The Trouble with Greens . . .

The February Cocoa Daisy Kit "Journal Entry" started off like this:

And when I finished:

Clearly this kit and I were friends. The limes - ugh - I am tired of lime and green in general - there were so many colors of green.  You will see this theme again latter in this post. But aside from that, I did really well on using this kit.

The March Cocoa Daisy kit "Hello Again" started off like this:

I also got the "Guten Tag" paper add on this month:

And when I finished:



Pretty happy with this, especially considering that I got the paper add on and have no full sheets of patterned paper left. I think the colors of this kit just really worked well for me. Thinking the leftovers will get used up on PL.

And the April Cocoa Daisy Kit "5 O'Clock" started like this:

And when I finished:

I struggled quite a bit with this kit.  There were too many triangles, the lime, soft greens and Kelly green clashed to me and the yellows just didn't add up either. I worked really hard on this one to make it work. Don't get me wrong, I am really really happy with the layouts I made with it, but I had to push myself to find things to go with this kit to tone it down for me or make it work with my eye. Though clearly, the pink thickers were NOT a problem! I did use the stamp set several times.  (editorial - the tags on the far right and the lime letter stickers don't actually belong in this kit!)

On to the May Cocoa Daisy Kit "Sage and Mint" which looked like this:

And when I finished:

I used the b-sides of almost all of these papers on my layouts. Watercolor is not my style and please no more green!!!

Below you will see how I worked with these four kits all at the same time. For a while I had them in separate piles and then, as I used more of them up, I just layered them all together. I still have a few layouts ready to start with a few of these papers, but so far the count on layouts from these four kits is a whooping 25 pages!!!  So yes, I still love my kit subscription, but like everything - you love some, you like some and some you struggle to use - but it keeps me scrapping, keeps me and keeps me challenged.

The June kit is sealed up to take with me in September on scrap retreat for the Greece and Turkey album so I have a bit of a hiatus till the July kit arrives next week.  Ah, who am I kidding, there is always stash busting to be done!  Off to finish the five layouts that are in various stages of completion.