Category Archives: 12×12 Layouts
Jan 13, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! Patterns are all around us, especially on our memory keeping pages. When we think of patterns, we often think of pre-designed patterns, like the ones found on the papers, stickers, and washi from our monthly kits. But if we remember that a pattern is...
Jan 12, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Repeated Shapes, Tips and Tricks, Vellum
Hello, Friends! We are loving all the beautiful colors featured in the New Chapter Collection. We love the rainbow color palette so much, we are giving it the spotlight today! What better way to do so than with a rainbow spread! In this post, we asked our designers to...
Jan 6, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Kit Papers, Product Focus, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! Each month, the Memory Keeping Kit Papers include the color scheme and patterns found in the Memory Keeping Kits. These 6X8 papers are the perfect size for adding directly to an album, trimming down to pocket card size, or punching shapes to create...
Dec 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Die Cut Files, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Tips and Tricks, Vellum, Washi Tape
The New Chapter Collection is all about starting fresh! This collection includes bold colors perfectly contrasted by artistic black accents. Several patterns include splashes of paint with black ink drips, creating a fun mixed media feel without the mess. You can...
Dec 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Product Focus, Sticker Fun, Tags
Hello, Friends! If you are like me, you have loved stickers since your childhood days. Part of the love stemmed from the ease of use even at a very young age. There was no trimming involved or searching for glue or tape. It was as simple as peeling and sticking,...
Dec 9, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Hand Stitched, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Sequins, Tips and Tricks, Vellum
Hello, friends! Vellum is a medium that can add texture and often a little whimsy to your memory keeping spreads. This Month, suscribers to the Pocket Memory Keeping Kit and the Travelers Notebook Memory Keeping Kit received a package of delicate, vellum snowflakes....
Dec 8, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Design Team Tips, Pocket Pages, Product Focus, Sequins, Stencils, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello, Friends! The Classified: Memory Keeping Kit is the best kind of surprise! Each month, this kit is thoughtfully assembled to coordinate with the other Memory Keeping Kits, with items that can really make your spreads sparkle. This month, the Cranberry Rose...
Dec 4, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, Friends! December is here and, for some of us, that means the beginning of documenting the holiday season! In today’s blog, we have some fantastic designs from our Memory Keeping team using the Cranberry Rose Collection and Christmas Bonus Kit. There are...
Nov 24, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Grid designs in memory keeping and planning are always popular because they make pulling a layout together simple and easy. The design is perfect for organizing photos and embellishments in a way that balances the layout. It’s the theme for...
Nov 20, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cut Files, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, In memory keeping and planning, we work with items that are “dry” including stickers, paper, and ephemera. We use photos that must be properly safeguarded and we may include handwritten journaling which requires a certain level of protection...
Nov 13, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Journal, Washi Tape
Greetings! Today we are focusing on the Cocoa Daisy Classified Memory Keeping kits from our Acorn Lane collection. They contain exclusive items that can be used to Audrey is sharing a traditional layout created with items from these kits. “Did you know that...
Nov 11, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook, Vellum
Hello! Today our design team is sharing various ways they incorporate vellum in their layouts. We have three designs to share today beginning with Melina’s TN pages. She tells us, “I love vellum! One way I love using it is with stamps. Stamping on vellum gives a...
Nov 10, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Brown is a truly lovely color that sits on the warm side of the color wheel along with red, orange, and yellow. It’s probably not the first color you notice in a rich and vibrant autumn landscape. And yet, brown has a quite a diverse range of hues...
Nov 4, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Traditional Designs
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, On the blog today the design team is sharing layouts using the Acorn Lane pocket kit. We have a traditional 12×12 design and a pocket page design for you. Our pocket kits come with traditional 3×4 and 4×6 pocket cards as well...
Oct 30, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Product Focus, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Today we are focusing on layouts created from components in our Classified Memory Keeping kits. Our classified kits are a wonderful compliment to our memory keeping kits and our planner kits too. And for many of us, we enjoy the delightful surprise of...
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Oct 21, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Cut Files, Daisy Designers, Everyday, Inspiration, Printables, Sketch, Traditional Designs, Video
Greetings on this Wednesday in mid-October! Today’s blog post is all about gnomes, getting you ready for the Acorn Lane gnomefest happening in Gnome-vember at Cocoa Daisy! Three of our Memory Keeping team members have gathered fun ideas for adding gnomes to your...
Oct 7, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Sequins, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs
Hello friends, It’s mid-week in the beginning of October and we are fully into the fall season. If your like me, you’ll have lots of fall photos and memories to document. And you may be swimming in autumn ephemera, papers, and stamps. We thought it would...
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 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 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...
