle paper pad, My Mind's Eye 6x6 Noteable paper pad that Heike gave me for my birthday, a Project Life Card from the Cobolt Collection, gauze, Kaszazz paper flowers and leaves which I coloured to match, my DIY beading wire half flowers, resin flowers from D-lish Scraps October Just Add Paper Kit, some brads and Creative Memories alphabet.
I used CTMH Pacifica ink to colour the leaves and some DIY paint spray to colour the flowers.














Thank you for visiting my blog.  Next in the Blog Hop is Just Jimjams she does lovely work so head over and check out what she created for this month's Blog Hop.



18 comments:

  1. Love the thought that you've put into the layout. The flowers are just the right size and compliment the base colours and help to break up the geometric shapes of the background.

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    1. Thank you Angus.
      I aalso like that the flowers broke up the geometric shapes.

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  2. Very nicely balanced - and oh so pretty.

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  3. Such a pretty page Raelene! I like the colors you selected and those flowers add a nice delicate touch around your photo.

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    1. Thank you Susan.
      I do like how the colours on the flowers turned out.

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  4. A clever layout with perfect colour balance.

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  5. Love color scheme--navy and pink are two of my favorite colors together!

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  6. I love this page! Perfect example of this challenge :)

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  7. Just so sweet and pretty! Love the layout and definitely perfectly balanced!

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  8. This is so lovely....great colors, too!!

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  9. Your first blog hop? Well, we are so honoured to have you with us and hope that you'll choose to join in again this month :-) Your layout is gorgeous with just the colours that I love so much. The wire flowers are so lovely and perfect here- Off to check out your video!

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    1. Hi Lisa.
      Yes this was my first ever blog hop and it was so fun :)
      I really want to join in each month but this month has me stumped as I have no Autumn themed supplies.
      All I have come up with so far is a Owl chipboard lol.
      Looking forward to giving it another go though. :)

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