Category Archives: Travelers Notebook
Oct 9, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Happy Friday! White space, also known as negative space, is an important element of design. It helps separate your content, object groupings and it minimizes clutter. Another way that white space is used is to create emphasis. One example would be placing a photo on...
Oct 6, 2020 | Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Printables, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, It’s another TN Tuesday here at Cocoa Daisy and today we are sharing ideas for using vellum in your traveler’s notebooks and Simple Dori planners. Vellum is a translucent paper that is often used on invitations, announcements and cards, but...
Oct 2, 2020 | Everyday, Journal, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends! Adding a sense of movement to your layouts is a great way to draw the viewer into your story and is a design principle in paper crafting. There are many shapes that can be incorporated to add movement including swirls. Our Flannel and Frost collection...
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...
Sep 22, 2020 | Journal, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Sequins, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, In the Northern Hemisphere the air is cooler and the tree’s leaves are beginning to shed their summer green. Autumn is arriving and our DT is sharing their fall greetings with us today. Grab a nice warm drink and enjoy our first look at this colorful...
Sep 19, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Journal, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Video
Hi everyone. Tanti is here. Hope you are all doing well. Today, I’m going to share with you how I used the Vellum elements in my standard size Daisy dori. I really love using vellum in my planner or journal spreads. It could add an interesting look to your pages. This...
Sep 16, 2020 | Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Today our design team is sharing their layering tips and tricks with lots of great examples! Layering is an important element in design because it adds texture, depth and focus to your paper crafting. For example, adding layers of paper and texture...
Sep 15, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello! Bold titles can be used to set the tone for your story as well as cover the majority of space for your design. In fact your title can be the foundation of your layout. For example, cutting out a short word such as hello, go, or love in a large letters and using...
Sep 11, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello and how is everyone doing? We hope you are staying safe and well. On the blog today, we are exploring hexagons. Hexagons are one of the shapes that make regular appearances in memory keeping and planning. I’m always delighted when I see layouts with...
Sep 9, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cards, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, The tags in our kits are a staple, extremely versatile and can be used in any style of memory keeping or planning. Tags can be used as the main foundation for a layout, planner page or greeting card, a journaling spot, a small work of art, a bookmark,...
Sep 8, 2020 | Inspiration, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Here at Cocoa Daisy we want to inspire you with a mix of old and new ideas for using your kits. Adding pockets to our traveler’s notebooks isn’t a new idea but how we decorate them can be fresh and creative. Today the design...
Sep 4, 2020 | Classified, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello and happy weekend friends! Our classified memory keeping kit is extremely versatile and a fun treat each month. I love to open it up and see what fun things Christine has chosen to include in each kit. And all of the items are complimentary to the planner,...
Aug 28, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook, Washi Tape
Hello friends, Our theme today is “starry starry night,” which is all about the stars. The star shape provides limitless possibilities for your memory keeping and planner layouts. We’ve got some fun designs to inspire you to work with all the star...
Aug 25, 2020 | Inspiration, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Layouts that are created using a diagonal theme are extremely appealing visually and allow you to place elements and photos in unique ways to draw your viewer in. A diagonal placement is also a great way to use bold colored stripes in your...
Aug 21, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Journal, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daises, Our design team has stepped up to the challenge of incorporating purple or blue or both in their designs. We are blown away by their ideas and use of these colors. Purple and blue are deep rich colors that pack a punch. They are on the cool side of the...
Aug 17, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Kit Papers, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone. Tanti here. I love using patterned papers in my standard size Daisy Dori planner. There are lots of ways to use them Today, I want to share what I usually do with them. First of all, I always use a patterned paper to cover up my TN cover. Because I like...
Aug 14, 2020 | Everyday, Mixed Media, Pocket Cards, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Hello and happy Friday! Today we are exploring ways you can use stamps to create texture when documenting your stories and plans. Stamps can be used with many types of mixed media including embossing powder, gelli plates, water colors, special inks such is distress...
Aug 13, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Art Journal, Cards, Cocoa Daisy, Everyday, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook, Washi Tape
Hello Daisies ! I hope you are all OK. Today I want to share with you a post a bit “outside the box”. Even if all items came from my boxes of Happy 🙂 In fact, I will share with you how I sometimes use my Daisy Doris for other uses than planning. It’s...
Aug 11, 2020 | Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends! It’s TN Tuesday today, which means today’s blog post is devoted to our Simple Dori Traveler’s Notebook and ideas to document your stories within it’s lovely pages. The DT was challenged to create a layout for this post that...
