Category Archives: 12×12 Layouts
May 13, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello! Welcome to a mixed media Wednesday here at Cocoa Daisy. The design team is sharing a 12×12 design and a TN layout with our Tulip Time kits, both of which incorporate mixed media techniques. Let’s begin with Jil’s traditional sized design. “My mixed media...
May 5, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Stencils, Traditional Designs
Hello, Pocket memory keeping is extremely popular and there are a wide variety of albums and pocket protectors available to suit everyone interested in this medium today. And pocket cards can be used outside of pockets in fun and unique ways too. The pocket cards in...
Apr 29, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Guest Designers
April is coming to an end and we’d like to thank Brande Davison for being our Memory Keeping Guest Designer this month. Brande worked magic with our Up And Away Memory Keeping kits and we hope you’ll take a few moments to see what she’s done and...
Apr 28, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Inspiration, Mini Book Madness, Pocket Cards, Traditional Designs
Hello Scrappy Friends, The challenge for our design team today was to use layering in their creations. Layering gives your memory keeping designs depth and can be used to draw the eye to a photo or other important piece of your layout. This technique also provides a...
Apr 1, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy friends, Today on the blog Jil and Audrey are sharing tips and techniques for creating titles in your memory keeping. Designing titles for your layouts is a lot of fun and they are a great way to draw the viewer into your page. Titles can be...
Mar 31, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Pocket Pages, Product Spotlight, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello everyone! On this last day of March, we are looking forward to warmer weather and signs of spring here in the northern hemisphere. It’s a strange time in history and I think regardless of where we are living, each of us is craving a bit of normalcy. When I...
Mar 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Spring Greetings! I think we can all use a little dose of happy and bright right now. And that is exactly what we have in mind for our blog post today. We challenged our Memory Keeping design team to “think spring” and we think you’ll agree they...
Mar 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, We are glad you can join us today to see our design team’s ideas for layering with the March and April kits. We have three AMAZING layouts to share so let’s jump right in with Odessa’s TN spread in her Orchard Path Simple Dori. “Is there such a thing as...
Mar 11, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Pick-a-Size, Tags, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello and Happy Wednesday, Do you see designs you’d like to scrap-lift and use in your memory keeping but you hesitate because you don’t document your stories in the size of the layout you’ve fallen in love with? Well today we are going to show you how to convert a...
Mar 10, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Traditional Designs
Hello, Here we are, already in the second week of March! Today we want to share ideas for using basic elements from our kits in your layouts. Let’s begin with DT member Kristine’s Happy Planner layout. “The basic elements in the monthly kits are always my go-to...
Mar 6, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Feature Friday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Traditional Designs
Happy Friday! Our theme today is circles, and our design team has two lovely layouts to share featuring the Orchard Path Traveler’s Notebook and Pocket Memory Keeping kits. Circles are a great way to support your story with simple scrapbooking supplies in a...
Mar 3, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello and welcome to March! Today we are exploring using a list as the basis for your memory keeping layout with our Orchard Path kits. Documenting a story using a list is a great way to highlight key items in your story versus journaling. DT members Audrey and Rachel...
Feb 28, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cut Files, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Subscriber Downloads, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Daisies. Let’s jump right in and explore all the amazing Love Notes designs from our DT. The team is using cut files and printable elements in their designs today. Korrieann is starting us off with a traditional 12×12 layout. “I absolutely loved...
Feb 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello and welcome to the final week of February! In honor of leap week we are highlighting the rainbow order of color in our both the Love Notes and Orchard Path Memory Keeping kits. It’s a simple and easy way to add interest to your story documentation. Let’s jump...
Feb 19, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Mixed Media, Product Focus, Simple Dori, Tags, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Do you like the warm peachy side of pink or the cool magenta side? Well today on the blog we are showing you the various shades of pink in the Love Notes Memory Keeping kits. Let’s look at a peachy pink design by DT member Ria to get us started. “Don’t you...
Feb 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Dissecting Design, Everyday, Inspiration, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Happy Tuesday! The design team are sharing 12×12 designs they have recreated in a TN format with the Love Notes kits. First up is Traci with a lovely layout based on a 12×12 sketch. “12×12 Sketches are so easy to turn into Traveler’s Notebook...
Feb 7, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Hand Stitched, Repeated Shapes, Traditional Designs
Hello and Happy Friday! Let’s talk hearts, the concentric kind. Concentric is defined as “of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same center, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller.” Paper crafters create this effect by layering the...
Feb 4, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Mixed Media, Traditional Designs
Welcome to February! Today we are sharing mixed media designs from DT members, Traci, Rachel, and Jil. Their designs are aaaamazing so let’s jump right in with Traci’s February monthly view layout. Traci used the stamps from the Love Notes Memory Keeping Kits to...
Jan 31, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Traditional Designs
Happy Friday friends, Are you always behind the camera or do you get in the photos too? Today we want to encourage you to document your beautiful self. Design team members Audrey and Sabrina are sharing layouts that put them front and center in the story. Let’s begin...
Jan 29, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Product Focus, Traditional Designs
Happy Wednesday! On the blog today we are highlighting the Noted memory keeping classified kit. Our design team members, Ellie and Iris, have created several traditional layouts to share with you. Let’s begin with a lovely 12×12 mixed media design by Iris. “The...
