Let's celebrate Christmas with Avery Elle!

Hi there and happy monday! 

I can't believe it's already Nov. 30, where did the time go?! 

So December is here in just one day and I have to decorate the tree and have a hot chocolate! Can you believe I haven't had one yet this festive season?! Aww and I love love looove hot chocolate.. btw enough rambling around here.. let's dive into the project!

Avery Elle, dear Avery Elle..how much I love you Avery Elle?!

That's how I feel, I genuinely love AE products so much and I'm always always chasing time  to be able to create and share more made with their products.

So today I dusted off one of my favorite set of all times: Winter Woodland Wonders + it's coordinated dies. 

I know, I'm sorry .. AE doesn't stock these anymore so naughty blogger around here but.. I hope this will inspire your creativity no matter what and I'm pretty sure you could be able to put your hands on this set by looking for it on some smaller crafty retails out there :)

So, as always I started by making my cardbases out of white cardstock, then I cut out 2 smaller panels, I inked them up with the Broken China Distress ink oxide and let them dry completely.

Then I stamped, colored with my copics and die cut all the images. I added some details with my white gel pen to them all and then started arranging them onto these cute little scenes.

As you may notice I also added a banner ( you know I love me a little cute banner!) and I chose the one from the Banner Bits set cause it fits these sentiments perfectly.

I glued everything down with a combo of liquid glue and foam adhesive and finally I added some sparkle with my Wink Of Stella clear brush and some dots in the background with my white gel pen to mimic falling snow.

I hope you like these Holiday cards as much as I do and thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

"Meowy Catmas to you" with Simon Says Stamp!

Hi crafty friends! 

Today I'm sharing a couple of festive cards for all of you - cat lovers - out there..

So.. I'm in love! 

Super simple design but with a fun techinque twist and these little kittens all dressed up for Christmas are the cutest ever!

First of all I created my cardbases out of white cardstock and I stamped my Petal Play Background by Hello Bluebird on the fronts using kiddie pool ink by Lawn Fawn.

Then I cut out 2 matching panels out of the same white cardstock ad I stamped my images + the sentiments from the Meowy Catmas set by Simon Says Stamp.

Then I colored them with my copics and added some details with a white gel pen.

I partially cut them out, leaving them attached to the panel at the bottom  and I trimmed the excess top panel at the top.

The partial die cutting technique is so much fun and can be used to achieve lots of different styles and designs: this is so pretty!

Finally I added little hearts and some Nuvo Drops in Duck Egg Blue as embellishments here and there.

Hope you like these clean and simple Christmas cards and thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

"Sending Holiday Smiles" with Heffy Doodle!

Hello there and happy saturday!

Today I'm happy to share this cute Christmas puppies card I made with all Heffy Doodle goodies..

Aww look at these adorable doggies having fun in the snow! 

First of all I created my cardbase out some white cardstock, I masked the front bottom with some Heffy Memo Tape and and I inked the top with Distress inks.

I let it dry completely and then I added snow onto my background, using some Nuvo Mousse over the First Snow stencil.

Then I stamped, colored with copics and die cut all my images from these sets: Hot Diggity Dog + coordinated dies, Wanna Build A Snowman + coordinated dies and Elfish Antics + coordinated dies. 

I added lots of details to all the elements with a white gel pen and then I glued them all to my card into this fun festive scene using some foam adhesive.

Finally I stamped my sentiment from the Elfing Christmas Words set and added a little heart covered in glossy accents.

Thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

Christmas cookies cards with Sunny Studio!

Hello everyone! 

Today I'm sharing a couple of clean and simple Christmas cards showcasing the new mini Christmas cookies set by Sunny Studio.

This design is super simple and it's perfect if you need to make and send lots of Christmas cards this year.

I created my cardbases out of white cardstock, masked the front bottom and inked the top with some light pink Distress ink on both.

Then I stamped my cuties, colored them with copic markers and die cut them with their coordinated dies.

I also stamped my sentiment from the Season's Greetings set and cut them out with their coordinated dies. 

Finally I glued everything down with foam adhesive and added some Colorful Snowflake sequins as embellishments.

