Melissa Frances

Then & Now - a layout

On Tuesday we shared that Melissa Frances design team member Emeline Seet will be teaching a workshop in Brunei and today we have one of her beautiful layouts to share with you. Emeline used papers and embellishments from our Attic Treasures collection to make a 12x12 page chronicling her children and how some things don't change over time.

Thanks for sharing with us Emeline.

Melissa Frances workshop in Brunei

Our talented Asian design team member Emeline Seet will be teaching a workshop in Brunei next month. Check it out:

Details: If you're looking for a technique-filled class, then this is it! Not only will you be indulging in Melissa Frances' fascinating soft pastel colours and Dusty Attic's laser-cut chipboards, Emeline will guide you in dabbling with mixed media techniques! And after this class, you'll be walking away with TWO 'Off-The-Page' items AND a bonus layout!! 

Date: 6 October 2012

Time: 3-6pm

Venue: 

Unit 3.11, The Mall

Abdul Razak Complex

Jalan Gadong

Bandar Seri Begawan 
Brune

Purses in the House!!

We are so excited to share that our Melissa Frances totes and purses are in the warehouse and shipping! It has been a long road to bring the bags from being a concept into being a product ready to ship, but they are here, and they are beautiful. Available in 4 colors (white, brown, black and pink) and 2 sizes (tote and purse) these bags have a zippered closure for security and an adjustable strap for maximum versatility.

If you are interested in purchasing a bag (or two), we invite you to bring them to the attention of your local scrapbook store and ask them to order them in for you, or shop on our website (the link is provided at the beginning of this post).

Pink and Cream Gift Tag

Norwegian design team member Anne Kristine used our Attic Treasures collection in combination with our Pink Floppy Blossom Trim (GN575) and Cream Zipper Ribbon Trim (GN578) to create this lovely gift tag. This would be the perfect accompaniment tied onto a gift bag, or as a gift in itself with a gift card tucked inside of it.

Melissa on Scrapbook Soup

A few months ago Melissa filmed a spot for Scrapbook Soup, which can be found on PBS.

Here's a snippet of her visit:

Product available for order on HSN

The products for Melissa's appearance on HSN on the 13th is already live on their website! Check it out here.

Melissa Frances on HSN

Be sure to watch HSN this Thursday, SEPTEMBER 13th to see Melissa debute some wonderful Melissa Frances kits. It has been a ton of work for our team to pack up all the kits, take a peek at the warehouse to see what I mean!:

Creative packaging idea

Our Melissa Frances pearls and rhinestones come packaged with a beautiful backer card which we have seen used in many projects. This lovely card was sent to us by Noomiy who cut our sweet Victorian girl from the packaging.

What a pretty card!

C'est la Vie Mini Album

Typically we introduce a mini album base to coordinate with each paper collection we launch. For our C'est la Vie Collection, we designed a multimedia album which contains: 2 - 2mm chipboard covers measuring 6.5” x 6.25”, 6 double-sided inner pages measuring 6” x 6”, 1 vellum scalloped page measuring 6” x 6”, 2 vellum envelopes measuring 6” x 6”, 1 file envelope and 2 jump rings.

Today we have a gorgeous sample of this album in use. Sheila Rumney designed this project as a kit for the online shop The Scrappy Gourmet. While the kit is now sold out, Sheila's sample is truly drool-worthy.

Thank you for sharing your creativity with us Shelia!

Winner of Melissa's birthday giveaway

First, we'd like to share a big thank you to everyone who helped us shower Melissa with birthday wishes, she has enjoyed reading through your messages.

We are pleased to share that the winner of the Melissa Frances birthday giveaway is:

Jennifer Scull who posted on September 1 at 11:16 AM.

Jennifer, please be on the lookout for an email from us in your inbox.