Jun 16, 2015 | Challenges
Hi, it’s Lisa here today with this month’s Designers Challenge. My challenge is all about enjoying the every day photos. Not all the photos we take are perfect. They aren’t all staged and posed for. Every day life is not like that. Quite often the...
Jun 8, 2015 | A Day in the Life, Design Team Tips, Stamping Sensation
Hello. It’s time to play with June’s stamps. I got creative with some of the stamps in the DITL kit this month and made this LO. The silver alphas in the main kit were too blingy and shiny for me, but a layer of white acrylic paint later and I was...
May 21, 2015 | Challenge Winner
We saw some amazing LO’s during the May Sketch challenge. Thank you to everyone who played along. We loved seeing your work. Our winner this month is Marti with this wonderful LO. I love Marti’s take on this. The title across the middle is so eye catching....
May 18, 2015 | Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration
Hello to you. Lisa here today with stamps. I thought I’d show you how I made this LO today. It was a really fun one to make. I received the chipboard frames in my May Main Kit. The larger one however was white and just didn’t stand out enough. I...
May 13, 2015 | Cards, Daisy Designers, Inspiration
The May kit was a great kit for card making here on the team. There was something that sparked the inner card maker in us and we have lots to share with you this month. I’m going to start with Ashli. Ashli has had fun with this months stamps. I love the wording...
May 5, 2015 | Challenges
I don’t think I could ever tire from sketch challenges. I just love that little kick start that they give. This month Steph has this sketch for us. Based on this LO from Ashli. Both Alissa and I have played along. Alissa with this beautiful LO. I love how the...
May 2, 2015 | Everyday
Happy National Scrapbooking Day!! To celebrate we are holding a ‘Scrap & Chat’ day. A very relaxed crop with a few fun challenges, lots of chat & games. Come and join us here. No Cocoa Daisy Kit required.
Apr 29, 2015 | Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Tips and Tricks
Hello Lovely Daisies!! I hope you all enjoyed the reveal last night and feel excited about your ‘Sage & Mint’ Kits. I wanted to share a LO with you today that I made using a piece of the Webster’s Pages ‘Happy Vellum’ which comes in...
Apr 20, 2015 | A Day in the Life, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks
I started off as a scrapper 12 years ago scrapping as many photos on a LO as possible. Then over the years I started scrapping with less and less photos until for a long time I just scrapped with just 1 photo per page. I seem to have come full circle and have noticed...
Apr 12, 2015 | A Day in the Life, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
Is it just me, or does everyone around here have some kind of addiction when creating? One of mine (yes I confess to having more than one of them!) is frames. I do love to frame. If you look through my gallery you will see that I use a variation of frames on my work...
Apr 3, 2015 | Challenge Winner
Yes we do : ) A winner for the March Designers Challenge. It’s Shannon with her ‘Hello Handsome’ LO. A beautiful mixed media page. Thank you so much to everyone who played. Shannon please contact me for your winning gift code. Thank...
Mar 26, 2015 | Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Mini Book Madness
Hello, it’s Lisa here today. I hope you are enjoying your March Kits. I wanted to share a mini book with you today that Christine made inspired by the cards in the March ‘Day in the Life Kit’. This is what Christine says about her book: ”When I...
Mar 19, 2015 | Challenge Winner
Yes we do! It’s time to announce the winner of the March Sketch Challenge. Thank you to those of you who played along. It’s always fun to see how you work those sketches. Our winner this month is Kathy with this wonderful LO. Kathy said that she liked the...
Mar 18, 2015 | Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks
Hi, Your March Kits will be arriving now, so we thought this would be the perfect timing to share a few little kit tips with you. 1. I made a couple of flags this month. I cut this piece from the Crate Paper and stuck it on top of a cocktail stick on to 3d foam tape....
Mar 17, 2015 | Challenges
Hello Daisies!! Welcome to this months Designer’s Challenge. It’s my turn. I’m calling this months challenge ‘How do you do?”. It’s all about hellos. Your LO could be about: – meeting someone – a get-together –...
Mar 12, 2015 | Daisy Designers, Inspiration, Mini Book Madness, Teaming up with, Tips and Tricks
Hello!! Here in the UK, we are definitely seeing the first signs of Spring. The mornings and evenings are lighter. The temperatures are reaching 50F some days and we are waking up to the sound of the birds. It’s so exciting, those first feelings that Spring and...
Mar 3, 2015 | Challenges
Hello Daisies!! I have your March sketch. Are you ready???? I do love a good sketch to get me scrapping. Steph based this months sketch upon Piradee’s beautiful LO. Great title work! Here is my take. I used the little 4 boxes as small photos to add to my...
Feb 20, 2015 | A Day in the Life, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks
Hi! We are trying out a new monthly blog post on you today. You know that feeling that you get when you look at someone’s LO and you see a simple idea and you think ”why didn’t I think of that?”. That’s what this new post is all about....
Feb 12, 2015 | A Day in the Life, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Mini Book Madness, Off the Page, Teaming up with
It certainly is. It is Valentines Day this weekend after all. A few of us Cocoa Daisy girls have been making Valentines inspired projects this month with our ‘Journal Entry’ February Kits. I’m going to start by sharing this amazing mini book...
Feb 6, 2015 | Stamping Sensation
Hello. It’s Lisa today with our ‘Stamping Sensation’ monthly post. We have a couple of stamp sets to show you this month. This very ‘perfect pear stamp set’ Jody used the pear on her LO here. She stamped it and them cut it...
