August 21 Cybercrop class with Ann & Maggie Holmes Garden Party

Happy Saturday afternoon to you all and I hope everyone is well.

Welcome to my class this weekend which uses papers from the diverse Maggie Holmes Garden Party collection including the fabulouse ephemera pack.

Pop over to the website on THIS LINK to download the instructions for the three pages I have made and enjoy creating this sunny saturday.

Ann x

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 12 - IRELAND

 

IRELAND

Just before we return to London to conclude our Around thw World virtual trip we've just time to stop off in Ireland to feast our eyes on the amazing Giants Causeway.

Declared a world heritatge site in 1986 much of the Giant's Causeway is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland  and the area is about  40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. Most of these columns are hexagonal but there are a number with 4,5, 7 and 8 sides as well.

We are going to stick with the 6 sides to inspire Challenge 12 and ask you to create a page featuring hexagons like the Causeway.

Katherine has a lovely example here for you and we can't wait to see yours.

That is the last challenge of the weekend after which we return to London later this evening to conclude our trip and stand back and admire our creations. Don't forget your passport too - did you track your weekend as you went along?

Going all the way with the Irish is our Jane

A huge thank you for being with us on our Trip Around the World and we will see you soon!

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 11 - ICELAND

 

ICELAND

Well who knew that Greenland was 20 times the size of Iceland? Well we at ATDML now do thanks to our research for your cybercrop this weekend and Iceland is our next stop for Challenge 11.

Here we want to see your teeny tiny embellishments (for teeny tiny Iceland) on a wintery/cool  coloured or wintery photo page.  Dig out those sequins and brads and enamel dots and get scrapping cool style for this challenge!

By Karen

A couple of example layouts above from your DT to inspire and we will see you at 9pm for your final challenge and final destination on our Around the World in 80 hours trip with ATDML.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 10 - GREENLAND

 

GREENLAND

We leave the lovely Vicki Boutin and Onatario, Canada behind as we head via the Hudson Bay to the Atlantic Ocean onto Greenland for challenge number 10 this cybercrop weekend.

After a little research turns out theres not much in Greenland though it is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

So for Challenge 10 we want to see your white space layouts with not much there! Harder than it sounds if you ask me but our DT have once again come up trumps sharing some inspiration with you.

By Karen

By Jane

By Katherine

Do share your creations with us before we leave Greenland for Iceland and Challenge 11 next.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 9 - FLORIDA

 

FLORIDA

Well now we arrive at our penultimate stop in USA, the Sunshine State of Florida for Challenge 9.

Home of Disney Theme Parks you can chose to scrap your theme parks or adventure parks or Disney photos for this challenge - or be inspired by the Sunshine state to have rays of sun on your layout.

A couple of challenge examples below from your DT to inspire you but we have a feeling this will be a popular challenge for certain ATDML ladies!

By Jane

By Karen

Your last stop in USA is New York and class 11 with Tricia next at 2pm.

Around the World in 80 Days - Class 10 - Texas with Karen

 

Hello again everyone. We are travelling at quite a pace around the world this weekend and now we have already reached Texas. It is no secret that the USA is close to my heart and Texas is such a great state, known for s many things from the soap opera Dallas to its oil, its steaks, the Alamo, and for its lone star standing. And of course, everything in Texas is BIG. And I mean HUGE. Texans pride themselves on it. Texas has the largest drum, Big Bertha, The largest working fire hydrant in the world (donated by the Walt Disney company) the world's largest Road Runner statue, the largest pair of cowboy boots in the world and, on Route 66, the Big Texan steakhouse serving the biggest steaks. 

So, I am sure you have spotted the theme for this class - it's BIG. 

There are three class pages, using the gorgeous Paige Evans Wonder papers and featuring something BIG on each one. This is just one of the pages you will find in the instructions. 

 

You can find all the class instructions here and I hope that you will share your comments and pages over on our facebook group. 

Enjoy 'going large' in this unique state before we move on to Florida for another challenge.

Around the World in 80 Days - Class 9 - San Francisco with Ann

 

Alas we leave vibrant Mexico behind as we travel on to San Francisco, home of the Golden Gate Suspension Bridge and Alcatraz. This was the final stop on my honeymoon back in 2003 and I am still in awe of the reality that is the Golden Gate Bridge. My layouts today are inspired by the bridge with design like a bridge going from one side of the page to the other.

