February 14, 2025
The February 2025 Virtual Crop is HERE!
Hey Galentines, love is in the air — and so is the February Virtual Crop! Get excited for four brand-new sketch challenges designed to hold your sweetest memories!
If this is your first time participating in a Virtual Crop and you would like a quick step-by-step guide of what to expect before you jump in, you can get ALL the details about Virtual Crops in this blog post, including how to participate (in our Virtual Crop Group), supplies you’ll need, examples of challenges, types of prizes and more.
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In this post, you will find ALL four sketches for this crop (these four sketches are for the entire weekend; no additional sketches will be posted), a downloadable PDF with the four sketches for your convenience, hashtags to use when posting your challenge layouts in the Virtual Crop Group, prize information and layout inspiration. This is about to be an amazing weekend and we can’t wait to see what you create!
To ensure we see all your submissions for a chance to win, you’ll want to post each layout you complete as its own new post with the hashtag for that challenge. You have until Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 11:59pm CT (AU: Wednesday, 19 Feb., at 4:59pm AEDT) to submit your layouts for the chance to win a prize (more details on what you can win further down this post!). Again, we’re so excited that you’re here. Happy scrapping!
Challenge #1 — #CMVirtualCrop1February2025
Challenge #2 — #CMVirtualCrop2February2025
Challenge #3 — #CMVirtualCrop3February2025
Challenge #4 — #CMVirtualCrop4February2025
View the rules and how prizes are awarded here ?
NOTE: The Prize Pack will be awarded to one (1) participant in each challenge. Valid only for products currently in stock (excludes products that are out of stock and expected to return).
We will award the prizes randomly, but to win, it must be evident you used the sketch we provided as inspiration to create a project. You’re highly encouraged to use Creative Memories products, but it’s not a requirement in order to win. You have until Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 11:59pm CT (AU: Wednesday, 19 Feb., at 4:59pm AEDT) to submit your layout(s). Prize winners will be announced on Thursday, Feb. 20, at noon CT (AU: Friday, 21 Feb.).
Challenge #1
Collection Used: Noteworthy Days (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
Noreen’s Tip: “Noteworthy Days is such a go-to collection because there are icons and titles for months, seasons and holidays — it’s perfect to use with all kinds of photos all year long! To create both the 9? x 11? block and the 8″ x 10? block from one piece of designer paper, cut a 1? “L” shape from two edges of the 9? x 11? piece then flip over the 8? x 10? piece you now have leftover!”
Challenge #2
Collection Used: Happy Together (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
Noreen’s Tip: “I love the graphic yet soft hearts and flowers in this mini-collection and how it works for friendship and romantic love! After you cut the 8 ½? circle, adhere it against the upper right hand corner of the base page and trim off the overhanging pieces to use on the opposite edges. Nothing goes to waste!”
Challenge #3
Collection Used: Gradient Best Hits Promo — SNEAK PEEK!
Noreen’s Tip: “Whenever I’m working with color-based papers that don’t have specific embellishments to go with them, I scan through the images in the Stickers and Embellishments category on the CM website to look for collections that feature the same colors. In this case, Sun-Soaked embellishments worked perfectly with the orange and rainbow gradient papers I chose!”
Challenge #4
Collection Used: Growing Up (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
Noreen’s Tip: “This bright new collection has patterns and icons for every age and stage of growing up, and I LOVE the Playground Border Punch! Anytime I want more contrast between my photos and the base page or papers underneath, I use the old trick of running the bold-tip of CM pens along the sides of my photos or mats. The ink is photo-safe, and that subtle edge really sets my photos apart from the background!”
Virtual Crop Tracker
Get ready to scrap your way through the new year with our 2025 Virtual Crop Tracker!
Color in one shutter for each sketch challenge you complete during each monthly Virtual Crop in 2025. Once you’ve completed all 12 months’ sketch challenges (that’s 48 completed pages you’ll be adding to your albums), you can submit your tracker for a chance to be one of three grand prize winners! More information on how to submit will be shared in the Virtual Crop Group as we near the final sketch challenge.
P.S. Are YOU a member of the Virtual Crop Facebook Group? It’s your go-to place for MONTHLY Virtual Crops, MONTHLY Completed Album Challenges, QUARTERLY Secret Box Openings with project tutorials and so much more! We hope you’ll join our community of more than 44,000 fellow memory-keeping enthusiasts — you’ll feel right at home!
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein
