Going Underground - Cybercrop Sketch Challenge

We thought you might like a little sketch challenge to warm you up for the cybercrop weekend and with the underground theme what would you expect from a sketch other than one based on the famous logo?

If you fancy playing along just grab whatever supplies you have to hand and interpret the sketch however you like. I have shared a layout based on the sketch (using October Afternoon papers) but you could do a card or a minibook cover or even a tweak it for a 4x6 page to include on a project life page.

Here is my illustrated layout based on the sketch featuring my favourite Mr Cardle. I'm a little in love with my Distress Stains right now, maybe almost as much as Mr C. I've used them in ink the edges and make the ink splats on this page.

We have a challenge folder over on our Facebook page if you fancy sharing your challenge with us or leave a comment below with a link to your page. Have fun!

Final Cyber Crop Prize Winners

OK so we have now drawn the Participation Prizes for our Cybercrop. Three names were drawn out of the hat to win a prize. Each time you uploaded your name went into the hat and then three were drawn.

**Sarah**

**Denise**

**Sue**

Ladies as with the other winners please contact us and let us know contact details and we will get a prize sent out to you!

Thanks again to all who participated in the cyber crop and to the lovely ladies who designed classes and challenge examples for us, and extra specially to Ann who kept us all in line in the run up and told us what we had to do and by when!

Scraplift Challenge Winner

And so we come to our final winner of the weekend; the Scraplift Challenge. This is another of my favourite challenges. It is always so interesting to see how a layout can inspire someone to go on to create their own page which shares some elements but usually ends up looking quite different.

Our winner was inspired by this layout entitled "Summer Days" by Suzanne Torr:

I think you will agree that Charlottes "Hungry Harvest Caterpillar" is a wonderful scraplift, bringing her own style and interpretation to the layout while still clearly using many of the design features and elements.

Charlotte you are the last of our challenge winners. Please confirm your address with us and we will get a prize out to you.

That just leaves the participation prizes to go!

Between The Lines Challenge Winner

Here comes another winner! This time it is for our "Between The Lines" journaling challenge. I think most of us realise the importance of journaling but it is had to really incorporate it as part of the layout design. If you are interested in developing different ideas for journaling do take a look at this series of posts made from August last year about journaling HERE HERE and HERE


Now, onto our journaling challenge winner. We liked both the sentiment and the handwritten journaling on this layout and so we have chosen Hilary as our winner for this challenge.

Hilary, please get in contact so we can send you a prize.

That just leaves one more challenge prize to give and then the participation prizes, check back to see who will be stalking the postie waiting for a prize to drop through their door!

Sketch Challenge Winner

I really love the sketch challenge. It is great to see how everyone starts off with the same starting point and by the time each person has chosen different products to use, made their own interpretations and amendments the finished layouts all look so different.

In the end we chose this layout by Karen P. We liked her colour scheme and the use of the stamped flowers to repeat the embellishment.

More winners still to come - Karen please contact us with your details so we can get your prize out to you.

Share The Love Challenge Winner

Next up is the Share The Love Challenge. Once again there were lots of examples we loved but this Street Party layout by Lemon was our winner, the bunting, the red white and blue flowers and the layered fabric trims all work together so well!

As per previous winners posts please confirm your details with us and we will get your prize sent out to you ASAP.

Sketch winner to come tomorrow!

Material World Winner

The winner of our Material challenge was another hard one to judge (I am going to get fed up of typing that because it is true in every case!) but in the end we went for this layout by Helen S. We really liked the way she has used the fabric to make the flowers but also included some more fabric and lace in other areas of the page.

Helen, please send us your address and we will get your prize out to you.

We will announce the challenge 3 "Share The Love" winner a little later on this evening.

Tag It Challenge Winner...

Remember you have a few more hours to uploads your entries to the Saturday challenges (Material World, Share The Love & Sketch) and we will post winners of these challenges over the next couple of days.