Download the instructions for the pages I made using the super fun and vibrant Amy Tan Brave and Bold papers. I look forward to seeing your pages inspired either by mine, the bridge or something else from San Francisco.

Our next stop is huge...it's Texas with Karen at noon - see you then.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 8 - PERU

 

PERU AND THE RAINFOREST

We leave Hawaii behind and bid it farewell as we head to our next destination Peru - a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

As you might therefore imagine challenge 8 is inspired by the rain forest where we want to see all the green and all the foliage on your challenge layout.

The DT have shared a couple of examples to inspire you below.

By Jane

By Karen

Enjoy your stop in Peru as it is a brief one before we head next to vibrant Mexico with Class 8 lead by Tricia at 9pm tonight.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 7 - AUSTRALIA

LEAVE INDIA FOR AUSTRALIA

After a fleeting visit to India we leave and arrive in Australia for our 7th Challenge.

On February 12, 1851, flecks of gold were discovered in a waterhole near Bathurst, New South Wales ,Australia and soon after even more gold was discovered in what would become the neighboring state of Victoria. This began the Australian Gold Rush and so for this challenge we want you to use GOLD on your layouts. You can choose from gold spray ink, gold stamping, gold embossing, gold pen doodles, gold embellishements such as brads...well the list goes on.

Gold embossing example by Jane

As always we'd love to see you share your layouts in our Facebook group and look forward to seeing what you have all made before we leave Australia to head to New Zealand for Class 6 with Mel  at 4pm this afternoon.

Around the World in 80 Days - Class 4 - Madagascar with Karen

 

Well hello my fellow travellers. Dolly here. 

I hope you are enjoying your travels around the world and having fun visiting all of the different destinations. 

We find ourselves now in Madagascar. It is the world's 4th largest island and is surrounded by lots of smaller islands too. And just like the film it is a haven for so much wildlife. 

Our focus for our stay in Madagascar is going to be wildlife of all sorts - animals, birds, butterflies - you name it - and also we are going to look at something moving on the page, inspired by the song from the film, and so there will be an interactive element to one of the class pages. 

I am sure you will enjoy your stay on this wonderful island and have fun creating with the gorgeous Simple Stories Vintage Cottage Fields collection. 

There are three pages int he class and this is just one of them. 

You can find the full instructions here and I hope you will share your comments and your pages in our facebook group. 

Have fun on the wonderful island of Madagascar. Next we take a boat to India with Jane at Noon.

Around the World in 80 Days - Class 3 - Egypt with Ann

 

Well good morning scrappers and welcome to Egypt. I trust your journey from Istanbul overnight has been a pleasant one? You are joining me now for my first class of the weekend and inspired by the Pyramids of Egypt its going to be all about the triangles.

It doesn't matter if you managed to get a kit (I will be using Pink Fresh Studio Let's Stay Home) you can still join in with your own papers and create a triangle inspired page or scraplift one of my designs.

The class instructions can be found here and I hope you have all the fun with our Egytian prompts before we "move it, move it" onto Madagascar with Karen at 10:30.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 6 - INSTANBUL, TURKEY

 

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Istanbul is our next stop and inspiration for the 6th Challenge. Formely the capital of Turkey Instabul means "city" and is a vastly popular tourist destinaion. To the west of Istanbul, between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, lie diverse landscapes of forest, farms, marshes and ancient settlements often full of beautiful mosaics. The Great Palace Mosaic Museum, is located close to Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, and  houses mosaics from the Byzantine period, unearthed at the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople

Your challenge number 6 therefore is to either use Black cardstock as your background for a layout - or feature a mosaic design on your page.

The design team have illustrated this prompt below which you can scraplift or make your own page inspired by the prompts.

That's it for tonight and we will see you again  in the morning when we arrive in Egypt, North Africa for Class 3 with Ann. Sleep tight virtual travellers.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 5 - ITALY

 

ITALY

Moving on from France to Italy we arrive at the home of some of the best food in the world

Whilst I was in Venice 2 years ago I had the most amazing seafood linguine that I wish I was able to create tasting half as good! Anyway, I digress, the challenge 5 is however based on a very popular Italian meal - The Pizza where we challenge you to make a layout with a pizza wedges design, or maybe one featuring a pizza photo!

