Melissa Frances

Make a Wish...

As we come to the end of another week, we hope it has been a good one for you! 

Design Team member Evgenia Petzer has an adorable card to give us creative inspiration as we head into the weekend. Evgenia used the "Classic Elegance" paper collection for this card. A few things to notice on this card, is how Evgenia used one of the photos from the "Adopted Ancestors (PA408)" patterned paper as the focal point of the card. Here's a peek at the full 12x12 sheet - it's double sided, so you get the photos on one side, and the black and white floral on the other side of the page.:

The other really cool thing on this card is how Evgenia stamped a white feather onto our blue vellum envelope and tag (GN554). The vellum envelopes and tags (all three colors) are currently on sale on the Melissa Frances website, so be sure to check them out!

Thanks for visiting us this week. We hope you have a great weekend!

A gorgeous wedding album

We always love seeing the projects our Melissa Frances customers around the world are making with our paper collections. Today, we are pleased to share with you an amazing wedding album from Russian scrapbooker Veda Bakalova.

She said:

I have been loving scrapbooking for four years now and all four years the paper of Melissa Frances has been my favorite. Each year, you surprise me and each new collection your launch inspires me more than the last! Thank you for the inspiration. I hope you will be interested in seeing the big wedding album I made ​​from your products. The finished album size  is 25 x 30 cm.

What we at Melissa Frances especially love about this project is how Veda combined papers from our "The Sweet Life", "Classic Elegance", "C'est la Vie", and "Attic Treasures" collections in her creation of this album. This is an example of how so many of our collections mix and match across their specific product lines!

Thank you Veda for sharing your creativity with us. Your album is absolutely BEAUTIFUL and we're sure it will look stunning with your photos added into it!

A special clipboard project

Happy Monday! Today we have a wonderful project to share with you from design team member Emeline Seet. She says:

"This clipboard was altered with the idea of creating a personal mood board. It holds several piece of my favorite pattern papers of different sizes and is a convenient way to organize loose pattern papers."

 

We especially love how stricking the flag strip of black patterned paper is on this project. Emeline used the 'B' side of our "At First Blush (PA404)" to create her flag.

Thanks for visiting with us at Melissa Frances today!

Life is Good greeting card

Today our talented design team member Melissa Phillips has a beautiful card combining our "The Sweet Life" collection with last year's "Classic Elegance". Check it out!

For my card today, I pulled out The Sweet Life collection and mixed it with a few of my other favorite collections.

My background paper is from the Classic Elegance collection ("At first Blush (PA404)" and "Bits of Paper (PA403)") .  The colors and patterns tie in so perfectly with The Sweet Life.  And I love using a Melissa Frances vellum envelope whenever possible, as they create such a soft background layering effect.

Melissa Frances German Glass Glitter around the outside of my journal cards is a favorite technique of mine and brings in some sparkle and shine.  

Thanks for stopping by. -Melissa Phillips

Happy Birthday Card

Today we have a beautiful card from design team member Anne Kristine Holt to share with you. She used our Classic Elegance Collection to make this feminine birthday card for a friend. The main paper on the card is "A night at the Theatre" (PA407) which is a fun collaged paper, so while it looks like Anne has layered several papers in the background, the layering is all done on the patterned paper, which makes it easy to create a fast card that still looks intricate.

What have you been making with Melissa Frances? We'd love to see it! Email us at: [email protected]

A set of wee gift bags

Today we have a set of adorable gift bags from design team member Rachel McAffee to share with you. We'll let her take it away:

Today I'd like to show you a couple vintage inspired gift bags I made with the Melissa Frances Glamour and Grunge papers.

Using a gift bag template from bellesprintables.com, I placed the template on the paper, traced and cut it out. I then used my Xyron Mega Runner to adhere the bag together.



 I adhered pink crochet lace around each bag and embellished with glass buttons and mini resin frames.

I tucked a bit of floppy blossom ribbon inside the bag instead of the usual tissue paper. I thought this would be a unique way to present a gift. I cut out vintage images from the adopted ancestors paper and attached them to the front of the bags.


Thanks so much for stopping by and have a creative day!

Supplies used:
Glamour and Grunge pattern paper, floppy blossom ribbon, glass buttons, mini resin frames, adopted ancestors pattern paper- Melissa Frances

Xyron Mega Runner
Gift bag template- bellesprintables.com

A picture is worth a thousand words mini album

Today's project comes to us from Sr. Creative Director Carolyn Peeler. She says:

I have been experimenting more and more with combining bookbinding techniques with scrapbooking supplies which has been a really fun exploration.

The album shown here uses the Melissa Frances "Classic Elegance" collection, which is one of my all time favorite collections in the whole wide world. We were right on point trendwise with this collection when it was released 18 months ago. The combination of pastels with the crispness of the black accents makes it such an eye catching collection of papers and embellishments.

I also used rubber stamps for the flowers (Stampin' Up!), postage mark (very old Melissa Frances) and the "A Picture is worth a thousand words" title (My Favorite Things Document it Stamp Set - which is one of my favorite stamp sets right now).

The inside of the album has a combination of scrapbook papers and vintage papers.

Thanks for checking out my project! Enjoy your day.

Hope...

Today's blog project comes to us from long time Melissa Frances design team member Melissa Phillips. She shared:

Hope is such a beautiful word, isn't it?  Its meaning has always had a powerful effect and presence in my life, sometimes I don't rely on it as much as I should and find that I've lost a bit of hope, but when I let it in, I see that it works miracles, large and small.  As I was creating this little gift caddy, I decided that I wanted the word "hope" to be represented.

I started with the ScoreBoard Caddy die and some Melissa Frances Classic Elegance paper.  I then added a tattered flower to the front of my caddy using vintage trim, glittered paper, and vintage button.  The Fringed Flower die is a favorite of mine for making these fun, tattered, and layered flowers. 

These caddies make such fun gifts and can be used for so many things including card sets, notepad holders, etc.  I filled this particular caddy with a few craft supplies to share with a friend such as washi tape, buttons, ribbon, etc.

Thinking of you today

Today's inspirational project is this "Thinking of you" card by design team member Evgenia Petzer. She used the "Classic Elegance" collection to create this vibrant spring colored card.

Did you notice how she used one of our always in style Glass Reproduction buttons (GN590) on the right side of her card? They are currently on sale in the Melissa Frances store here.

 

Cherish layout

Happy Wednesday - we're halfway through the week! Today we have a pretty layout from design team member Emeline Seet to share with you. She paired the Classic Elegance and Attic Treasures Collections beautifully on her page.

Here's Emeline's thought process behind the layout:

On this layout, I used a range of products from Melissa Frances. Namely Melissa Frances' tags, green vellum bags(GN555), white pearls (GN278) and resins.

I chose a close-up black and white portrait photo and used it as a pivot to build layers on my layout.  A beige card stock was selected to frame the entire page. 

 

In order to create my layout without embellishing and layering in an overwhelming manner, I chose the placement of each piece of pattern paper and embellishment purposefully. I layered the embellishments close in clusters and use the pattern papers in measured portions. Before I secure each item, I would twig and turn until the overall composition pleases my eyes.

 

Melissa France's resins are such wonderful embellishments which adds elegance to any layout. I love to include them onto my layouts and projects! In order not to overload my page with excess bulk, I fitted a smaller resin (crown) into a wider piece of resin.