Test Your Skills 2
Test Your Skills
The Power of TWO
In our last challenge we looked at how to work with ONE element and saw how powerful that can be. Most of the time, though, we tend to use a cluster of elements.
A cluster is simply two or more elements positioned close together for a visual effect.
Because of the Rule of Odds most clusters come with at least three elements, but I’ve also seen plenty of clusters with two elements, and they can be surprisingly effective. Creating clusters with only two elements is also a great way to dip your toe into the sometimes frigid waters of cluster design.
What could be simpler? Choose two elements that have some kind of connection, put them together, and you have a winner!
I’ll use this template to demonstrate. (FYI: I did remove one paper strip.)
Credit
Design Beautiful Pages
Look at the Lightbox images below to get some great ideas! I’m using elements from Time Teller by EtcByDanyale and Dear Mom by Kristin Cronin-Barrow.
Click an image to see a larger size. Design comments are below each enlarged image.
Photo Element
Now that we have all these mini clusters made up of two elements, let’s choose one to go on our templateas a dependent cluster, meaning we’ll place it on or near the photo.
I’ve added a photo, so all that’s left is to choose which cluster we think would go best with the photo. Actually, that may be the hardest part since so many of them would work, but go ahead and decide which one you would choose.
