Cupcake Catastrophe and Friday Top 10 with Cocoa Daisy

Hi ya everyone!  It's Friday, and therefore, time for another top 10 here at Melissa Made.  Today, I'm sharing one of my new favorite obsessions, Cocoa Daisy!  Cocoa Daisy has FANTASTIC kit subscriptions.  I have to say, they have the best kits around.  The above layout was created using the May kit - Record Label.  The only two things not in this kit were the black thickers (March add-ons) and my white acrylic paint for splats of cupcake.  The little folder is a great place to journal too.

This is such a fun story about my little one turning three.  She was so excited about her yummy cupcake, that she dropped it!

Tears quickly ensued before we could even tell her it was ok, she could have another.  Finally, a new one was plopped in front of her and she was all smiles once again! Now, on to my top 10.

Top Ten Reasons Why I LOVE Cocoa Daisy

10. I don't have to think about it!  Everything is right there for me.
9. A FABULOUS variety of products: from twine to paper to embellishments, did I mention everything already matches?  Check out the June kit!! YUMMY!

 8. Beautiful colors that are trending and new (and they match).
7. A super fun group to chat with and hang out with on release days (28th of every month)!
6. Project life kits, scrapbooking kits, and stamp kits for each month, oh and they match :)
5. An easy to access gallery to upload your projects.
4. Lots of inspiration in the gallery and from the wonderful design team members.
3. AMAZING customer service and quick shipments!
2. Beautifully packaged products that come completely in-tact and undamaged.  More June deliciousness!

1. I'm scrapbooking again!!!!!!  This is HUGE for me as I didn't want to take the time to find things to match.  Now, I store my kits in large ziplock bags and everything I need is there.  My time to scrapbook is cut in half and I still have a beautiful layout when I'm done!

*I am in no way paid by Cocoa Daisy or provided with any of their lovely products.  I truly just LOVE them and subscribe and pay for their monthly scrapbooking kit!*

To see my other layouts and creations using Cocoa Daisy kits, click on the tag below this post that says, Cocoa Daisy.

A Measure of Happiness

Hi ya everyone!  I created this fun layout using my Cocoa Daisy kit and a number of items from SP & Company.  I used the stamp set called Journal This.  It's great for scrapbooking and I love the type font (this is and love).  I stamped them in the new inks from SP & Company too, which I love, the color is Ocean Waves.  I also used the new buttons, and they are awesome because they come in so many different sizes.  The largest ones are perfect for layouts.  Everything else came in a Cocoa Daisy kit.  If you don't know them, check them out, their kits are FANTASTIC!

Be You, Be Crazy

Hi ya everyone!  Today, Tiddly Inks is releasing a number of beautiful clear stamp sets.  You can see all the new clear stamps on Christy's blog.  There is also a 15% off sale for all clear stamps!  Make sure to head over and check out all the details!

I created the layout above using a number of fun products.  The flower stamps are all from the Home With Harmony set at Tiddly Inks.  The ink is the new ink from SP & Company called Avocado.  The other items in the layout are from my April Cocoa Daisy set and add-ons.  I love the Cocoa Daisy sets as it makes scrapping so much easier for me.  I love making layouts but had always been intimidated by all the items that I didn't want to piece together myself.  These sets are perfect!

OH, Happy Day!

Hi ya everyone!  I'm sharing at SP & Company today and thought I would share here too!  I made a layout using a whole ton of gorgeous goodies from SP & Co too!

I chose the adorable Build a Banner 1 stamp set and coordinating dies for my little banner that says happy.  It fit so perfect and those banners are the perfect size for cards and layouts.

I also used the new flamingo pink buttons that are in so many fun sizes and styles.  The Oh, Happy Day! sentiment was from the Glam Girl Emma set and the sunshine stamp from Sunshine Emma set.

You can see I added a little subtle hint of more sunshine stamps in the background paper behind the picture.  Another stamp I used was the medium polka dot background stamp behind the picture as well.  These stamps add such a nice subtle texture to card stock and I couldn't resist making the plain a little more fancy.

