Melissa Frances

Fabric Book Binding Video

Today marks the last video from Melissa's 1st season of shows with My Craft Channel. We hope you've enjoyed them!

To celebrate the end of the season, Melissa Frances is sponsoring a HUGE giveaway on the My Craft Channel blog. The link to enter, and the preview photo for the giveaway will be at the bottom of this blog post.

Now, onto the recap of today's episode. Join Melissa as she shares an inexpensive way to take a step up from a blahhhh chipboard album and create a custom bound fabric album that will be worthy of being a cherished family heirloom.

Click here to watch it.

Once you've watched the video, use this link to head over to the My Craft Channel blog to enter the giveaway for this AWESOME prize, worth over $200 retail:

Will you be at the CK convention in Portland?

Our team is gearing up to hit the road in 2013. We have some great workshops available in Portland. We hope to see you there!

More samples from CHA

Those who came to our booth at CHA will have seen this adorable little pull toy decorated by Rachel McAffee with paper from the "Classic Elegance" collection, along with tons of great embellishments. In fact, with the exception of the clothes pegs and the pull toy base, everything else is Melissa Frances.

This layout by Emeline Seet was also a showstopper in our booth. People loved how she colored the resin embellishments to match her layout.

Finally, this layout by Carolyn Peeler shows 5 of the new "Classic Elegance" papers being used in combination with cardstock to create an eye catching page.

More Classic Elegance samples

We had received some emails from customers inquiring about the release date for the "Classic Elegance" collection. It will be shipping to stores late March or early April. We will be sure to let you know when it's on the shelves so that you can look for it. In the meantime, if you like the collection, be sure to ask your local scrapbook store to bring it in!

So, do you want to see more samples from our talented team's samples showing you the new Classic Elegance Line? Here you go!

From Melissa Phillips, we have this awesome table topper:



This pretty card is by Evgenia Petzer:



This layout, by Carolyn Peeler shows Classic Elegance combined with papers from C'est la Vie and Attic Treasures!!

Shabby Flowers Tutorial

In Today’s new episode of Timeless Creations with Melissa Frances on My Craft Channel, Melissa shows how to create beautiful boutique flowers with her vintage broaches and trims. These are not just your everyday craft DIY flowers. These are worthy of being showcased in a high-end Paris Boutique.

Click here to watch the episode.

Melissa Frances kit for sale

Our friends over at the Scrappy Gourmet are selling a limited edition kit to make an adorable Melissa Frances mini album which they have called "Letters to my Daughter". Designed by Sheila Rumney, this kit features the beautiful "Vintage Posey" collection along with our "C'est la Vie" line.

Please visit here for the complete list of the kit contents, more preview photos and to purchase it. But be forewarned, I don't think that there are many kits left!!

New episode of Timeless Creations with Melissa Frances - Matchbook Album

Update: Link has been corrected.

We are taking a break from showing you our newest collection to share Melissa's latest episode of Timeless Creations with Melissa Frances.

In today’s episode Melissa shows how to create a classic matchbook album. She will show you step-by-step how to score, cut, fold, and assemble these adorable mini books.

click here to watch the show.

Enjoy!

Classic Elegance - Chipboard Buttons and more samples

As our team heads into the last day of the CHA trade show, we have another peek from the "Classic Elegance" collection to show you.

We have two new sets of chipboard buttons that match the collection. Each button set comes with 14 buttons and some twine.

(GN615 - Adopted Ancestors Chipboard Buttons)

(GN614 - Classic Elegance Chipboard Buttons)

This is another product which our design team did not receive to 'play' with, so we don't have any examples of them in use. However we do have some other great samples featuring "Classic Elegance" which we are delighted to share:

This "Prince" layout was made by Anne Kristine and shows the papers, tags, and die cuts used on a masculine layout.

This heart bouquet is made by the lovely Rachel McAffee and would look darling as a Valentine's Day decoration.

This layout from Emeline Seet shows "Classic Elegance" used in combination with Attic Treasures. We almost always design our new collections to coordinate with some papers from previous releases, and this layout shows that coordination in action!

Finally, from Sherrie Siemens, we have another card which shows "Classic Elegance" papers and tags, used in combination with our Pearl stamps.

Classic Elegance - Die Cuts

We hope you each had a great weekend. We are back with more previews from the "Classic Elegance" collection.

Today we are previewing our 2 new Die Cut sheets. Die cuts are one of the most versatile items in a paper crafter’s stash. They can be used for layering, as a focal point, for journalling or to share a quote. With the "Classic Elegance" Collection we are introducing 2 new die cut products. One, which highlights numbers and titles, and one which provides quotes and journalling spots. Each sheet is 12” wide by 12” high.

GN- 608 Journalling Die Cuts

GN609 - Die Cut Accents

And, here they are in action:

This layout by team member Anne Kristine uses die cuts from the GN609 - Die Cut accents sheet.

Melissa Phillips uses the quote die cut from the GN608 - Journalling Die cuts sheet to make this card. The 'kitten' block is taken from the "Adopted Ancestors (PA408)" 12x12 paper.

 
This "School Days" layout from Sr. Creative Director Carolyn Peeler shows just how awesome the "Classic Elegance" Collection can be for a masculine page and uses die cuts from both new sheets as accents.

This delicate layout from Emeline Seet shows off die cuts from GN608 - the Journalling set in combination with "Classic Elegance" paper and some of our gorgeous resin.

Classic Elegance - Accordion Album

Today is the first day of CHA and our team is at the convention center, excited to share our new designs with customers. While they are working hard, we will continue our preview of "Classic Elegance" here on the blog.

Specially designed for crafters who want a fast and easy mini album project, this 12x12 sheet of paper is specially designed to be cut and pasted and turned into a 9 panel accordion album.

We don't have any decorated samples to show you yet...but stay tuned and we'll show you one on the blog soon.