Happy New Year! Vera Lane Studio Christmas Chicken Holiday Card

Happy New Year Everyone! My very best wishes to all for a bright and prosperous 2026, filled with happiness for you and your families.

This will be my last post for 2025 Christmas/Meilleurs Voeux cards. Normally I have some left over I post after New Year's, but not this year. For various and sundry reasons, I didn't even get all my French holiday cards done. In fact I even resorted to sending e-cards (GASP!). Although not as nice as a homemade card by any means, I daresay Jackie Lawson e-cards  have some very impressive animation. 

This particular Meilleurs Voeux card is going to my favorite neighbors. Madame has a thing for chickens and I know she'll get a kick out of this one. The digi is from Vera Lane Studio Christmas Chickens. I used this same digi on an English card HERE. Which one do you prefer? I admit, I like the English one. I couldn't use the punny sentiment with the French one.

Just an aside on Meilleurs Voeux cards in France...they are traditionally sent after the New Year (you can send them earlier though, which I normally do). You can read more about French Holiday card giving in this post.

The super cute Holly Jolly Hen House digital paper is from Julie Lopez Graphics. My trusty generic ragged edge dies made for an easy design that I topped off with a wooden snowflake and pearl (my favorite holiday card embellishments). The sentiment was created with Leftovers font.

Supply List
Paper – cardstock, Julie Lopez Graphics Holly Jolly Hen House
Digital stamp – Vera Lane Studio Christmas Chickens
Dies – Generic ragged edge dies
Embellishments – wooden snowflake, pearl
Font – Leftovers
Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 pencils
Gelly Roll .08 white pen
Winsor & Newton .05 black fine line pen

I'm linking up with the following challenges: Merry Little Christmas Challenge #66 – ATG Christmas, Love to Craft #90 – ATG, Critter Crazy #106 – ATG w/critter, Crafty Animals #101 – ATG w/animal, Crafts Galore #143 – ATG, A Perfect Time to Craft #1-2026 – ATG, 52 Weeks to Christmas Week 1 – Use a Wooden Ornament, Little Red Wagon #839 – Use the Force, Kleuren met Potloden (Coloring with Pencils) December – ATG w/pencil coloring, and Creative Inspirations Challenges #34 – ATG.