Telling the Story

Have you ever wished you could find a certain design?

Have you had an idea you would like to share hoping it might appear on one of our papers?

Have a class idea? If only someone would put it together?

Could sell a product if only someone would create it?

Would you like to tell us you really don’t like something?

Have a hard time selling certain things and don’t want to see any more of them?

Whatever it is, your opinions count and we want to know.

You are out there selling our product, buying our product and we want to know what you think and let you have some input on what we do, then maybe we can create even better products that we will all enjoy!!!

Your opinions will be read by our whole team and responded to. So have a say and give us your opinions and thoughts.

Daisy D’s Team

We’ve all read how we should incorporate some of our own handwriting into our journaling. It’s a personal touch and it’s always fun to look back at what our past generation’s handwriting looked like.

But, have you ever recorded your child’s handwriting in your scrapbooking? One day, I realized that I didn’t have any samples of handwriting from my kids in their scrapbooks. I have lots of their drawings, but no handwriting. How fun would it be 20 plus years from now to see what their handwriting looked like when they first started writing?

I decided I would do a layout with that specific theme…my daughter’s handwriting. I had been working and working with her trying to get her to write her name. After much practice, one day it just clicked.

She wrote her name.

“Kta”

Actually, it was supposed to be “Kat”, but I was thrilled anyway. After practicing some more, we finally got her to write it correctly.

I found the perfect rubon from Daisy D’s for her to write her name on. I rubbed it on a black piece of paper and took it to her with a slick writer. I had her write her name right on the rubon, reminding her that the “a” comes before the “t”.

She did it perfectly. It was a good thing, too, as I only had one of those rubons.

I displayed it proudly with a recent picture all on my favorite Daisy D’s collection, Chasing Butterflies.

Heather

This last year has been an evolving one for Daisy Ds Paper. We have had many changes and we have one more big one coming at the end of the month. We are moving!!! Currently we are in a great old building in downtown Salt Lake City. Our warehouse is a few blocks away in a not so great old building. There are numerous phone calls back and forth from the warehouse to the office and back again. We make a few trips back and forth during the day as well. For as long as I have been here we have all talked about how nice it would be if we were all together. Especially when it is raining or snowing or just too dang hot outside and we have to make one of those trips. Well, now we will get to find out. July 1st we will be moved into our new location in West Valley City, about 10 minutes drive to the west of here. We will miss our deli down the street, the colorful people we have gotten to know simply by passing them everyday and the bustle of downtown, but it will be so nice having everyone together. (I HOPE!!! That will be the topic of my next blog ) So remember to change our listing in your address books. The new address is:

3683 West 2270 South
Suite A
West Valley City, UT 84120

Our phone number will still be 801-596-7575 and fax 801-596-7588, but our toll free number will change to 1-888-596-7575.

Rhonda

When I plan a party I usually have a certain look in mind but when it comes to finding the perfect decorations I usually turn to my scrapbooking supplies.

I love all my things to coordinate therefore, I usually make my own decorations.

Below I combined The Sweet Baby Jane Collection, Maybe Baby Collection and Snowflakes & Holly Collection to create a one of a kind sweet birthday set. Including a “Celebrate” banner, party hats and a cupcake stand.

Danielle

Have you ever been scrapping and suddenly realized that you needed just a little something to spice up your layout? Maybe a flower? Here’s the perfect solution. Dig through your stash (remember when punches were the hottest item around?) Dig through all your punches – I bet you’ll find a nice flower punch in there!

Here’s what I do when I don’t have flowers that match…or I want to add my own special “touch” to a layout. I have 2 sizes of these flower punches and I find that I use them quite frequently now that I’ve “rediscovered” them.

Now….here’s my little secret. After punching the flowers out of your patterned paper (or solids), take a few minutes, and ink the edges of each petal….it really doesn’t take long, and you really don’t need to worry about being perfect. (I sometimes use a Q-tip to ink those hard to reach places). Then with a black or brown pen, draw a thin line around each of the petals, and a few lines from the center of the flower out toward the end of the petal. Now….doesn’t that liven it up a bit?

If you have 2 flower punches that are different sizes or even different shapes…try layering the flowers. For the flower centers … you can get creative with this …. Try brads, buttons, small punched circles or stars ….or my favorite – a shiny bling center! For my example, I’ve used the Beacon Hill Collection – and for my flower centers I used bling.

Are you working on a boy layout and flowers just seem a little too girly for you? Try making a pinwheel from a piece of 2 sided paper. Here’s a little pattern for you……This will be a rather large pinwheel…just make sure you use a square piece of paper when you’re making it……..

Another thing…always be on the lookout for repeat patterns on your paper. On this layout, I used pinwheels….but I didn’t make these. I just cut them from a piece of my patterned paper from the Chasing Butterflies Collection…..inked the edges, drew a few lines to highlight the pinwheel…and finally…just a few “motion” doodles around the pinwheels. The perfect accent for your boy pages!

