October Afternoon Cardmaking

Hi all! Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving with friends and family. So grateful to have spent some time with those I love and that we had safe travels.

Today I am sharing two cards I made recently with a few October Afternoon collections.

Happy Black Friday all!! I will enjoy shopping from home! ;)

Gift Card Holder and Sketch Take

Well hello there! I have been a bit AWOL from my blog. Life again seems to be getting in the way of me blogging.

I am back today to share a few things I have created recently for various design teams.

Hope they get you into the creative holiday spirit!

This layout was created with @chictags exclusive fall kit and a few @octoberafternoon Daily Flash Apple Cider goodies.
Love that cork owl!! Eeeee!

 This card actually can house a gift card. Simply tuck it into the hidden pocket behind the lace. ;)

Be back later with a few more to share!! :)

Sneak of Weathervane | Cocoa Daisy Kits November

Hello everyone! Are you enjoying fall where you live? We have some vivid color changes this week but the weather is anything but fall-ish! We have been breaking record high temps! Sunday is predicted to be a high of 82 degrees? Say what?!!!!

I did manage to stop in the front yard today and found a little fall at my feet. 

And then I walked back inside the house and sat down to my November Cocoa Daisy Kit; 

Weathervane. Here is a sneak image of some of the goodies in each kit:

I spy a whole lotta scrappy goodness right there!! It has been so hard walking past my kits the past few days, but I finally stole a little time away to scrap with the DITL kit and this awesome exclusive sneaker "chucks" stamp by the talented and lovely Arleigh!

Just look at the details on it:

Uh-maz-ing! (The leaf stamps are from October's exclusive stamp set and complemented the sneakers so nicely I think).  

Off to check on my Dr. Pepper pulled pork roast that's simmerin' up in the Crock Pot. I will be back soon with more sneaks!
Suz

Stopping By | A Few Items to Share

Hey there! Sorry I have been a bit AWOL from the blog here. Tis the season of football games and marching band festivals and play auditions and...



Well, I think you get the idea!

Stopping by to share that I am up over on the October Afternoon blog sharing some of my scrap space and how I organize my OA goodies. Read more about that here.

Also, Cocoa Daisy Kits are for sale to the general public today! The Main Kit sold out the first day to subscribers! ETA: **And oh my! It looks as though there is already slim pickings as most of the kits are already sold out!! Wowza! I do spy some of the adorably cute stamp sets are still available and the patterned paper kit. Below are a few of the stamps:

It has been a crazy great start to the month at Cocoa Daisy and exciting one too with the launch of the new Daisy Day Planner kits (available here)!! And guess what?!

They are so popular that they will be actually offered as a subscription starting in January in 2015!!! *fist pump
Read more about the Daisy Day Planners and Christine's awesome and info-packed blog post and tutorial about them here.

Here is my gallery created with the kits.


And have you seen that @ChicTags has adorable cute and reasonable priced exclusive fall collections! Darling yes?!

View a sharper, enlarged image here and shop early for the best selection!

Cocoa Daisy Kits | Blue Ridge Sneak

Hello all! Happy Humpday! Stopping in to share a few sneaks of @cocoadaisykits October Kit; Blue Ridge anddddd a very early sneak of November's Daisy Day Planner Kit as well!

Here ya go!

I spy a bunch of gold and blue goodness mixed with pops of color and soft pastels. I spy some fabulous wood veneers and die cuts as well. What do you spy? ;)

Here is a sneak peek of November's Daisy Day Planner kit:

And just when I thought October's was fabulous!!! November comes along!! :) :)

My October kit is headed my way. Be sure to stop back later this week when I share a few of my gallery sneaks. ;)

Suz

Sketchy Friday with @ChicTags

Happy TGIF everyone! Here is a sketch I created for @ChicTags:

Lots of circles cascading down the page with little bits of embellishments here and there. Head on over here to see how I transformed it into a layout and please share your take on the @ChicTags blog if you play along with the sketch! 

Have a great weekend! Opening night of Mary Poppins and several of Ethan's closest friends are performing in it. We are so excited to see it! :)

October Afternoon Thursday Sketch

Today I am sharing a sketch and two different takes on it over on the October Afternoon blog here.



Come check it out and play along with the sketch. Share your creations on Instagram with the hashtags #oasketchday and tag me @SuzMannecke so I can see! :) ;) Have a great day! I'll be back tomorrow with some #@chictags goodness!

Jen Hadfield Home + Made Collection

Hi all! Stopping by to share a card I created using the awesome and versatile new line by Jen Hadfield/ Pebbles available now in the @comeongetcrafty shop while supplies last here.

I love this line so much and have created several other cards using it. They can be seen over on the Come On Get Crafty blog here: http://comeongetcrafty.com/blogs/craftiness/15330665-new-in-the-shop-product-showcase-jen-hadfield-pebbles

Back to scrapping a few more assignments. Happy Humpday!

October Afternoon Sketch | The One With Rectangles

Hello and happy Thursday! I am up over on the October Afternoon blog  sharing my takes on Mou's sketch. It is a very clean and simple sketch that can be applied to traditional layouts and cards quite easily. You can take a look for yourself here. 

Cocoa Daisy's Sept Kit: Story Time

September is just around the corner and the story goes that it's a great month to be a subscriber and to shop at Cocoa Daisy!

Here are a few of the kits that are available to subscribers now:

MAIN KIT: STORY TIME

How I love it so! The perfect blend for both masculine or feminine layouts. As a mom to two boys it was such a fun kit to create with and my designs compared to the other designers are all so varied! It's is so fun every month to see just how different the looks are from the very same products! Seriously think that is my favorite part of the reveal! You can find all of the Daisy Designers September projects here: Daisy Designer Gallery

 DITL:

And a favorite pick of mine for this month--the exclusive patterned paper! I used both the A & B sides throughout my DT gallery projects! SO much goodness! 

