Melissa Frances

Join Melissa in Lancaster

Please join Melissa and our team at the CK Convention in Lancaster this weekend, July 27-28. Melissa will be teaching several inspiring workshops - this is a great opportunity to meet and learn from the woman behind the brand! We hope to see you there!

Winner of Countdown to Christmas Collection

We are very sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of the Countdown to Christmas Collection, so here she is without further delay:

I think I love Countdown the best but Chevron is a close second! Thanks for the chance to win.

Posted by: Mary | July 18, 2012 at 09:26 PM

Mary, please look for an email from us in your inbox.

Shabby Chic shadow box

We have another beautiful project from Russia to share with you. Maria Boronenkova lives in Siberia with her husband and two children. She shares that she loves Melissa Frances paper & scrap accessories and used them to make this shadow box for her future craft room.

For this project she used our "5th avenue" 6x6 paper pad, Vintage Resin Embellishments - Bird Collection, and the Light Pink Sprig.

Thanks for sharing this shabby chic project with us Maria!

Video of a Journal project

Today we have a cute video from Israeli paper crafter Riki Arberman.
She uses our Kitschy Kitchen Collection to make the journal cover as seen below. While the 6x6 KK paper pad that Riki uses in this video is sold out on the Melissa Frances site, if you do an internet search for it, you may still be able to find it for sale online.

Thanks Riki, what a fun video.

Tri-Fold Cards

While our team is heading home from the CHA trade show, we have a reader card to share with you. Today's set comes to us from a wonderful Russian scrapbooker, Elena Litvinova. She used the Melissa Frances 5th Avenue Collection to make these tri-fold greeting cards.

Thanks for sharing your Melissa Frances projects with us.

Christmas Layout

Layout by: Fabienne Pernot

We have a beautiful layout made by Fabienne that features our "Countdown to Christmas" Collection to share on the blog today. Our design team as a whole has made so many beautiful projects with this line and this is no exception!

We hope you've enjoyed this week-long sneek peek of "Countdown to Christmas". If you haven't left a comment on this post yet, please do so to be entered to win our giveaway.

Have a wonderful weekend!

More previews of our "Countdown to Christmas" collection

Sample by: Rachel McAffee

Today is the last day of CHA and we have a few more samples of our "Countdown to Christmas" Collection to share with you. The line is expected to ship in early September, and our retailer response to the line has been wonderful, so be sure to be on the look-out for it at your favorite scrapbook store.

Stocking by: Rachel McAffee

Card by: Melissa Phillips

The card above by Melissa features our new Christmas chipboard:

Card by: Anne Kristine

Meet Pearl

Melissa is pleased to introduce “Pearl”, a new illustrated rubber stamp Collection. This Victorian girl embodies the Melissa Frances style and aesthetic with her sweet hair bows and period outfits. There are six designs in this product launch with more to come! Stamps are cling mount red rubber manufactured by Hampton Art. Each design lends itself well to being colored with the popular alcohol ink markers on the market right now. And, with an MSRP of $7.99, you will want to collect them all!

Here are all six of the stamp designs:

Our resident design team Copic Marker expert, Sherrie Siemens has made these samples to show just how adorable Pearl is.

So, what do you think? Isn't our Pearl a sweetie?!

Countdown to Christmas - Peek #2 and GIVEAWAY!!

Trio of gift cards sample by: Melissa Phillips

Today we have more goodies featuring our brand new "Countdown to Christmas" Collection to share with you.

This bright collection contains 6 patterned papers which are available in individual 12"x 12" or a 6"x 6" paper pad.

Here's a peek at our six paper designs:

PA397 - Holiday Chevron

PA398 - Countdown

PA399 - Holiday Notes

PA400 - All Wrapped Up


PA401 -Caroling All the Way

PA402 - Saluations

Christmas cupcake by: Fabienne Pernot

Please tell us which of the six patterned papers is your favorite in the comments and we will pick one winner who will receive the ENTIRE Countdown to Christmas Collection when it is released. (Please only one comment per person.) Giveaway will close on Sunday, July 22 at 6:00PM PST. Winner will be announced on the blog on Monday, July 23.

CHA sneak Peek - Countdown to Christmas

While our team is busy in Chicago today setting up our booth for the upcoming CHA Summer trade show, we are pleased to share sneak peeks of our new products with you.

The summer show is where we introduce the Holiday collection each year, and we have a great one for 2012! This year Melissa is bringing us a holiday line full of color, which combines current trends and retro imagery. “Countdown to Christmas” is also a great option for those who participate in December Daily projects as a few of the pieces in the collection are perfect for that application. Available with coordinating chipboard accents, die cuts and tags, this collection is a winner!

Here it is in action:

Layout by: Emeline Seet

Card by: Carolyn Peeler




House wallhanging: Anne Kristine

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see more inspiring samples and hear a bit more about this holiday Collection.