Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Sep 16, 2021 | Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Throwback Thursday, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, friends! If you have been with Cocoa Daisy for while, you know that each collection is unique but also mixes and matches with past collections. So today, we are celebrating this with a Throwback Thursday: Mix and Match Edition! We love how our Creative Team...
Sep 14, 2021 | Art Journal, Design Team Tips, Journal, Off the Page, Product Focus, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, friends! If you received the Doodles and Dashes Traveler’s Notebook Memory Keeping Kit or the Doodles and Dashes Modern Memory Keeping Kit then you would have seen the adorable photo frames that arrived in your kit. We thought it would be fun to share a...
Sep 11, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Inspiration, Journal, Off the Page, Planner Setup, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! We hope you are enjoying the Doodles & Dashes Collection as much as we are. We have a few projects to share with you today, featuring all the hand-drawn, enchanting designs of this collection. Grab your favorite beverage, sit back, and get ready to...
Sep 7, 2021 | Monochromatic, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! The Doodles & Dashes Collection features a generous array of black and white touches. If you are looking to create some contrast in your creative designs, consider making a black and white spread, with hints of color as our Creative Team has done...
Aug 14, 2021 | Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! The Simple Dori Traveler Notebook is the perfect place to capture what is happening in your life. Whether it is a favorite selfie, a “currently” list, or a moment soaking in the sunshine, you can guarantee to have these moments documented...
Jul 15, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Off the Page, Simple Dori, Subscriber Downloads, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! There is something to be said for the satisfaction we feel when a paper crafting project has texture. One of the benefits is the way texture and layers draw you into the design and encourage you to stay for a while. Texture can be accomplished in many...
Jul 8, 2021 | Journal, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Printables, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! Journaling is a wonderful way to document your thoughts, memories and reflect on discoveries. But sometimes, it is difficult to get started. Might we suggest the variety of prompts available in the Wisteria Lane Collection? You can use sentiment stamps...
Jul 3, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! It’s another edition of “Simple Dori Saturday” featuring the gorgeous Wisteria Lane Collection. We have three Simple Dori spreads from our Creative Team that we know you are going to love! Jil loves switching things up in her Simple...
Jul 1, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Design Team Tips, Off the Page, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! The memory-keeping kits have a few “MVPs” that we receive most months, and one of those is the sheet chipboard elements. The sheets are usually filled with a mix of cute sentiments, shapes, and decorative pieces that can jazz up your layout...
Jun 29, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Pocket Letter, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial, Video
Hello, friends! We hope you have received your kits from the Wisteria Lane Collection and are using the kits to set up your planners, journals and work on memory-keeping spreads. Today, our creative team has a few tutorials to share with you for this “Teach Me...
Jun 19, 2021 | Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Sketch, Tips and Tricks, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, friends! We are jumping on the inspiration train featuring Christine’s sketch ideas provided in the Traveler’s Notebook Memory Keeping Kit and the Modern Memory Keeping Kit each month. Our Creative Team was inspired by Christine’s designs and...
Jun 17, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook, Vellum, Washi Tape
Hello, Friends! Wanderlust. If you have never experienced to urge to wander, travel, and roam the world (or outside your home), you might have felt this way over that last year. Even if you weren’t a big traveler before, a worldwide stay home order in 2020 made...
Jun 12, 2021 | Daisy Planner, Planner Setup, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Vellum, Washi Tape
Hello, friends! Each month, the Cocoa Daisy collections have so many glorious stickers to choose from for embellishing your memory-keeping designs, planners, and journals. We asked a few members of the Creative Team to share how they use stickers from the My Escape...
Jun 10, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Mini Book Madness, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! The My Escape Collection makes us want to hit the road and document our travel memories. This collection can be used to celebrate past, present, and future travel. One of the ways to do this is to create mini albums. Mini albums allow you to tell the...
Jun 8, 2021 | Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Freebies, Journal, Product Focus, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Washi Tape
Hello, Friends! One of the best parts about the Cocoa Daisy planning community is seeing all the various ways people plan their days. Finding your planning style means figuring out what items you need to put in your planner while also establishing how you embellish...
Jun 5, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Vellum
Hello, Friends! Get ready for a new monthly feature – Simple Dori Saturday. Since our Simple Dori is unique to Cocoa Daisy, we thought it would be fun to create a post each month to celebrate it! We have three eye-catching spreads from our Creative Team using...
Jun 1, 2021 | Classified, Design Team Tips, Freebies, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Printables, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! A new month brings fresh opportunities including a new planner set up featuring the My Escape Collection. You may be a more functional planner, adding bits of the collection here and there or using elements to compliment your list-making, highlight...
May 30, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Printables, Rub Ons, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! The new month is almost here and we are excited to see how you set up your planner for the month. Throughout this next week, we are sharing how our creative team prepped their planners for June using the My Escape Collection. You are going to love how...
May 25, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Off the Page, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! We have another TN (Traveler’s Notebook) Tuesday post featuring both the Tranquility Collection and the My Escape Collection. Around these parts, we call our traveler’s notebook the Simple Dori. The inside of the notebook features designs...
May 24, 2021 | Basic Elements, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Daisies! If you want to know the truth, this post is all about making your planner pretty, not functional. Ha, ha! Don’t get me wrong, functional planners absolutely have their place. However, speaking for myself, if my planner looks pretty, it takes the...
