Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Jan 29, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Printables, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! Much of the joy in receiving a Cocoa Daisy kit is looking through all the beautiful embellishments. The Die-cuts, chipboard, stamps, enamel dots, wood veneer, stickers, and washi tape are just a few of the embellishment options that arrive at your door...
Jan 26, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! It’s a new year and, maybe, you have decided that THIS is the year you will be more consistent with memory keeping. You want to document the little moments, the funny moments, the good, the bad – you want to remember it all! While this sounds...
Jan 20, 2021 | Inspiration, Mixed Media, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! Raise your hand if you hear “mixed media” and immediately think “oh no, I can’t do that. That’s not for me”. I know I have felt that way in the past, and still find myself shying away from the messy crafting elements (except stamps, I LOVE stamps). But...
Jan 19, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Sketch, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends In our everyday life, we use instructions and recipes to help us build, navigate, and create the “stuff” of our lives. But when it comes to creativity, we often bristle at the thought of using a blueprint to help us get started. Many think that we need...
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 8, 2021 | Basic Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Product Focus, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends If you want to add emphasis or titles to your memory keeping layouts, look no further than the alphas stickers in the New Chapter Collection. Alpha stickers are a staple for their versatility and customization. With so many alpha sets to choose from,...
Jan 6, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Kit Papers, Product Focus, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! Each month, the Memory Keeping Kit Papers include the color scheme and patterns found in the Memory Keeping Kits. These 6X8 papers are the perfect size for adding directly to an album, trimming down to pocket card size, or punching shapes to create...
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...
Jan 1, 2021 | Art Journal, Chipboard Elements, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Cue the confetti and cheers to a new year! For many of us, 2020 was maybe not our “best year ever”, but a new year holds new hope! One thing that we love about memory keeping is the built-in practice of finding the good in the little things and documenting it. I know...
Dec 29, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! If there is one thing we love around here, it is labels! They are a consistent element found our Memory Keeping Kits and are the perfect addition to just about any layout! While labels are traditionally used to record specifics within your memory...
Dec 28, 2020 | Basic Elements, Challenges, Christmas, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Everyday, Journal, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Printables, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
Hello Daisies ! I hope everyone is Ok and had a wonderful Christmas despite this complicated year. Today, I wanted to show you how I plan my weeklies. Since June, I use a dotted notebook as a planner, and I add all my wonderful CD goodies. Each week comes on 4 pages :...
Dec 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Die Cut Files, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Tips and Tricks, Vellum, Washi Tape
The New Chapter Collection is all about starting fresh! This collection includes bold colors perfectly contrasted by artistic black accents. Several patterns include splashes of paint with black ink drips, creating a fun mixed media feel without the mess. You can...
Dec 23, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Inspiration, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! For many of us, our daily happenings are the catalyst for our memory keeping. We take a photo and choose supplies to assist with our documentation. But sometimes, our supplies are what encourage the story we want to tell. In each monthly collection,...
Dec 22, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Document December, Everyday, Kit Papers, Pocket Pages, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! We are well into December and, hopefully, your documenting of this special month. While this December may feel different than previous years, there is still so much we can include in our December albums. You can document your holiday decorations, gift...
Dec 15, 2020 | Chipboard Elements, Classified, Design Team Tips, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Sketch, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! Imagine you are sitting down to work on a memory keeping spread. You printed your photos and gathered all your supplies. But as you look at the blank page, you realize that you are missing something- your inspiration! I know I have felt this way before...
Dec 11, 2020 | Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! In today’s post, we are focusing our attention on the adorable, and versatile, stamp sets from the Cranberry Rose Collection.If you subscribe to the Memory Keeping: Pocket Kit or the Travelers Notebook Memory Keeping Kit, you receive one of these...
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....
Dec 8, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Design Team Tips, Pocket Pages, Product Focus, Sequins, Stencils, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello, Friends! The Classified: Memory Keeping Kit is the best kind of surprise! Each month, this kit is thoughtfully assembled to coordinate with the other Memory Keeping Kits, with items that can really make your spreads sparkle. This month, the Cranberry Rose...
Dec 5, 2020 | Basic Elements, Cards, Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial
hello my fellow Daisies! Lisa here showing off some cute Holiday cards I made with the amazing Cranberry Rose kits. I am super happy with how they turned out and all of them are super easy to make! First off is this cute Let it snow card. I used one of the pocket...
