ScrapHappy

No Cocoa Daisy Products Were Harmed in the Creation of This Post

  Haha! I actually did create about three more Cocoa Daisy projects, but I promised I wouldn't share. But I was on a scrapping bender, so I did come up with a few other goodies. Have a look:

 

See that scalloped border? It's created by my new favorite tool - the scallop edge punch from Stampin' Up!

 

This thing is incredible. It makes it so easy to create a consistent edge quickly and accurately. I sound like a commercial, don't I??? But I love it. LOVE IT.

 

Here's one of the few layouts I've created lately using my Revolution. I do love it, too, but I am usually in such a hurry... I forget how simple it is to use. I am dying for their 12" platform so I can create border edges!

This last one is a layout for all those who think they can't afford to scrapbook. The paper here was from the dollar section at Target, and it was marked down 30%. So I got eight sheets of patterned paper for $.70!!! Woohoo! (And do you see the appearance of that scallop edge again?).

Tell me your favorite money-saving tip (scrapbooking or not) and I'll do a drawing and send some Target paper your way.

Aren't You the Lucky One??

Dearest Erica (<<My favorite kids book is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I also like The Secret in Miranda's Closet and Mail-Order Wings. :D>>,

You have won a Cocoa Daisy kit! Here it is:

 

You will love it. It is packed with all sorts of goodies! Now email me your address so I can get it to you!

Didn't win? You can buy this (and other past month's kits) at the Coca Daisy store!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

...like the holiday which must not be named!

After posting my last red-and-green-themed project, I received quite a bit of flak from folks who are opposed to getting out the holly and the ivy before Thanksgiving, at the earliest! I'm sorry, but the way my life is, if I don't plan WAY ahead, the holidays zip by me before I even know they were here! So you'll have to excuse me as I present the first of many holiday-themed layouts...

 

I am in love with this layout! I am really enamored with the idea of having others put their words in our scrapbooks. Even for a journalist, journaling gets a bit tiresome at times... so why not spread the pain joy?

This past week, for Cathy Z's Design Your Life class, we created a mini-album where each person in the family filled in five facts about themselves. It was so fun and special that I immediately thought of that approach when I was creating this holiday page today. The journaling is not yet done, but it will be soon!

materials: patterned paper, letter stickers, journaling blocks, arrows, rub-ons (Reminisce) + acrylic numbers (KI Memories) + Stickles (Ranger) + white rub-ons (Heidi Swapp) + brads + scalloped trimming blade (Fiskars) + 12x12 spread

Here's a link to the Stickles (my go-to bling of choice).

Did you know...

Did you know that if you don't include your email address in your Typepad profile, I cannot email you back?

I have tried to email several people and the messages just bounce.

I answer comments directly, not by posting a response in the comments field. So if you want to hear from me and aren't, then check your profile. :)

This is it, I promise.

Yet another Cocoa Daisy layout. Let me tell you, I created two more layouts and two cards with this kit, and I have lots of stuff leftover still! That is a total of five layouts, two cards, and a mini-album. WITH LEFTOVERS!  

In real life, the page is not crooked. I promise. :) To the kit I added the glitter letters and the three brads. Everything else is in there.

I tried to make use of the color core cardstock from Coredinations. If you click on the image and enlarge it, you can see some light distressing around the photo. I attempted to sand away the top layer of the cardstock to show the colored core. It's subtle. I need to play with this product some more to see what else I can do with it. They recently sent me a big care package, so expect to see more Coredinations soon!

In celebration of the fabulousness of Cocoa Daisy, I have a kit of theirs to give away. It's not a current kit -- it's a few months old. But it has the same fun aesthetic and tons of great product.

Leave me a comment and tell me... hmmm... tell me... how about telling me your favorite kids' book? I'm looking for some good read-aloud recommendations. Share one with me and I will put you in a drawing for this fabu kit. Entries must be received by Friday at midnight Pacific time.

...And here's another~!

Somebody stop me! ;)

 

This is a 4-1/2" square mini-album, my latest Cocoa Daisy creation! Everything here except the letter stickers was included in the kit.

 

 

I have no idea that one scan is all catty-wompas (yes, that's a technical designer term).

 

It was a fun day, and this is the perfect way to memorialize it. :)

Cocoa Daisy Part 2

This kit is so inspiring... Here's my next creation! In addition to the kit goodies, I threw in some pink cardstock, another Bazill arrow, some Luxe letters, American Crafts flourishes, and lime green brads and paint.

 

I love the look of layering up a bunch of products, WITHOUT the bulk. These lasercut lace cardstock sheets from KI Memories are perfect for that.

I don't know about you, but I find it much easier to be creative when I have a LIMITED amount of product to look at, rather than EVERYTHING. Try making your own "kits" if you don't already belong to a kit club. Throw together a few sheets of coordinating cardstock and patterned paper, two or three fun embellishments, and a pack of letter stickers. See what you can create!

Cocoa Daisy Rocks!

How pumped was I to pull up at my house and see a big box from the USPS waiting for me? Even better, inside was the Cocoa Daisy November kit... specially selected by none other than Stacy Julian! Stacy sent it my way in the hopes I would create some fun projects to share. How could I resist? The kit includes:

 

...TONS of fun stuff! (You know if it's from Stacy, it's fun!). And I'm already having a blast:

 

I mixed the kit contents with American Crafts Thickers, a Bazzill chipboard arrow, a tad of green ribbon (the bottom one in the threesome above) and a few odds and ends of cardstock. I'll be sharing more projects created from this kit in the next few days!

I need to brag.

My fifth-grader just used "obdurate" in a book report. Totally unprompted.

 

Smart AND handsome! ;)

Winner!

Andrea Adams, this little box is on its way to you (or it will be as soon as I get your address -- send it please!).

<<I totally agree on the candy corn, and yes it must be Brach's. I buy it as soon as I see it, but I don't let myself open it until October 1. One year I waited to buy it and there was none to be found. I haven't let that happen again. Oh, and the mellowcreme pumpkins are good too.>