Cybercrop Challenges roundup & Deadline

We hope you all had a fun weekend enjoying out Disney Film inspired cybercrop. It has been lovely seeing so many project shared for those who were able to take part over the weekend.  Thank you to all of you who have shared.

If you were not able to join in over the weekend do not worry as the classes will stay on the main website (2 pages which can be found HERE)  or follow the links to a specific class set of instructions in the posts below.

For the challenges we had six - click on the link for each name to take yourself to the blog post about the challenge as these are still running with the deadline for entries (to be in with a chance to win a prize from our random draw) is this coming Sunday 23rd August at midday

SNOW WHITE

DUMBO

WALL-E

UP

CINDERELLA

DISNEY LYRICS

Looking foward to seeing the gallery fill up!! Have a crafty week!

Cybercrop Challenge 6 - SONGS FROM DISNEY

Final challenge for the weekend and we might have saved the best to last some of you will think!! During the course of the weekend as we have taken you on a journey through the movies and taken inspiration from them for our layouts...how many times have you started humming along or singing one of the movie songs? Circle of Life (Lion King), Let it go (Frozen), Under the Sea (Little Mermaid)... and so we bring you challenge #6.

*DISNEY MUSIC LYRICS*

Grab a Disney song or lyric from a song and use it for your layout title. Be creative, have fun and most of all SING!!  Mel has illustrated how she rose to this challenge in the layout below with song lyrics from Baby of Mine featured in Dumbo.

As always our Facebook Cybercrop challenge gallery HERE (simply click "Add photos") awaits your creations. We will keep the challenges open until midnight on Friday 21st August and will pick winners over that weekend. Be sure to have uploaded all your entries by this data to be entered.  If you don't have  Facebook account or are uncomfortable in any way uploading and sharing your projects please email them to mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk and we will ensure you are still included in the prize draws.

Hope we FIND you back here at 2pm as Katherine is FINDING NEMO up next.

Cybercrop Challenge 5 - CINDERELLA

It's our last day of the cybercrop but there is no reason to be blue...we still have two challenges and four more FREE classes to share with you before the day is through!

Challenge number 5 is illustrated for you by Karen and is inspired by

*CINDERELLA*

Karen asks us to sew on our pages to represent poor cinders having to repair her own worn out rags. So grab those sewing machines, needles and thread and rise to this challenge - and just think we could have asked you to create a slipper from paper instead of glass!!

As always share your pages in our Cybercrop Challenge gallery HERE - there are prizes!!!

One more challenge to come at midday today but before then a couple more classes with Mel up at 9am with a Lilo & Stitch inspired class following by Karen at 11am as she has fun thanks to Alice in Wonderland. See you then!

Class 9 - 101 Dalmations with Ann

Your last class of the day and I bring you my layout class inspired by 101 Dalmations. The link is the dotty papers that were in the Kaisercraft Mix and Match kit that I chose to design with but you don't need dotty papers to play along.  You can use any patterned papers in your stash (indeed my first page isn't dotty at all) and hopefully the standard 6"x4" photos I am working with in this class will mean you have something printed off you can grab, match to papers and get in your albums! 

These should be nice and simple pages for you to pull together, just download the class instructions by clicking on the link HERE. Don't forget to share your projects in our CLASS GALLERY on Facebook - be sure to add your class title and name so we can leave you lovely comments :)

See you back here tomorrow morning at 8am for another challenge from your design team and day three of Disney film inspired classes. Until then night night xx

Cybercrop Challenge 4 - UP!

Another challenge for you now, number 4 of the weekend, as we ask you to be inspired by the Disney film

*Up*

In this 2009 Disney movie Carl Fredricksen, a 78-year-old balloon salesman, is about to fulfill a lifelong dream. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he flies away to the South American wilderness.

For our UP inspired challenge we want you to make a card which either features balloons or a house. If you're not a card maker why not see if you can incorporate either on a layout?

Ann has illustrated with a balloon shaker card below.

The Facebook gallery to share your challenge layouts is HERE (simply click on the "Add Photos" button) and we will select a random winner from all entries to win some ATDML goodies.

Next class is at 6pm with Karen who takes inspiration from The Little Mermaid.

Class 4 Jungle Book with Ann

Time for a mini-book class now - well we couldn't not have really with JUNGLE BOOK as the inspiration for this class. For those of you with a kit you will have a small paper mache box into which we will place our mini book but you can use some of the book techniques to add interactive elements to layouts or to make a stand alone mini-book if you don't have the kit. Papers used in the illustrated example are Kaisercraft Heirloom and feature lots of jungle colours and book prints also. See if you can rise to that part of the class challenge if you don't have the kit.

Instructions for this class can be downloaded HERE and will be available long after our weekend cybercrop ends so you can come back to them another time if needed.  We'd love to see your versions of this class (and all of our classes) and have set up a Facebook Cybercrop classes gallery for you to share your creations and see others images also. 

After lunch our Debbie is up (1pm) with her Tinkerbell inspired class.

Cybercrop Challenge 3 - WALL-E

Good morning crafters and welcome to day 2 of our Disney inspired cybercrop and we kick-start our day with our third challenge for you to rise to.

