November Virtual Crop Class, with Tracy

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a better Sunday than me!  I've had a niggling cold all week, but Friday evening it decided to turn into a horrible chesty cough & head cold thing... so I'm really sorry for the delay in today's instructions. 

I had such a lot of fun making these layouts for you whilst visiting my Welsh Girls, and gate crashing their crop, to celebrate my birthday! 😁

I love P13 for the fussy cutting opportunities, but also because they always push me outside my comfort zones!  These papers have got some beautiful busy swirly patterns matches with maps and old stuff.

And then balanced completely with lots of leafy florals, and the odd bug or two!

Influenced just slightly by our Flick's love of Fussy Cutting, I particularly love the Bond Girls Layout! 😍 

The instructions for all three layouts in the class are in google drives, but you can use this quick link  

Don't forget we love to see your layouts, so please share on the facebook group! 🩷

November Virtual Crop Class with Prima and Ann

 Welcome to a very wild and windy Virtual Crop Sunday!

I have created two pages today using Prima Magnolia Blooms which has some lovely foiled elements. Instructions for those of you with kits can be found on the google drive folder https://drive.google.com/.../1Sx5nMYJpeJO5zb3aI9f.../view...

Please feel free to play along with your own stash and scraplift or take inspiration from elements as I think many of us may chose to stay inside and craft today!!

September Virtual Crop Class with Tracy

 Well hello there!  As you may know, I started a new job earlier in the year, and it meant my summer was a little crazy! So it's been a hot minute (three months) since I done a Virtual Crop class for you. It meant I got to play with these beautiful autumn papers from American Crafts!

In this class we make three layouts, that come together really quickly, I hope you enjoy them.

But I didn't just focus on Autumn photos, so I hope this class highlights that you can sometimes rebel against the seasonal themes!

You'll find your instructions here. I hope you enjoy the class, and I am very much looking forward to seeing some of you in person at the Autumn Retreat next month!  I hear there might be a couple of visitors too! 🦄🦄

September Virtual Crop class with Ann

Happy Sunday lovely people.

Let's pack our bags and head off to explore the 49 & Market travel collection elements in this fabulous kit.  I've made 3 layouts to inspire you with plenty of options to vary up to suit different photo sizes.

Instructions have been loaded to the usual Google Drive folder HERE under 0924 Ann.pdf.

I'd love to see your pages if you play along and especially if you change it up and do something different. Share on our Facebook page 

September Virtua Crop Class 1 with Mel

 Hello and welcome to the first class of our September Virtual Crop. I had a kit with embellishments from Bo Bunnys Beautiful Things range combined with papers from mixed manufacturers. I made two quite different layouts, one with a pastel colour palette contrasting with black elements and the other with a more masculine palette of greys with some green and orangey reds.

Find the instructions HERE - I hope you enjoy the layouts, don't forget to share your creations with us on the facebook page.

August 2024 Virtual crop class 2 with Tricia

 

Good Morning all and welcome to my class in this month's Virtual crop.

I was thrilled to get to play around with Simple stories 'Pack your bags'.  It’s such a fun colourful range with lovely travel motifs and a collection that will let you create your own clusters of embellishments in the layouts to suit your photos.

The dual sides of the papers will also allow you to flip your options and the range of double sided tags have cute edges to compliment your colours.

So lets get going click here and we'll get started, don't forget to share your layouts over on facebook!

August 2024 Virtual Crop Class with Karen

 Hello everyone 

Dolly here with a class using the lovely PinkFresh Studio Scattered Confettit papers and stickers 

I have three class pages for you and this is one of them.

You can find the full instructions for the three pages here 

I hope you have fun with this lovely kit.

Friends Cybercrop Final Challenge 8

Our last challenge to close out what we hope has been an enjoyable cybercrop for you and inspired some scrapbooking, friends themed or otherwise.

So this challenge is aptly named "the one at the end" in honour of the series finale after 10 seasons of the show.  The last episode was actually split into two and also called "the one where they say goodbye" and the show creators did not want to wrap up all the story lines in one go. 

For this the last challenge we want your final page to be a scraplift of one of your favourites created and shared as part of the cybercrop series.  Please credit the original when you post.

Rules:

1. Layout must be newly created for this event.

2. If scraplifting please give credit to original designer

3. Use #ATDMLFriendsCybercrop2024 when posting on socials

4. You can enter multiple times in the challenge inspires but 1 layouts cannot be entered in multiple challenges.

5. Challenges open until  midnight 11th August 2024

Thanks for joining in with us and who knows, there may be reunion episode from our Friends themed cybercrop.

Class 14 Rachel & Bloomingdales with Tricia

 

Its time to shop my Friends!!!

We are off to Bloomingdates with the gorgeous Blessed collection from Kaisercraft!  The gorgeous prints in this kit are the perfect inspiration for this fashion mecca themed class. 

I wanted to take inspiration not only from the incredible clothes inside the building but also the iconic exterior. For the first layout I wanted to represent the black and white front of the building by recreating all the windows, showcasing the fabrics and models inside. I also wanted to give a big nod to the art deco-esque sign in the title/journalling.

