Category Archives: Challenges
Jan 17, 2017 | Challenges, Daisy Designers, Inspiration
Hello Daisies! I am thrilled to bring you the first Designer’s Challenge for 2017, it’s a Color Combo Challenge and I LOVE color challenges!!! Here is your inspiration board and color combo: A beautiful array of pinks and blues with images that were...
Jan 3, 2017 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Inspiration, Sketch
Hi Daisies! Suzanna here today to kick off the challenges for 2017! I hope your entry into 2017 was a good one! This month we are doing the sketch challenge a bit differently, hence the twist. It is good to change things up a bit, don’t you think? This month our...
Dec 20, 2016 | Challenges
Hello, it’s Lisa with a fun challenge for you today. As we are coming towards the end of 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back and pick a favourite moment and document it. It could be something simple, a fun memory, something that some one said to you, a...
Nov 15, 2016 | Challenges
Hey there Daisies! It’s Kelly here with my first post and challenge. One of the things that I love to do is to stitch on my layouts, whether it be by hand or with my sewing machine. My challenge for you today is to stitch on your projects, and if you are a pro...
Oct 18, 2016 | Challenges, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Tips and Tricks
Hi it’s Lisa!! I don’t just have a challenge for you today, I have a blog post about Fall and how we document it. Today I am using my October Kit (has your’s come yet??!!) to remember a wonderful Fall afternoon. What do you think of when you think of...
Oct 4, 2016 | Challenges, Everyday, Sketch
Hey Daisies! Suzanna here with you again to share this month’s sketch challenge. It’s a tall stack this month. And guess what?! NO CIRCLES! No circles! I know, after the months of circles, kind of hard to believe. Without further ado, here’s this...
Aug 16, 2016 | Challenges
Hi there Cocoa Daisy fans! How has your summer been? Are kids back at school in your neck of the woods or are the lingering last days of summer taunting? We still have a couple more weeks before facing the return to routine and structure again. While it’s been...
Jul 19, 2016 | Challenges
Hi, I’m Lisa here with your July Designer’s challenge. I’m in not so sunny England. We are in desperate need of some sunshine. I’m not kidding…..rain, cloud and chilly is all we see lately. It’s so not funny!! So I am begging you to...
Jun 23, 2016 | Challenge Winner, Challenges, Sketch
Hey Hey! We have a winner for our June Sketch Challenge… Julie! I just love her layout, don’t you?!?!? Congratulations Julie! Please email Lisa, lisa@funkyfairies.co.uk to claim your prize!
Jun 21, 2016 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips
Hi ladies! Welcome to this month’s Designers Challenge! Suzanna here this month to challenge you to stitch it up! One of the things that has stood the test of time for me when it comes to scrapbooking and preserving my families memories is stitching, sewing on...
May 17, 2016 | Challenges, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
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 3, 2016 | Challenges, Sketch
Hello! Hello! Happy Tuesday! We invite you to join us this month and come up with your own project inspired by the sketch. You have until May 19th to play, then one lucky person will be selected to win a $10 certificate to the Daisy Boutique. We’ll post that winner...
Apr 19, 2016 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers
Lewis Carroll’s Through The Looking Glass is theme of this months kit and as such, I have chosen a play on “Looking Glass” for the theme of this months designers challenge. The Looking Glass itself provides a reflection of the actual world for Alice...
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Mar 15, 2016 | A Day in the Life, Challenges
Hi, It’s Lisa. It’s my turn to host this month’s Designer’s Challenge. My idea this month, seeing as what we do is all about preserving memories is to preserve a conversation or something someone has said. I have kept a mini book and document...
Feb 16, 2016 | Challenges
George Elliot wrote “Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms”. Capturing moments with our furry (and not so furry) family members is something we can forget to do. Maybe you don’t have a “real”...
Feb 11, 2016 | Challenge Winner, Challenges
The January Designer’s challenge was all about journaling around edges. Thank you sooo much to all of you who played along! We have a winner… and that is Julie! I really loved how she typed the song lyrics on vellum, to frame the photos. Fabulous! ...
Jan 19, 2016 | Challenges
The Designer’s challenge this month is all about journaling around the edge. I often journal around the edges of photos or other elements on my layouts. Sometimes also around the outer edge of my cardstock/background. My challenge for you is to tell a story on...
Jan 5, 2016 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Sketch
Hi there Daisies! Suzanna here for the first time to present you with this month’s sketch challenge. Sketches tend to be either well liked and inspirational or frowned upon. Me, personally, I’m a fan. I don’t see them as binding as some might do....
Dec 17, 2015 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Everyday, Inspiration, Sketch
Hello and happy Thursday all! Suz back with you today to share the winner for this month’s sketch challenge (anddddd a bit later today a share of some of my Document December album). The winner of the sketch challenge is… …SHANNON!! You are...
Dec 15, 2015 | Challenges, Christmas, Design Team Tips, Tips and Tricks
I have a lovely mish mash of a blog post for you today. I have the designers challenge, but I also thought I’d share a few simple Christmas scrapping ideas. I have a little bit of a love/hate relationship with Christmas scrapbooking. I love all the Christmas...
