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February 6, 2012

February sketch challenge

Filed under: Challenges,Daisy Designers — AnnaB @ 2:00 am

Here’s our sketch challenge for this month! Create a layout based on this sketch and post a comment here, with a link to your creation in the gallery or on your blog. If you’re linking to your blog, please make sure the link is for the actual blog post and not for the blog in general.

You have until February 13 to participate and you can use any supplies you wish to play along. The winner will get a a $10 voucher to the store.

Here is my layout. If you’re wondering about the photo… Alva was playing with her erasers and made them beds out of toilet rolls. They were all kids at an orphanage. The Swedish word “fantasi” means imagination, in this case.

Sharmaine played along with this wonderful layout:

And Lisa added some gorgeous messy paint to her layout:

Our fabulous February guest designer Mandy created this lovely lettersize layout:

I can’t wait to see what you’ll create! Have fun!

Anna

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January 31, 2012

Inspiration Tuesday

Filed under: Daisy Designers,Inspiration — AnnaB @ 4:27 am

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Pinterest is a fabulous way to find inspiration. Look at these amazing posters I found this morning, made by Amy Rodchester. You can find her work here.

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January 27, 2012

Feature Friday – Scraps Happen

Filed under: Daisy Designers,Feature Friday — AnnaB @ 1:00 am

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Hi everyone! Today I’m here to show you something you can do to use up those small bits of paper leftovers. I love circles and when I recently got a new die for my Cuttlebug I realized the first time I tried it that I didn’t only love the lattice frame, but I also adored all the little circles that came out of my machine too!

Lattice Circle Frame, Cherry Lynn Designs

Since I was after the circles when making this layout I could use really small pieces of patterned paper, not covering the entire die, and still get lots of circles out of them.

I splattered some white paint on my background and then I spread the circles out and glued them down. I used the frame stamp on another small piece of patterned paper, added the photo, some thread and my journaling.

Have a wonderful Friday and a lovely weekend!

Anna

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January 26, 2012

Saying goodbye to Ronda

Filed under: Cocoa Daisy,Daisy Designers,News/Events — kissy @ 12:34 pm

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Saying goodbye is never easy but it’s near impossible to do when it’s someone who you hold so close to your heart.

In Greece Ronda and I became very close, how could I not love this vibrant, energetic, sarcastic and witty little italian! And I’m blessed to say that over the last couple years that friendship has only grown stronger. She has been mine and Cocoa Daisy’s biggest cheerleader, giving so much of herself, her talent and her vitality. She has contributed in so many ways to Cocoa Daisy – in more ways than I count! She has always been ready to do more and help whenever and wherever she could. And that is why I know this decision was so hard for her to make.

Ronda has decided to step down completely from the Cocoa Daisy Design Team in order to further pursue her own path.
It is hard for me to say goodbye and I know it will be very hard for the rest of the Design Team as well as our fellow Daisy’s to say goodbye. She has been such a vital part of Cocoa Daisy for so long. We will miss her amazing inspiration and her presence on the message boards.
I know that it’s not a complete goodbye, just a goodbye from the Cocoa Daisy Design Team. She promises to stick around on the message boards and we have something special planned with her for later this year. We wish Ronda all the best and can’t wait to see where her path leads her.

You are going to do amazing things sweetie and I love you.

Christine

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January 24, 2012

Inspiration Tuesday

Filed under: Cocoa Daisy,Daisy Designers,Everyday,Inspiration — stephanieeloise @ 6:00 am

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I have been really inspired lately—by food, movies, design…it’s hard to corral it into one place that makes sense. Since this is my first post, I’ll show you a little inspiration of one of my most favorite things: design. Design inspires me via colors, patterns and typography, and thanks to the internet, there is no shortage of great design to check out.

I’m totally in love with the letterpressed background and type in this business card! I love the teal + orange combo and all of the white space the design allows.

Logo design is one area that I’ve had the least practice in, but seeing this panel of prospective logos makes me happy! It’s funny how many designs you can make out of just a few words.

I love the rainbow effect of this print, not to mention the wisdom its words hold. I also love that the designer chose to use colors other than your run-of-the-mill ROYGBIV combo.

Everything about this invite makes me swoon. Yellow! Grey! Banners! Scripts! It’s simply gorgeous.

And last but not least, a few throwback product labels. The oranges, reds and teals compliment each other nicely, and I love the typography and distressed look.

Hope some of these have inspired you!

xoxo,
Stephanie

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