Leopardy Nonsense | Illustrations that always hit the spot

Hello! My name’s Elaine Macintyre, aka LeopardyNonsense. I’m an illustrator from Edinburgh and I sell cute greetings cards, prints and gifts featuring happy animals drawn by me. I have an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and infuse all my work with the simple joy and humour of a picture book.

Baby elephant holding rainbow balloons in his trunk

Dachshund wearing a yellow jumper holding a yellow sausage dog balloon

Glamorous leopard, zebra and monkeys holding pink balloons

Find out where you can buy my work – online, at fairs and markets or in actual shops – or maybe even order a bespoke commission! If you’re a stockist and are interested in including any of my cards and gifts in your range you can see my catalogue and get in touch here.

And if you’d like to stay in touch, please sign up for my monthly newsletter here. As well as all the chat from Leopardy Towers you’ll get random animal facts, free downloads and the odd exclusive design!

Where to buy my work

Online

Zazzle – for everything under the sun with my designs on

Visit my Zazzle store for cards, invitations, mugs, baby gifts and lots, lots more. Zazzle also allows you to transfer my designs to any product you like (and there’s a huge selection – from golf balls to phone cases to bottles of beer!)

I add new products regularly but if there’s anything you’d like to see please let me know.

You can check out my Mother’s Day and Easter collections here.

Mother's Day and Easter cards from LeopardyNonsense.

LeopardyNonsense birthday cards with cute animals.

Cute animal cards from LeopardyNonsense.

Redbubble – for my prints and patterns

I’m also on Redbubble, where my store features cute prints and patterns on a range of clothing, accessories and items for the home.

Thortful – for a selection of my cards

And I have some cards on the UK card store Thortful.

Markets and fairs

Spring is starting to, well, spring, so I’ll be back on the market circuit! Here’s where I’ll be in March and April…

George Watson’s College Makers & Food Market
Saturday 7 March, 11am-4pm
Colinton Road
Edinburgh EH10 5EG

Dalmeny Spring Fair
Saturday 14 March, 11am-3pm
Dalmeny Church Centre
Dalmeny EH30 9TT

Bowhouse Market
Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, 10am – 4pm
St Monan’s
Fife KY10 2DB

Curated in Cupar Market
Saturday 25 April
Cupar Corn Exchange
St Catherine Street
Cupar KY15 4BT

Elaine Macintyre, a white woman with pink hair wearing a beanie, standing beside the LeopardyNonsense market stall.

LeopardyNonsense Animal ABC, Make a splash and Corgi's guide to splooting tea towels hanging on a washing line

Bricks and mortar stores

Scottish Design Exchange
117-119 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JN

Leith Collective
Fort Kinnaird, Unit 3a, Fort Retail, Lawhouse Toll, EH15 3RH
Overgate Centre Dundee, 14 Reform Street, Dundee DD1 1UQ (opposite Primark)
Livingston Outlet Centre, Almondvale Avenue, Livingston EH54 6QX (next to Adidas)

Leith Makers
105 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 8NP

Edinburgh Zoo
134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS

Kids Stop
36 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4DA

Wool & Craft Station
19 Station Road, Kirkliston EH29 9BB

The Corner Shop Collective
21 Eskdaill Court, Dalkeith EH22 1AG

Thanks to the lovely folks at all these stores for making it possible 🤗

If you’d like to stock my products, please get in touch! You can see my catalogue here.

Cusion, mug and coasters and tea towel featuring Stanley sloth

Gif of LeopardyNonsense magnets with panda and cub, sloth, flamingos and elephant with balloons and animal ABC notebooks

Me next to my shelf at the Scottish Design Exchange

Commissions

Animal ABC

My animal ABC letters are available as bespoke commissions, with the letter and colour of your choice. I can also add text celebrating special events like the arrival of a new baby or a birthday, or create a whole name using the animal alphabet. Perfect for nurseries and children’s rooms!

The letters are printed by the lovely people at Inlet Leith as fine art giclée prints (which means they’re on lovely paper and you can hang them anywhere you like and they won’t fade). They come mounted and ready to frame and cost just £16 + P&P.

If you’re interested, please get in touch.

Animal ABC, an alphabet illustrated with parent and baby animals, sitting on a shelf with a toy panda and monkey

If you like my Animal ABC you may also like the companion prints, 10 Scottish Animals, Fabulous Dinosaurs and Fabulous Scottish Beasts (face it, everything I draw is fabulous!). I can create bespoke prints featuring any of these designs, your child’s name or age – whatever you like! Please get in touch if you’re interested.

Print of 10 Scottish animals with the numbers 1-10

Print of 10 fabulous dinosaurs wearing rainbow coloured knitwear.

Fabulous Scottish Beasts framed print sitting on a shelf with a toy Nessie and unicorn.

Custom designs and logos

I love drawing special animal designs for cards and invitations! Whether it’s your dog on a Christmas card or your guinea pig on a birthday party invite, I can create something really personal and charming for you.

Planning a party? I can create matching stickers and badges for inclusion in goodie bags and can arrange for your bespoke design to be printed on a range of merchandise, from banners to balloons, plates to party bags.

Getting married? My medieval animals wedding collection has everything you could need for your big day, from save the date cards and invitations to menus and labels for wine and beer. And it can be customised however you like.

“Thank you Elaine, [the logos are] spot on! I’m really happy with them, they’ll look great on business cards, letterheads and opening credits alike!”

“It is perfection! Seriously, I can’t thank you enough.”

Drawing of two happy dachshunds wearing bride and groom outfits with hearts above them

LeopardyNonsense medieval wedding collection.

Pet portraits

If you’d like your best furry friend immortalised in ink, let me know. Pet portraits also make great gifts for every occasion!

Prices start at £70 for a fine art print and digital file. Plus I can include a free ‘Santa hat’ version too for the festive feels 🎅

“Just wanted to say thank you so much for the lovely picture of Tag… I absolutely love it, even though I burst out crying when I first saw it, you captured him perfectly.”

“Just wanted to say thanks again for doing the portrait. They both loved it and even got a bit emotional, saying you captured their dog really well.”

“Thank you oh so much for the beautiful card, it is simply gorgeous. The pony looks just like Nero.”