Category Archives: Sketch

How many ways can you take one sketch?

How many ways can you take one sketch?

We love a good sketch here at Cocoa Daisy. It’s such a good jumping off point for designing a layout, you can use all or part of it and make it your own. I love that no two pages ever look the same. Our September sketch is based off of Alissa’s layout in...
July Sketch Winner!

July Sketch Winner!

Another awesome sketch and another amazing winner! But first, we had one more from one of our newest design team members, Sarah, to share. Love those layers, Sarah! 🙂 Now, on to the winner… CONGRATS, JULIE B!!!! The winner is Julie B! I just love how Julie used...
July Sketch Challenge!

July Sketch Challenge!

Hello All and happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a great weekend! I was fortunate to get an extra couple of days off for the holiday and I relaxed as much as I could! I hope everyone else had a great weekend, too! This month’s sketch was a fun one! And,...
June Sketch Challenge!

June Sketch Challenge!

Hello, All! Happy June! I can’t believe it’s June already! Summer is almost here! Who’s up for a sketch challenge? I know I always am. 🙂 I just LOVE sketches. I didn’t used to but in the last 18 months, or so, I’ve grown to really enjoy...
April Sketch Challenge Winner

April Sketch Challenge Winner

Good morning daisies! Thank you for all your lovely entries to our April sketch challenge! Be sure to check out this thread on the forum to see the great takes on this fun sketch! Our random winner this month is Julie! I just love all of her layers and planner goodies...
April Sketch Challenge!

April Sketch Challenge!

Hello, daisies! Welcome to the sketch challenge for April! I just love a good sketch to jump start the mojo and this one certainly is no exception… It is based off a gorgeous layout by the one and only Suz 🙂 Now, let’s see what some of our DT came up with!...
Tuesday Sketch Day

Tuesday Sketch Day

Hello everyone! Happy February and welcome to this month’s sketch challenge! Suz here with you today along with my fellow lovely and talented Daisy Designers, Lisa and Piradee who are sharing their takes on this month’s sketch design. Without further ado,...
January Sketch Challenge~

January Sketch Challenge~

Hello Daisies! I hope you are all getting into the swing of this new year and ready for the first sketch challenge of 2015. The details are this: you have until January 20th to upload your page, card or project to the Cocoa Daisy gallery and post that you are...
Martha’s Designer’s Challenge Winner

Martha’s Designer’s Challenge Winner

I love, love, love Wendy’s (aka antenucci) take on my recent challenge!  First of all, the oversized picture is just awesome and then she layered on color coordinated embellishments that compliment the colors in her photo perfectly.  Such a fun, summery...
November’s Sketch Challenge has been decided

November’s Sketch Challenge has been decided

I loved seeing the different takes on the sketch this month. Thank you to those of you who played along. Each layout had so much to love. Terry’s was clean and simple, with a photo that spoke to my heart. Wendy had fun with the circle elements and used a lot of...
A myriad of possibilities, AKA the Sketch Challenge

A myriad of possibilities, AKA the Sketch Challenge

Do you love a good sketch like I do? I used to not like them, but then realized how flexible they really were. You can enlarge, flip, take one thing, shrink, add too, etc. any sketch and use it as a jumping off point. What a great tool to have! The November Sketch...
October Sketch Challenge

October Sketch Challenge

Stephanie has a GREAT sketch for us this month! Play along with us. Link us up here in the comments & a winner will be announced on October 16. Here is my take on it. I staggered my photos (helps make it less obvious that I can’t place anything straight....
September Sketch Challenge Winner

September Sketch Challenge Winner

Hello and happy Thursday! I so enjoyed seeing all the interpretations of the September sketch based on Anna’s original layout. It’s always a hard decision because everyone puts such beautiful touches on their pages. Thank you everyone for playing with me...
September’s Sketch Challenge with Emily

September’s Sketch Challenge with Emily

I love a sketch that gives me a finished layout in less than an hour. So much love. That would be the case for this month’s sketch, based on Anna’s layout from the modern+vintage collection. It was so easy to pull elements from her design and make this...