From the Daisy Patch

Hi everyone,
Hope you have all had a super month so far? One more sleep to April…yay! nearly the Spring crop here at Cocoa Daisy. Well I thought in the closing moments of March I’d share a bit more inspiration for your March kit…..? It was such fun playing with the vintage elements.
Here are a few projects I made. I also have a write & wipe board made with the kit too but will share it with you in a day or so, so watch this space.

ENJOY!!!

Sunset play by Kim Watson

The blue flower is a roll & twist flower using crepe paper & a glue gun.

Thanks so much for popping in. Remember if you are looking for more inspiration & fun challenges, take a look in our gallery or forum.
Happy Wednesday to you.
KJ

It is not only the obviously beautiful that gives me inspiration. I definately didn’t think of the cover of this catalogue as a source of inspiration for my scrapbooking when I first got it in my hands. But as it was laying on my desk for a while I suddenly looked at it with different eyes, and I noticed that the design was interesting and could be transferred into a scrapbook layout.

I created three blocks with some spacing inbetween and placed my titel inbetween two of them. I placed my journaling spot where the catalogue has a green rectangle. At first I tried using only the red ribbon instead of the yellow field below the flower, but I then added some of the green paper for some repetition from the block at the top of the page. The color of the journaling spot is also repeated, in the lower block of patterned paper, and I used red thread when sewing above the journaling. The repetition of the colors ties the blocks together, even though they are separated.

I had a lot of fun creating this layout and I hope you’ll have a good time searching for new sources of inspiration around you…!

I loved the I dream of Jeanie March add-on.  I thought that the Jenni Bowlin Bingo alpha would make an adorable mini album.  I want to show you first how i made the cover and then what i did with interior pages.  This mini is just about things i make with my hands for my family, friends, and myself.  It ranges from sewing items to baked goods.

The first thing i did was paint a little on the background.  I used a little cream paint and placed it randomly on the alphabet.

After roughing up the edges with a distress, i spritzed a little spray ink onto the background.  Next i flicked a little orange paint to create the splats.

To make the flower, place liquid glue in a circle with the crepe paper kind of smooshed on top.  Add more glue as needed.

sketch out the stem of the flower and then punch wholes using either a paper piercer or push pin for the stitches.  Erase your pencil marks and then stitch using your favorite green floss.

I wanted the interior pages to peek out the sides so i decided to pink the edges at different widths.