December Inspired by Challenge...

Inspired by challenge time again, your last one for 2017 so I hope many of you will be inspired to join in. Use the image above to inspire your layout and share it with us before the end of the month for a chance to win a £5 atdml store voucher.

Then join us tomorrow for more inspiration on the final virtual crop day for 2017 with the usual 3 classes from the design team at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm.

November Inspired by Challenge

It's virtual crop day with ATDML tomorrow so time to share another inspired by image.

Use this image to inspire a new layout and then share in our November Inspired by album on Facebook before the end of the month to be in the draw to win a £5 atdml store voucher redeemable against your next purchase.

This image says inks and paints and stamps and colour to me, but how will it inspire you?

See you back here tomorrow at 10am for your first class of the day.

Happy scrapping!

October Inspired by challenge

Virtual crop day tomorrow so here is your inspired by challenge to warm your scrapping up ready for three classes tomorrow with your ATDML design team

I love the colour mix on this poster advertising Oktoberfast in 2013 as well as the font and information being based around the wheel.  How will you use this to inspire your layout and enter into our October Inspired by challenge to win a £5 atdml voucher?

Share your projects in the October Inspired by gallery before the end of the month to have your layout entered into the draw! Those of you coming to the retreat later this month we will have the image there as well so lots of you can enter!!

September Inspired by Challenge

Virtual crop weekend is upon us once more which means it is time for an inspired by challenge.  An autumnal image to inspire you this month with leaves and gorgeous colours.

Dig our those leaf stamps, or use the placement of 12 blocks to inspire, or the colours even.

Please share your images in our September Inspired by gallery on Facebook by the end of the month to be in with a chance of winning a £5 atdml voucher.

There are a few winners to announce also for previous Inspired by challenges and congratulations go to Helen Howden and Antonia Sturt-Hammond for their winning layouts.

Please email mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk for your vouchers.

August Inspired by Challenge

Hello, we meet again for another "Inspired by" Challenge.  Due to the forthcoming cybercrop this weekend I thought I would bring you the August Inspired by challenge a little early.

How are you inspired by the image below? Does it make you want to create a layout featuring elements or colours from the image? However you are inspired do share it with us for a chance to win a £5 atdml voucher. This is quite a funky one so I am looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! 

I am thinking music and splats and a creation of colour from the centre of the page... lets see what we all come up with.

As always this challenge is open until the end of the month.

July Inspired by Challenge

Hello, we meet again for another "Inspired by" Challenge.

Are you inspired by the image below? How many of you have coloured in zentangle images such as this? Ever thought about creating your own? Doodling on your pages, a border or around photos and elements used to be very popular and I know our Debbie is the Queen of ATDML doodle! 

Fancy having a go and getting inspired by this image? However you are inspired do share it with us for a chance to win a £5 ATDML e-voucher which can .be redeemed off a future shop.

Don't forget as always the virtual crop day follows and we will be back here tomorrow with 3 totally fab classes for your to enjoy

Here's to a creative weekend. Enjoy.
Ann

June Inspired by Challenge

Third weekend of the month already and so it's time for another inspired by challenge where I upload an image that I think could be the starting point for a layout.

We've gone floral for June and I hope you find many things to inspire you from this image, the flowers, the colours, the border, the A4 shape How will this kick-start a scrapbook page for you?

Don't forget to share your project on the June Inspired by gallery on Facebook and you could win a £5 atdml gift voucher drawn at random. If you want to enter but don;t have Facebook why not email mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk and she will forward on your email to me for uploading on your behalf.

May inspired by challenge

Ahead of our May virtual crop tomorrow we are pleased to bring you your May "Inspired by" image.

Use this image to inspire a layout, share it with us in our Facebook group in the May inspired by gallery and you could win a £5 atdml store voucher (drawn at random). Will you stick with teal/black and white, use typography on your page, black and white photos or the grid. It's up to you!

