Cocoa Daisy March

Are you totally impressed that I've blogged several days in a row? I am surprised. Anyway...

Cocoa Daisy. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I LOVE THIS KIT! Opening that box, finding those beautiful papers and embellies was such a happy thing. The colors are fab! You can get your own here.
(click on the layouts to get a bigger view.)

A layout about my middle child. The poor kid. He's often lost between the drama of the biggest and the littlest. But I know how he feels. I am a middle child. He's in my mind and heart always.

I've loved those Pink Paislee hexagon chipboards the very first time I saw them last summer CHA. So glad they were in the kit! I'm doing a blog post about this layout for Cocoa Daisy in March.

The arrow is a stamp from their awesome stamp add-on. The fab folks at Clearsnap sent me some ink pads, and I have been in love with the two colors I used here: Berry and Wheatgrass (Colorbox). From what I understand, these are limited edition. Those two colors are perfect with this kit.

 That ribbon is so pretty! It's wired, and it's a really thick linen.

It was hard to read the title, so I outlined it with a marker. I know other people do this all the time, but this was my first time! I was nervous. Really nervous! That distressed circle is a stamp from the stamp add-on.

 The rhinestones came with the kit, and I used them! So proud of myself!

As soon as I saw the chipboard shapes (from Studio Calico), I knew I wanted to use them for photos. They are teeny, but I love how neatly they fit with this patterned paper (Dear Lizzy by American Crafts). I wanted to keep the pattern mostly undisturbed, and just add little details here and there.

 A hand stitched "b". A few buttons.

A bit of journaling. The photo tags were also handstitched on. I love that photo of Luke trying out eyeglasses at a Walgreens.

And a card! That arrow stamp came with the main kit. I've used it so many times already! The background lattice is from the add-on stamps.

I had forgotten how much I love using a kit to create. Thanks Cocoa Daisy!

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Cocoa Daisy Sneak Peek!

I'm a lucky girl! I was asked to guest design for Cocoa Daisy using the March kit. That kit is so pretty, I had a hard time cutting into the paper. And the stamps! I love stamps. The stamp with the main kit, as well as the add-on stamp set are amazing! You can take a peek of the kit here. (I got the add #1 too!) Oh, did I mention hexagons? Love!

The reveal is on February 28th! So excited!

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Scrapbooking! Yikes!

Yes, I do scrapbook from time to time. Amazing, I know!

This month, I'm the guest designer at Cocoa Daisy. Lucky me, I know! The kit is so super cute. Lots of happy colors and happy patterns. Very pink, but hey, I created three layouts about my family, one about the beach, and even a card!

When I first saw this Pink Paislee paper, I immediately thought of how my kids will swim in the coldest water. They don't care. At first, I was just going with rectangular photos, but then it occurred to me that circles would be so much better.  I dug around the boxes (yes, the house is still in boxes) and found every possible punch under the sun, except the circles. So I called my scrapbooking store friend Stacy, ran over to her house at 9PM, and got her punches. Can I say how much I love living near her? Not because I can bum off her supplies, but because she is the nicest person, who is not only supportive but also funny as heck!

A little sewing, ridiculous quotes from my children, punched out photos, and the whole layout came together pretty quickly.

My kit came with a banner that was numbered to 10. So I had to make a page about the middlest. Who is 10, and who is super talkative, but also shy. Girls loooove him. In first grade, other moms would tell me that their daughters were coming home and saying, "I'm going to marry him when I grow up." I was in between flattered and worried, and wanting those moms to keep their girls away from my baby!

Then this little ode to the good part of living in LA. Sorry for the crazy red. It's a bit more toned down in real life. I just can't seem to get it right, photo-wise.

I've been meaning to create this layout about places we ate frequently back in Philly. In the last month we were there, the kids and I made a point to take photos everytime we went out to eat. Which was a lot. I didn't get all of them in here, and I hope to eventually create a mini-album to celebrate those places and their yummy foods. A little slice of our old life.

And a card! I made a card. My dear friend Kim created this cute ampersand stamp. Everyone loves ampersands. Looking around the kit, I noticed that there were several more. So I gathered them here, added a stitched one, and it's a card, yo.

This was seriously fun. Thank you Ronda for asking me. I had forgotten how much I missed working with a kit.

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