Pineapple Floats

We love the Pineapple Floats from Aloha Isle in Disney Magic Kingdom.
They are a highlight of the trip for us.

There's nothing we like more than to have one of these in the heat and sit in the shade and watch the magic go by.

The pineapples in this months Cocoa Daisy Kit were just what I needed to scrap these photos.
Some may be scrapping cocktails, for us it's Pineapple Floats.

What's your tipple????

Turning 40 - Project Life

So yes, 40 was my number last month.
I wasn't happy about it, but hey!! What can you do???!!

I decided to make a pocket page about my actual birthday using my April Cocoa Daisy Kit.

 

I'm planning a LO too right now.
It's one that needs to be in the album I guess.

Lisa xx

My Creative Addiction

I have plenty!
Today's is about framing.
I do love to frame my work.

- I print my photos with frames
- I add frames to my LO's
- I frame my work with doodles, sewing, painting, stamping and today is washi tape.

I have a mini tutorial on how to do this (without going wonky... Rachel C.... I am thinking of you!!) over on the Cocoa Daisy blog today.

 

Happy Sunday all xxx

Life in Progress

That's the name of this LO here.

This photo was taken the week of my 40th birthday.
I'm now the shortest in the family, which to be fair isn't hard when you are 4ft10 : )

I've used this months sketch from the challenge over at Cocoa Daisy which you can find here if you want to play along.

So life right now.
It's crazy, totally crazy.
I'm talking getting up at 6am to come down to the studio to start work and finish around midnight.
Trying to put laundry on, vacuum, clean bathrooms and fix dinners in between.

I'm setting up a new business right now.
You can read a little about it here.
Lollipop Box Club
Ade's taken this week off to build a website for me.
We've never done this before, so it's been an interesting week : )
We are getting there.

Funky Fairies is busy, so that on top is hard going, but good.

Kids are off school. Hollie is working hard on her GCSE's and going in extra to school lots.
We are so proud of her.

Her prom dress arrives this week.
Customs have had their hands on it unfortunately, not only cutting the bag open that it came in so it was hanging out when it arrived with the courier and really dirty, but they cut the insides of it too open. How upsetting!!
A new one is being made, we just hope it arrives in time.

So crazy and stressful.
That's how things are right now.
We will get there : )

Hugs xxx

My Happy Place

Today I am scrapping my happy place.
For those of you who know me well, you know it's Disney, Florida.

The Say Cheese 11 from Simple Stories has my name all over it.
So of course I'm using this collection for my LO.

I have various photos and tips over on Papermaze today.
See here.

Where's your happy place???

Lisa x

What time is it???

It's 5'o clock!!
That's the April Cocoa Daisy Kit.
Don't miss reveal tonight.
8pm EST.


Check out some of the sneaks here.
Have fun and enjoy your weekend xxx

March cards

Hi,

I made a few cards with my Cocoa Daisy Scraps from my leftover March Kit.

It's a great way to use up kit scraps.

 

 

 

 

Happy Cards!!

 

Lisa x

Trip Planning Again

Yes, I'm at it again.


This time we are planning Orlando in August 2017 as a big family trip.
Mum and her hubby, my brother and my sister and her family.

We had our first big family meeting at the weekend to start discussing dates etc..
Me being chief planner, I put holiday planning packs together.

I made money saving pots, planning journals and added Minnie Mouse Pencil Cases fully of cute stationery, a Virgin Holidays brochure and an info pack that I put together myself.

Over on Papermaze today I have all the details of how I made these money saving pot.

And these fun planning journals.

 

I had so much fun making them : )
I do have more photos, but blogger just isn't playing fair today and I'm giving up trying now.
They are on the Papermaze blog though if you click the link above.

Please go and take a peek.
Thanks xx 

Hello Hello!! Pleased to meet you baby raccoon

I love these photos of this baby raccoon.
Ade spotted him in a tree by our condo in Orlando.
He called us over and we stood watching it for so long.
It was a highlight of our trip.

 

This LO was made for this month's The theme to this challenge is 'hello'.

It could be:
- meeting someone
- a get-together
- seeing friends or family
- a reunion
- it could be the title of your page
- it could be a telephone conversation
There are many possibilities.

Come and join us with your LO here.

You can view the challenge details in full here.

 

 

So cute!!

I hope you come and play with us.

 

Lisa xx

 

Here's One I Made Earlier

Hello!!

I was going through my Orlando 2014 album recently and realised that I'd missed this LO that I made last year.

We had a fun afternoon at Epcot wandering in the heat. It was a scorching afternoon. We (Louis and I) took part in Agent P's Adventure. It's really cool. You get these little things that look like phones and you go on a mission answering questions and finding clues. It was so much fun. Louis really enjoyed it.



 

I'm battling a headache today and I have loads of work on so I'm keeping this short.

Hope you are well xxx 

 

Project Life - Happy Talk

I'm loving getting back into Project Life again.
Here is a page that I made with my March Cocoa Daisy Kit.

 

 

These colours just shout out Spring!!

 

You can view the other Cocoa Daisy DT Project Life pages here.

There's loads of inspiration.

Do you also scrap PL???

Let me know : )

 

xxx



Bella Cards

Hello!!!!
I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I have some fun and colourful cards on the Papermaze blog today.
I had so much fun with the Bella BLVD papers.
They are one of my favourite manufacturers right now.

I have some close ups and some 'how to' techniques too on the Papermaze blog here.

Thanks.
Have a good week.