Right, on to the Tag It Challenge. Setting the theme for things to come it was really tough to choose a winner, there were so many different ideas, many beautiful tags which had lots of work in them and we had to just pick one.


In the end we loved the idea that our winner had come up with which was to make the tag not only beautiful but also useful; we all know how time can get away from us while we are crafting so Dawns lovely tag clock for her craft room came out on top for us as the winning tag from this challenge!

Dawn, please email me Mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk with your address and we will get your prize out to you.

Check back each day for the winners of the remaining 5 challenges and for the additional participation prizes!

Thank you all xxx

Just wanted to post a very quick thank you to everyone who took part in the Cybercrop this weekend. We have had such fun putting it on for you and seeing all your creations.

Don't worry if you have not had time to participate as the class instructions will remain on the main website and you can come back to them and undertake any you like at your own pace using whatever materials you like.

This week we will share some of the ATCs made for the swap and highlight a few projects we have seen in the galleries over the weekend. Thanks to all of the design team too for their hard work in pulling the classes and challenge examples together too. Same time next year?!!

Sharing your Projects and using the Link Tool

Hi everyone, hope you have been crafting up a storm will all the class and challenge inspiration we have been providing! Lots of you are happily sharing your projects but I have read that a few seem to be having problems with this so I am posting a little "how to" guide.

To share your projects you need 4 things.
Your name, email address, and image to share and a URL address.

The URL address is the one that seems to be giving people trouble so lets focus on that. It can be your blog address if you have one. So for myself I would type in http://www.mafswife.typepad.com/ in this field. If you don't have a blog maybe you have a facebook account or a gallery on UKScrappers? Both of these can be used also. Simply upload your image to one of these places and then click on the image of your project and copy the URL address at the top of your browser window into the URL field on the Link tool.

Once you have entered these three pieces of information (your URL, name and email) click on Next Step! Then select the tab that says Upload from computer. You can then browse for your image on your pc, select Upload and your project should then appear beneath the thread alongside your fellow cybercroppers.


Hopefully this will help some of you who are having problems, but if you are still having problems please leave a comment on this thread and I will be around most of Sunday afternoon to help you. Looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful work here on the blog over the next week!

For those of you having trouble leaving comments as well, try logging in to www.blogger.com first and then comment on our blog. Not sure why this is playing up, but this does sometimes help.

**Cybercrop Class 12** by Dawn Evans

Class 12 by Dawn Evans is sadly your final cybercrop class for the weekend :(
Dawn shows us how to get creative with many patterned papers and her class instructions can be found here in the usual place, by selecting class 12.

That's all for the Cybercrop classes and challenges. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday afternoon and we look forward too seeing all your cybercrop creations using the links below each class/challenge post.

**Cybercrop Challenge 6** SCRAPLIFT

A final challenge for you all as we start winding up the cybercrop fun for the weekend.

This challenge is to scraplift a project from the June Gallery by the ATDML design team which can be found here. Scraplifting is borrowing or "lifting" and idea from another scrapbooker and that is what we are challenging you to do.

Take a wander through the gallery which features Echo Park papers and project by the guest designer for the month - the very talented Christine Emberson. Find a project you like then use it to create a similar page yourself!

Share your scraplifted projects with us on the link below and then we will see you back here at 3pm for our final class of the weekend with our very lovely Dawn Evans.

Don't forget if you are entering the TAG IT Challenge #1 you need to upload your creations to the thread by 7pm tonight for a chance to win an ATDML prize!

**Cybercrop Class 11** By Jane Hewitt

Here is your 11th cybercrop class on day three of a weekend full of ATDML design team inspiration! Sadly it is our penultimate class but one with serious wow factor!

This is a display book class by Jane Hewitt featuring My Little Shoebox die-cut and double sided papers.

You can download the class instructions HERE , choose class 11 and when you are finished pop back here to our blog and share your class project with us. Simply click on the link below and add your details. We have our last challenge for you in an hour and the final class is at 3pm this afternoon.

