Melissa Frances

A Wedding Keepsake

We hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today we have a really beautiful layout to share with you from Russian paper crafter Alyona-lilavadi Savinova.

She used papers from our discontinued 5th Avenue collection (while it is sold out many places, the specific paper Alyona used is still available here at scrapbook.com), and one of our resin accents to create a keepsake layout commemorating her wedding.

What a great way to display your wedding photo and remember the moment every time you pass by the project in your home!

Thank you Alyona-lilavadi Savinova.

If you have a project that you'd like to share with our readers, we invite you to email it to us at: [email protected]

2 cards from the Ukraine

We told you last week how much we love hearing from customers around the world who use our Melissa Frances products. Over the next few weeks, we have some exciting projects to share with you that have been shared with us by you, our customers!

We received these two cards from Ganna Gruden. She says:

"I am a crafter from Ukraine. Recently I am very excited to have some collections of paper by Melissa Frances and so I often make cards and layouts from it! I would like to share with you some cards I have made using this paper."

Ganna used our popular "5th Avenue" collection on both of her projects. 5th Avenue is one of our discontinued collection, so if you like it, and find it, you should purchase it as it is quickly becoming a collectors item!

If you have a project that you'd like to share with our readers, we invite you to email it to us at: [email protected]

A few project shares from Russia

We love seeing what our customers make with our Melissa Frances product line, it truly makes our hearts happy. Several weeks ago, we received some beautiful project submissions from paper crafter Alena Kobzar from Russia. The projects we're sharing today feature papers from our 5th Avenue and C'est la Vie Collections.



Check back on Thursday for two more awesome projects from Alena!

Communion Keepsake

(Supplies: Papers by Melissa Frances (Antonia) and resin (cx706 and cx862))

It was our pleasure to have the talented Fabienne Pernot France as a member of the Melissa Frances international design team for several years. She created many beautiful projects for us that were out of the box in a unique, creative way. While Fabienne is no longer on our team, she did leave us with a few projects that we had not yet shared on the Melissa Frances blog.

Here is a little about this project from Fabienne:

"Here is a rather special card I created for my little cousin Naomi, an adorable young, pretty girl, who is always sweet and smiling. A girl who, according to tradition and the Catholic religion, has grown and received teachings and, on a recent Sunday, celebrated her profession of faith in taking communion.

I could not miss this opportunity to offer this gift with our hope that she will keep her smile despite life's difficulties, and that she'll be sincere and passionate in all her actions. In short, I wanted to encourage her to enter the adult world in sweetness."

A special thank you to Fabienne for all the time and energy you devoted to creating amazing projects for us. We enjoyed having you as a part of the Melissa Frances team!

Happy Birthday Melissa!

(Supply List: Elegant Greetings by CC Designs, 5th Avenue 6x6 paper pad by Melissa Frances, Leafy Flourish die from My Favorite Things, Pearls, white seam binding)

Today we invite you to join us in wishing Melissa Frances a very Happy Birthday! Melissa, we hope you have a lovely day and enjoy the weekend.

Today's birthday card is made by Pam Sparks and features the Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection.

Shabby Style Shadowbox

As we head into the weekend, we have a beautiful project to share from design team member Emeline Seet. She used our Attic Treasures Collection papers, 5th Avenue chipboard, resin elements, crepe paper and trims to create a wonderful tone on tone project that is both classic and timeless.

Here, from Emeline, is a description of how she made the beautiful flower on the top right of the box:

Crepe paper is great for adding dimension. It comes in several colors and is easily manipulated. Here, I made use of Melissa France's cream colored crepe paper and lace to create a ruffle flower.

1. Measure and cut a 12"x2.5" piece of crepe paper. Cut scallop shapes along the length of one edge
2. Measure and cut 12"x2" of lace. Place the strip of lace on top of the strip of crepe paper.
3. Stitch the lace and crepe together using simple running stitch.
4. Towards the end of the strips, pull the thread together so that gathers are formed. Adjust and even out the ruffles.
5. Tie a knot in the thread. Stick on pearls to finish.

Thanks so much for visiting the Melissa Frances blog. We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Layout Bonanza

(This layout features papers from our Fresh Twist and Thankful collections, along with our Attic Treasures die cuts.)