Now…drag out those punches and paper and show us what you can do! I would love to see what you can create with Daisyd’s beautiful paper collections. You can use the steps you’ve learned here or create your own unique embellishments!! Post a comment here….. and add a link to your creation. Daisyd’s will choose a winner and send out a nice little prize package. You have until June 5th…..we’ll post the winner here at this blog on June 6th.

Susan

I simply love scrapbooking. So many things about it have affected the way I do everything over the last few years. I find myself planning activities for my children, simply so I can take the photographs to add to their scrapbooks. More often than not, though, those pictures stay in their homes on my hard-drive for months until I have time to scrap them.

Every Friday night the girls and I head out to our local scrapbook store to do just that… scrap. It’s something I look forward to every week. And yes, I may get a page or two done. But, let’s be honest. We are there to chat, giggle, laugh and be girly for a night. We drink our Coke and tea, eat chocolate, listen to our assorted 80’s music and make fun of each other until we can hardly stand it. We, in fact, are making our own memories in the name of memory keeping.

Other than those Friday nights, my time to scrap is truly very limited. So, when I “scrap”, I do find it best to keep it simple. How do I do this, and still make my layouts look like I spent hours on them? That answer is simple too. I’m a digital scrapbooker.
I should regress for a moment. When I began scrapbooking traditionally nearly 6 years ago, I never imagined myself in a “digital” world. I loved the texture and smooth colors of my Daisy D’s paper, and the richness of my traditional paper collections. I was a die-hard collector and crafter. I can honestly say that crafting became my life. I left my full time job to do something I loved- work part time at my local scrapbook store. That part time job turned into a full time career, as I moved from the store into a corporate position. Unfortunately working at the corporate office meant long days away from my children, and negotiating making my family a priority. I decided to make a change. From there, I began writing books so I could get back to what I loved… scrapbooking. It was then when I began to show symptoms of a disease typically found in people twice my age- Parkinson’s. It began to be more difficult for me to craft traditionally. No longer did I have the energy to lug my supplies to crops. Simple paper cutting and stamping (things I LOVED), became hard to do. More than that, I became embarrassed and frustrated. Not wanting to give up a hobby I so adored, I discovered the outlet of digital scrapbooking.
In a nutshell, that was it. I did so grudgingly. Though I had a friend who was a digital scrapbooker, I had never seen any of her pages printed out. It wasn’t until one of those Friday night excursions, when a digital scrapbooker came in with her printed books in tow that I realized that this could be the right ally for me. As I delved into digital scrapbooking, however, I still longed for something. Something was missing. I realized what it was.

Oddly enough, I missed my papers. I missed those patterns and textures that I was so used to, and loved so much. I used to sit vigil in the scrapbook store on “truck day” to see what new lines came in. In digital, I couldn’t do that. Sure, there were lots of gorgeous lines out there, but none of the names I knew and loved so much. Upon that realization, it became my goal to change that.

Thanks to Daisy D’s Paper Company, and a handful of others, that change has happened. Daisy D’s is one of my favorite paper companies, and the second to join me in my new creation called GetDigiWithIt.com. Here, I can pick up my favorite paper manufacturers digitally, at long last. Thanks Daisy D’s. It’s about time.

Amanda

Do you ever sit at your scrapbook table and not know how to start your page? Sometimes we scrappers call that “losing your mojo!” We can play with our paper, embellishments and photos forever and yet that page still remains unfinished.

Here are some quick and simple steps to help you complete a fun dimensional page, and spark your “mojo” into action! All you need are four or five coordinating pieces from your favorite collection and you’re ready to scrap!

Supplies you will need:
1 solid colored patterned paper
1 matching patterned paper
Die cut sheets and/or sticker sheets
Coordinating alphas (optional)
Foam pop dots
5×7 photo

1. To start with cut a piece of patterned paper 2 ½ in wide x10 in long. Place this under your photo to “anchor” it to your solid colored paper. It can be under the bottom, or under the left or right side of the photo. Make sure some of the paper shows past the edge of your photo. Adhere photo & patterned paper to solid paper.

2. Choose the coordinating die cuts and/or stickers you will be using. Place pop dots on the ones you would like to highlight. Choose a wide variety making sure to have both large and small elements.

3. Now place your die cut/stickers along the border of your photo above the patterned paper. Make sure to stagger and layer both the small and large pieces. You can chose to add them only to one side of your photo, or around the entire photo creating a frame.

