Melissa Frances

Pretty Amazing

(Supply List: Patterned paper - Kraft Damask (PA392), Newsprint (PA379), Green Honeycomb (PA389) • Attic Treasures Sticker Banners (GN561) • Crepe Paper (GN303) • Resin Accents: With All my Heart (CX835) • White pom pom trim (GN532) • Other, non Melissa Frances supplies: From My favorite things stamps - Vertical Greetings II Die-namics and Stamp Set, Large Royal Rose Die-namics, Royal Rose Die-namics, 3/8" Rosette Die-namics, Mini Monarch Border Die-namics • White cardstock, ink)

Today's pretty layout is courtesy of design team member Sherrie Siemens. Here are her comments on it:

It has been a while since I have done a layout. One of the many perks of my photography hobby is that I now have more photos to choose from for doing a little scrapbooking! This is my daughter, Marie, sitting with a fresh coffee that I made her and letting me snap a photo of her looking out the window.

I combined one of the new and upcoming releases from My Favorite Things "Vertical Greetings II" set with some other previously released Die-namics and Melissa Frances C'est la Vie and Attic Treasures Volume 3 products.

All the flowers were made using Melissa Frances patterned paper and crepe paper and Die-namics rolled dies. The pleated paper border along the bottom was also made with a "Rosette Die-namics" that I didn't roll into a rosette.

Bless your nest

(Supply list: patterned paper: First Class mail (PA395) • Cream/White Tissue paper garland (GN466) • Cream Sprig (GN507) • Crepe paper (GN303) • Other, non Melissa Frances supplies: Stamps by My Favorite things: Inspired by Birds • Dies by My Favorite things: Mini rolled roses, First place ribbon • Ink: Vintage photo distress ink • Copic markers - read below for the colors)

This beautiful card comes to us from design team member Sherrie Siemens. She made this card for a My Favorite Things sketch challenge and we love how the products from My Favorite Things look great with our papers and embellishments.

The vintage look of the stamp set looks great with our Attic Treasures Vol. 3 products :) Sherrie added some of the paper fringe to the bottom of the card and swiped it with her vintage photo distress ink pad to give it a bit of age.

She colored up the sweet birds on the card with her Copic markers. BG70's and E51,35 for the birds and the E80's family for the nest.

Thanks Sherrie!

Mother's Day card

(Supply List: Patterned paper - Esther (PA198), Simone (PA329) • Attic Treasures Die Cuts (GN563) •Lace: Beige Ribbon Collection (GN302) • White Mini Roses (GN510) • Black Ice Brooch (BR008) • Elegance Frame (CX814) • non Melissa Frances supplies: ink, silhouette rub on)

As Mother's Day draws close, we have a beautiful card from design team member Rachel McAffee to share with you. Rachel used the Black Ice Brooch as an accent to her bow, but the cool thing is how the recipient can remove it from the greeting card and wear it after receiving the card. Don't ya love when your card contains a bonus gift!

Set of Four Greeting Cards

Today we have some delightful cards to share with you from Tanya Privalova. Some of these cards use our older collections which many might still have in their stash.

Thank you for sharing your creativity with us and our readers Tanya! If you have a project featuring Melissa Frances that you would like to share with us, we invite you to email it to us at blog@heartandhome.com

Messy Hairdo - 5 lines combined!

We received this project from Filipino designer Wendy Kwok and were in love with the way she combined 5 of our Melissa Frances collections to make this beautiful layout.

When we design our paper collections we keep in mind that we want them to mix and match thereby giving more design options, but this layout truly puts our goal to the test! Here, Wendy combines papers from the Attic Treasures Vol.3, Vintage Posey, C'est la Vie, 5th Avenue, and original Attic Treasures Collections.

Wendy shared: My fave part of this layout is the layering of papers which shows how well the range of papers goes together

Thanks for sharing your creativity, and how the Melissa Frances papers can be mixed, with us today Wendy!

Butterfly card set

Lots of butterfly goodness here today. Design team member Sherrie Siemens paired up our Attic Treasures Vol. 3 papers and My Favorite Things stamps and Die-namics. The full supply list is at the bottom of the post.


Card #1
Sherrie cut the vellum with my butterfly Die-namic and then stamped the matching butterfly image in versacraft ink and embossed in white. She gave it a bit of color with  distress ink. Stamped the pretty butterfly sentiment and mounted on a white card base that she sewed.


Card #2
Here Sherrie die cut the front panel with her butterfly Die-namics and then laid another piece of patterned paper underneath. She sponged the edges before adhering the top layer. She sewed it to my card base using a very short zig-zag stitch on her sewing machine.


Card #3
Going with the whimsy of the patterned paper Sherrie die cut a bunch of little butterfly Die-namics. She sponged the edges of them for definition and then used glossy accents to adhere them to the patterned paper.

(Supply List: patterned paper: First Class Mail (PA395), Hope Chest (PA391) • Rsin accents: Sculpture Applique set (CX706) • Other, non Melissa Frances supplies: Stamps by My Favorite Things: Inspired by Butterflies Stamp • Die buts by My Favorite Things: Inspired by Butterflies Die, Notched Tags Die, Dienamics Butterflies • Ink: Walnut stain and Old Paper distress ink • Tuxedo Black Momento by Tsukineko • White embossing powder • Versa Mark ink • Vellum)

Happy Easter Monday!

(Supply List: base of project: Envelope taken from Lg Envelope & tag book (GN304) • Patterned paper: Wreaths of Glory (PA396), Ebony (PA362) • Resin accents: Chiswick Frame large (CX698), Her majesty (CX821) • Spring Ephemera Die cuts - discontinued • Other, non Melissa Frances supplies: tule, border punches, die cuts, cream cardstock, vintage music paper, flower)

We hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend. Today we have a fabulous spring project from design team member Emeline Seet. She used the large envelope from our Large Envelope and Tag book as the base and embellished it by mixing papers from our Attic Treasures Vol. 3 with 5th Avenue. We love this paper combination!

My Girlfriends album

(Supply List: Patterned paper: Madonna Collage (PA393) • C'est la Vie Sticker Book (GN543) • Pink Satin Flower (FF09) • White Pom Pom Trim (GN532) • Elegance Resin frame (CX814) • Crepe paper (GN303)• Other, non melissa France supplies: white cardstock and printer to print title, mini album)

This beautiful album comes to us from design team member Karin Aguirre. I love her idea to create an album to celebrate the women who inspire and encourage us in our lives. Imagine how thrilled they will be to read how much they are appreciated!

Gift bag

(Supply List: Patterned paper - Madonna Collage PA363 • Mini Flashcards (GN436) • Mini Bags & Tags (GN341)• C'est la Vie Sticker banners (GN548) • Heaven Sent resin accents (CX815) • Crepe paper (GN303) • Deep Pink Glass Glitter (GN350C) • C'est la Vie Retro stickers (GN545) • Other, non Melissa Frances supplies: paper bag, sewing machine and thread, pink seam binding, doily)

Today we have a lovely gift packaging idea from Norwegian design team member Anne Kristine. The layering on this bag project is one of the things that makes it such a stand out.

Here's hoping that you have a creative week!

Thinking of you card

This beautiful card by design team member Danielle Flanders combines our Attic Treasures Vol. 3 with the hydrangea paper from our C'est la vie Collection. Danielle has also showed off her love of stamping on this sample too. Check out this post from Danielle to learn more about the stamps she used.