Look forward to seeing what you all come up with. I'll be playing along myself tomorrow.  Have fun.

Ann

April Virtual Crop - Inspired by Challenge

Hello ATDML scrapbookers and welcome to another virtual crop challenge. This challenge runs until midnight on the last day of April (30th) and there is a £5 ATDML gift voucher up for grabs for the favourite page chosen by the design team so why not join in and share your page with us? 

What are the rules? Well it's simple, just create a scrapbook page inspired by the image above. Will you feature ovals or circles or four of another shape? stick with the colourway or scrap your furry friends?  It is up to you, let your imagination run wild!

I created the page below inspired by the image. My layout started with four circles in the middle of my page drawn around a cup several times. Each time shifting the cup slightly to overlap the previous and not give perfect circles.  I then added splats of distress stains which, when spritzed with a little water I used to paint with and add colour around the circles.  I then stamped some circles in black and added some stars cut from patterned paper.  My four photos (2"x3") were mounted on black card before adding one to each circle. To further tie in with the inspired by image I added some chevron doodles around the circles.  I then added a stamped title and my embellishments and it was a great opportunity to use up some enamel dots I had left in my stash. My page had shifted to no longer being central as I had intended it, so to balance the elements falling towards the bottom of the page I added a strip of black card to the top of the layout and a strip of twine along the bottom.

To be in with a chance to win a £5 atdml store voucher share your page on our Facebook challenge gallery by midnight 30.4.17 and we will pick a winner early May. 

Have fun and don't forget to pop back tomorrow for your virtual crop classes starting at 10am.

Mar Virtual Crop weekend challenge - Inspired by...

Hello, hello scrapbookers!

It's the third Friday of the month ahead of our March virtual crop day which means it's time for another Inspired by challenge.  This challenge runs until midnight on the last day of March (31st) and there is a £5 ATDML gift voucher up for grabs for the favourite page chosen by the design team so why not join in and share your page with us.

What are the rules? Well it's simple, just create a scrapbook page inspired by the image above. Will you go monocrome? Feature a large initial? Use stamping on your page? Circles? It is up to you, let your imagination run wild!

To be in with a chance to win a £5 atdml store voucher share your page on our Facebook challenge gallery by midnight 31.3.17 and we will pick a winner early April. Have fun and don't forget to pop back tomorrow for your virtual crop classes starting at 10am.

Feb Virtual Crop weekend challenge - Inspired by...

It's the third Friday of the month ahead of our February virtual crop day which means it's time for another Inspired by challenge.  This challenge runs until midnight on the last day of February and there is a £5 ATDML gift voucher up for grabs for the favourite page chosen by the design team.

So take the image above and use it to inspire a layout. You can use the colours, the dots, the A4 size whatever and be inspired to create from the image. Share your page over on our Facebook page for a chance to win the voucher. All entries must be shared by midnight on the last day of February.

I'll post my interpretation of this challenge over the weekend as it's still drying!!

See you back here tomorrow for three classes in your February virtual crop day starting at 10am.

Jan Virtual Crop weekend challenge - Inspired by...

Welcome to our first Virtual crop weekend of 2017. 

We have moved our challenge from the usual Saturday morning to Friday night - the third Friday of every month ahead of three classes tomorrow to give you more time to join in. This challenge runs until midnight on the last day of January and there is a £5 ATDML gift voucher up for grabs for the favourite page chosen by the design team so why not join in?

The challenge is to create a layout inspired by the image above.  You can take inspiration from the colours, shapes, patterns, layout or the black and white images, the choice is yours.

I have illustrated how I have been inspired by this image below just to give you an example. I focused on staying with multiple images, black and white photographs, the grid format but changed up my colours.

We have added a Jan 17 Inspired by challenge gallery to our Facebook Page too so do share your 
creations to be in with a chance to win the monthly prize. See you all back here tomorrow for your three January virtual crop classes starting at 10am with Mel.