Melissa Frances

Merry Christmas Greetings

(Stamps: Flourishes A Season of Celebrations, The First Noel • Die Templates: Spellbinders Labels Seventeen, Nested Lacey Pennants, Grand Calibur • Patterned Paper: Melissa Frances Deck the Halls)

As we head into the holiday season we have a Christmas card from Mona Pendleton to give us some holiday cardmaking inspiration. Mona uses Deck the Halls, our 2011 Holiday Collection for this beautiful creation.

Do you have a holiday project featuring Melissa Frances products? If so, we'd love to see it. Please email us at [email protected]

Crepe paper Christmas Trees

We were so excited to see our products featured on Studio 5 in Utah. Kristine McKay from My Craft Channel shows some darling Christmas trees made with our Crepe paper.

For more amazing crepe paper trees, check out this link to the blog of Design Team member Karin Aguirre who had an awesome crepe paper tree tutorial last year and has shared several different versions for her trees.

New Episode of Timeless Creations with Melissa Frances

Join Melissa for the grand finale as she adds the finishing touches to her timeless village. She shares one of her favorite crafting ingredients: Mica. If you haven’t ever tried it, you will want to try your hand at it after seeing what a stunning effect it gives.

Timeless Village Part three

And, a little birdie told me that you are getting a sneak peek at a few of the NEW Melissa Frances papers for 2013 in the video and shown in the image below ☺ Enjoy!

We have a winner!!

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Melissa Frances giveaway that we hosted here on the blog a few weeks ago. The randomly selected winner is Lana Edwards:

I would love to see more "How you design" and "how you add paint to projects" for more of the chabby chic look. Love your products!

Posted by: Lana Edwards | November 13, 2012 at 10:27 PM

Lana, please check you email for a message from us.

Call for Holiday project submissions

If you were a regular reader of the Melissa Frances blog last year, you may remember that in December we posted holiday projects from our design team and from our customers everyday, all month long. We would love to continue that tradition this year, so you are encouraged to send us your Melissa Frances holiday creations so that we can share them with our readers! Please send your creations to [email protected]

And if you're looking for a holiday crafting project, we have an awesome card kit with instructions for sale at Melissa's etsy store. With 10 adorable cards, designed by Melissa Phillips, this is a great way to get those holiday cards made so that they're ready to give away!

Thanks so much.

Timeless Village - Part 2

Join Melissa today on her My Craft Channel Show as she shares some great tips for displaying your “Timeless Village” year round. Turn your vintage houses into darling memo or photo displays with simple and inexpensive floral wire.

Also, just a reminder that you only have 2 more days to take advantage of the Melissa Frances Black Friday Special.

If paper crafting is your thing, and you love vintage and retro, Melissa Frances is about to make your holiday wishes come true! For a limited time, you can snag one of her Black Friday Crafting Kits for only $39.95 (retail value, over $96) on Melissa's etsy shop.

There is a whole lot of crafting fun awaiting you in this 210 piece kit. You will enjoy some of her recent "Countdown to Christmas" collection, along with her gorgeous trims, awesome buttons, and calendar mini album. Just check out the numerous kit contents:

24 papers (6 designs x 4 sheets of each) • 1 Christmas Chipboard Sheet (21 Pieces) • 1 Christmas Die Cut Sheet (15 Die Cuts) • 1 Pack of Christmas Tags (8 tags total) • 1 Character Die Cut Sheet (40 Die Cuts) •  1 6x6 Christmas Pad (30 sheets) • 1 Pack of Chipboard Ornaments (6 Pieces) • 1 Calendar Album (26 Pieces total) • 1 Yard of White Organza Ribbon •  1 Yard of Cream Silk Ribbon • 1 Yard of White Silk Ribbon • 1 Pack of Spring Sprung Flowers (10 pieces) • 1 Pack of White Blossom Flowers (10 pieces) •  1 Pack of 8 Glass Reproduction Buttons • 1 Pack of 4 Reproduction Buttons •  1 Pack of Green Vellum Envelopes (4 envelopes) • 1 Melissa Shopping Tote measuring 20” long x 6.5” wide x 17” high

Regular Retail Price: $96.48
Black Friday Sale Price: $39.95

Kits will begin shipping on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Promotion ends on Nov. 23 12PM EST or until supplies last.

Please visit the link provided to order the kit or to read directions for placing an international order.

Dream card

One of the beautiful things about our paper crafting world is how much we draw inspiration from each other. We received this card, along with a lovely note from Patty O'Malley.

I love, love, love Melissa Frances products!  I made this card inspired by a card from Lea Lawson on the Prima blog.  She used Prima products while I used paper, frame, and sticker image from Melissa Frances.  The flowers are Prima, charm Recollections, swirl from Jolee and Martha Stewart pearl/rhinestone sticker frame and tag.  Hope you like it!

Patty, this card is darling - I'm sure the receiver loved getting it.

Beautiful photo box

Today we wish all our US readers have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

This fall we have had some gorgeous mini album projects submitted to us at [email protected] from our customers, and this one from Singapore paper crafter Jaz Lee is no exception. It is jaw droppingly beautiful.

When we designed our Attic Treasures collection, we wanted to create papers, stickers and embellishments which would look timeless and elegant with a soft white on cream color palette. I think Jaz's project illustrates this beautifully. Jaz told us that this project is an altered vintage rattan box with photo inside the box.

Jaz, thank you for sharing this box with us and our readers.

Christmas Card Kit and Workshop for Sale!!

It's the time of year when crafters and would-be-crafters take out their scissors and glue and make Christmas cards to give to friends and loved ones this holiday season.

Join expert card maker Melissa Phillips as she leads you through a card making extravaganza. Using the Melissa Frances "Countdown to Christmas" product line and the directions provided, you will be able to make 10 beautiful cards with which to dazzle the receivers! As an added bonus, you will have a good amount of paper and character die cuts left over, and a moderate amount of the tags, trim and candy canes with which to complete additional projects!

The kit is $30 and is available for sale in the Melissa Frances etsy shop.

And, there are only a few days left to purchase the Melissa Frances Black Friday Package. It contains over $96 retail of product for only $39.95! It would be a lovely Christmas gift for a friend or family member who enjoys paper crafting.

Giveaway extended!

Melissa has been loving the ideas you have shared in your comments on our post from a few days ago. So, she decided that we would extend the giveaway listed on the same post for a few more days! The comment section will be open until Sunday, Nov. 18 at midnight EST. We will then select one randomly drawn winner to receive their choice of prize packet as described in the original post.

Good Luck - and be sure to read this post and leave your comment for your chance to win!