Lisa xx

You & Me .....On the go

I was going through my Florida photos and thought ' I like that one, I'll print it'.
And then realised that we were in the rest room and the loo was visible.
Nice!!

So I ended up making a thing about it rather than trying to hide it as I thought I may originally do.

 

I used the Heidi Swapp 'Love this' stamp as a border.

We have a Cocoa Daisy blog post here featuring this months stamps.

 

 

 

I hope you are having a good weekend.

It's a little of everything here.

Work, house chores, decorating, blog scheduling, an exciting trip planning and I'd like to squeeze in some scrapping too.

 

Have fun xxx  

 

 



Because sometimes you just want to play

That's what this LO was all about.

I usually love to scrap a story, but there are those time where you just want to play.

This was one of those times.

It was about the paints and the pastels and the stencils and the mists and the pretty papers and that gorgeous washi tape.   

I just fancied getting messy fingers.

And the funny thing is. I only scrapped that photo a couple of weeks ago and I didn't even realise until I put it in my Orlando 2014 album and saw the other LO.

Sometimes you just get carried away with pretty product.

The March Cocoa Daisy Kit is on sale now.

Don't miss out!!   

Have a wonderful Wednesday xxx

Crazy Chipmunks & a Sketch

Hello!!!!


I have some crazy chipmunks for you today.
Chip & Dale.
The kids love meeting these two at Disney.
It's my turn to host this months sketch challenge over at Cocoa Daisy.
This sketch was perfect for me to adapt to include all my photos.

There was a time when I would usually only scrap the one photo. Funny how you change over time. 

The few whimsy pieces in this months CD kit was just right for my page. That's something that I love about getting a kit. Pulling out bits and pieces. I think if you were to look at my previous LO on my blog and then this one, you wouldn't think that they were from the same kit.   

 

These two were so funny. When it was our turn, Chip came up right close to Ade's camera and then started messing around with Hollie's hair. Dale was with Louis. When it was time for the main photo Chip tried to push Louis out of the photo. It was so much fun watching the kids laugh and mess around. Something I love about Disney. They can turn from being stroppy teens to giggly 6yr olds again. I love it!!   

We'd love you to join us and play along with this sketch challenge.

See here for full details.

You have 2 weeks to play and 1 winner gets a $10 coupon to spend in the Daisy store.

Have fun xxx 

 

1,2,3,4 - Hello Again!!

Hello!!
This one ended up being my favourite LO that I made with my Cocoa Daisy Kit this month.
I'd already uploaded gallery and then this one kind of just effortlessly happened.
Anything with bright happy colours makes me happy.

So on this day we'd gone to this beautiful little neighbourhood on Disney property called 'Celebration'. It's picture book beautiful. We love to spend an afternoon here. Have a walk around the lakes, looking out for exciting nature and stop for ice cream floats at the ice cream parlour.

Ade's parents had kindly given us a little money at Easter instead of chocolate, so I saved it in our Orlando fund and said we'd treat ourselves and think of them when on holiday. So that's what we did. We stopped for ice cream floats and said a thank you to Gill and Gerald. We took a selfie to send them whilst we were there.

This is the beautiful view as you sit on the rocking chairs at the waterfront. Isn't it beautiful?

I marked off on the first photo where we took our photo from, under those green brollies. And the second is our view. Watching the herons, storks, terrapins and looking out for gators.

I loved this kit so much.

I used some of the free printables that you get sent with the monthly kit.

I love the pops of colour that they add.

I also added those pretty flowers by cutting them out from the Crate Paper in the kit and colouring them in with pastels using a sponge applicator for a softer effect.

I'm happy with this one.

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy March to you xxx

Hello Again - Happy Moments Here

The Cocoa Daisy March reveal was last night.
Being a shorter month the 'Hello Again' kit goes on sale today.
You can view it here.

I loved this kit so much.
This is the first LO that I made with it this month.

 

I painted watercolours as my base and then cut up the Crate Paper in to triangles. I then took a Crafters Workshop Stencil and spread moulding paste through and let dry before adding the photos and the other bits and pieces. I also stitched around the outside.

 

 

I made a cute little flag too with a cocktail stick.

I love the excited feeling heading out on a trip.

Happy times!!!

 

Lisa xx

 

 

  

My March Sneaks

I am loving my March Cocoa Daisy Kit so much.
I've been looking forward to sharing my sneaks with you.

It's the full reveal tonight.
8pm EST
Please come and join us here.

Have a great weekend.

Lisa xx

My Return to Project Life

When I started Project Life a couple of years ago I promised myself that I wouldn't get hung up on week numbers and dates.
If I did it great and if I didn't then I would just miss a week or two....but that turned to 3 and then 4 and then a few more.
Six months later and I'm back to it again.
For so long I keep saying to myself that I must get my album out again.
So I did last week and I'm back to it again.

I've made a couple of weeks and I'm happy to be back.

I made this page with some Simple Stories papers and stickers from Papermaze.

xxx

Cocoa Daisy March Sneaks

I get so excited when my despatch email comes through.
It means that my Cocoa Daisy kit is on it's way.
Exciting!!!

It usually takes about a week to arrive from the US.
The time scale has really improved over the years.

This is what March is looking like.

 

 

And the March Planner Sneak.

 

 

Can you see why I'm excited about getting my kit now?

The full reveal will be on February 28th - 9pm EST.
Don't miss out!!

One final thing today.
Our Cocoa Daisy Instagram account got locked so we have a new account.
Please follow us. There will be giveaways : )

https://instagram.com/cocoa_daisy/

Thanks so much.
xx