Crafty Lemur

Watercolour Thanks Card

Hello. Today I am sharing a card I made as part of the Altenew Educator Certification Programme. This card was made as part of the ‘artists watercolor 101 for paper crafters’ class. The class was all about watercolour techniques and how to get the best results. I love watercolour and I don’t get my paintsContinue reading “Watercolour Thanks Card”

Floral One Layer Birthday card

Hello. I hope you are all well and staying safe and well during these difficult times we are facing. Today I am sharing a card I made for the One Layer Wonders class from Altenew Academy. The class was led by the amazing Kelly Latevola. One of my favourite crafters. She is an amazing colouristContinue reading “Floral One Layer Birthday card”

Altenew Academy level 2 challenge.

Hello. Today I am sharing four cards and a gift box I made for the Altenew Educator Certification Programme level 2 challenge. The specifications for this challenge were to make four masculine cards, one for each category- Birthday, Anniversary, Thinking Of You and Encouragement. Alongside this make an upcycled project. The focus should be onContinue reading “Altenew Academy level 2 challenge.”

Hamster Happy Birthday Card

Hello. Today I am sharing a card featuring the Hoory Hamsters from Time for Tea Designs. To start the card I took the little seeds stamp and used the Wow embossing pad to stamp the image randomly on my card panel. I then covered them in white embossing powder and heat set with my heatContinue reading “Hamster Happy Birthday Card”

Making a card with a new technique

Hello. Today I am sharing a card I made as part of the Altenew Educator Certification Programme. This card was made after I took part in the magical marker techniques class. I love using Alcohol markers to colour but this class took me out of my comfort zone exploring colouring not on my usual cardContinue reading “Making a card with a new technique”

One Layer Scene Card

Hello. Today I am sharing a one layer card using stamps from Altenew. This card is part of the Altenew AECP. The class was all about masking. This is a technique I love to use to make one layer cards. To start the card I arranged my stamps on my card panel of Neenah 80lbContinue reading “One Layer Scene Card”

Floral Thanks Card

Hello. I am back with another card for the Altenew Educator Certification Programme. The class was called Impressive Heat Embossing. It was all about different ways to add embossed images to projects. This class was a great way to take me away from my much loved alcohol markers. It is very rare I make aContinue reading “Floral Thanks Card”

Toucan Anniversary Card

Hello. Today I am sharing a card for Time For Tea Designs, featuring the Toucan Do This stamp set and small circle masking stencil. To start the card I took the small circle masking stencil and adhered it to the bottom right of my background panel of white card with a small amount of tapeContinue reading “Toucan Anniversary Card”

Colourful floral card.

Hello. I hope you are well. Today’s card is inspired by one of the Altenew Academy classes – Color Your Day. The particular class which inspired my card was about using a picture or photo as inspiration. Here is my picture. I have a great love of sunrise and sunsets. This is a photo ofContinue reading “Colourful floral card.”

Floral tag card

Hello. Today I am sharing a card as part of the Altenew Educator Certification program. This time the class was Beautiful Details. This is the first time I felt I was trying something I have never done before. Stepping outside of my usual colouring. To start the card I stamped the image from the AltenewContinue reading “Floral tag card”