Cocoa Daisy warmly welcomes Lisa Olsen (Asil) as our guest designer for October.  We spotted Lisa in our design team call and knew we would had to have her for a guest designer.  She has a great simple yet vintage classic  with bits of whimsy style that fit perfectly with this warm kit.  We asked Lisa a few questions to get to know her better:

1.   What is your most creative time?  Inside I’m a night owl desperately trying to get out of the morning-person body my kids are forcing me into, haha. When the house is quiet (or empty), I loose all sense of time and enjoy my papers and glue! So late evening is my prime time!

2.   What is your top 5 playlist?

Gosh, it’s been so long since I had a proper playlist, but favourite songs at the moment are (in no particular order except the top one)…

- I’m not sorry / Morrissey

- Last Christmas / Wham! (it’s almost December after all!)

- Ring meg (Call me) / Gabrielle

- The more you ignore me, the closer I get / Morrissey

- Set fire to the rain / Adele

3.   What’s next on your scrappy life list?  Christmas cards and gift tags – oh, I’m so late!!

4.   What is your favorite retreat?  Send me to a spa and I’m in heaven. Or a beach. Or London. Or let me just sleep late one morning..

5.   If your life was a movie, what actress would play you?  That’s a tricky one. I know who I would like to see play me, but that’s not the question, is it.. boring experience.. Rene Z. as in Bridget Jones – I feel a bit Bridgety sometimes, even though I have hubby & kids.

6.   Who are the most important people in your life?  My family! Without them, I’m lost. And my closest friends!

7.   Where do you start when you scrap?  Usually I start with the paper or the picture(s). Sometimes the paper tells me which photo to use, sometimes it’s the opposite. But I do lay out everything before I glue thing together – adding and taking things away, until I’m satisfied. It takes for ever, I’m such a slow scrapper.

8.   What’s your favorite blog? Hmm..  It’s really hard to choose only one.. I’m loving Mumkaa’s (http://mumkaa.blogspot.com/) style at the moment – a cluster-like style with lots of messy paint on it. The Polish scrappers have an awesome style, misting and using stencils & paint. And then you have the clean & simple scrappers – Maria (http://www.houseofpaper.no/) is a huge inspiration!

9.   What food would describe your style?  I’m going safe on this and say smorgasbord (buffet-like food)! That’s a bit of everything, isn’t it? My style changes constantly, I don’t think I have one particular one..

10.  What is “dressed up” for you?  I hate dressing up, so any skirt/dress-outfit would be a major event!

Here are her stunning creations this month:

Her gallery is being posted soon.  In the meantime, check out her beautiful blog Asil’s Ville Verden.  Thanks Lisa for such wonderful creations.