Today we have a real treat for you. The very talented Mariya from Russia shared some of her creations featuring the Melissa Frances product line with us, and we wanted to in turn, share them with you! Mariya says:

I live in St. Petersburg. My joy is my daughter, who makes me happy all day. And when she goes to bed, I do scrapbooking. And I embroider a little - a little, because I have no time :-)

As you can see with the layouts here, Mariya has a beautiful style and loves to layer her  embellishments and page accents.

(This layout features our Pearl paper from the 5th Avenue Collection)

(This layout features papers from our C'est la Vie and Vintage Posey Collections)

(And this layout features paper from our Thankful collection.)

Be sure to come back on Friday to see some of Mariya's beautiful cards.

If you have a project that you'd like to share with our readers, we invite you to email it to us at: [email protected] (Please note, this is a new email address as we'd been having problems with our previous server. Thank you.)

How much is that Doggie

We have a really cool altered frame from Melissa Frances design team member Karin Aguirre. We used this project as a display at the CHA trade show in California at the beginning of the year, and had so many people oohh and awww over the neutral color scheme and dash of flash with the glass glitter and gold paint accents on the resin. This would be a great gift idea for someone when you aren't 100% positive on the color scheme of their home.

A C'est la Vie mini album

(Supply List: GN551 - C'est la Vie 6x6 Paper Pad, C'est la Vie - Sticker book, Lula Paper (PA367), 5th Avenue - Ebony (PA362),  5th Avenue - Octavia (PA368), 5th Avenue - Hattie (PA365))

We love seeing the things our customers make with our product line, and we knew as soon as we saw this sweet mini album from Russian scrapbooker Alena Savinova that our blog readers would love it as much as we did!

Alena combined our C'est la Vie and 5th Avenue paper collections in her album, which she designed for a little girl.

To see more of this adorable project, please click on the link above to visit Alena's blog.

If you have a project that you'd like to share with our readers, we invite you to email it to us at: [email protected] (Please note, this is a new email address as we'd been having problems with our previous server. Thank you.)

Valentines Tag Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Today we have a Valentines tutorial for you from Design Team member Karin Aguirre. We hope that you each have a fabulous Valentines.

Supply List: Various Papers for the tag and background of tag (I used Attic Treasures and 5^th Avenue), Corrugated paper, Vintage book page, Melissa Frances crepe paper, MF  Organza Pouf/Pink, MF pom pom trim, MF Resin Key, MF Pearl Embellishments, MF Crystal Drop, Tulle, Letter Stamps, Adhesive, Glue pen

I’m currently obsessed with both kraft and corrugated paper.  So I decided to keep my obsession going with this quick and easy valentine tag.  First thing I did was cut a tag using some kraft paper.  Next I glued down some Melissa Frances Attic Treasures paper as a base and some 5^th Avenue torn up on the sides. 

I like to use a wash of paint on my projects. So here I just dry brushed the sides of the tag with a cream acrylic paint.

Next, I cut a heart out of corrugated paper measuring just to the width of the tag.  Because I like
the look of a “non-perfect” heart, I just folded the paper and cut to size. 

I love painting on corrugated paper.  I just adore the look.  Because I was using the beige and blue paper for my base I decided to paint the heart pink with some cream accents.  I didn’t layer the paint on too heavy because I wanted some of the paper to show through. 

I still felt it needed a bit of something else.  I was going to put some of my old stand by glitter on it when I spied my Glimmer Glam out of the corner of my eye…..perfect. Once the paint was dry, I just put a coat of that on top of the heart to give it just a bit of shimmer and gloss.  

Now, for the all important glitter…..  I used my glue pen to trace a thin line around the edge of the paper and then sprinkled the antique silver glitter on top.

I next made a little banner out of some vintage French book pages.  I thought it looked romantic…. although I have no idea what the words said.  I simply cut the paper into a banner shape and then gave it a quick coat of cream paint. I also traced the edges with my glue pen and sprinkled some glitter on it.

I glued some crepe paper that I ruffled with my sewing machine to the bottom back of the tag.  I then
glued the Organza trim to the top of it.  Since this was for Valentine’s Day I decided to keep the layers going by topping it off with some pom pom trim and a black and cream ribbon.

I then glued my heart in place on top of the tag.  I placed the banner on a slight angle and then glued it along with the key into place.  I embellished the ends of the banner with the pearls. 

I kept toying with the phrase “you have the key to my heart.”  But no matter how I maneuvered the words around there was no way it was going to work.  So I finally decided on the simplicity of “Love.” 

I then topped the tag off with a bow of tulle and a little crystal at the top.  Now you are ready to
give to your favorite Valentine.