Category Archives: Repeated Shapes
Apr 16, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Sticker Fun, Washi Tape
Hello, Friends! There is something so delightful about designs with something extra to flip, pull, slide and open. These interactive elements provide space for hidden journaling, extras photos, or additional embellishments. What is great is that these little extras...
Apr 14, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Product Spotlight, Project Life, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook, Video
Hello, friends! Clouds can symbolize many things and are a wonderful embellishment to the stories you want to tell. For some, clouds represent change and transition, For others, clouds represent hope and gratitude (looking for the silver linings). While others may...
Apr 6, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! The Poppy Fields Collections is filled with the beautiful artwork of Olga Cuttel and is a perfect mix of bold colors with soft details. To highlight Olga’s designs, we are focusing today’s post on the stunning Poppies and florals she created. First, we...
Mar 19, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Pocket Cards, Repeated Shapes, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! Memory planning is a wonderful way to document the little things. There are so many things that happen in our daily life that we want to remember but aren’t necessarily appropriate for a traditional scrapbook layout or project life spread....
Mar 12, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Off the Page, Product Focus, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! Hooray for Friday, am I right?! We have a special post for you today, featuring a few of our favorite things: Tags and Labels! If you received the Treetop Canopy Classified: Memory Keeping Kit you may have noticed a few repeat MVPs (Most Versatile...
Mar 10, 2021 | Basic Elements, Design Team Tips, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, friends! Today, we are sharing some fun with the contrast of big and small elements on a page. When including an element like an enlarged photo, it helps to pair the big element with smaller details. The Treetop Canopy Collection plays well with this idea as...
Mar 9, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! The Treetop Canopy Collection is giving us all the tropical jungle feels! You might be looking at your kits and thinking “It’s 20 degrees where I am right now!” or “I have never been to a tropical place, much less a...
Mar 2, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Chipboard Elements, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Die Cut Files, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Pocket Letter, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Sketch, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! We have all done it. We thumb through magazines, scroll through Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, and marvel at the creativity shared. We cut out, save, pin and maybe even screenshot our favorites, fully intending to remember that inspiration when we...
Feb 12, 2021 | Chipboard Elements, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cut Files, Die Cut Files, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Repeated Shapes, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! We have hearts on the mind as we head into Valentine’s weekend (that is a thing, right?). But as you will see today, memory keeping with hearts is not limited to just documenting romantic love. Today, our design team shows us that hearts can be used...
Feb 3, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Off the Page, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
When in doubt, add florals! Can anyone else relate to this sentiment? Florals always add instant beauty and visual interest to any design. Their versatility goes beyond documenting your garden or a special event. A well-placed floral element (or a few!) can be the...
Feb 2, 2021 | Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, Friends! It is a new month, which means it is time to start fresh in your new Denim & Blush Simple Dori Travelers Notebook. We like to think of the Simple Dori as a small canvas with endless possibilities! It’s the perfect place to tell small stories,...
Jan 22, 2021 | Basic Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Repeated Shapes, Stamping Sensation
Hello, friends! Stickers and stamps are a match made it memory keeping heaven. Together, they make wonderful layering elements or can be used to create unique patterns. In today’s post, our designers share how they paired stickers and stamps in their layouts. Using...
Jan 13, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! Patterns are all around us, especially on our memory keeping pages. When we think of patterns, we often think of pre-designed patterns, like the ones found on the papers, stickers, and washi from our monthly kits. But if we remember that a pattern is...
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 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...
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....
Oct 16, 2020 | Basic Elements, Kit Papers, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Here at Cocoa Daisy, many of us are obsessed with circles and there are good reasons for our fascination with this shape. Circles have a lot of symbolism associated with them including balance, wholeness, time, and the cosmic universe. The circle...
Jun 26, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Happy Friday! Our design team members Sabrina, Brande, and Rachel have created layouts focusing on circles with the Serengeti kits. Circles are a great way to add interest to a design, bring the eye to a focal point, and use our exclusive...
Jun 12, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Feature Friday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Mini Book Madness, Repeated Shapes
Hello, Daisies! Today Evy and Odessa have some beautiful mini albums for you, there are lots of ideas and photos in this post, so let’s get right to it! Evy’s made an album using past kits as she waits for her Serengeti Collection to show up in Italy: For...
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...
