Loving Cards and Chipboard

Hello Everyone,


It is Lauren and Teddy up on the blog today with a couple of cards for you to have a look at and hopefully get some inspiration from.


So here they are:


The first is my usual shabby type card with a Paris theme, now who would not like to see Paris at some stage?

 

 

Viva modelling crème over Memory Box Stencil - Texture Splatter Spray, border and doily are Kaisercraft Dies - Lacy Border and Lacy Doily.  Butterfly is Memory Box Isabella Butterfly and Memory Box Pipi Butterfly.  Pearls are Kaisercraft Pearls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love, love in Paris, yes well this love is from A2Z Scraplets  Brush Words and has been decorated with black Tombow Pen and Glossy Accents

 

 

 

 

 

Love charms and decorated charms, I cannot take the credit for this one, it comes from Tracy at My2Angels. 

 

 

 

The next card is a bit Clean and Simple for me, such a stretch not to cover up that white space.

 

 

 

 

These gorgeous Butterflies from Z2Z Scraplets  are called Maisie Butterflies Set of 3  and they are just gorgeous and so perfect for this card!!!  Stamp from Kaszazz.  The Butterflies have been done with Stampendous Embosssing Powder Shabby Blue (I love these shabby colours), which gives a thick melt with a hint of blue on white with gold speckles.  The edges have been touched with Viva Inka Gold in Aquamarine.

 

 

 

 

A close look at the finish on these butterflies.

 

 

Hope you like these, go on, do some creating now, and don't forget about the A2Z Challenge this month, and we are also having an Easter Weekend Challenge with loads of challenges and fun and games :) Something for everyone including the kidlets!!  Check it out https://www.facebook.com/events/1663115533951222/ 

 

 

See you next time xxxx

 

 

Layers, Depth and Texture

Hi there!!

Teddy and Lauren with you today with a little something that might inspire you and motivate us to make some more for you!!

So we made you a card, how clever we are!!!

Oh this one is just packed full of goodies and is so pretty, in my favourite colours of natural with a background of Kaisercraft paper, the lace and ribbon, the lovely Catalina Wreath and Catalina Border from Memory Box Dies, A2Z Scraplets Chipboard Brick Background and A2Z Scraplets Dream word.  Finished with pearls (love my bling) and then Sugar Beads (mix of various seed beads and micro beads), just stunning.

Just loving the way the word turned out, coloured with Tombow Pen in Black and then coated with Glossy Accents (I love the way that stuff will keep its dimension while drying)

Loving that brickwork as a base to my die cut border, gives such a great feel of layering and texture, love to have different textures working together.

The die cuts have been done in three different colours and then slightly offset to give a great feeling of depth to them.  I like using this technique to really make the die cuts pop.

And just a tease to show the beads, just sprinkled over Glossy Accents where wanted and they look fantastic!!

Hope you like these effects as much as we do!!!

Love from Lauren and Teddy!!!! xxxx

Lauren and Teddy's Favourites for 2015

Hello Everyone!!!


Teddy and Lauren here today with our favourite posts from the last year...... oh so many to choose from and you know that Teddy loves them all.

Oh this one is my favvie I think just look at that lovely brown and pink, the gorgeous dies (Memory Box) and the A2ZScraplets in the corner and the Congratulations.

Oh Oh and we love this one, dies and A2Z Scraplets again, in Teddy's favvie colours of pink and green with lovely crackle finish on the butterfly.

And you all know how much Teddy loves his hearts and his dies, yes he loves the antique colours of this one too.


Well there are three of Teddy's favourite creations for A2Z Scraplets for this year.

Hope you like it.


Love Lauren xxx

Pretty Box Card

Oh Hello Everybody!!!

Yes it is Lauren and Teddy up here on the blog today, how exciting is that for you!!! Yes we are pretty special *wink*wink!!!!! 

So today we have made a box card for you, you know, one of those wonderful creations that are embellished to the hilt and have so many goodies that seem to explode from the inside!! Love them!!

So you can see we have used lots of flowers and foliage and the lovely Darla and Vivienne Butterflies and the smaller Isabella and Pippi Butterflies from MemoryBox.  This would be out favourite shape in butterfly and we do seem to have a plenty of different ones!!!

Well we could not just leave it at one card, we have been spoiling you with a couple of cards, so here is our other one, pretty, and simple too for us.

