It's Cocoa Daisy's March kit! I adore the Dear Lizzie goodies in this one. It's a pretty, pastel kit with some nautical bits and pieces from Pink Paislee, so if you've been putting off scrapping your most recent beach trip, here's a perfect opportunity to get to it!
Here are a few layouts I did with the kit...
Check out the design team gallery - they've done some beautiful work with this one!
Cocoa Daisy has done some remodeling and updating, making our home a place you want to be. Drop in and see how our scrapbook home is your scrapbook home too. To celebrate, we are doing a blog hop and giveaway. Just leave a comment to be entered to win a set of all FOUR of this month's exclusive, sold out, Cocoa Daisy stamps. The celebration doesn't end there. We're also offering a couple of promotions for new subscribers:
1. Sign up for a six month kit subscription and you will receive 20% off your first month's kit.
2. Sign up for a six month kit and a six month stamp subscription and you will get 20% off your first month's kit and stamps PLUS an exclusive Cocoa Daisy tote bag.
Our hop begins at the Cocoa Daisy blog. Head over there to begin. then check out some cool card inspiration at each blog you visit!
Here's mine...
And here's a sketch...
(In the morning, I'll replace these images with some better ones with natural sunlight.)
Next stop on your blog hop is the amazing and talented Denise Morrison.
Before you go, don't forget to leave a comment so you can win a set of the March stamps...
Have you checked out our February kit yet? It's so sweet. I really dig the colors in this one. Here's what I did with it...
I hid the journaling behind a vellum pocket stitched to the page. And I added the feathers from my own stockpile of goodies. Which is extensive. I reorganized and cleaned my work room over the weekend and I now feel overwhelmed by the amount of crap I own. I will never use all this shniz. Lately, I say shniz a lot. It's because of Jean Ralphio.
I made Stella some little friendship pins out of the safety pins that came in the kit.
I love the Sassafras Lass papers in this one. Love SL so much!
And I've got one more in the works.
Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the DT gallery. Pretty!
So, instead of my usual long list of resolutions, this year I kept it simple and made two. Two goals, actually. Ones that I can measure.
1. To read at least 2 books per month.
2. To run at least 16 miles per week.
Here's my January report:
I read...
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen.
And about 1/3 of The Social Animal by David Brooks
Freedom is awesome. Definitely read that one.
And I ran:
83.38 miles
(which is about 18.8 miles per week).
My running milestone for the month was 5 miles in 45 minutes (9 minute miles). Which is fast, for me. I've been working on speed since I'm on the treadmill until spring. When I started running again back in November I was really slow. Like 11 minute mile slow. So I'm pretty happy to be able to do 9 lately.
I should probably break the miles up into 4 4-mile runs, but I tend to push it at the beginning of the week to make sure I get the miles in. The treadmill at the gym makes me stop running after 70 minutes, which is annoying.
By the way, that's one of my February Cocoa Daisy layouts up there.
I'll post the rest of them tomorrow.
Yesterday it snowed all day, so I put together my layouts with Cocoa Daisy's February kit, By the Numbers. As you might expect, there are lots of number-y products in this one, and a great CD exclusive number stamp. I love this month's stamps and am still planning to do a few projects to feature them, because I didn't get around to using them on my main layouts.
I adore the Sassafras Lass paper in this kit! They were my all time favorite paper and I'm still so sad!
More fun with frisket film on this layout.
And more hidden journaling. I made a big pocket out of vellum on this layout.
Sassafras paper again, and I made friendship pins. I miss those things on my sneakers.
The reveal is on January 28th, so be sure to check out the DT gallery when it goes up - my fellow DT members always blow me away with their amazing work!
so I, too, will share my favorite layouts of the past year. And maybe some thoughts, if I'm feeling it. Though not a terrible year, it's ending on a sour note and that's clouding my ability to view the last twelve months objectively.
I'm actually going to pick them out while I'm writing this. Most of them were made with Cocoa Daisy kits. Here goes...
I still love this one. I really like the way my union jack turned out.
And this one, I love because I remember it coming together so effortlessly. Usually, I struggle to make layouts that I sort of like. But I threw this one together easily and I love it.
I really like hand-cut, glittery titles.
I may never take that note out and read it, but I like that it's there.
I don't know, I just like it.
Love the honeycomb stamp and that picture of my C. Bear.
I love the song that the title comes from, and I like the way the layout came together.
I almost didn't post this layout because that picture punches me in the heart, but I really like the layout, so here it is.
This one's my all-time favorite of the year. I love the way the misting and stitching worked out.
Simpler than usual, but I love the title.
And I love these sequins so much. I know I just posted this one a couple days ago, but I really like it.
So those are my favorites.
Stella won't take her liquid medicine so I'm going to try pills. I'm still worried about her. Sad face.
Cocoa Daisy's January kit was revealed last night, so I'm posting two days in a row (I know, I'm on a roll now) to share my layouts. Lots of sweet little goodies in this one.
Wow. I didn't realize what a crappy picture that is. Kind of blurry. I did the title with a frisket film mask. Most of my layouts this month are about Holiday Fun, which was in Providence/Pawtucket this year.
To be honest, these layouts were tough for me. Not because I don't love the kit, but because I wasn't in the mood for scrapping. I've heard that some people are able to channel sadness and worry into bursts of creativity, but it just drains me and makes me feel blah. So I really wasn't up for creating anything. I think you can tell, sort of.
I just don't feel like any of it is up to par.
Especially the Providence College layout, above. I totally hate the way that one turned out.
This is the only one I kind of like. I don't know why I hid the journaling. It's about little things that make me sad. Like Elliott Smith's voice. It's not super-personal. Sometimes I write things I don't feel like sharing, I guess.
There's something wrong with Stella's liver. We're trying medicine, which may or may not work because the vet doesn't really know what the problem is. Have I mentioned that I love this cat more than almost anything? I keep randomly crying. I'm kind of a mess right now.
I'm about to try going to the gym. Because I feel like some exercise could improve my outlook and I've been away for a week now and I need to get back. Please don't let me cry in public.
Hi there everyone,
It seems I've been on an extended blog break since September. I knew this school year was going to be rough on the blogging, but I thought I'd manage more than once a month. Currently, I'm on an actual break from school. We have this week off. But I'm out of the habit of blogging regularly. And I'm kind of sad and worried, which saps any creative or productive impulses I may normally have. I think my cat is sick. I'm waiting to hear from the vet about test results, but I can tell something's wrong and in my head I'm making up worst case scenarios. Which is what I do, because I'm a pessimist. I love her with a ridiculous intensity, considering she's an animal. Anyway, I'm sad. I wish she would get up and act normal, but she just lies there. And every time I look at her I want to cry.
So that's what's happening this week. I have no excuse for the rest of the weeks of this month.
But I have this layout to share. I did it a few weeks ago.
It's about a box of cassettes I can't bring myself to throw away. Sentimental sap.
Cocoa Daisy January layouts are coming tomorrow, and our gallery reveal is tonight. Check it out on the message board.
Cocoa Daisy's December kit is Amber Snowflake, and although we don't really have any snowflakes yet here in CT, I loved playing with this kit. It's warm and lovely and perfect for me since I don't tend to use traditional green and red christmas stuff.
Here are some layouts I made with the kit...
I love the way the cool, neutral, wintry accents in the kit worked with my Hipstamatic pics from last Christmas.
Hidden journaling. I love this stencil!
C. Bear is too adorable. It's not even fair.
Go check out the DT gallery for more lovely layouts with the kit, and stop by the store. The main kit and most add-ons are still available!