*WALL-E*

This challenge involves you needing to incorporate bricks or brickwork on your project and Katherine has illustrated this on her PGL layout below.

Who really wants to have a go with this messy brickwork technique? Or maybe use a brickwork stencils to do some embossing or even stamping brickwork on your page. Another way you could approach this challenge is by choosing to cut different papers into brick sizes to form your background - the possibilities are endless. Have fun, get creative with this one and as always share your challenge outputs in our Facebook Cybercrop Challenge gallery simply click on the "Add Photos" button to share and be in with a chance to win won of our prizes which will be randomly draw from all entries.

Your next class is at 9am which is inspired by Frozen and brought to you by our Mel. See you then!

Cybercrop Challenge 2 - DUMBO

We are closing day one of our cybercrop with our second challenge.

*DUMBO*

For this challenge use our sketch challenge below to inspire your layout or card and make sure it includes a bow for Dum"bow"!! 

Karen has illustrated this with a layout that even features an elephant photo and title! Above and beyond the challenge requirements!!

We look forward to seeing your (ele)phant-astic creations! and don't forget to share them with us in our Facebook Challenge gallery HERE (Simply click on the hyperlink then select "Add Photos") to share and be in with a chance of winning one of our challenge prizes.

Have fun and we will see you back here tomorrow morning at 8am with challenge number 3 and then your next class will be inspired by Frozen with Mel at 9am.

Class 1 Lion King with Ann

Yay! Excited to be starting off the first of no less than 13 classes this weekend with your ATDML design team! As you know all of the classes and challenges have been inspired by Disney Movies and your first class is based on the Lion King. 

The Circle of Life (link here to Elton John version if you fancy a sing a long whilst you craft!) is the leading song from this 1994 film that is now 21 years old!! I chose circles as the strong design element for my layouts for this class which uses Simple Stories papers if you were able to secure a kit for this class.  You can however easily replace with your own choice of patterned papers and alphabet to create your own version of this class. Layout one below but there are three in total, all featuring circles.

To download free instructions to this class click HERE and then be sure to share your finished pages with us in our Facebook Cybercrop classes gallery adding the class and your name so we can leave you lovely comments:)

Up next is Karen with her first class inspired by Sleeping Beauty at 9pm then we will have another challenge at 10pm.

Welcome & Challenge 1 - SNOW WHITE

WELCOME!!
It's here! The beginning of a full weekend of cybercrop fun inspired by the films of Disney and lead by your ATDML design team...welcome, welcome, welcome! The timetable setting out when classes will be released can be found HERE and at the times specified there will be a blog post with a link to the instructions for classes or to the challenge name and an illustrated example from one or more of the team.

Classes won't be disappearing so don't worry if you can't play along this weekend, you can always download them FREE at a later date. We have layout classes, mini-books and of course our challenges so lets start with our first one of those for the weekend.

*SNOW WHITE*

Snow White and the Seven dwarfs is the oldest of the animated Disney films and dates back to 1937! Your challenge for Snow White is to create a page using lots of white stuff! White cardstock, white lettering, feathers, gems whatever - or create a page with plenty of white space. Debs has illustrated this challenge for you below with her white space layout.

Once you have created your layout share it with us on our Facebook Challenge gallery HERE (Click on the hyperlink and then select "Add Photos") to be in with a chance of winning one of our randomly selected challenge prizes.

Have fun and we will see you back here at 7pm with your first class Lion King with Ann.

Cyber Crop Photo Requirements

Here is a list of the photos we have used in our classes so that if you wish you can prepare some photos ahead of time. Please remember this a fun creative event and the layouts are destined for your albums so feel free to amend designs, photos used etc... to suit what you want to create!

Class 1 - The Lion King by Ann Freeman
LO1 4x6 portrait
LO2 6x4 landscape
LO3 6x4 landscape (I used B&W)

Class 2 - Sleeping Beauty by Karen Moss
One 4" square photo

Class 3 - Frozen by Mel Hand
There are two layouts for this class. Layout 1 uses two photos, a 6x4 Portrait photo and a 4" square photo. Layout 2 uses one 6x4" landscape photo.

Class 4 - The Jungle Book - By Ann Freeman
Photos for minibook will be a selection of 2" square photos

Class 5 - Tinkerbell by Debs Jewell
Layout 1:
9x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in photos
You will also need three 6 1/2 x 2 inch pieces of white card stock
Layout 2
1x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4in photos
3x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in photos
You will also need a 3 1/4 x 4 inch piece of white card stock and a 6 1/2 x 2 inch piece of white card stock

Class 6 - Peter Pan by Katherine Sutton

Layout 1

1 4 by 4 of you doing something a little bit silly :) (the last bit is not

essential!)

Layout 2

1 6 by 4 landscape - mine is sepia and a vintage style photo, the browny colour works nicely with the papers, but it isn't essential

Brown ink and some white paint/gesso

If you have them scattered straw distress stain (or any yellowy

paint/watercolour) and tattered rose distress ink, or again any pinky watercolour.

