Giveaway Winner....

The winner of the giveaway was drawn at random and is comment number 26 as posted by Sharon:

Sharon19 June 2012 18:59

I have never taken part in a cyber crop so am really looking forward to this one, thanks loads for the opportunity.

Sharon please drop me an email to Mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk with your name and address and we will send out your 6x6 7 Gypsies Postale Paper Pad!

Thanks to all for taking the itme to comment on the giveaway post, I hope you all enjoy the cybercrop. Please feel free to post comments, questions etc... on the posts for each class or challenge. We can't promise everyone will be available all weekend but someone will answer you as soon as possible, either the class designer or one of the other DT members or ATDML Team.

Happy Scrapping!

Trends on Tuesday - Chevrons

Chevrons/Zig Zags are still really popular, in papers and on stamps.  I used Crate Papers Farmhouse collection for my page (and used the negatives for my title I looked at a little while back) and created a rainbow pattern with all the different papers.  For my page I used a die cut machine to cut them out, however there are lots of different ways of making them.  You can just measure meticulously and cut your own out, or you can use this super folded chevron tutorial  by Julia Stainton which I love - here is the link.  Chevron papers make a great basic in your stash and lots of different manufacturers have them in their collections like Simple Stories here, so you don't have to make your own.

Here are some other great chevron pages to get your creative juices flowing like

Mandie's chevron packed pages (not sure whether some of them technically class as arrows, but they have a great zig zag feel) where she shows how well they can work on boys pages,  here  is the link

This page by Lynne Stewart on Crate Papers Blog,  here is the link,  not only has she used a chevron style print for the background, but she has created her own chevrons using diamond shaped pieces of paper.

Finally you can also even stitch a chevron as shown by this gorgeous card over on American Crafts site by Cindy Toben, here is the link.


Hopefully that has given you lots of ideas to incorporate some more chevrons into your pages...maybe use them in this weekends Cybercrop too (so excited about it as there are lots of fantastic challenges and classes coming up)


Katherine

Cybercrop kits still available

Just a quick blog post to let you know we still have a few Cybercrop kits left in the shop including restocks of the previously sold out layout class 12. We are so looking forward to seeing all your creations inspired by the weekend, don't forget to enter our pre-crop giveaway posted yesterday.

Pre Cycber Crop Giveaway

With less than a week to go until our Cyber Crop we thought we would do a little giveaway. We have a Postale 6x6 paper pad to someone who posts on this post before 8pm on Wednesday evening (20th June) Just leave us a comment and random dot org will do the rest!

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Also just a quick reminder that we have new products in store - the beautiful Carta Bella and the July issue of Scrap 365 amongst other things. Take a look in New Products to see.

More Cybercrop preparations

As promised  classes 10-12 information for you here to help you prepare for our weekend of creativity this time next week. We hope many of you will be able to join us.

Class 10 - A stunning layout from Rachael using Websters Pages papers (links below) The list of materials used is shown but as always you can scrap along with your own choice of papers.

• Websters Pages Western Romance – Country Fresh, Sweet Romance, Love Letters, Date Night and Die cut. 
• Websters Pages Country Estate – Breezeway 
• Websters Pages Botanical Christmas – Beautiful Holiday 
• Websters Pages – Perfect Motifs 
• Around the page border punch (optional)
• Lace/ribbons to match (see our Websters range HERE)

Class 11 - A cute Mini books by Karen where templates are provided to use to create the class. 

Products need are a range of patterned papers and stickers to match.

Class 12 - A Jubilee themed page with neutral background and pops of red and blue. What you will need

• Sheet of 12x12 Cardstock (I used dark Grey) 
• 7Gypsies Postale: Certified (primarily grid background) 
• 7Gypsies Postale: Arrows (pale background with airmail striped back) 
• 7Gypsies Antiquaries: Certified (kraft coloured grid) 
• Matching stickers ( Postale Collection Stickers used in example)
• Strip of Union Jack flags (optional), spray ink (brown - again optional)
• Border punch and black thread.

  

Football scrapping

It has been a busy time in my household with both Darren and I swamped with report writing. I am so lucky that the wonderful Ann freeman has once again masterminded the cyber crop planning and is liaising with our lovely DT to continue with preparations.

Tonight I am enjoying a night off from report writing and after a late night yesterday I am planning on an early one tonight after the football. You may know that our house is definitely a football following house. As the scrapping has been on hold for report writing I thought I would re-post the layout I created for the 2010 world cup.... Look out for a 2012 version sometime when I have a little more time.

It is half time in the England v Sweden game as I post this.... I *really* hope that the result is still a win for England by the end of the game!

This is a busy sporting year with the European football, Wimbledon and of course the Olympics! Will you be scrapping the summer of sport or using your scrapbooks as a creative escape from the sporting frenzy!

In other news there have been some new arrivals in store. The brand new Carta Bella products are here And can be found in here New Products

More Cybercrop Preparation

As promised here are some more preparation tips for the forthcoming cybercrop. You can simply choose to wait until each class is released on the weekend of 22nd-24th June or maybe today's post and this one will assist you in gathering together your bits and pieces to make the most of your crafting time.

Class 6 by Debbie
Details to follow but uses Crate Paper Farmhouse papers available here.

Class 7 by Katherine - A lovely layout class by Katherine with distress techniques and here's what you will need:

• 7 or 8 different sheets of patterned paper (6x6 pad sheets would work well) Class uses October Afternoon Farmhouse papers available here.
• Cream or white cardstock for background (12x12) and spare to mat a 6x4 portrait photo
• Brown distress ink and brown paint or spray mist
• Needle and white thread or a white gel pen for faaux stitching

Class 8 by Jane - 2nd class from Jane this time an interactive layout using Simple Stories Documented papers but of course you can use whatever papers you like.  Photo for this page is 3"x4" Portrait What you will need are the following

• Background Paper (Jane uses Just the Details from Simple Stories)
• 4” x 4”Quote and 6” x 8” mat elements
• Vertical journaling card elements
• Expression Cardstock stickers (any matching alphabet stickers will work)
• Fundamental cardstock stickers (Can replace with elements cut from patterned papers if needed)
• 3 sheets A4 black card 
• Short length black string, black ink pad, Tab punch
• Thick card (any colour as this is hidden)

Class 9 by Dawn  - Using Glitz Pretty in Pink Dawn's layout with a 5"x7" portrait photo needs the following:

• Papers from Glitz Pretty in Pink collections (you can substitute for 5/6 papers in the same collection pack one of which much have a plain background or you could use a sheet of cardstock)
• Mini alphabet stickers to coordinate with your papers, chipboard or foam letters for title
• Scalloped scissors or border punch, decorative corner rounder or template to draw a circle
• brown ink pad, distress tool

Any questions please leave them here and one of use will come back to you. Classes 10, 11 and 12 details to follow and more sneak peaks to tempt you soon!