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A Winter White Star

This beautiful Winter Star comes to us from design team member Anne Kristine.

Products from Melissa Frances: PA403 - Bits of Paper, GN604 - Christmas Character Die Cuts, WB001 - Old Fashioned Rope Tinsel, GN580 - Organza Pouf Ribbon – cream, CX864 Resin - Angels Among Us

Other: Feather, Seam binding ribbon, Sizzix Bigz L Die - Star Bright, 3-D

Here's a walk through the construction process for this project.

Picture 1 (Top left): Die cut the star in Patterned paper. Bend and distress the edges with Ranger Distress ink Pad in Walnut Stain.

Picture 2 (Top Right): Glue the star together and add ribbon and a bow on the top of the star

Picture 3 (Bottom Left): Glue a bit of tinsel under the bow.

Picture 4 (Bottom Right): Decorate the star with a feather, Organza ribbon and one of the angels from the set of 4. Put the 'belive' die cut from the Character Die Cut sheet onto the star.

And there you have it, and easy, beautiful Winter White Star!

Happy New Year

With New Years Eve coming soon, here's a little inspriation for a New Year's card from design team member Evgenia Petzer.

Merry Christmas

(Project by Rachel McAffee)

Merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us at Melissa Frances.

Trio of Christams gift boxes

With only one more day before Christmas, it is time to finish wrapping your gifts so that you're ready for the big day!  Here, from design team member Sherrie Siemens, we have a trio of decorated boxes that are a quick and easy project to jazz up your gift giving.

Sherrie used paper and embellishments from our "Countdown to Christmas" collection to decorate her boxes.

Thanks for such a cute idea Sherrie!

Wooden Ornaments

Today we have a beautiful project and a tutorial video from design team member Evgenia Petzer.

She made these fun and stylish wooden ornaments using an assortment of Melissa Frances products. Click play to watch her tutorial below, and enjoy her beautiful Russian accent!

Be Merry Card

"Home for the Holidays" was a Christmas collection released by Melissa Frances a few years ago. It was love at first sight for design team member Evgenia Petzer, who says:

I absolutely loved the old Christmas collection  Home for the Holidays by Melissa Frances. In fact, I think I have finished two entire 6"x6" paper pads  of it!
I made a detailed card with vintage feeling for my special friend. Love the soft, traditional christmas colors and the Melissa Frances resin Super Stars (CX832) add a nice touch to the cards.

Organza Pouf Christmas Tree

 

Today's tutorial is by our awesome design team member Karin Aguirre. We'll let her take it away:

Hi everyone! I decided this year to do a slightly different take on my crepe paper Christmas tree.  From the moment this trim arrived on my doorstep I worked to incorporate it in all my crafting endeavors............ It’s an easy project to create as a gift or make a bunch of them for a beautiful holiday tablescape. 

 

 

What you need:

 

* Melissa Frances Organza Pouf Trim (for a 6-7” cone with a just under 3” base you will need approximately 1 1/2 yards)

 

* Cone (either a paper mache or you can make one out of heavy cardstock)

 

* Melissa Frances White or Cream Pearls

 

* Melissa Frances tinsel

 

*various embellishments for top of tree

 

* adhesive (I used beacon’s 3in1 and/or hot glue)

 

 Directions:

 

1. Create a cone using heavy cardstock.  Make sure to leave a small hole in the top to insert the embellishments.

 

2. Starting at the bottom, glue the trim around the base of the cone (I use a glue gun but for better control when starting out Beacon’s 3in1 works well.  You will have more “play” time)  When winding around the cone keep a straight line.  When you meet up with the starting point of the trim just notch it up about a 1/2” then wind around again repeating the process until you get to about 1/4” to the top.

 

3.  Cut a small piece of the trim (about 1 1/2”.  This will be the top layer.)  Next cut the length of the trim off by 1/4-1/2.  Glue around the top.

 

4.  Apply the adhesive backed pearls randomly on the tree.

 

5.  Glue the glitter star, flowers, leaf etc. in the top hole.  Wrap the tinsel around the top of the tree just below the embellishments.

 

6.  Punch out or cut a circle and glue to the base of the tree.

 

7.  Apply glitter to a small wooded candle stick holder and glue to base of tree

 

 

And there you have it.....a shabby little tree to to dress up your home for the holidays!

One bird a-tweeting

While this isn't exactly a partridge in a pear tree, it is still a lovely holiday home decor item that is easy and quick to make - perfect for those looking to add a little more "Deck" to your halls! This project was designed by the talented Melissa Frances design team member Anne Kristen. She says: "I love to make home décor for Christmas. The little cute vintage bird is adorable and fits perfect on the tiny branch and lovely Christmas Trees from Melissa Frances."

Supply list: WB027 - Box of 6 Glass Birds, WB001 - Old Fashioned Rope Tinsel, WB018 - Reproduction Bottle Brush Trees, GN604 - Christmas Character Die Cuts, HC013 - White Glazed pot

Merry Christmas Table Top Decoration

Today's holiday decoration is designed by design team member Rachel McAffee. She said: "I thought it would be fun to do an altered project using ribbon, trims and other fun MF embellishments. It kind of has that "Sugarplum Fairy" feel."

Supply List: Pink Mica (GN286), Pink Bottle Brush Trees (WB018, or you could try these), Pink Floppy Blossom Ribbon (GN575), Pleated Satin Cream Ribbon (GN586), Fancy Filigree Brooch (BR001), Cream Organza Ribbon
Non-Melissa Frances supplies- mini plastic deer, silver glitter, candle stick, mini round paper mache box

Instructions-

1. Spray top of mini round paper mache box with adhesive and sprinkle pink mica to the lid of the box. 

2. Spray plastic deer with spray adhesive and sprinkle silver glitter on it until covered completely.

3.Attach three pink bottle brush trees and silver deer to top of box using glue.

4. Attach cream organza ribbon around top of the box using glue. Add pleated satin cream ribbon on top of the organza ribbon.

5. Print out the sentiment "Merry Christmas", cut out and attach to top of box. 

6. Using glue, attach the finished box to the candle stick and let dry.

7. Tie floppy blossom ribbon around the middle of the candle stick. Attach brooch to ribbon.

Peace, Love and Joy layout

As we continue to get closer and closer to Christmas, we are delighted to continue our Christmas inspiration from our talented design team. Today's stricking layout is from Emeline Seet.

Here's a brief walk through the steps from Emeline:

 

1. Using the black and white newsprint side of PA404 - At First Blush, as background pattern paper, overlay with a smaller white cardstock.

2. Attach PA403 - Bits of Paper onto white cardstock and adhere photo.

3. Adhere a kraft envelope. I created dimension by propping a 3" Wreath Applique Resin (CX854) above a huge metal bottle cap and further embellish with a stamped sentiment, pearls and silver tinsel.