Class 12 - COVENT GARDEN with Jane

Welcome to Covent Garden station on the Picadilly line and home to shops, restaurants, street performers and lots of other surprises!

 

When you think of Covent Garden, you think of flowers from when it used to be a flower market and you think of the bohemian environment it is today. Because of this, Bohemian Bazaar papers from Graphic 45 totally fit the bill for any class called ‘Covent Garden’. I also think Covent Garden is full of surprises so I wanted to create a class with a bit of a surprise. At first glance this project looks like an altered book but open it up to discover that this is not a real book but a hollow shell containing a mini-book! I love to layer things up and make them 3D but this is entirely a personal thing and if you're not as keen on 'fussy cutting' as I am then just leave that bit out!

 

Here are some pictures of my finished project...

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions for this class are available in both written form and video (2 of them!)...

 

COVENT GARDEN INSTRUCTIONS

 

How to make the 'fake' book...

 

 

How to make the mini album inside...

 

I hope you enjoy the class.  Don't forget to leave a link to your pages in the comments below - or share your images in our Facebook gallery on ATDML #Create

 

The final station for today will be Edgeware Road at 10pm where you will meet yet another challenge!



Class 11 - WATERLOO with Katherine Sutton

Hello, I hope you are enjoying the weekend and welcome to Waterloo, and the theme is water so my class is about using watercolours on your page in the form of circles.  I used distress inks for the watercolours, but you can use any water based paint.  Here are some close ups of the double page:

There are templates for the arrows and banners at the end of this post too.  As there were so many beautiful papers in the kit I also made a second page...it is waterless, and there is a little sewing and flower creation too - I used instagram to add the polaroid photo frame to my picture and then got it printed (if you don't fancy that then Crate Paper in their DIY shop range had a nice set of acetate photo overlays that you could use).

I'll be about checking any comments on here and Facebook - do share your creations with us, whether you use the kit of put together your own kit for the class....I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the link for the class - WATERLOO CLASS

Class 10 JUBILEE LINE - with Denise

It's early evening now and the cybercrop is in full swing.
My second class is visiting not a station but a line this time. The relatively new Jubilee Line which was opened in 1979

Jubilee puts me in mind of celebration and bunting. I vividly remember the Queen's 1977  Jubilee with red white and blue everywhere and flags and bunting bedecking everything in sight.
But I digress ! - Here is my layout.

There's a bit of red white and blue about the layout and a definite celebratory theme and a touch of bunting.

A couple of close ups 

Some fussy cutting

Some Chipboard elements

There is also a little bonus card for you to make from the remaining papers in the kit. 

 

Click here to download the instructions for this class

So there's my little Jubilee class - I hope you enjoy it.

Don't forget to add your link at the bottom of this post or post to our Facebook group

ATDML#Create

Stay with us for Katherine's class at 6.30 pm at Waterloo.

Challenge #4 - SEVEN SISTERS

Challenge #4 at 4pm (see what we did there?!) 
Our next stop on our underground cybercrop takes us to SEVEN SISTERS where we challenge you to use either seven photographs or seven different patterned papers on a layout or card. 

Could be the perfect excuse to get a Project Life page completed this weekend or create an interactive page with hidden elements that reveal additional photographs. Of course you could always create a mini-book for this challenge too!

Katherine illustrates this challenge for us with seven different patterned papers (some of which are double sided from the same sheet) - this layout being a great way of using up odd pieces of patterned paper!

Whatever you choose, share your creations with us in the comments below, on Twitter (and tag @ATDML) or in our Facebook Challenge Gallery which can be found HERE. Deadline for this challenge to be shared with us and maybe in with a chance to win a prize is next Sunday July 27th.

Next Class at 5pm is with the lovely Denise who takes us on the JUBILEE LINE. See you then x

Class 9 - KEW with Karen

Hello again you lovely scrappers how is it going?  Lots of lovely pages completed?  Don't forget you can post your beautiful creations on our Facebook Cybercrop challenge photo album which can be found here , or post on Twitter tagging @atdml or link your shared image in the comments to this post.

This layout is all about cutting out flowers and placing them around your page.  If you are not a person who likes 'fussy cutting' the same effect can be achieved by using stickers or die cuts and the gold resin flowers that I have used as embellishments can be replaced with buttons. If you want to make it more masculine then use stars or cogs instead of the flowers I have used. 

The PDF instructions can be downloaded HERE.

The bonus project is instructions for making twisted cards like the ones below.

Don't forget we would love to see your finished page and I am looking forward to the next challenge which is called Seven Sisters   ;0)

Class 8 - HYDE PARK CORNER with Ann

Hello again lovely Cybercroppers. Are hope you are having fun thus far?

Second class from me this weekend as I take you to HYDE PARK CORNER.  As you might have guessed it you are going to need a corner rounder for this class (or a coin to draw around and cut by hand). You can include the interactive elements or leave the page as a simple grid of four - the choice is entirely yours.

Click on the link below to go to our main website to download your free PDF instructions for this  interactive layout class.

HYDE PARK CORNER INSTRUCTIONS

I hope you enjoy the class.  Don't forget to leave a link to your pages in the comments below - or share your images in our Facebook gallery on ATDML # Create

Our next class HEATHROW is at 7.30pm with Mel.

Challenge #3 - WIMBLEDON

Lunchtime challenge time, and for this challenge #3 we take you to WIMBLEDON, home of the Wombles. 

The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they try to help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways.  They were created by author Elisabeth Beresford in the 60's and whilst they supposedly live in every country in the world, her stories were about the Wombles who lived in the burrow on Wimbledon Common. 

The Womble motto is "Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish" and that's exactly what we want you to do in this challenge. Find an item that you wouldn't ordinarily keep or use on a paper craft project and put it to good use. Suggestions could be a coffee filter (unused of course!), a corrugated cup sleeve, bubblewrap, netting from a bag of lemons... the choice is yours and endless!! Or why not alter an items using your papercraft supplies?

Design team member Katherine has illustrated a project below using tin cans as her recycled item. Aren't they fab?

Jane re-purposed an empty cat food box with Graphic 45 into this stunning box. 

Don't forget to share your challenge creations with us to be in with a chance to win a prize! Deadline for this challenge to be shared with us is next Sunday July 27th.  Our Facebook Cybercrop Challenge album can be found HERE or leave a comment below with a link to your image so we can see how you rose to this challenge.

Next up is Class #8 HYDE PARK CORNER at 1pm with yours truly. Until then "make good use of the things that you find" and maybe hum along to this tune while you rise to this challenge!!