... but it's whats inside that counts so layout 2 was a tribute to the fabrics and fashion that Bloomingdales has sold since the late 1800's. Not only will we be replicating bales of billowing fabric but we will also be screen printing too. So lets grab a cab and head over here and don't forget to share your #layoutoftheday over on the facebook group!

That's a wrap for our classes this weekend and we very much look forward to seeing you share them on our Facebook Group. The design team and ATDML community love seeing what others have created and it is good to share!  One more challenge to go to close our event out which goes up here at 10pm.

Class 13 We were on a break - with Tracy Annunziato

I'm back, this time with what is possibly one of the most famous lines, and certainly the longest running joke, of the whole series!  We were on a break!  More about the origin and story in my instructions, but putting it into a layout... I broke a background in half!

This fun bright summery Simple Stories collection, Just Beachy, is screaming to be used documenting breaks away from real life!  So I've documented a few trips to Tenerife, where real life just doesn't get me!

I also broke a habit, you'll find no inky backgrounds here today, I've inked the edges of one layout, but that's actually not usually a habit of mine!

I hope you enjoy the class, you'll find your instructions here. Join us back here at 8pm for Class 14, the last of the weekend with Tricia and then we close the day with one final challenge.

Class 12 The one about Chandler Bing with Ann

Last class from me for this weekend and it is inspired by my favourite character from the show, the kind and funny Chandler Bing played by the late actor Matthew Perry. Chandler is always joking and funny in the seasons of the series and responsible for many of the one liners - often said to be his own add libbing to the script. On set he was also known for keeping up the spirit of his co-stars and just as funny when the camera wasn't rolling.

Inspired by this I have created pages based on fun times with friends for this class using Photoplay Let's Scrap collection. Instructions for my three layouts can be found here and you are encouraged to join in with your own supplies if you didn't grab a kit.

Join us again at 6pm for the next class, the penultimate one of the series.

Friends Cybercrop Challenge 7

Challenge 7 - just one more challenge after this one.

The fourth season finale of the show is filmed in London, in front of a British studio audience with the rest of the show predominantly set in New York. For this challenge we want to see your city pages. Your layout must feature photos from a city such as London or New York but doesn't have to be one of those.

Rules:

1. Layout must be newly created for this event.

2. If scraplifting please give credit to original designer

3. Use #ATDMLFriendsCybercrop2024 when posting on socials

4. You can enter multiple times in the challenge inspires but 1 layouts cannot be entered in multiple challenges.

5. Challenges open until  midnight 11th August 2024

See you next at 4pm with a class based on the loveable fun character Chandler.

Class 11 Ross' Backpacking Story with Mel

 Hello and welcome to my last class of the weekend.  This one is named after Ross' Backpacking story because the products are travel and hiking themed - if you don't have any travel photos there are a variety of titles so you can always substitute the ones used to work with other photos.

In the instructions I explained how I made my collage photo block - you can however switch this out for one or two larger photos if you prefer.

We will make two layouts in this class - find the instructions HERE.

Don't forget to share your layouts on the ATDML # Create Facebook page. The designers love to see what you have made either with your kits or with your own stash, even if you have gone off on a different tangent we still love to see your take on a class.

Class 10 Smelly Cat with Karen

Hi again everyone and welcome to the final day of our Friends cyberrop. 

I am guessing you all kind of knew I'd be here with Smelly Cat - it has me written all over it really. 

My boys certainly aren't smelly, but they are scrapbook worthy. BUT you do NOT have to make this class about cats, or even about pets or animals of any kind. It's a beautiful versatile kit that I hope you will enjoy using.

I have instructions for three pages and this is just one of them. 

You can find the instructions HERE and I hope you enjoy playing with this gorgeous kit. 

Mel is up next at Noon with her 3rd class of the weekend followed by another challenge at 2pm.

Friends Cybercrop Challenge 6

 Challenge 6 to kickstart your Sunday and the last day of classes and challenges from us.

Central Perk is the name of the cafe in the series where the friends often meet. For this challenge we want to see a  layout featuring food and/or drinks

Should be a nice easy one for you - same rules apply as for the other challenges.

Rules:

1. Layout must be newly created for this event.

2. If scraplifting please give credit to original designer

3. Use #ATDMLFriendsCybercrop2024 when posting on socials

4. You can enter multiple times in the challenge inspires but 1 layouts cannot be entered in multiple challenges.

5. Challenges open until  midnight 11th August 2024

Friends Cybercrop Challenge 5

To close out our 2nd day of Friends Cybercrop fun we have Challenge 5

Lots of music and song in the TV series, especially from Phoebe and of course with the very well known theme song with the lyrics "so no-one told you life was gonna be this way...."

Your 5th challenge is to create a page featuring music, or song on either your photo subject or layout theme.  Maybe you have a photo from a music event/festival, or you can scrap about your current Spotify playlist or have a song title or lyrics on your page.

