Win Custom Products — September Virtual Crop: Digital Edition Challenges!

Welcome to the September Virtual Crop: Digital Edition! It’s going to be so much fun creating together, and you’ll have the opportunity to WIN a Custom Album Cover, Custom Refill Pages OR a COMPLETE Custom Album! The event will run from now through Sunday at 11:59pm CT in the Virtual Crop Facebook Group (click here to join), and you’ll get to:

Learn how to create digital scrapbook products on the Creative Memories website — no additional software is needed!
Enjoy elevated support from our team as we’re available to answer your questions. Digital first-timers, this is a great event for you!
Have FUN connecting with other digital croppers.

Sound like fun?! Let’s get started!

Here’s a quick three-minute overview of how the event will run:

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If this is your first time participating in a Virtual Crop: Digital Edition, you can get all the details about Virtual Crops: Digital Edition in this blog post, including how to participate, tips on how to take screenshots, examples of challenges and prizes and more.

A Few Important Things to Know:

This blog post has ALL FIVE of the challenges for the event. You can work at your own pace! We have provided a suggested schedule below to pace yourself to complete all five challenges to maximize your chances to win a prize.
Limited-time 2-Page Custom Refill Pages are available NOW, as well as Custom Wall Calendars! Our limited-time 2-Page Custom Refill Pages are available right now (with Croptoberfest and Halloween themes OR design from scratch!), and when you purchase them, you’ll receive a FREE mini pack of Croptoberfest Embellishments with your order (16-pack Custom Refill Pages also qualify for the mini pack of embellishments). But — this offer is only available until Sept. 28 at noon CT! Also, Custom Wall Calendars are available again for a limited time (North America only) and you can get them at a discounted price until Sept. 28 at noon CT. There is no better time to get started than during the Digital Crop! View promo details: US | CA | AU

During the challenge times below, there will be support available in the Creative Memories Virtual Crop Group. In addition to sharing your progress in the Facebook Group, feel free to ask questions and connect with other digital croppers! Our Creative Memories team will be there to help you through your project and see your sketch to the finish line.
- Challenge #1: 9am CT Friday (12am AET Saturday)
- Challenge #2: 11am CT Friday (2am AET Saturday)
- Challenge #3: 1pm CT Friday (4am AET Saturday)
- Challenge #4: 9am CT Saturday (12am AET Sunday)
- Challenge #5: 11am CT Saturday (2am AET Sunday)
The NEW Croptoberfest 2021 and It’s Fall, Y’all Themes are LIVE: We know you are excited to get started on your digital and custom projects and these two new themes are ready for you!

How to Participate:

Create a Digital Artwork layout or Custom Theme project following the five sketches below. Please watch the videos — they explain the challenges and will be helpful to learn how to create the challenge in the Creative Memories Designer! (If you prefer to scrapbook traditionally, you can still join and do the sketches but you will not be eligible for prizes. But, we encourage you to try out something new!)
Take a screenshot of your completed project. (Instructions for Mac | PC)
Post your screenshot on the Virtual Crop Facebook Group AND add #CMDigitalVCSept1, #CMDigitalVCSept2, #CMDigitalVCSept3, etc., to the caption/comments. You will add the hashtag that matches the challenge you are submitting to qualify to win the prize for that challenge. Feel free to use other hashtags as well such as #CreativeMemories, but BE SURE to include #CMDigitalVCSept1, #CMDigitalVCSept2, etc., so we can find your post. For Instagram users, you will need to add the hashtag as well so your post can be found that way.
You have the entire event to submit your projects for the challenges, but all submissions must be received by Sunday, Sept. 26, at 11:59pm CT (Monday, 27 Sept., at 2:59pm AET for Australia). Keep refreshing the Virtual Crop Facebook Group to see others’ masterpieces!

The Prize for All 5 Challenges

Prize for all five challenges of the Virtual Crop: Digital Edition will be a COUPON to print your Custom Album Cover OR Custom Refill Pages OR a Complete Custom Album for FREE — it will be your choice from these three options! We award one (1) prize for each challenge randomly, but we make sure that all the challenge requirements have been met first (i.e., that the sketch was followed and it uses predominantly CM products).

Challenge #1: Create a Custom Album Cover (Front Cover, Spine and Back Cover)

Starts at 9am CT Friday (12am AET Saturday) or start on your own!

Please note: If your goal is to create a Complete Custom Album (cover + refill pages) during this crop, then you will want to start by choosing the Complete Custom Album and not the Custom Album Cover or Custom Refill Pages (separately).

Watch this video to learn how to create Challenge #1:

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For additional helpful tips on creating Custom Album Covers, search the FAQ or ask us on the Facebook Group or on chat support!