Wow, what a great start to this three-day extravaganza! Everyone did such a fantastic job with the first challenge, and we can’t wait to see what you do with this next one! Get ready to go, because it’s time for Challenge #2!
Creative Memories Advisors and Home Office Staff from around the world have created layouts for YOU! Every four hours for the next three days you will receive a new sketch to create. Review all posting times here.
If it’s your first time participating in a Virtual Crop and you’d like a quick walk-through of what to expect before we get started, you can get the 411 on Virtual Crops here, including how to participate, what you’ll need, examples of challenges and more. Read this post in Japanese ⇒ 日本語はこちらです
Reminder About Post Approvals & Security
IMPORTANT: THIS IS A FREE EVENT. If you see anything asking you to enter credit card information, it is NOT LEGITIMATE.
Due to spam posts because of the popularity of our virtual events, we have had to change our virtual events so that each post submitted must be approved by an admin.
- The Home Office team will approve your post as quickly as possible. During challenge times (posted here), please give the US/CA team 15 minutes to approve your post. After challenge hours, please give the team 4 hours to approve your post.
- All posts submitted from now through the 11:59pm CT deadline on Sunday will be reviewed and approved prior to the winner selection on Thursday, May 7.
- Thank you! This is to ensure the safety and enjoyment of this event for everyone!
Japanese Translation: このイベント内で、クレジットカード情報を取得しようとするスパムコメントが投稿されています。本イベントは無料ですので、クレジットカード番号を聞かれても決して入力しないでください。
The Prize for All 12 Challenges
The prize for all 12 challenges of the NSD Worldwide Virtual Crop will be the exclusive 12×12 Periwinkle Triflora Album Cover. Prizes will be awarded to two participants in each challenge. We will award the prizes randomly, but to win, it must be evident that you have used the sketch we provided as inspiration to create a project using predominantly Creative Memories products. Prizes will be announced on Thursday, May 7, at 3pm CT.


Challenge #2:
- Create a layout following the sketch below.
- Take a photo of your completed project.
- Post the photo of your completed page, spread, border or card to the NSD Worldwide Virtual Crop Facebook Event Page AND add #CM1, #CM2, #CM3, etc., to the caption/comments. You will add the hashtag that matches the challenge that you are submitting. No words needed, just stick to the hashtag CM with numbers as this is a bilingual event! Feel free to use other hashtags as well, such as #NSDWWVC2020 or #CreativeMemories, but BE SURE to include #CM1, #CM2, etc., so we can find your post. For Instagram users, you will need to add #NSDWWVC2020 AND #CM1, #CM2, etc., so your post can be found.
- You have the entire event to submit all 12 challenges (some will post while you are sleeping). To see your final deadline date and time, check when your Facebook event ends; this will show you the date and time in your time zone. View challenge times in your time zone here. Keep refreshing the Facebook Event Page to see others’ masterpieces!

TUTORIAL: Watch how CM Advisor Yuuki Miyata adds circular decorations to her layout with the Custom Cutting System. Plus, you will see the exact measurements she used!

Yuuki Miyata is working as an Advisor in Tokyo, Japan. She has a daughter who loves to dance and a husband who is a professional basketball player. Her dream is to live happily with her family and CM friends and continue to make albums — until she becomes a great-grandma.


To create this layout, you will need:
- Spring Medley Paper Pack
- Spring Medley Tone-on-Tone Paper Pack
- Spring Medley Stickers
- Loving Life Laser Cut Word Embellishments
- Mix & Match Blue Bouquet Embellishments
- White 12×12 Plain Pages
- Custom Cutting System with Circle Patterns
- Lace Trim Border Punch
- 12-inch Trimmer
- Tape Runner
- Repositionable Tape Runner
- Denim Dot Pen

To create this layout, you will need:
- NSD 2020 Project Recipe™ Kit
- NSD 2020 Embellishments
- White 12×12 Plain Pages
- Scarlet Cardstock
- Roller Coaster Border Punch
- Custom Cutting System with Circle Patterns
- 12-inch Trimmer
- Tape Runner
- Repositionable Tape Runner
- Foam Squares
- Denim Dot Pen
Bonus Sketch!

We had a little mix up in the sketches so we decided to post two sketches for challenge 2! Pick which one you like, or try BOTH! We will be giving away prizes for both sketches. That’s double the prizes for this one!
Thanks for joining us! When posting your projects on social media, use #NSDWWVC2020 and #CreativeMemories to share your excitement!


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What if I combined the photo placement on the sketch with the borders and corners on the samples? I didn’t see the error until after I posted my layout.
That works great! :)
Thank you Yuuki for the lovely layout sample. I will try it.
A great idea– one page of paper. And an easy idea to teach with the new trimmer
Many thanks
kawaii nee !!! how cute ! the layout and the kids
nice to see what people in Japan are working on