Just Add Coffee - Creative Critterz Imaginations Self Layout

Hi ya everyone!  Today is my day to share at the Creative Critterz Imaginations blog.  This week we are creating layouts about ourselves!  Talk about a difficult theme! LOL!!  My day always starts with a cup of coffee and well without it I'm just not me hence the title of Just Add Coffee!  I used Cricut Craft Room *please note that Cricut Craft Room is open to beta testers at this point and not the public* to design my layout.  Did you know that you can see each element of your 12 x 12 page?  I love this feature.  I can see exactly what I like before I cut and print paper!  What does this mean?? You save paper and time...and who doesn't like that!

Recipe:
Imagine
12 x 12 White Paper
Cricut Imagine Yummy Cartridge
Cricut Mini Monograms Cartridge
Cricut Calligraphy Collection Cartridge
Glitter Glue
Small foam pop dots
Pearls
Sewing Machine for Stitching

I completed each element on the Cricut Craft Room program.  I then turned to my Imagine and sized each element based on the settings on the Craft Room.

I used the layers feature a number of times to separate layers on the Imagine.  For each I added small pop dots to create dimension.

I added stitching, pearls and sparkle to the layout for an extra finishing touch.

Yummmm Cookies Layout Created for Another

Hi Ya Everyone!

  Something a little different today.  My lovely friend Sheila from She's A Sassy Lady went to the Dallas Stampede with me.  Sheila and Pam of The Bug Bytes came up with some table games - one of which was to draw names and each person create a layout for another person using personal photos.  The layout was to be put together partially and then the person to whom the layout was created was to finish putting it together.  Well Elizabeth of 217 Creations drew Sheila's name and then almost canceled the trip do to family matters so in the mean time I decided to prepare a layout just in case. Well the good news came and Elizabeth was able to come after all and did a wonderful page of Sheila's grand sons Justin and Gavin making cookies, but I had already prepared this layout. So when it came time to leave I gifted Sheila with these two pages and she finally had the opportunity to put them together.

This is Sheila's post - she also made a great video as she was putting the layout together - if you would like to see the video please stop by her blog HERE at She's A Sassy Lady.

Take it away Sheila!!!

You will love the ease that this layout went together and the detail that Melissa put into it.

Look closely at the letters and you can see she used a white gel pen on each one of them that offered a finished look to the design. She cut these words From My Kitchen.

Look at the letters on this page. They are from Nursery Rhymes and Melissa used the shadow feature and then her white gel pen to turn out AWESOME letters.

Just look at the detail to this Gingerbread man. It looks just like frosting along the edges! And look at the little bow tie around it's neck with the little buttons to finish off the look! Love it!

And look at my embellishments... these great buttons and look at the little cookie cutters they look so real and would you believe it wasn't until I was gluing on the second one that I realized they were actually plastic and not metal! They look that real!

Here is a close up of one of the pages.

And the other.... Don't you just love the look. And if you want a closer look just click on the photo for an enlargement.

I sure hope you enjoyed today's post. I know I sure enjoyed putting together a layout designed by Melissa featuring my grandson's Justin and Gavin. Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments continue to inspire me to keep sharing with you.

Big Wheel Keep On Turning Layout - for a friend!

 Hi ya everyone,
  Many of you know I went to the Dallas crop in March.  I was very excited to meet so many wonderful people and one the wonderful ladies I met face to face was Elizabeth from 217 Creations.  Along with Sheila from She's A Sassy Lady and Pam from The Bug Bytes, Elizabeth and I all made layouts for each other using pictures that were sent before the crop.  I received some gorgeous photos of Elizabeth's son Nicolas riding his Big Wheel.  As soon as I saw the pictures I knew I wanted to focus on the primary colors of his Big Wheel and the wheel itself. 

 I used Accent essentials and welded the big wheel looking shape into a border.  I used the Hannah Montana cartridge for the title "Big Wheel Keep On Turning" and substituted the O with another wheel.  The background papers where from the School stack from DCWV along with the little blue journal sheet. 

 The yellow was from Echo Park and the black was a Bazill cardstock.  I hardly ever do layouts but I had a wonderful time putting this together.  Elizabeth will be posting her layout on her blog tomorrow.  You can find the layout Pam did for me HERE (which is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING - Thank you dear Pam!)

 and the FABULOUS layout Sheila did for Pam HERE.