Category Archives: Design Team Tips
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 11, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Planner Setup
2021… How did we even get here? I feel like it was just last week I was typing up my very first post as a design team member for January 2020. Yet here we are. Do you know what I’ve been hearing a lot of from people? They are too scared to set goals...
Jan 8, 2021 | Basic Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Product Focus, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends If you want to add emphasis or titles to your memory keeping layouts, look no further than the alphas stickers in the New Chapter Collection. Alpha stickers are a staple for their versatility and customization. With so many alpha sets to choose from,...
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...
Jan 5, 2021 | Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! In today’s “Tn Tuesday” post, we are focusing on memory keeping spreads with circles as a repeating design element. Circles pop up everywhere in the New Chapter Collection, including the papers, stamps, die cuts, and stickers. Circle makes...
Jan 1, 2021 | Art Journal, Chipboard Elements, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Cue the confetti and cheers to a new year! For many of us, 2020 was maybe not our “best year ever”, but a new year holds new hope! One thing that we love about memory keeping is the built-in practice of finding the good in the little things and documenting it. I know...
Dec 29, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! If there is one thing we love around here, it is labels! They are a consistent element found our Memory Keeping Kits and are the perfect addition to just about any layout! While labels are traditionally used to record specifics within your memory...
Dec 28, 2020 | Basic Elements, Challenges, Christmas, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Everyday, Journal, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Printables, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
Hello Daisies ! I hope everyone is Ok and had a wonderful Christmas despite this complicated year. Today, I wanted to show you how I plan my weeklies. Since June, I use a dotted notebook as a planner, and I add all my wonderful CD goodies. Each week comes on 4 pages :...
Dec 21, 2020 | A Day in the Life, Chipboard Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Document December, Everyday, Inspiration, Journal, Pocket Cards, Travelers Notebook, Vellum
Hi everyone. Christmas is just a few days away. How’s your preparation so far? Do you make a December Daily this year? I usually make a December Daily every year. but because of the pandemic situation, I was just at home most of the time this month and I didn’t have...
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 15, 2020 | Chipboard Elements, Classified, Design Team Tips, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Sketch, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! Imagine you are sitting down to work on a memory keeping spread. You printed your photos and gathered all your supplies. But as you look at the blank page, you realize that you are missing something- your inspiration! I know I have felt this way before...
Dec 11, 2020 | Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! In today’s post, we are focusing our attention on the adorable, and versatile, stamp sets from the Cranberry Rose Collection.If you subscribe to the Memory Keeping: Pocket Kit or the Travelers Notebook Memory Keeping Kit, you receive one of these...
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 5, 2020 | Basic Elements, Cards, Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
hello my fellow Daisies! Lisa here showing off some cute Holiday cards I made with the amazing Cranberry Rose kits. I am super happy with how they turned out and all of them are super easy to make! First off is this cute Let it snow card. I used one of the pocket...
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...
Dec 2, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Hand Stitched, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Tips and Tricks, Vellum
Hello, friends! Our blog post today features ways to create titles that stand out on your pocket page spreads. There are many approaches to creating titles for your pocket pages. A pocket card or embellishment from the Pocket Page Memory Keeping Kit could be the...
Dec 1, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Journal, Simple Dori, Tags, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello Friends! Today on the blog, we are sharing several ideas for incorporating tags into your Simple Dori Traveler’s Notebook pages. Tags are such a versatile decorative element. They can be used to decorate the outside of your insert, as a foundation for layers of...
Nov 23, 2020 | Art Journal, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Journal
Rachel here, and for today’s post, I am going to gush about my love for the Daisy Dori! But to start, I have a confession to make. My Daisy Dori is not my main planner. For the better half of this year, I have used the Passion Planner for my main, catch-all...
Nov 21, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisies! Very often I am asked what I do with the colorful week on one page and my favorite thing is to use it for gratitude! And what better month to talk about gratitude than November, the month that we focus on giving thanks! A few years ago, my fellow design...