Rules:

1. Layout must be newly created for this event.

2. If scraplifting please give credit to original designer

3. Use #ATDMLFriendsCybercrop2024 when posting on socials

4. You can enter multiple times in the challenge inspires but 1 layouts cannot be entered in multiple challenges.

5. Challenges open until  midnight 11th August 2024

That's us for today, Join us again tomorrow morning for Challenge 6 at 8am followed by Karen and her music inspired "Smelly Cat" class at 10am. 

Class 9 - The one about Phoebe's Triplets - with Tracy Annunziato

Time for the late night class with me!  I hope you're having a good evening if you are still scrapping along with the time table, and if not, then I hope you are having a good morning/lunch/afternoon/evening depending what time you are reading this!

It's the one with Phoebe's triplets, which was the 100th episode! More about that in the instructions!

Playing with Pink Fresh, The Simple Things, I tried to keep the theme of 3 in mind.  One layout features three clusters, 

and another a 3 word title... 

and then to keep in line with the power of 3, I made a third layout! After which I remembered there are two sheets of cardstock in the kit, not 3.  So grab one from your stash to do all 3 layouts.  

I hope you enjoy the class, you'll find your instructions here.

Class 8 The one about academic Ross with Ann

 

Another class from me and this time all about the academic of the group of friends Ross.  With Academia from 49&Market in the kit for this class it was easy to make the connection to the show for me (and again you don't have to have seen the show or have the kit to join in)

I have created several pages for this class, 2 academia themed and 2 visiting outdoor places which I hope inspire you to play along, either with the kit, your own 49&M Academia papers or something else. Instructions can be found HERE.

Next up is Tracy at 10pm with her class inspired by Phoebe's triplets.

Friends Cybercrop Challenge 4

 

Challenge 4 here for you and with 6 main characters in the series, each very different from each other we want to see a layout with 6 distinct elements. 

So you can use photos, journaling spot, pattern paper etc to create 6 distinct areas, maybe a grid, or 6 stripes, whatever you chose, but we must clearly be able to see 6 on this layout.

Rules:

1. Layout must be newly created for this event.

2. If scraplifting please give credit to original designer

3. Use #ATDMLFriendsCybercrop2024 when posting on socials

4. You can enter multiple times in the challenge inspires but 1 layouts cannot be entered in multiple challenges.

5. Challenges open until  midnight 11th August 2024

Ann up next at 8pm with her academia class with Ross.

Class 7 The One about Central park with Tricia

 

Good afternoon friends!

We are off for a picnic in Central park with Simple stories and their yummy 'Simple vintage spring garden' collection.  

For the first layout I wanted to take inspiration from the incredible overhead pictures that I have seen of Central Park with the beautiful green floral oasis in the centre of a grey urban-scape.  I also wanted to represent all the various little sections of the park from literary walk to the Swiss house. 

These papers are great for photos of days out or days in the garden so grab those photos and click here and join me for a day out in Central park (the ice cream is really good :0)

Back here in 2 hours is another challenge for you and your next class from Ann will land at 8pm.

 

Class 6 The One About Phoebe with Mel

Good afternoon, I hope you are enjoying the Friends Cybercrop. I am up next with my second class of the weekend. This one is all about Phoebe! When I knew I was working with Memory Place Stitched Together it really reminded me of Phoebes eclectic dress sense.

We will make two layouts in this class - find the instructions HERE.

Don't forget to share your layouts on the ATDML # Create Facebook page.

Class 5 - Joey wears all the clothes! - with Tracy Annunziato

I hope you have been enjoying the Cyber Crop so far... what a fabulous theme!  I am a fan of the show; although not obsessed, I have watched most episodes many times... it's one of those shows I can have on in the background whilst working, and it keeps the room feeling full!

In the episode called "The One Where No One's Ready" Ross is losing his mind because he has an important function at the Museum, and everyone is taking ages to get ready, or not getting ready at all!

Chandler and Joey are having a little tiff, started because Chandler tricks Joey into drinking chicken fat, then Joey takes Chandler's seat when he goes to the toilet.  Chandler then hides all of Joey's underwear, meaning he will have to wear a rented tux commando style.  Joey then wears all Chandlers clothes, except underwear, gets hot and does lunges!  Uttering the brilliant line "You hide my underwear, I'm wearing everything you own!"

I took inspiration from all the layers Joey was wearing, and went for full layers in this class.

The Free Spirit papers, from P13, feature a musical industrial theme, and whilst I embraced documenting when I saw Green Day with an old friend, I also feel like I mixed it up and made layouts that aren't related to music at all.  This range is great for doing some masculine layouts, or just taking in the scenery.  

I hope you enjoy the class, you'll find your instructions here.

Class 4 - PIVOT!!!! with Tricia

 

Good morning all 

It's so lovely to be back for a mega cybercrop,  I hope you are all enjoying the weekend so far.  

                                         

I'll be using Pinkfresh's collection 'making the best of it' to create a class inspired by the iconic 'Pivot' episode. Just like when Ross, Rachel and Chandler are moving the sofa about, we'll be rotating the elements across the page, playing with positioning and when all else fails cut it in half :0)

 

So roll up your sleeves and head over here to start class 4!! Dont forget to head over to the facebook group to share your layouts and also for loads more inspiration!