Category Archives: Challenges
Aug 21, 2014 | Challenges
Thank you so much to everyone who played along with this months sketch challenge. We had some wonderful LO’s entered. Our winner this month is Anna (Ami). Great page. We love how you repositioned the photos and the use of the Cocoa Daisy stamps is so fun. Please...
Aug 12, 2014 | Challenges, Inspiration
Firstly, thank you to everyone who played along with our new mid month ‘Here I Am’ challenge. It was great fun seeing where you all lived. I hope you all had fun documenting your everyday places. Our winner of this challenge is Jessica with this gorgeous...
Aug 5, 2014 | Challenges, Daisy Designers, Giveaway, Sketch
Good morning Daisies!!! I am excited to be here to share this month’s sketch challenge along with some of my talented Design Team members! This month’s sketch is clean and simple with lots of possibilities was inspired by this lovely page by Piradee using...
Jul 23, 2014 | Challenges, Design Team Tips, Gallery Spotting, Online Crop, Tips and Tricks
When you scrapbook, where do you take your inspiration from? We’ve all hit that mental block at times and you just need something to give you that little push. I really enjoy using a sketch to get me kick started sometimes. Do you ever scraplift? I’ve...
Jul 17, 2014 | Challenges
We had some wonderful creations for this months Sketch Challenge. Thank you to everyone who played along. I had a hard time choosing. As you know though only one entry can win and for me this LO really stood out this month. Thank you Sherry. You...
Jul 16, 2014 | A Day in the Life, Challenges, Daisy Designers, Everyday, Inspiration
Hello, it’s Lisa here today with something new and fun. I was thinking recently how I don’t really have many photos of the everyday places that we go to. Not that I’ve scrapbooked anyway. Then it got me to thinking as a couple of Daisies had said...
Jul 15, 2014 | Challenges
How are you liking the changes to the Cocoa Daisy blog?? I love the fresh look. Today I am with you to share the July Designer challenge. Your challenge is to include something stitched, something stamped, something wood and something round. You can scrap a page, you...
Jul 3, 2014 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Everyday, Gallery Spotting, Giveaway
Congratulations Jeanette aka Jeany – you are the winner of this month’s Designer Challenge! I love how Jeany trimmed her strips of paper on the diagnol and layered them behind her photos! Brilliant! Please send an email to Lisa at lisa at funkyfairies dot...
Jul 1, 2014 | Challenges
Hello Scrappers!! I have the July sketch challenge for you today. I had so much fun with this months sketch and hope you will do too. Here you go. Do with it what you wish, just let it inspire you. Here is my take. I replaced the journaling around the outside with the...
Jun 17, 2014 | Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Everyday, Inspiration
Hello Daisies!! I am excited to be sharing the Designer Challenge for June. Lately I have been in a sort of creative funk. You may know the feeling – feel like you are repeating yourself and every page looks the same. Whenever I get this feeling, I try a new...
Jun 13, 2014 | A Day in the Life, Challenges
Hello!! It’s time for our mid month challenge. This will be our last Project Life Challenge as we have something new and exciting in store for you next month. Our mid month challenges are always ‘just for fun’ and a way to inspire and for us to...
Jun 5, 2014 | Challenges, Everyday
Hello all, Emily here to wrap up the May Designer’s Challenge. It was easy to pick a winner this time because we only had one person playing! Anna Eckman, or Ami, is our winner, she entered two layouts into the challenge, I loved this one about her favorite...
May 20, 2014 | Challenges, Daisy Designers, Everyday
When I first started scrapping, I did a lot of pages about me. Then I kind of stopped. I found this fun list of questions for journaling on Pinterest one day and thought how easily it would translate into a scrapbook page. Since the kit was called Here I Am, I thought...
May 14, 2014 | A Day in the Life, Challenges
Hello and welcome to the May Project Life Challenge. Seeing as there’s some really fun pieces of chipboard in this months kit, I thought that this months challenge should be to include some chipboard on your Project Life Page. Just like Alissa did here. I love...
May 6, 2014 | Challenges, Sketch
Hello, All! Alissa here today with the sketch challenge for May. I have really come to love working with Stephanie’s sketches here at Cocoa Daisy. Love them! This month’s sketch is based on one of Lisa’s AWESOME layouts from her Hint of Sunshine...
Apr 22, 2014 | Challenges, Project Life
Hello fellow Scrappers!! I have the new mid month Project Life Challenge for you today. Your challenge this month is to include a shopping receipt within your page. I used a weekly shopping food bill, but it can be whatever you like. Piradee played along with me. She...
Apr 17, 2014 | Challenges
Hi, I’m here to share happy news today. The winner of the sketch challenge this month is about to be announced. We had some really playful LO’s. I have a couple to share before I announce the winner. I just love how Terry used the acetate from the kit on...
Apr 15, 2014 | Challenges, Daisy Designers
Hi, Daisies! Mandie here with your Designer’s Challenge for April! The challenge this month is pretty simple. Create your title in an unexpected way… whether is it a witty title or a a unique title. I “hid” my title in the design of my...
Apr 3, 2014 | Challenges
Thank you to those who played along with this month’s challenge. You had to: Use a number, a splat, a clip and a word of wisdom. All the entries were amazing and the winner… TerryB!!! Congrats, I love how you scrapped this everyday, could have been...
Apr 1, 2014 | Challenges
Hello, it’s time for our next Sketch challenge. I always enjoy using a sketch. For me personally I don’t stick exactly to it, but use it as my starting block to kick start me. It’s always handy if you are struggling to get going with a layout. Here...