**Cybercrop Class 10* by Karen Moss

And we are back with your first class for this Sunday morning!! If you have just joined us - Welcome!!. You can catch up with our previous cybercrop classes and challenges by reading the previous blog posts, or head straight to the downloadable instructions for the classes so far on our main site here.

Next up today is your 10th class , a lovely layout class with the equally lovely Karen Moss.


You can download the class instructions HERE , choose class 10 and when you are finished we'd love it if you would pop back here to our blog and share your project with us. Simply click on the link below and add your image straight from your pc. Your next cybercrop class is at noon with Jane.

**Cybercrop Challenge 5** BETWEEN THE LINES

Good morning, happy Sunday to you all. Do we have cups of tea/coffee in hand and are we ready for another cybercrop challenge? We hope so!

This challenge, #5, is called BETWEEN THE LINES where we challenge you to go heavy on the journalling. Don't be afraid to tell the wonderful stories to accompany your pages, even if you think they are dull, rest assured they will be treasured tales in years to come!

Once more the design team have some examples to share with you starting with Karens layout which tells a slighly longer story whilst still featuring 4 photos!

Ann's layout tells the tale of her recent 15k walk for charity and uses Sassafrass Mix & Mend paper and stickers.

Mel's layout uses the Fancy Pants Wishful Thinking line and the name of the collection inspired the layout title. The journaling is all about how she wishes that her Sister in laws family lived closer so the cousins could spend more time together.

So your challenge is to create a layout heavy on journalling and then to share that page with us here for a chance to win some journalling products from ATDML.

Sunday Chat...

Good morning all, just photographing my layout for this mornings challenge (cutting it fine? Me? Never!) I am cooking a Fathers Day Roast today but not til later on when the Cyber Crop is nearly finished. Can't believe we are nearly at the end but I am so pleased that so many people have joined in and enjoyed it :) :) :)

**Cybercrop Challenge 4** SKETCH CHALLENGE

A nice easy challenge for you, take the sketch above and use it to inspire a card or layout. Three of the design team have prepared layouts illustrating the sketch including Karen who designed the sketch for us. Her layout, which turns the sketch upside down, features the handmade lace/trim flowers which we featured as a "how to" blog post which can be found here.

Dawn's layout celebrates a special birthday.

Jane turned the sketch 90degrees for her puppy page!

Have fun with the sketch and remember you can rotate it, flip it, shrink it, whatever you choose, then pop back here and share your creations with us using the link below.

**Cybercrop Class 9** by Suzanne Torr

Alas our final class for the day, but by no means least as Suzanne brings you a delightul Bo Bunny layout using Ad-Lib papers.


You can download the class instructions HERE , select class 9 and when you are finished pop back here to our blog and share your class project with us. Simply click on the link below and add your image straight from your pc, no need to upload or blog first (though you can if you wish!)

To end the day we have a midnight challenge for you, then we'll see you again tomorrow morning for 2 more challenges and our final three classes of the cybercrop.

**Cybercrop Class 8** By Ann Freeman

Time for something a little different now, not a layout nor a minibook but a home decor item which can be adapted into a fancy card as well. Ann shows us how in her instructions which can be downloaded in the usual place HERE , choose Class 8.


When you are finished pop back here to our blog and share your class project with us. Simply click on the link below and add your image straight from your pc.

See you again at 10pm with your next class by Suzanne Torr.

**Cybercrop Class 7** by Karen Cole

Over half way through our classes now, doesn't time fly when you are having fun? Next up is a card making class from Karen Cole who uses Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe for hers.


You can download the class instructions HERE , choose Class 7 and when you are finished pop back here to our blog and share your class project with us. Simply click on the link below and add your image straight from your pc.

Two more classes still to come this evening so join us again if you will at 8pm for a triple frame class with Ann Freeman and at 10pm we have a delightful layout class by Suzanne Torr.