Happy Summer Card With Last Minute Manda's Franklin's Summer Treats Digi

Friday, July 18, 2025

Happy Summer card with Last Minute Manda's Franklin Summer Treats Digi, colored with Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 pencils, by Paperesse.

I had one Last Minute Manda digi in my digital stamp repertoire that I bought quite some time ago and have yet to use. I purchased said digi on Etsy. As I was looking at something else on Etsy the other day I had a notification that LMM had a digi bundle offer for ALL her pre-2025 digis for €11.66. I decided to go for it and bought the bundle. Believe me when I say there are a BUNCH to choose from. They're not all to my taste, but there are enough to justify the purchase. This Franklin's Summer Treats digi is one such.

This is another of my Happy Summer cards with a Happy 4th sentiment tucked inside. This went to an expat American friend who lives in the neighboring town. Popsicles and summer just seem to go together don't they? I've got a couple of sumer cards on the blog featuring them. This paper pieced one from a few years back is a past favorite.

The papers are from my scrap drawer; with a card this small (10.5 x 14.8cm) I can usually find something that will do. I have no idea where this popsicle paper comes from. I searched the blog but couldn't find it. I think I may have printed it out and just didn't use it. Ditto for the yellow gingham. Anway, they were perfect for this project. I dressed it up with my no-brand border strip and ric-rac dies with a sprinkling of enamel dots. The sentiment was created with Dom Casual BT font.

Supply List

Paper – cardstock, scraps stash

Digital stamp – Last Minute Manda Franklin's Summer Treats

Dies – no-brand wonky stitched rectangle, Die-namics rectangle stax, no-brand border, Gemini Fancy Borders ric-rac

Embellishments – enamel dots

Font – Dom Casual BT

Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 pencils

Gelly Roll .08 white pen

Pentel .05 black fine line pen

I'm linking up with the following challenges: Kleuren met Potloden (Coloring with Pencils) July – ATG w/colored pencils, Creative Moments #272 – Use a Die-cut, Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #601 – ATG w/paper, The Creative Crafters #90 – ATG, Sparkles Monthly July #190 – Summer Days, and Creatalicious #291 – ATG w/opt. Summer Fun/At the Beach.

6 comments

Debbie Mageed19/7/25 04:39
Such a "sweet" summer card! I love the cute image and the bright papers are so pretty. Thank you for playing with us at The Creative Crafters Challenge. I hope you can join us again soon.
Debbie, DT
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Pamela19/7/25 15:46
what a cute popsicle card with bear for summer theme, thank you for sharing with us at Sparkle
JanR19/7/25 20:50
Fantastic card, Shani! Such lovely summer colours. Okay, confession....(and feel free to delete this comment, I won't mind at all)....at first glance I thought the bear was giving the middle finger. I know the popsicle isn't even the same colour as his fur, but the shape and the bear's slightly sassy stance.....
Deborah Wheeler20/7/25 00:37
Oh he's just adorable - and ice lollies are perfect on summer days! Thanks for playing along at Sparkles Challenge
Deborah DT
Kate22/7/25 16:36
Such a darling card! So glad you were able to find a number of “to your taste” images in the bundle. This little one is to my taste too (even after reading Jan’s comment)!

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