April VC class with Mel & Echo Park Summer Vibes

 Welcome to the final class of today's Virtual Crop. This month I worked with Echo Park Summer Vibers and althouh I haven't managed any beach pictures from 2025 yet I do have some from previous years on my "to be scrapped" pile.

I have a constant struggle with the A & B sides of papers and often want to use both so in this kit I went for two sheets of the papers so I could do just that! I love a grid page but wanted to mix things up with the size of the elements so this layout builds upon that idea and the other one features an idea for using up all those stickers you might have hanging around and combines it with a clean background for balance between busy and calm.

Find the instructions for both layouts over on our 2025 Virtual Crop Google Drive Here.

April Virtual Crop Class with Tricia and Vicki Boutin

 

Good Morning all!

I'm off outdoors (both in real life and on the page) today

Today I'll be busting the sticker set from the Discover create collection across three pages that celebrate days outdoors but could be easily adapted for other occasions.

The first Layout has lots of options for making it your own, Using the strips of your choice from the 'Non-Fiction' paper you can chance up the feel of the page from calm woodland to summer day, cosying up with a book or pink pastel. Play around with the strips and your photo to get what works best for you.

On the second page we'll be making all the papers do the heavy lifting. using foam pads I've created 3 clusters with dimension to add a bit of depth to the page.

For the third page i'll be lifting one of the main elements from 'All around' and pivoting it onto 'Discover to create a bubbly banner reaching across the page.  Although i've used a photo of sensory play, the colours on these papers would work perfectly for a range of subjects from spa days, restful afternoons or creative days.

My favourite part is seeing how you adapt these layouts to your photos so please do share with us over on the ATDML create facebook page. Click here to get started!

Happy crafting x

April Virtual Crop Class with Tracy and 49 & Market

Hello crafters, and welcome to another virtual crop weekend!  The forecast for today is hot hot hot, so I hope you stay cool whilst joining the classes. I'll be in the city, cheering on my London Marathon 2025 team, and I cannot wait! I really do love my job, it's going to be such fun!    

First up today, we've got some paper weaving, and inky fun too!  I loved all the designs on the 8x6 papers, and wanted to get as many onto my page as possible, without it being busy, so a played with the papers and weaved them into a beautiful element on the page.

Then I got inky, and had some fun with layers!

I hope you love the class as much as I enjoyed making it.  You'll find the instructions here in the google drive.

Don't forget to share your pages in our facebook group, and just ask if you have any questions.

March Virtual crop class with Tricia and P13

 

Good afternoon everyone

I hope you have been enjoying this Month's VC!

This month I've been going full on floral with P13 'flowerish' range.  Full of soft, pastel shades and country inspired motifs it's perfect for the BETTERish weather we have been getting recently.

With the wreath layout , I wanted to fill in the gaps and create a complete circle. With Flowerish, all the elements fit together brilliantly and complement with interchangeable accents so seamless they just blend.

There are a lot of soft pinks and whites but I wanted to add in these fuschia flowers for lottle pops of colour.

The backing style papers are great for subtle touches that give that 'little bit different' touch and the kits include these gorgeous gold elements to give your pages a bit of sunshine glimmer.

So click here to get the instructions and lets get started.  Don't forget to share over on our facebook page so we can see what you have been up to.

March Virtual Crop Class with Ann & 49&M Rust and Revs

Happy Sunday from me and I hope this class finds you well wherever you are today.  

More 49&Market goodness from me today in this months virtual crop class kit.  There is a more masculine feel to this Rust & Revs collection but I have still used for a couple of silly selfies!  You might want to grab yourself some plain old boring silver paperclips for this class too as I feature 9 of  them on one of my pages (little glimpse of that below!!)

As always instructions can be found on our Google Drive folder HERE and we encourage you to upload your classes to our Facebook page Created by ATDML as well. My class is saved as 0325-Ann.pdf in the folder.

Enjoy!

March Virtual Crop Class, with Tracy

With less than two weeks until the Spring Retreat, I hope the classes today get your mojo going ready for a weekend of fun! I'm up first today with Simple Stories, For the Record

I've used these fun bright papers to create some nice simple but fun layouts, that use lots of layered clusters and really makes use of the calendar ephemera pack. 

With a coordinating diagonal element on two of the pages, you could make these two layouts work as a double layout.

The third layout really celebrates the gorgeous camera paper, with another layered cluster.

I can't wait to see some of you next month, and really look forward to having some fun with you all.

Your instructions can be found HERE in the 2025 Virtual Crop Google Drive Folder

Don't forget to share your layouts over on the ATDML # Create Facebook Page!

February Virtual Crop with Ann & Photoplay

Last but by no means least is your 3rd Virtual crop class today using Photoplay Wildflower Dreams. Patterned papers and a fun 12x12 sticker sheet form this kit which is super versatile to use for a many themes.

An option to bring a little stencilling in here with these lovely spring colours.

I hope you enjoy!

As always the instructions can be downloaded HERE.