Oct 2, 2020 | Everyday, Journal, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends! Adding a sense of movement to your layouts is a great way to draw the viewer into your story and is a design principle in paper crafting. There are many shapes that can be incorporated to add movement including swirls. Our Flannel and Frost collection...
Sep 30, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Mixed Media, Project Art, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, We’re focusing on mixed media in our designs today. Mixed media can be a complex layer of mediums or something as simple as a bit of texture paste applied to a pocket card with a stencil or a few drops of water color on your background. Our design...
Sep 29, 2020 | Cards, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Product Focus
Hello! Doilies are a wonderful embellishment for your albums and planners. There are lots of things you can do with doilies including coloring them with paint or ink, cutting them to fit along an edge, fold in halves or quarters or in an accordion style, or crimp the...
Sep 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cut Files, Printables, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy fans, What do you get when you drop a pumpkin? A squash. He he…are you a pumpkin lover or a pumpkin hater? I’m not a big fan of most things pumpkin with the exception of the pumpkin roll. Yum! …but I digress. As you can tell, we...
Sep 22, 2020 | Journal, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Sequins, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, In the Northern Hemisphere the air is cooler and the tree’s leaves are beginning to shed their summer green. Autumn is arriving and our DT is sharing their fall greetings with us today. Grab a nice warm drink and enjoy our first look at this colorful...
Sep 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Pocket Pages, Stamping Sensation
Hello! Today we are sharing layouts that incorporate a wreath-like design. Let’s begin with Jil’s 12×12 design. “What’s fun about making a wreath from embellishments is that it gives me the chance to dip into so many kit goodies at once! When working in the...
Sep 16, 2020 | Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Today our design team is sharing their layering tips and tricks with lots of great examples! Layering is an important element in design because it adds texture, depth and focus to your paper crafting. For example, adding layers of paper and texture...
Sep 15, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello! Bold titles can be used to set the tone for your story as well as cover the majority of space for your design. In fact your title can be the foundation of your layout. For example, cutting out a short word such as hello, go, or love in a large letters and using...
Sep 11, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello and how is everyone doing? We hope you are staying safe and well. On the blog today, we are exploring hexagons. Hexagons are one of the shapes that make regular appearances in memory keeping and planning. I’m always delighted when I see layouts with...
Sep 9, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cards, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, The tags in our kits are a staple, extremely versatile and can be used in any style of memory keeping or planning. Tags can be used as the main foundation for a layout, planner page or greeting card, a journaling spot, a small work of art, a bookmark,...
Sep 8, 2020 | Inspiration, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Here at Cocoa Daisy we want to inspire you with a mix of old and new ideas for using your kits. Adding pockets to our traveler’s notebooks isn’t a new idea but how we decorate them can be fresh and creative. Today the design...
Sep 4, 2020 | Classified, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello and happy weekend friends! Our classified memory keeping kit is extremely versatile and a fun treat each month. I love to open it up and see what fun things Christine has chosen to include in each kit. And all of the items are complimentary to the planner,...
Sep 2, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Journal, Printables, Project Art
Hi there! On the blog today DT member Kristine is sharing a mind map, which is a visual representation of ideas and concepts. They are simple diagrams that allow you to organize information around a central topic such as fitness or goals. Kristine created her mind map...
Sep 1, 2020 | Inspiration, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life
Hello friends, Welcome to September! Today we are sharing our love of pocket pages and featuring the Solstice pocket memory keeping kit. Pocket pages are a straightforward way to preserve your photos and memories. You can add simple to complex journaling and include...
Aug 28, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook, Washi Tape
Hello friends, Our theme today is “starry starry night,” which is all about the stars. The star shape provides limitless possibilities for your memory keeping and planner layouts. We’ve got some fun designs to inspire you to work with all the star...
Aug 25, 2020 | Inspiration, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Layouts that are created using a diagonal theme are extremely appealing visually and allow you to place elements and photos in unique ways to draw your viewer in. A diagonal placement is also a great way to use bold colored stripes in your...
Aug 21, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Journal, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daises, Our design team has stepped up to the challenge of incorporating purple or blue or both in their designs. We are blown away by their ideas and use of these colors. Purple and blue are deep rich colors that pack a punch. They are on the cool side of the...
Aug 19, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Journal, Mini Book Madness, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tags
Hello friends, Today the design team is sharing creative ways to use the quotes from our Cocoa Daisy Sticker kits in their storytelling designs. Let’s begin with this awesome mind map from Kristine. “I recently took a look through Audrey Medd’s Instagram...
Aug 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs
Greetings! We often use frames to bring attention to a photo or journaling in our layouts and when we want to call attention to something pertinent in our planners. There are many ways to use framing to highlight the item of interest and we begin today with a...
Aug 14, 2020 | Everyday, Mixed Media, Pocket Cards, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Hello and happy Friday! Today we are exploring ways you can use stamps to create texture when documenting your stories and plans. Stamps can be used with many types of mixed media including embossing powder, gelli plates, water colors, special inks such is distress...
