Category Archives: Dissecting Design
A Deconstructed Grid….
Hello friends! I just love the exclusive papers in the May kit! One of them even features a favorite design element of mine… GRIDS! Take a look at how I took inspiration from this paper and deconstructed the grid a bit… [iframe...
Feeling inspired today…..
What is it that inspires you when you create? Is it your photos, a story, an image???? Today I have this month’s designers challenge for you. It’s a recipe challenge. I do love a recipe challenge. I like to make a little list and look around my stash to...
May Product Focus – Make that LO Shine
Hello, it’s Lisa with you here today. I really enjoy these ‘Product Focus’ posts. When I open my kit my eyes usually zoom in on something particular. This month is was the Shimelle Starshine Chipboard Stickers in the main kit. The colours, the fun...
Do you document conversations???
Hi, It’s Lisa with you today. I think as well as scrapbooking our lovely photos, it’s just as important to document conversations. I like to keep a notebook on me so I can jot things down. When we take a trip, I keep a full journal as I want to remember it...Design Tips Using March Kits
Hi there Cocoa Daisy’s! Suzanna here today to share with you a little bit about my design process. Last month I showed you how I set up my kits for designing and this month, we will take that a step further and actually work on a layout. Here’s the...
Tips and Tricks… the Leftovers!
Hi there! You know those little tiny strips of paper we all end up with after a bit of trimming? They usually end up in the trash, right? I know they do in my studio! Well, not today! Take a look… [iframe...What’s your Colour????
Do you have a colour that always draws you in? A colour that always catches your eye? This is mine…. I am always drawn to teals and mint greens. This is my colour. I wear it, I choose my home decor in these colours, I can not keep away from it. I found...
The 45 Minute Mini Book
I really am a no fuss scrapper. I have my materials in front of me and I get on with it. Today, with this mini book it was no exception. When my kit came I really loved the 12×12 transparent sheet that came with the paper addon. I knew I would make some kind of...
Layering Up with the Old & New Kits
We were chatting on the message board recently about different projects you would like to see on the blog and one thing that came up was seeing more creations using older and new kits together. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done that, so I thought it...
Gold Vellum Inspiration!
Hey there! Ashli here with you to share a process video. I was so inspired by the gold vellum die cuts included in this month’s kit! Let’s take a look… [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/lFgo_xUh5K8″ align=”center”] As...
Farewell 2015….how to end your years scrapbook
Today I am bidding farewell to 2015 and closing up my 2015 scrapbook album. I keep lots of scrapbook albums. The kids have one each, one for each big vacation that we take, the Project Life album and each new year has it’s own album too. At the end of each of...
Finding a way to tackle Project Life that suits you
I’m so pleased that a couple of years ago I decided to jump on in and start my Project Life album. I knew from day one that I wouldn’t be sticking to ‘week 1’ and so on. I would never be able to commit to that and I knew that once I got a few...
But I love both sides!! And a challenge
Hello and welcome to this month’s Designers Challenge. This challenge came about as I fell in love with both sides of this month’s exclusive Cocoa Daisy papers. Don’t you just hate it when this happens?!! So I decided that there was only one thing...
Combining my Planner Pages with my Scrapbooking
Hi, it’s Lisa here. This week we have some fun planner posts coming up on the blog for you as we are celebrating a year of our Cocoa Daisy Planner Kits. Now, although I am a planner, I am also a scrapbooker and I love to be able to combine the two sometimes....
Making It Work For You
Have you ever asked yourself… “How do I get that to work for me?” I am sure you have, because I know I have. The great thing about a Cocoa Daisy kit is that you know it will just work, but how can you make it work harder? When I created this page I...
My everyday in colour
I love creating colourful Project Life Pocket Pages. I thought I would go through my process today of how they usually come together using the September DITL kit with a little of the September Main kit too.
I don’t make them each week. Just when I fancy. When I started PL a couple of years ago I promised myself that it would be stressfree and I wouldn’t get hung up on the weekly stress of it. I knew I wouldn’t keep up with it and would end up giving up.
Dissecting Design | A quick guide to using ephemera and doodling to make your projects stand out
I never met a new trend I didn’t like. Or at least want to try out. Doodling was definitely right up there with new trends I want to try. I used to fancy myself something of an artist once upon a time but a serious lack of classes and practice has left...
Cupcake Canvas Tutorial
What do you make for a super sweet girl who has a special birthday??? A super sweet gift of course. A special friend of our’s turned 18 recently. I wanted to give her something special, but just couldn’t think what. So then I had the idea of making her a...