This one is simple with the lovely Catalina Wreath from Memory Box over a stamped image on a circle.  Sweet and embellished with adhesive pearls.  We did have to used our ribbon treatment and bow, it seems to be our signature, and if you want to learn it, head over to our YouTube Channel and have a watch of the video, then you can be as expert as Teddy.

Love you all, hope you like out pretties today.


Lauren and Teddy xxxx

Love a Handmade Card

Hello Everybody, 


Yes, yes, yes, Lauren and Teddy on the blog today to bring you our latest creations for your viewing pleasure!!!


So we have three cards today for you, all with A2Z Scraplets on them and other pretty things too.  We do love pretty.

This would be our favourite, it is so pretty, using paper from Kaisercraft small pad and covered with mesh ribbon, we used a painted brickwork chippie from A2Z Scraplets across the middle of the card for wonderful dimension, added lace and some bobble trimming.  Then used a Memory Box Grand Heart and La Rue Heart (double layered and embossed with Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Powder). 

Some foliage with Memory Box Pine Sprigs cut from a coordinating paper and Memory Box Fabulous Phlox for the flowers.

An angled view gives you an idea of the various textures and the great dimension achieved using the A2Z Scraplets under the heart.  Loads of texture with the chipboard, various fibres and trimmings and of course the Stampendous embossing powder.


So here is another one, in blue with so many stars to match the A2Z Scraplets star flourish.

This card looks so much better in real life, so sparkly and pretty with all the added glitter and stars.  Again a Kaisercraft paper for the background, embossed with a Sizzix Embossing folder and with added texture paste using Memory Box Stencil Stars Starry Night with glitter sprinkled over while wet.  Ribbon, bow and stars added to this.

The A2Z Scraplets Chipboard Star Set of 2 Flourish is embossed with Stampendous Embossing Powder Shabby Blue with two layers of powder (one melted and then more embossing fluid added and more powder added and melted.


And I have saved a good one to last, so pretty in purple with silver and glitter galore!!

Oh yes more pretty paper from Kaisercraft, embossed with the stars and swirls embossing folder from Sizzix and added texture paste using Memory Box Stencil Stars Starry Night with glitter sprinkled over while wet.  Lace and ribbon added and those beautiful stars cut from glitter paper.

This time I have made my own mix of embossing powder for the A2Z Chipboard Star Set of 2 Flourish using Adirondak Eggplant and Wild Plum with silver glitter and some silver and white embossing powders added.  All these powders were just regular size EP and I did not mix them very well, so the finished product has a variant in colour finish.

Hope you like what we have for you today, see you soon!!!

Lauren and Teddy

Everyday Occasion Cards

Hello Everybody,

Yes you have Lauren and Teddy up on the site again this week.  How lucky are you to get me two weeks in a row.  Teddy knows it is so hard for you to be without us for three weeks, so we did an extra one last week... Oh my we are so good to you :)

 

 

I love the simplicity of this card, it is a 5"x5" base with red Christmas Paper attached.  Then I have die cut a 5"x5" panel with the Poppy Stamps Die Merry Christmas Background Style 1065.  I have positioned the die to the left of the panel, so that there is a border on the right.

 

The wonderful A2Z Chipboard HOHOHO is embossed with Stampendous Aged Scarlet Embossing Powder.  I must learn to go the longest direction as I sprinkle as there are so many wonderful elements in it that some get missed when I go side to side the narrow way.  Still looks great though.

 

 

 

 

Just a close up of the embossing and different it can be over a large area.  More practice I feel will make me happier with my results, although I am pretty happy anyway, love these embossing powders, is like fine through to Ultra Thick powder all in the one bottle, with different colours of powder and glitters as well.  It is fantastic.

 

 

 

Oh and a lovely thank you card with the brand new (to me) Poppy Stamps Die Fancy Thanks.  Love that scripty writing.  The base of the card front and the base are both  die cut with a piece from the  Memory Box Dies Distressed Addington Collage, giving that lovely swirly effect.  The beautiful butterflies on the vine is a Memory Box Die Waltzing Butterflies and the extra foliage is from Memory Box Die Botanical Stem.

 

 

 

A close up of that lovely scripty Thanks and the flower made with Memory Box Die Petal Party, because you know how much I love making my own flowers and they are so easy when you just have to crease the petals a little to give some shape.

 

Hope you like these two offerings, hope you get some ideas or some inspiration from seeing them.

 

Thanks for looking, Lauren xx