For my final Halloween scheme of the season, nothing beats a color combination grounded in basic, beautiful—or should I say “BOO-tiful”?—black. For this fresh take on basic black, I sweetened and softened the dramatic base by adding Smokey Plum, Sweet Leaf, and Colonial White. The results are amazing: bold and memorable, yet really smooth and classy.
Check out the layout featuring photos from last year’s Close To My Heart Halloween party. This color scheme maintains a Halloween look but doesn’t upstage bright and colorful photos. It’s perfect to showcase all those crazy costumes (and let me tell, you they were CRAZY—I can hardly wait for this year’s episode!) I also stamped black on black—this classic tone-on-tone treatment is especially effective on my cobweb card, and the fun gingham ribbon and pop of purple on my other card adds just the right amount of contrast to the black. It’s fun to play with color, but it’s also great to come back… to black!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Back in Black!
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I really like this color combo. It will be perfect for some of my Halloween pictures this year!
ReplyDeleteLove the color combo! I used a lot of smokey plum with my wedding thank you's back in 2001 and I don't know that I would have ever thought about it with Halloween, I love it!
ReplyDeleteOOOHHH, I love this color combo! It's great!
ReplyDeleteJeanette -Beware is one of my favorites. Left you an award on my blog! Hope you might consider playing along! :) Melissa
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Beautiful, as always! Your colors are great, and your layouts are perfect! Wow!
ReplyDeleteI think this is one of my favorites, too! Love that the background doesn't overwhelm the photos but sets them off beautifully! I'll be using this combination, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAnything with sweet leaf is gorgeous I think. What a nice color combo.
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