Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Aug 8, 2014 | Tips and Tricks
Hi Daisies, it’s me, Jody, here to share a simple but fun technique with you today. Some of you might relate with me and have a love of washi tape. All colors, designs and patterns, right?! Well, I sometimes look through the papers in the Cocoa Daisy kit and...
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 13, 2014 | Cocoa Daisy, Everyday, Inspiration, Off the Page, Tips and Tricks
I was attempting to clean up my scrappy desk and I got distracted by the clothes pins from the Scenic Route add on. I love the clothes pins that are produced for paper crafting, some are already embellished and they are usually smaller in size...
Jul 8, 2014 | Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks
Hello there everyone! Suz here today to share with you some ways in which I was inspired by this month’s kits! This post actually may be more of a hybrid post; combining inspiration and how it resulted in “Dissecting Design.” First up, I knew when I...
Jun 25, 2014 | Tips and Tricks
Hello Daisies! Jody here to share a couple of tips I have found useful when doing hand-stitching on paper. This next month’s kit {July’s is Viewfinder} comes with a really great product, and hopefully you will be excited and anxious to use it after seeing...
Jun 11, 2014 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks
Hello. Lisa here today to share some little tips & tricks with you. Today I’m talking alphas. Sometimes in a kit you may love the alphas included but they don’t quite go with the LO that you are creating. I am using this months June kit as an example...
May 21, 2014 | A Day in the Life, Cocoa Daisy, Scrap Space, Tips and Tricks
Hey Daisies!! I am excited to be on the Cocoa Daisy blog with my first post and a share of my humble scrap space! I like to think I have every person’s scrap space. I share a spot in our basement common area and so I try to keep it fairly clean and most items...
May 3, 2014 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Panda Eight Printables, Tips and Tricks
Are you celebrating today too? There is lots going on today in the scrapbooking world. Be sure to ‘like’ us on facebook here and also follow us on Instagram here. You won’t want to miss out on anything today. We have been busy on the team this month...
Apr 30, 2014 | Design Team Tips, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks
I say it every month but Cocoa Daisy kits really are so versatile! I love that the colour options are almost endless. This is definitely shown as Alissa’s page is so different from Piradee’s. My page is a complete contrast as I set about to make a gold...
Apr 29, 2014 | Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks
Good morning, All!! Did you enjoy the reveal last night? I LOVE the May kits so much! Christine has done it again. And, the thing I loved the most about the kits was the sprinklings of gold throughout. Any of you that have been following me for awhile know how much I...
Mar 6, 2014 | A Day in the Life, Design Team Tips, Tips and Tricks
Hello All!!! Alissa here today to talk about Project Life and getting more from your DITL kit. First, can I say how much I LOVE the DITL kits that Christine puts together? And, we now have an add on specifically geared to pocket scrapbooking. LOVE it!!! March is the...
Mar 2, 2014 | A Day in the Life, Cocoa Daisy, Mini Book Madness, Tips and Tricks
Good Morning and HAPPY SUNDAY!!! I hope I am finding you all well this fine Sunday morning! Alissa here to share with you a little more from my March 2014 mini book in my gallery this month. If you’ve had a chance to look at the gallery, you would have seen that...
Feb 26, 2014 | Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks
Hello Everyone! Alissa here with another Product Focus post using a product in the new kit to be revealed tonight, Grey Street. Three 4×6 transparent overlays from the Studio Calico Wanderlust collection will be included in the main kit, Grey Street. I just love...
Feb 17, 2014 | Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Teaming up with, Tips and Tricks
This month I have teamed up with Mandie, Mandy Kay, Anna, Alissa, Denise, Jody and MandyK. The topic this month is black and white photos. We all scrapped a LO using black and white photos using our February ‘Color Swatch’ Kit. Here’s what we all...
Feb 12, 2014 | Tips and Tricks
Hi Daisies! I hope that you are having a great month of February so far. It always seems to fly by quickly, just because it is a couple of days shorter than the other months. But hopefully you are finding ways to squeeze in some extra crafting time. I especially love...
Feb 5, 2014 | Tips and Tricks
Hello everyone! Martha here sharing a couple of tips for how to use one of my favorite elements in the Paint Chip add-on, the Teresa Collins sequins. They are so pretty that I put them in a vintage heart shaped tin on my scrap table, with it being February they...
Jan 30, 2014 | Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
Hi everyone! Suz here along with Anna, Ashley, Denise, and Sharmaine for this month’s edition of Stamping Sensation. Today we are sharing several different ways each of us have used the kit stamps in our designs and some different techniques we have used with...
Jan 29, 2014 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
Good Morning, All! Alissa here and I’ve got another product focus today using the watercolor paper included in the February kit, “Color Swatch” that was revealed last night. In every February main kit you will be receiving a piece of watercolor...
