Crafty Lemur

Bright Birthday card

Good morning. I hope you are well. I have been poorly for nearly a week so not much crafting has been going on. I finally managed to find a little energy to make a card which has cheered me up. I used the Mama Elephant stamp set called Page Huggers with the coordinating dies forContinue reading “Bright Birthday card”

Christmas decorations

Hello. Today it’s a snowy Sunday so I decided to make some tree decorations. I started by stamping images from stamps by Mama Elephant from the Beary Christmas set and from the Lawn Fawn set Toboggan together. I used Memento tuxedo black ink to stamp the images. I then used Prismacolour pencils to colour the images,Continue reading “Christmas decorations”

Christmas cards 2017

Christmas is fast approaching so I thought today I would post all my designs so far to give you some inspiration. Above each design is the name of the main stamp set used for the card. Most have an ink blended background and I find the Lawn Fawn stitched hillside borders great to create snowContinue reading “Christmas cards 2017”

Quick Christmas card

Today I made a quick Christmas card. First I stamped snowflakes from the Mama Elephant stamp set Holly’s snowflakes on to a piece of watercolour paper using Emboss clear embossing stamp pad. I used Ranger white embossing powder to heat emboss the snowflakes. Next I used Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and went over theContinue reading “Quick Christmas card”

Beachy card on a chilly autumn day

Hello. The weather is starting to get a bit chilly here so I decided to warm myself up with a beach card. I started by stamping the image from Newtons Nook set Aloha Newton on to blending card and used Copic markers to colour it in. I then fussy cut the image and went aroundContinue reading “Beachy card on a chilly autumn day”

Make a wish holiday card

Today I made a quick Christmas card. I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set Upon a Star. I stamped the cute animals on to X-Peess it blending card with Memento tuxedo black ink then did some simple colouring with Copic markers. I fussy cut the images and went around the edges with a black CopicContinue reading “Make a wish holiday card”

Rainy day card

Hello. I hope you are having a great day. Today I am sharing with you my latest design using Newtons Nook stamp set Newtons Rainy Day. I started by stamping the main stamp image onto X-Peess it blending card using Memento tuxedo black ink and coloured it using Copic markers. I then fussy cut theContinue reading “Rainy day card”

Here goes……

So here it is, my first blog post. I wanted to share my card making journey with you all. I was looking for a hobby so I could have some me time. I have been dipping in and out of craft for many years particularly enjoyed cross stitch. I discovered a love of card makingContinue reading “Here goes……”