Next, adhere them in place, and you’re done with your layout! It’s that fast & easy! Once you have these pieces in place you can take it to the next level by adding creative journaling, bling or more details. I layered my elements only on the left side of my photo. I cut and adhered extra pieces of patterned paper around it also. As an added touch, I doodled with a black pen, following the pattern already on the paper and added rhinestones for some extra sparkle. Creating this whimsical layout was so much fun! I hope this “sparks” your “mojo” and gets you scrapping. You might even look at your stickers and die cuts in a whole new way!

Supplies used: all patterned paper, stickers and die cuts Daisy D’s Wonder Years Collection.

Kay

With Mothers day coming up soon I know we all want to show mom how much we love her and are thinking about her. Why not give mom a bouquet of flowers that last forever!

This project utilizes the Salt Water Taffy line and is a super fun and easy to make!

To make this project I used a wooden box that I found from my local craft store and covered it with two different papers from the line. I used the Salt Water Vintage and Pineapple papers.

To create the flowers you will need buttons. I used Maybe Baby and Cool Me Down buttons as well as some vintage buttons that I had in my collection. You will also need Maybe Baby and Warm Me Up Flowers, a flower punch or die cut and wire or pipe cleaners.

Once you’ve punched out all the flowers, gather together your buttons, flowers and paper. Start with your smallest button and thread the pipe cleaner up one hole of the button and down the other side. From there start threading your other buttons, flowers and paper flowers until you’ve reached the desired length. Once you’ve completed a flower twist the ends of the pipe cleaner together.

Continue to follow these steps as many times as you would like. I would recommend making your flower stems different lengths.

Once you’re finished place the flowers into the box and use crimped paper as filler.

Attach ribbon, stickers or die cuts from Daisy D to the outside of the box to finish the look.

Your mom is sure to love this flower bouquet from you!

Laura

Can you believe it? They have asked me to blog again. It has been a very long time and once again they offered no topic for me to start with. However, I lucked out this week. They said I could blog about anything I want to - so I am going to share some fabulous news…….THE NEW LINE IS DONE…..YIPEE!!! It is a beautiful line with fresh springy colors. Scott (our designer) has really set the bar high; he is going to have a hard time topping this line. Over the last month or so the routine for everyone in the office has been to walk in, turn on the computer and then walk straight back to the design area to see if there was something new up on the wall. Scott is a night owl and he is typically here late into the evening. He works on a paper or a die cut or a sticker or a rub on and then he hangs it on the wall. We never knew exactly what would be hanging the next morning. You would have thought it was Christmas morning and we were sneaking down before the parents were up to see what Santa had left. Sometimes he would rearrange the wall or tweak something that was done the day before, so you had to look at closely to make sure nothing was missed. Then there would be that excited squeal of “I see it - know what changed”. There were those days that one would be off the wall because “it just no longer fit”. We would have a moment of silence. He of course got everyone’s opinions and comments and he would just nod his head at us. He is pretty hard to read but I am sure he appreciated the constant unsolicited help. However he must have misunderstood me when I told him that my favorite one had to stay - somehow it ended up on the cutting room floor. Even so this has turned out to be (in my opinion) one of the best lines Daisy Ds Paper has ever had and very much worth the wait. Here’s a big HOORAW out to Scott!!!! I am so excited for everyone to see it!!! So what are you doing still reading this - - - - GO FIND IT!!!!

Rhonda

Whenever anyone asks me what my newest favorite Scrapbooking product is, my answer, hands down is RUB-ONS!!! Take a simple background, a favorite photo and a handful of rub-ons and you can create an amazing page, and have a fun time doing it!! And personally I feel Daisy d’s has the most awesome collection of rub-ons out there. Everything from photo frames, quotes, flourishes journaling boxes and flowers to the most amazing titles!!!

To make this page I did a little dry brushing with some paint behind the photo and then simply started layering on the rub-ons. The rub-ons I used for this page are the title, flourishes, frame around the photo and the journaling box as well as the quote, the arrow and a pretty floral strip to give some flow to the page. People often compliment me on my ‘cleverness’ in layering the rub-ons in my title-work. The funny thing is it isn’t my cleverness, it’s Daisy d’s!!! The titles already come that way, with the layered black and white elements, easy-peasy it’s all done for you!

Here are some tips and tricks in using rub-ons on your pages:

*try doing some rubbings onto paper flower petals.

* try layering some rub-ons together to create your own unique look.

* try putting rub-ons on your chipboard letters or accents.

* and you don’t have to stop with layouts…try using them in decorative accents around your home.

Here I put some on a candle and added some bling with Daisy d’s “All that Glitters” gems.

So if you haven’t tried them yet, give it a go!!! I guarantee you’ll fall in love with this product! I would love to see your creations so please post a comment here and add a link to your work……Daisy d’s will choose a winner and send out a nice little prize package. You have until April 29th…..we’ll post the winner here at this blog on April 30th.

By Gabrielle Pollacco