Please enjoy my card video tutorial *HERE* 

Thaks a lot for stopping by, have a lovely day!

franci 

A festive week with Hello Bluebird - Day 5

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of my festive week with Hello Bluebird!

Today is the final day and I'm sharing a cute card to say "Thanks a latte" for joinig and following along! 

All these cuties included in the Coffee Friends set are celebrating the season with a cup of hot chocolate, tea or coffee and they're so cute!

For my design I used the frame included in the Gallery Frame # 3 Die and I created my background out  of white cardstock by coloring  with my copics behind each little window.

Of course I used the same copic colors for all my critters and then I added details with my white gel pen and sparkle with my Wink of Stella Clear brush.

Aww I love this card so so much! 

I hope you enjoyed my little festive week serie and you are now inspired to create :)

Thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci

The amazing Ellen Hutson "Black Friday Sales" are here!

Hello crafty friends! 

Ellen Hutson is having an amazing sale at the moment, here are all the details..

I'm browsing right now through my favorite and all the deals are amazing! 

Time for some Christmas shopping around here :)

If you need some inspiration be sure to scroll my IG feed, there are lots and lots of projects made with goodies from some of my favorite brands ( and they are pretty much all in the Thankful category right now, YAY!)

Please if you enjoy my Cardmaking Adventures on * Instagram*, be sure to give me a follow and share my profile with all your friends!! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

A festive week with Hello Bluebird - Day 4

Happy wednesday friends and welcome to Day 4 of my festive week serie with Hello Bluebird!

Today I have a cozy and heartwarming card to share featuring the new Cozy Christmas Eve set..

Aww where should I even begin?! This is all cuteness and love overloaded!

For my background I chose the new Cozy Burrow set and as always: pink sky and copics to color all my images + Wink of Stella Clear brush and my white gel pen.

I had so much fun creating this sweet scene, all these critters hanging their stockings and waiting for Santa to come are adorable!

As you may notice I also added some images from the other release sets to my scene cause you know how much I love to mix and match with all my supplies.

I hope you like this card (at least as much as I do-eheh!) and thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

A festive week with Hello Bluebird - Day 3

Hello hello and happy tuesday!

It's Day 3 and today I'm sharing another pink background and pastel rainbow Xmas card with you..

Today's set of choice is the Deck the Halls set that features lots of sweet critters and lots of Xmas decorations.

I also chose to create another slimline card because I'm in love with this frame from the Gallery Frame # 5 Die and I needed a lot of space for all my critters.

I also used the Hill and Dale set to create my snowy hills and I glued them all behind the frame with liguid glue.

As always I colored everything with copics and added details with my white gel pen.

I stamped my sentiment on the frame at the top and I love it :)

Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

A festive week with Hello Bluebird - Day 2

Hi there and welcome back to my blog! 

It's Day 2 of my festive week with Hello Bluebird and today our favorite critters are having an office Xmas party in the woods..

I could say these are the cutest critters ever but let's be honest I love HB images so much I'll probably end saying this each and every day-eheh!

For my background I combined my pink sky with the new Tall Trees Scene Die set and all my images are from the Holiday Office Party set ( Awww!!).

As always I used my copics to color all the elements and for my sentiment I chose the new Oh what fun Words Die set.

 

I'm so happy about how this card turned out and I hope you like it too! 

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

A festive week with Hello Bluebird - Day 1

Hi there crafty friends and happy sunday!

I finally received all my new Hello Bluebird goodies from the latest release so I had lots of fun crafting and creating Christmas and Winter cards.. Since I have many to share I though about turning them into a little serie, hope you'll enjoy it :)

So all these cards have writter Franci all over them, I think I really am a pastelaholic after all! eheh! Pastelaholic.. is that even an existing word?! ahah! Btw.. here some festive softness coming to you!

OMG look at these imaes from the new My Snowman set, so adorable!

The giant snowman, the little dog and the cat are so cute, but the little chubby bird at the top totally stole my heart-ihih! 

For my background I used the Winter Woods Overlay Die set ( one of my faves!) and for my sky I used a new favorite: the Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Oxide.

And all the festive banners are from the Party On The Farm set ( another favorite of all times!).

As always I colored all the images with copic and cut them out with their coordinated dies. 

