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The Melissa Frances team will be attending the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington this weekend, June 2-4. Be sure to look for our booth, filled with our fabulous products. (A little birdie told me that you may even be lucky enough to meet Melissa herself in the booth!) And don't forget to check out the workshops we are offering at the convention - they are pretty awesome.
See you there!!
(Supply List: Patterned Paper - Kitschy Kitchen 6x6 paper pad (GN342), Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Friendly Fruit • Die Templates and Machine: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Standard Circles LG, Nested Pennants, Grand Calibur, Papertrey Ink Doily Details Collection • Ribbon: Vanilla Bean Vintage crinkly ribbon & Vintage Cherry Bakers Twine Courtesy of Kimberly @ My Craft Spot)
Once again Mona Pendleton has sent us a beautiful card. This time, she has combined stamping and die cutting with our Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen Collection. We love how she sewed the strips of patterned paper onto the card background. Great job Mona!!
(Supply List: Label Style Backdrop (GN323) •Patterned Paper - Rita (PA352), Aunt Bea (PA354) • White Crochet Trim (GN301) • White Glitter Chipboard Letters (GN16) • Stickers from - Homemade Collection (GN348A) and Retro Collection (GN348) • Kitschy Kitchen tag Collection (GN382) • Homemade Recipe Cards (GN346A) • White Crepe paper (GN381) • Other: White satin ribbon, White clip, patterned paper with blue pots)
This week we'll be sharing inspiring projects featuring our Kitschy Kitchen Collection, so be sure to check back every day for some delicious projects. This collection, with it's red, aqua, yellow, pink and green combines the softness that the Melissa Frances brand is known for with really fun retro styling.
This fab Shopping List wall hanging comes to us from Design Team Member Sherrie Siemens. I've always had a great love for the Melissa Frances backdrops and think it's really cool how Sherrie covered hers with patterned paper and used the clip to make a grocery list. Thanks for the great idea Sherrie!
Our friends at Scrap That! let us know that they are offering a Limited Edition Melissa Frances mini album kit for sale. Designed by our mutual design team member Karola Witcazak, this album is stunning!
Lori Brown, the owner of Scrap That! says “Wefell in love with the new 5th Avenue product line at CHA this winter and decided that we wanted to create a very special kit that would be a timeless and everlasting keepsake.” The papers are special on their own, but combined with Melissa Frances Trinkets & Baubles, Mini Envelopes and Tags, Vintage Embellishments, Rub-On Transfers, Die Cuts, Stickers, Crepe Paper, and Vintage Seam Binding, the result is nothing short of truly spectacular!!
Please visit the Scrap That website directly to order.
As an added bonus the kit also contains detailed instructions to create this delicate crepe paper flower! Flowers created by Linda Albrecht for Melissa Frances
Our friends at The Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine are giving away the above Melissa Frances goodies from their facebook page.
ALL you have to do is visit the Canadian Scrapbooker Facebook Page - and leave a comment under the WHY NOT WIN WEDNESDAY THREAD!!!!! That’s it! You have until Friday, May 27th midnight to enter!
Good Luck!!
(Supply List: Patterned Paper - Minerva (PA372), Flora (PA361), Ebony (PA362), Pearl (PA371), Antonia (PA364) • White Lace Collection (GN301) • Dearly Beloved Ephemera Sticker (GN441) • White Resin Flower accent - Tea Party (CX811) • Other - Sewing Machine and thread)
This layout from design team member Evgenia Petzer combines many of the most popular Melissa Frances products; the 5th Avenue papers and stickers, our crochet lace and the continually best-selling white resin embellishments.
Notice the way Evgenia cut the flowers from our Flora (PA361) patterned paper (see below) to make the flower accents for the page. What a great idea!
(Supply List: Melissa Frances patterned papers: Ebony (PA362), Flora (PA361), Pearl(PA371), and Essie (PA366) • Melissa Frances 5th Avenue Rhinestones (GN446) • Other: Pink Card stock, Little Yellow Bicycle Heart Paper Doilies, Kaiser crafts pearl Brads, Title: Thickers Regards, Tim Holtz pin, Lost & Found Market Street Princess Trims: Twine & Gathered Crepe, Tim Holtz sizzix folder for embossing the hearts, Tim Holtz dies used: Sewing Room, Tattered Florals & Movers/Shapers, and a Sizzix Hearts Die, Glimmer Mists, and a needle was used for the sewing)
Thank you Kimberly Congdon for sharing this lovely layout featuring our 5th Avenue Collection with us. We love your spray of flowers across the upper left side of the left page. And those photos are too cute!
As promised yesterday, here are two more Vintage-Shabby styled layouts from Camilla Ekman.
(Supply List: Melissa Frances 5th Avenue papers – Lula (PA367), Antonia (PA364), Ebony (PA362) • Melissa Frances Vintage Resin Sculpture Embellishments (CX706) • Other: flowers and leaves (Prima), border punches (Martha Stewart), lace)
Check out that curled paper - what an awesome idea to add dimension to a layout!
(Supply List: Melissa Frances 5th Avenue papers – Hattie (PA365), Pearl (PA371), Octavia (PA368), Ebony (PA362), Antonia (PA364) • Other: flowers, swirls and leaves (Prima), pins (Inkido), border punches (Martha Stewart), Hinges (Tim Holtz), alpha thickers (American Crafts))
Thanks again Camilla. You have shared some amazing projects with us this week and given us some great inspiration as we head into the weekend.
(Supply List: Melissa Frances 5th Avenue papers – Jewel (PA363), Pearl (PA371), Octavia (PA368) • Other: flowers, leaves and felt gate (Prima), envelope (Maya Road), artisian elements (Pink Paislee), heart pins (Inkido), border punches (Martha Stewart))
As soon as we saw this layout from Camilla Ekman we knew that we had to share it here. The little munchkin in the photos is too cute for words, and the layout itself is a Vintage-Shabby masterpiece. Check back tomorrow for 2 more projects from this tallented designer.
Thanks for sharing with us Camilla!
(Supply List: Patterned Paper - Anastasia (PA328), Blue Dotted (discontinued) • Cardstock Sticker - Here Kitty, Kitty (GN450) • Cream Pearls (GN297) •Rub-On Transfers - Little Girls (FW034) • Other - sewing machine, thread and seam binding)
Today we are sharing another project using the Here Kitty, Kitty cardstock stickers. This card was designed by design team member Johanna Tonnessen.
Doesn't the image of that little girl just make you melt?!
