May Virtual Crop Class with Tracy & Especial by American Crafts

Hello crafty people. I hope you are having a great weekend, and that the weather is being kind, I'm here with your last class of the day.

I'm lucky enough to be crafting with friends this weekend in Kent, having spent last weekend in Bristol crafting with Mel and the Welsh girls.  Lucky, lucky, lucky me... 🎶

Today I've got some really quick and easy layouts using this really fun range that's giving me all the spanish vibes, and increasing the levels of excitement for my holiday to Tenerife in June!

First we do a super quick tear, cut and stick layout, which comes together really quickly, and celebrates the photo!

But it wouldn't be one of my classes without a bit of ink, so in our second layout we use the title element in the kit, as a stencil, before we use it on the page as the title! 

Lastly we finish off with another super quick layout that really celebrates the fabulous camera paper, and features round tags!

You'll find the instructions in the drive here

I really hope you enjoy this one, and look forward to seeing your versions! Share with us in our facebook group ATDML#Create

May Virtual crop with Cara & Vicki B Bold & Bright

Welcoming Cara to the Design Team once again and this is her first virtual crop class for ATDML.

Working with Vicki Boutin Bold & Bright papers Cara combines this vibrant collection with some inking and describes how she achieved the effects in her instructions available in the google Drive folder HERE 

 A whopping 5 layouts created with this kit so enjoy and pop back at 2pm for the last class of the May VC Series from Tracy.                    

May virtual crop with Ann and Asuka Studios

Hello lovely crafty people - hope you are all feeling creative today.

I am sharing my VC class with you (instructions as always can be found in the Google Drive HERE with my file called 0525-Ann.pdf.)

I have created a couple of layouts to inspire and a minibook using the fabulous interactive elements which were cut from one of the papers and come with preprinted flaps!!

The papers are perfect for summer snaps or time in your garden with lots of vintage elements you can bring in.

Enjoy and hope you will share your creations with us on our ATDML Create Facebook page.

April VC class with Mel & Echo Park Summer Vibes

 Welcome to the final class of today's Virtual Crop. This month I worked with Echo Park Summer Vibers and althouh I haven't managed any beach pictures from 2025 yet I do have some from previous years on my "to be scrapped" pile.

I have a constant struggle with the A & B sides of papers and often want to use both so in this kit I went for two sheets of the papers so I could do just that! I love a grid page but wanted to mix things up with the size of the elements so this layout builds upon that idea and the other one features an idea for using up all those stickers you might have hanging around and combines it with a clean background for balance between busy and calm.

Find the instructions for both layouts over on our 2025 Virtual Crop Google Drive Here.

April Virtual Crop Class with Tricia and Vicki Boutin

 

Good Morning all!

I'm off outdoors (both in real life and on the page) today

Today I'll be busting the sticker set from the Discover create collection across three pages that celebrate days outdoors but could be easily adapted for other occasions.

The first Layout has lots of options for making it your own, Using the strips of your choice from the 'Non-Fiction' paper you can chance up the feel of the page from calm woodland to summer day, cosying up with a book or pink pastel. Play around with the strips and your photo to get what works best for you.

On the second page we'll be making all the papers do the heavy lifting. using foam pads I've created 3 clusters with dimension to add a bit of depth to the page.

For the third page i'll be lifting one of the main elements from 'All around' and pivoting it onto 'Discover to create a bubbly banner reaching across the page.  Although i've used a photo of sensory play, the colours on these papers would work perfectly for a range of subjects from spa days, restful afternoons or creative days.

My favourite part is seeing how you adapt these layouts to your photos so please do share with us over on the ATDML create facebook page. Click here to get started!

Happy crafting x

April Virtual Crop Class with Tracy and 49 & Market

Hello crafters, and welcome to another virtual crop weekend!  The forecast for today is hot hot hot, so I hope you stay cool whilst joining the classes. I'll be in the city, cheering on my London Marathon 2025 team, and I cannot wait! I really do love my job, it's going to be such fun!    

First up today, we've got some paper weaving, and inky fun too!  I loved all the designs on the 8x6 papers, and wanted to get as many onto my page as possible, without it being busy, so a played with the papers and weaved them into a beautiful element on the page.

Then I got inky, and had some fun with layers!

I hope you love the class as much as I enjoyed making it.  You'll find the instructions here in the google drive.

Don't forget to share your pages in our facebook group, and just ask if you have any questions.

March Virtual crop class with Tricia and P13

 

Good afternoon everyone

I hope you have been enjoying this Month's VC!

This month I've been going full on floral with P13 'flowerish' range.  Full of soft, pastel shades and country inspired motifs it's perfect for the BETTERish weather we have been getting recently.

With the wreath layout , I wanted to fill in the gaps and create a complete circle. With Flowerish, all the elements fit together brilliantly and complement with interchangeable accents so seamless they just blend.

There are a lot of soft pinks and whites but I wanted to add in these fuschia flowers for lottle pops of colour.

The backing style papers are great for subtle touches that give that 'little bit different' touch and the kits include these gorgeous gold elements to give your pages a bit of sunshine glimmer.

So click here to get the instructions and lets get started.  Don't forget to share over on our facebook page so we can see what you have been up to.