Class 7 - The Little Mermaid by Karen Moss
One 6ins tall and 4 ins wide. Two 3 ¾ inches tall and 2 inches wide and three 5 inches tall and 3 ¾ wide.

Class 8 - Pirates of the Caribbean by Debs Jewell
Layout 1:
1x 6 x 4in photo
Layout 2:
2x 6in x 4in including a white border (i printed on a Canon Slephy so actual image without border works out to about 5in x 3 1/2in)
1x 2 3/4in x 2 3/4in
You will also need a 3 1/4 x 4 inch piece of white card stock

Class 9 - 101 Dalmatians by Ann Freeman
LO1 pair of 6x4 landscape photos, LO2 4x6 portait photo and LO3 a 4x6 portrait photo.

Class 10 - Lilo and Stitch by Mel Hand
There are two layouts for this class. Layout 1 uses two 2"x3" portrait photos. Layout 2 features a 12" wide spread of photos which could be made up of 2 6x4" landscape photos a single 12" panoramic photo or several smaller photos. There is some scope for variation in the height of the strip of photos so long as they span the width of the page and can be trimmed to a uniform height of somewhere between 3" and 5"

Class 11 - Alice in Wonderland by Karen Moss
Layout 1 This layout uses the same photo in three different sizes, 4 ½ inches tall and 3 inches wide, 3 ¾ inches tall and 2 ½ inches wide and 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide. Mine all have a narrow white border. Layout 2 one 6 in x 4 in, either portrait or landscape.

Class 12 - Finding Nemo by Katherine Sutton

Layout 1 One 6 by 4 portrait photo- a photo with a story that needs a longer bit of journalling would work well for this

Layout 2

One landscape 3 by 4

Silver and gold embossing powder as well as some white gesso/paint

Class 13 - Tangled by Mel Hand
There are two layouts for this class. Layout 1 uses two 3" square photos although this could be amended to either one or three 3" square photos. Layout 2 uses one 6x4" landscape photo although it would also work with a portrait photo.

Cybercrop Timetable

Are you all excited about our FREE day, sorry I mean THREE day (and FREE!) Cybercrop weekend of August 14th-16th with your ATDML design team?? We will be taking our inspiration from Disney Films as you know and our timetable for the weekend will run as follows with no less than 13 FREE classes and 6 spectacular fun challenges (with a prize or two up for grabs!!)


Friday 14th August 
6pm Welcome and Challenge 1
7pm Class 1 - Lion King (Ann) 
9pm Class 2 - Sleeping Beauty (Karen) 
10pm Challenge 2

Saturday 15th August 
8am Challenge 3 
9am Class 3 - Frozen (Mel) 
11am Class 4 - Jungle Book (Ann) 
1pm Class 5 - Tinkerbell (Debbie) 
3pm Class 6 -Peter Pan (Katherine) 
5pm Challenge 4 
6pm Class 7 - Little Mermaid (Karen) 
8pm Class 8 - Pirates of the Caribbean (Debbie) 
10pm Class 9 - 101 Dalmations (Ann) 

Sunday 16th August 
8am Challenge 5 
9am Class 10 - Lilo & Stitch (Mel) 
11am Class 11 - Alice in Wonderland (Karen) 
Noon Challenge 6
2pm Class 12 - Finding Nemo (Katherine) 
4pm Class 13 - Tangled (Mel)

Details on how to compile kits from your own papers (if you were not able to secure one of our class kits) will be provided ahead of the weekend along with photograph requirements for each of the classes so you can be as prepared as possible, ready for a fun, productive and hopefully inspiring weekend of scrapbooking.  Any questions - do ask!!

cybercrop kits available in store

As promised in our last blog post cybercrop kits have gone on sale in our store.  Join us from Friday 14th through Sunday 16th for a weekend of online classes and challenges all FREE to download.

Some kits have sold out but we've several still available in store if you're a kit lover or you can simple join in on the weekend and use your own supplies to create the projects.

Announcing our cybercrop theme and kit details

As you know we have been holding a monthly virtual crop day following on from our successful annual cyber crop weekend last summer.  We hinted at this month's event that we would be holding another bumper weekend long cybercrop (think virtual crop but for three days!!) where we will share no less than 13 FREE classes and numerous challenges from Friday August 14th to Sunday the 16th 2015.

These cybercrop weekends tend to be a lot more fun if we theme them and we are excited to announce this year our theme is inspired by Disney Movies!!  

Each class or challenge will be named after a Disney Movie with each designer taking inspiration from the movie for their projects. For example one class will be The Lion King from which the main soundtrack song is "Circle of Life" and the layout design will feature circles.  You do not have to have visited Disney, nor watched the movies nor have themed photographs so do not worry!!. The designers will explain their design link to the movie and the classes will cover a variety of projects including layouts, minibooks etc.

We will be selling a limited number of kits for each of the 13 classes but these are NOT essential to be able to take part in the weekend. You can use your own supplies to join in with the classes and our design team will give you an idea of what you'll need ahead of the weekend in August so you can prepare accordingly.  If you are a fan of our crop kits then you'll be eager to know they go on sale this weekend so keep an eye on the website and/or our Facebook page ATDML # Create.

Are you as excited as we are???