By Karen

By Ann

Share your layouts in our ATDML gallery over on Facebook in our challenge 5 album to be in with a chance of winning a special little something from us and we will see you back here for Class 2 with Tracy when we arrive in Greece.

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 4 - EUROSTAR FROM LONDON

 

EUROSTAR FROM LONDON TO PARIS

And we are officially on our way taking the Eurostar from London to Paris, our first stop on our trip around the world. This is your challenge #4 to use STARS on your layout to represent the EuroSTAR!

Here are a couple of examples from your DT to inspire you.

By Jane

By Ann

Next up your first class - PARIS - with Katherine at 1pm

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 3 - LUGGAGE AND CURRENCY

 

LUGGAGE AND CURRENCY

Whether you travel light, or pack for 2 weeks when just traveling for a weekend!, you'll need your luggage and your curency to travel with us around the world. This brings us to challenge 3 where you have two options.

1. Focus on the Luggage and currency notes and create a page based on rectangles

2, Focus on the currency coins and create a page based on circles

Our DT have a couple of examples for you which you are welcome to scraplift or make your own spin on the prompts

By Jane

By Karen

Whichever you choose we hope you'll share them with us on our Facebook group in the challenge 3 album. That's it for tonight so rest up until we start again tomorrow at 10am with Challenge 4 and the Class 1 at 1pm

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 2 - TICKETS PLEASE

 

TICKETS PLEASE

Well we cannot go anywhere around the world without our tickets so here's your challenge #2 - feature tickets on your layout - nice and easy!

You can use real tickets from an event you've attended, or a cinema trip or maybe ticket ephemera or diecuts or even a stamped ticket - the choice is yours.

Your layouts must be newly created for this challenge and not previously shared - we look forward to seeing what you come up with. A couple of the DT have shared some examples with you below to inspire.

By Ann

By Karen

Around the World in 80 Hours - Challenge 1 - PASSPORTS

 

YOUR PASSPORT

Well we can't travel in person but lets make a passport so we can travel with ATDML this weekend.  Your first challenge is to make a minibook to record the classes and challenges of this weekend.

Jane has made a beautiful example for you which features our event icon as well and there is a downloadable PDF so you can print this off yourself or get creative and make your own version

I hope you rise to this challenge and make yourself a little keepsake of the weekend with us.

Around the World in 80 Hours Cybercrop - OFFICIAL LAUNCH!

 ...AND WE ARE OFF!

I hope those of you susceptible to travel sickness have taken your virtual travel medications as we get ready for a virtual tour around the world with your ATDML design team!

We have been busy behind the scenes (and I mean BUSY!) preparing our classes and challenges for you and we have 12 of each coming up in the next 80 hours for you to enjoy.

Classes and Challenges will be posted here on our blog and linked to our Facebook page as well where you can also join in on the daily chatter! Your timetable is below and we kickstart with Challenge 1 - Your Passport - at 6pm because we all need a passport for our virtual trip!

Around the World in 80 Hours Cybercrop

Well can you believe it we have just one week to go until our cybercrop weekend where we take a virtual trip around the world stopping off at a number of destinations for some inspired classes and challenges.

You don't need:

• To have purchased kits - you can use your own products
• To have travel themed photos - you will see all themes and prompts can be adapted
• To have been to the places we visit - again the prompts are just there to get you scrapping
• To share your pages - but we would love it if you do on our Facebook Group
• To do all the classes or all the challenges - take part as much or as little as you like
• To join in over the actual weekend - I mean it will be more fun if you do but class instructions will remain available to download long after the event

You do need:

• To have some photos ready to scrap!
• Access to the kits or your own products to scrap with
• A good supply of adhesive so you don't get caught short
• Access to internet to download class instructions and locate challenge prompts
• Snacks to keep you fueled and takeaway menus for the family!! (optional of course)
• Your timetable which can be downloaded now

See you all next week 4pm Thursday April 15th