Jul 17, 2019 | Everyday, Pocket Pages, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello everyone! Today I was going to talk about the alphabet soup trend and show you my own version, but I didn’t like the way my design came together. Does that happen to you sometimes too? I’ll keep working on it but in the meantime I am sharing a stash and bucket...
Jul 10, 2019 | Challenges, Everyday, Inspiration, Pocket Letter
Welcome everyone! Pocket letters and grid designs go hand in hand and we wanted to share a traditional design with pockets as well as how you can create a letter without pockets using a grid design. We begin with design team member Evy and her very first pocket letter...
Jun 30, 2019 | Everyday, Guest Designers, Inspiration
As we say good-bye to June, we wanted to recognize our Lemon Grove guest designers, Diane Williams and Anna Morrison. Today they are sharing some fun things about themselves with us along with their designs. We really enjoyed having Anna and Diane on the team and are...
Jun 30, 2019 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Everyday, Sketch
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans! We are delighted to announce the Cocoa Daisy design team is bringing back the monthly sketch challenge, and we hope you will join in! Each month the design team will post a sketch on the Cocoa Daisy social media sites for two weeks. At the...
Jun 26, 2019 | Cut Files, Everyday, Pocket Pages, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisy fans, today Kylie and I want to show you some of our ideas for using cut files with our memory keeping kits. First let take a look at Kylie travelers notebook design which is sweet and oh so elegant! Kylie tells us, “I’ve created a fun ‘Beach’ theme layout...
Jun 21, 2019 | Everyday, Inspiration, Pocket Pages, Product Spotlight, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisies, On the blog today some of my favorite designer peeps and I are going to show you how we used the classified memory keeping kit in our latest designs. Moon designed a sweet cover for her travelers notebook and Odessa’s pocket pages documenting a...
Jun 11, 2019 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Pocket Pages, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Today I am on the blog sharing the start of a new project I am embarking on with the South Beach kits. It’s an album documenting my dad’s 80th birthday week. The entire family got together on a cruise to the Bahamas to celebrate! I am sharing...
May 21, 2019 | Everyday, Product Spotlight, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Today I wanted to share a few ways you can use the stencil from the Lemon Grove Traveler’s Notebook kit. I created various samples with Ranger Texture Paste, Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Oxide Sprays. Now let’s dive in and look at my first design using...
May 5, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Everyday, Guest Designers, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Greeting Cocoa Daisy Fans, It’s Guest Designer Sunday for the Cherish Blossom memory keeping kits. Emily and I would like to introduce you to Sabrina Poole, a busy wife and a mom with a penchant for scrapbooking. Sabrina agreed to answer some questions for us to help...
Apr 19, 2019 | Daisy Designers, Everyday, Inspiration, Sketch, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy fans, Today on the blog design team members Odessa Neudorf and Moon Lee are sharing their interpretation of the Picket Fence traveler’s notebook kit sketch. The first design I want to share with you is this darling layout by Moon. I love...
Apr 16, 2019 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans! Today I am sharing a design in my Picket Fence Simple Dori from the Traveler’s Notebook memory keeping kit. First I wanted to show you how I sewed my title to the left side of my design. I placed my vellum “spring” phrase and used a...
Apr 12, 2019 | Everyday, Inspiration, Product Focus, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Today Moon and Ria are sharing how they used memory keeping kit components with their Traveler’s Notebook cover designs and I am sharing a couple of layouts from my recent trip to Washington, D.C. Let’s begin with Ria’s...
Mar 27, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Everyday, Pocket Letter, Pocket Pages, Product Focus, Project Life, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisy fans, Today on the blog Kylie and I are going to show you how we used the Cherish Blossom kit stamps in our designs. Kylie created a fun background in her Simple Dori using both stamp sets from the memory keeping kits. She used pastel green ink with the...
Mar 17, 2019 | Everyday, Guest Designers, Project Life, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Today I am introducing you to Amanda Wilder, our Fresh Cut memory keeping guest designer. Amanda discovered the fun of pocket scrapbooking when she received a kit as a Christmas present in 2012. She instantly fell in love with the combination...
Mar 15, 2019 | Cocoa Daisy, Everyday, Project Life, Simple Dori, Subscriber Downloads, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Today Ria De Lara and I are showing off our kit greens in honor of St. Patrick’s Day with a project life, Simple Dori, and 6×8 pocket page designs. First, let’s look at Ria’s design. Most of her memory keeping designs are monochromatic because the...
Feb 27, 2019 | Everyday, Guest Designers, Inspiration, Project Life, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisy fans! As we prepare to kiss February good-by and welcome March, I wanted to share this special edition blog post to introduce you to Jessica Upton, our guest designer for the Simon and Betty memory keeping kits. Jessica is a 40 something work at home Mom...
Feb 22, 2019 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Out of Your Element, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Happy Friday! I am a fan of several designers who scrapbook in the 12×12 format and have often considered translating their design to a size I work in. This month, a few of us on the DT found a 12×12 design we loved and challenged ourselves to convert it to...
Feb 5, 2019 | Daisy Designers, Inspiration, Product Spotlight, Project Kit, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Today Moon and I are sharing Simon and Betty kit “no photo” designs. If you have a story to tell, but you don’t have a photo, no problem! We are going to give you a few ideas. Let’s start with a Simple Dori layout I created to document a...
Jan 25, 2019 | Daisy Designers, Everyday, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Today on the blog I am going to show you some Simple Dori love. First up we have Celma’s beautiful capture of a snowy day. I love that she used a tag from the Simon and Betty kit and a stamp from the Paper and Ink kit. Using past kit...
Jan 13, 2019 | Everyday, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Today some of our memory keeping design team members are sharing creations inspired by the Paper and Ink kits. Let’s start with this gorgeous Simple Dori layout by design team member, Kylie Kingham. Kylie explained, “I totally love the rub ons...
