Category Archives: Traditional Designs
May 28, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Art Journal, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Kit Papers, Repeated Shapes, Traditional Designs
Hello, Friends! If you have been a memory keeper for a while, it is likely that you have accumulated a few paper punches. Paper punches are a great tool for adding texture and interest to a page. They are also useful for including portions of collection papers,...
May 21, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Art Journal, Basic Elements, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Off the Page, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! Here at Cocoa Daisy, we are all about finding thinking outside your box of happy and encouraging ways to stretch your monthly kits a little further. What better way to do that than with a little mix and match! Whether it’s combing elements from...
May 19, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Journal, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! Are you someone who struggles with adding journaling to your memory-keeping layouts? Or maybe you love to journal but want so more inspiration on how to jazz up the white space around your journaling. Today, our Memory Keeping Team is sharing ways they...
May 4, 2021 | Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Mixed Media, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Project Life, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Tutorial
Hello, Friends! We hope you are having as much fun with the Tranquility Collection as we are. The mix of zen-like greens and pops of black, mixed media elements make this collection so fun and versatile. We wanted to take time to focus on two products that are pretty...
Apr 23, 2021 | Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Project Life, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Tutorial
Hello, friends! Putting together memory-keeping spreads is a snap when you have pretty pocket cards to work with. With each collection, there is a variety of pocket cards to use for decoration, journaling, titles, and photo mats. While they are available as part of...
Apr 21, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Repeated Shapes, Scrap Happens!, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! It’s that time of the month where you have dug into your kits from the Tranquility Collection while also wrapping up your creative time with your kits from the Poppy Fields Collection. At this point, you likely have several paper scraps in...
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 26, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello, friends! Sometimes, we need a little help to get started with a memory-keeping spread. Lucky for us, the Cocoa Daisy Memory Keeping Kits has a variety of little prompts to kick start your creativity. Today, our memory-keeping team shares how elements in the...
Mar 5, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Chipboard Elements, Mixed Media, Off the Page, Simple Dori, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! There is something so wonderful about memory-keeping spreads with embellishments that jump off the page or interact with page elements. Each month, our Memory Keeping Kits include items that are designed to give your projects the texture, layers, and...
Feb 23, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Video
Hello, Friends! Today, we have two members of our Memory Keeping Team sharing their process as they put together a memory planner spread and a 12×12 layout. We have the final spreads here on the blog, but make sure to head to their YouTube Channels for a...
Feb 5, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Challenges, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello, Friends! Every now and then, it is nice to pare down your supplies and see what you can create. Today, we have set out a challenge to design a layout featuring the Denim and Blush Classified: Memory Keeping Kit. This kit comes with everything you need to create...
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...
Nov 24, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Grid designs in memory keeping and planning are always popular because they make pulling a layout together simple and easy. The design is perfect for organizing photos and embellishments in a way that balances the layout. It’s the theme for...
Nov 10, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Brown is a truly lovely color that sits on the warm side of the color wheel along with red, orange, and yellow. It’s probably not the first color you notice in a rich and vibrant autumn landscape. And yet, brown has a quite a diverse range of hues...
Nov 4, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Traditional Designs
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, On the blog today the design team is sharing layouts using the Acorn Lane pocket kit. We have a traditional 12×12 design and a pocket page design for you. Our pocket kits come with traditional 3×4 and 4×6 pocket cards as well...
Oct 30, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Product Focus, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Today we are focusing on layouts created from components in our Classified Memory Keeping kits. Our classified kits are a wonderful compliment to our memory keeping kits and our planner kits too. And for many of us, we enjoy the delightful surprise of...
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Oct 21, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Cut Files, Daisy Designers, Everyday, Inspiration, Printables, Sketch, Traditional Designs, Video
Greetings on this Wednesday in mid-October! Today’s blog post is all about gnomes, getting you ready for the Acorn Lane gnomefest happening in Gnome-vember at Cocoa Daisy! Three of our Memory Keeping team members have gathered fun ideas for adding gnomes to your...
Oct 7, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Sequins, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs
Hello friends, It’s mid-week in the beginning of October and we are fully into the fall season. If your like me, you’ll have lots of fall photos and memories to document. And you may be swimming in autumn ephemera, papers, and stamps. We thought it would...
Sep 30, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Mixed Media, Project Art, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, We’re focusing on mixed media in our designs today. Mixed media can be a complex layer of mediums or something as simple as a bit of texture paste applied to a pocket card with a stencil or a few drops of water color on your background. Our design...
Sep 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cut Files, Printables, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy fans, What do you get when you drop a pumpkin? A squash. He he…are you a pumpkin lover or a pumpkin hater? I’m not a big fan of most things pumpkin with the exception of the pumpkin roll. Yum! …but I digress. As you can tell, we...