And the add-ons this month are just as fabulous!! I created with Add-on 1; Fairy Tale. Isn't it dreamy?

 This stamp set is awesome! It is about 4x8 and the letters range from about 3/4 inch in height to 1 1/4. I will use this set again and again! (it counts for 2 of the usual 3 stamp sets in the stamp sub this month due to its large size). It does not disappoint. Trust me on this. ;)

 How fun is this stencil that is available in the shop now?

This is a sneak of the exclusive cut files. I will be highlighting the cut files on the Cocoa Daisy blog on September 22. Be sure to mark your calendars for then and stop on by! 

In the meantime, SUBSCRIBERS--head on over to Cocoa Daisy and shop early for the best selection! Kits will go on sale to the general public on Monday, Sept 1, 12PM EST!

Check out the latest addition to the CD kits; The Daisy Planner Kit! Perfect for all you organized people or just people who love a good Filofax type kit for trying to keep organized! ;)

Happy Labor Day weekend!

Suz

Fun Friday Share

Happy Friday everyone!

I am dropping by to share a scrapbooking related secret that I have had to keep quiet about (until now)!!

I am both humbled and honored to be a part of this crazy creative group of women and to be designing for an industry leader in quality and unique scrapbooking papers and products! 

I am so excited to begin this new creative endeavor and look forward to seeing how it all unfolds! Hope you find your Labor Day weekend restful and full of family fun time. 

Be back soon to share some of my most recent creations. Thanks for dropping by! Stop on by the OA blog and give a shout out to these other lovely ladies here.

Suz 

Time for A Story...

...STORY TIME that is! @cocoadaisykits has done it again and there is something for every type of scrapper in these kits from the exclusive patterned papers, script alpha stamp set and more! Here are a few sneaks to begin a new chapter...
Chapter 1: Day In The Life ( plus Add-on 1) Do I spy some fun exclusive flair below?

Chapter 2: Add-on 1 "Night Light" (I think that's the name of it!) ;)

 Chapter 3: Main plus Add-on 1:

The exclusive cut files are so fun this month too!

Be back with perhaps a few more sneaks later! In the meantime, happy Tuesday!

Photoless Thursday

Hello again! I am dropping in for a few to share that I am up on the @comeongetcrafty blog today with a photo less layout and a bit of an altered way to use those label stickers you have hanging around in your stash.

More details can be found here: Come On Get Crafty Blog

Be back soon with more scrappy happiness! In the meantime, have you seen what @aliedwards is up to?!  So awesome! Check it out here: http://aliedwards.com http://aliedwards.com

Times x Square

Happy Humpday! Sharing a layout created for @comeongetcrafty blog. More details and shop items used in the creation of this layout can be found here: http://comeongetcrafty.com/blogs/craftiness/15118909-bits-pieces

Be back soon with some sneaks of my September Cocoa Daisy kits; Story Time. :)

Suz

Sharing My Process | When My @cocoadaisykits Comes

Hi all! Back with you today to share my August edition of "When Your Kit Comes."

First, I begin by taking my monthly #mycocoadaisykitishere photo for Instagram (--a favorite "must do" for me) ;)

I am @SuzMannecke if you want to follow along. :) Be sure to post your own as well and hashtag it #mycocoadaisykitishere. It's a fun way to get started and to get excited about creating, yes?!

My scrapbooking and my life is always changing and evolving, and I am cognizant, therefore, that some of my habits or organizational needs might be too. For example, this month I began by creating with my kit at home but then ended up taking it on the road to our cabin, to complete my designing with the kits there. That's where my trusty ole plastic Iris container comes in! I get out my Cocoa Daisy Iris container and remove the previous month's contents. I add the past month's kit to a ziploc type crop bag and label it with the name of the kit. Now my container is ready to go for my new kit scrappiness! I add my new kit patterned papers to it. Later, when I am done creating with my kits, the rest of the little bits and pieces I have left over (if any) go into it.

And then on to the embellishments! Here is a new little dish that was begging to receive some Cocoa Daisy August Kit goodies:

While at home,  I organized my kit embellies and tags as shown below.  The woodgrain organizer is an acrylic brochure stand (like one might find in a doctor's office) that I gave fresh look to with some woodgrain contact paper. It is super handy and has four tiers to house my cards, tags, and CD cases of the month's stamps.

I like to start by taking photos of each kit and making notations as to which kit they belong to. This helps me later on when I am uploading and creating my Daisy Designer gallery, so I can label appropriately what comes from which kit. Sometimes I don't know this information at the time I receive it (as there are times some things arrive after our designer kits go out because of the timing of shipments from manufacturers) but it sure is helpful and doesn't take much time at all!

I then separate out the embellishments and place them in some type of organizing dish; in this case an old muffin tin I have down at our cabin. I love that everything is close at hand and visible!

After I figure out the papers and cards I am going to work with, I set aside the rest in the Iris plastic storage container that I mentioned earlier.

 Regarding the exclusive kit stamps: Another habit I do each month pertains to  how I organize my stamps that come with my kits. Fellow Daisy @Samara started a helpful post here about clear stamp storage with lots of great ideas! There was much talk about the Avery Elle products. I may try those once I run out of CD cases, but for now this is what I have been doing and what has been working for me: 

I take some plain white paper or card stock and stamp the images onto it and then label what kit the stamp set comes from (if I know this information at the time. If not, I simply label it the August Kit and add the specific kit names later).

Then I have them already organized and on hand for creative play!

So what tips can you share here that help you get organized simply, so you can spend more time creating? I would love to hear! Please post any tips you have in the comment section below. Happy crafting!