I added lots of sparkle with my Wink of Stella Clear Brush and some details with my white gel pen.

Hope ypu like this card as much as I do and thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

Sweet baby bear - no line watercolor with Time For Tea Designs!

Hello there and happy weekend! 

I had some fun playing with my watercolors these days and I colored this little cutie :)

Aww look at this little critter sleeping onto a cloud, it's so adorable!!

I used both my Pastel Dreams watercolor confection palette by Art Philisopy and my Daniel Smith watercolor sample sheet by Simon Says Stamp to color my bear.

I also added some details with my white gel pen and as always my brush was a suuuper cheap one from one of my local craft stores.

I hope you like it, now I need to create a card with it or maybe a tag or a little frame..!

Thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

"Wishing you Joy this Christmas"

Hello there! 

Today's project is a festive card featuring all Hello Bluebird products! 

The new Joy and Peace set has lots of sentiment in it and I had so much fun pairing it with these cuties from the Merry Greeters set.

First of all I created my cardbase out of white cardstock, then I stamped the Petal Play Background onto a slightly smaller panel of white cardstock using the Kiddie Pool ink by Lawn Fawn and I glued it to the front of my card.

Then I stamped, colored with my copics and die cut all my images and I glued them down with foam adhesive / liquid glue.

Finally I added some clear sequins by PPP here and there as embellishments. 

Thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

Happy Fawnie Holiday Week!

Hi there and welcome to the Fawny Holiday Week! 

I'm so happy to join all my fawny friends today, with a Christmas project to set you in the festive mood and inspire your Holidays cardmaking..

And here's my card..I made a beary cute Shadow box with the new Den Sweet Den set!

These little bears are soo super cute! First of all I stamped them, colored them with copics and die cut them out using their coordinated dies. I also added some Christmas accessorizes from the Yeti or not set + coordinated dies. I also added some details with a white gel pen.

I die cut all the elements I needed for my shadow box out of white and kraft cardstock and assembled it, then I created my snowy background using some dark blue cardstock, a snowy stencil and some white embossing paste. As I'm writing this post my new LF goodies haven't arrived yet so I had to use stuff I already had in my stash for this mini background, but I'm looking forward to use the new Snowy Sky Stencil a lot this winter season!

I glued my background and all my cuties inside the box and then I stamoed my sentiment on the back. I used the Offset Sayings: Christmas set and I'm so sorry I forgot to take a picture! 

Hope you like this card as much as I do and thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci 

"Be Merry" card set with Mama Elephant!

Hello there and welcome back to my blog! 

Today's project is a festive card set, made with all Mama Elephant cuties.. 

Awww I'm in love with these cards soo soo much!

First of all I created my cardbase out of some white cardstock, I inked the front and I let it dry completely.

Then I added some texture using the Nuvo Mousse Snow Storm onto a snow stencil and I let everything dry completely once again.

Then I die cut my "Be Merry" sentiment out of white cardstock and I glued it down with liquid glue.

I stamped, colored with copics and die cut all my images.These critters are so adorable! 

I also die cut a circle out of white cardstock and added another sentiment as well.

I glued down all my elements with foam adhesive, I added lots of details with a white gel pen and a little heart.

For my backgrounds I chose some Distress inks oxide and I love these colors! 

Oh these couple are so sweet I can't even pick a favorite, I love them all! ihih!

Please find here down below some of the products I used to make my minin winter scene! 

* please note, I'm sorry If anything is missing here! I love to mix and match new and old goodies :)

Fuzzy Hugs, Mama Elephant Clear Stamps

Fuzzy Hugs, Mama Elephant Creative Cuts

Worn Lipstick, Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Twisted Citron, Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Cracked Pistachio, Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Snowy Sky, Lawn Fawn Stencils

Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

1 Inch Round, Ranger Ink Blending Tool

Glue Tube, Lawn Fawn

Whimsy Alphas, Mama Elephant Creative Cuts

Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares, Small White

Thanks a lot for stopping by today!

Please enjoy my Cardmaking Adventure on * Instagram*! I'll be posting all my little cards,tags and i also can't wait to see all the projects shared in the community! :)

See you soon with another cute project! :)

Have a lovely day 

franci