Melissa Frances sneaks: day 2...

Today Melissa is sharing the new Attic Treasures line with you over at the Melissa Frances blog. Stop over and leave a comment today for your chance to win. This is Volume 3 of our popular Attic Treasures Collection. Beautiful with cream, ivory, white, brown and little pops of muted color, our Attic Treasures embodies a classic look.

 Here are the papers...

I love all of these. If you look in my last post, you'll see that the two layouts I made used some of these papers in combination with the C'est la Vie line. The big "Ledger Dot" is so much fun and pretty at the same time! And the script papers - ohhhh, gotta love them. On this card, I cut the script paper with a Tiny Envelope die...

These lines look so pretty with purples and shades of teal. Cardstock here is Aqua Mist. I added a C'est la Vie sticker and paper with a Melissa Frances resin frame and pearls. Loving the Postmark stamps lately, as you can tell. :)

On this Spring layout, I used the C'est la Vie papers, tags and stickers. I punched some stars from the new Attic Treasures text papers. I rolled up the Melissa Frances fringed crepe paper into a flower.

The photograph was trimmed into a tag shape to match the other tags on the layout. I didn't do a thing to this pretty tag below...it comes just like this! I simply sewed it onto my page on the right hand side.

Well, that wraps up the sneaks for Melissa Frances this week. Stay tuned for more Craft and Hobby Show projects by me with Pink Paislee, however...

Pink Paislee sneaks: day 3...

Pink Paislee is sharing their third peek today of a new line called London Market. This line is completely gorgeous in person!!!

I wasn't assigned this line for the Craft & Hobby Show, but I couldn't help making a card with it today. It's just so pretty. This gray paper is my favorite and is from the 6x6" paper pad, but it comes in a larger pattern in 12x12" too.

The Ephemera pack is to die for!! I cut the blue piece from the Ephemera in half and layered it underneath some of the other die cuts. "Sweet" is a stamp from the London Market stamps. The butterfly is also part of the Ephemera pack. The wooden button is from a new line you'll see tomorrow!

I trimmed the bottom of the gray paper with a Papertrey Ink die called Edgers #4 die collection, and used a yellow Papertrey Ink button from the Spring Mix buttons. I hope you'll stop by again tomorrow to see what's new, as I have more creations to share with you! xo

Melissa Frances sneaks: day 1...

Hello! This is going to be a busy week for me showing you all of the new things coming out at CHA! Stay tuned to more blog posts and more projects all this week! 

Melissa Frances has a couple of new lines, one is called C'est la Vie... meaning "that's life". It's a beautifully, soft romantic line. This collection celebrates life in it’s imperfect, inherent messiness. Like our Thankful collection, these papers will have part proceeds donated to www.breastcancer.org, Melissa's charity of choice.

What are your favorites? I love the colors in the Aqua Doily and Hydrangeas papers. I have a few things to share that I made, but today I will show you one of the layouts I made with these pretty die cuts. I arranged them in a grid pattern, added some smaller photos (wallet sized) and some little lavender punched hearts.

I made the envelope with a Papertrey Ink die called Tiny Envelope. I also used a postmark stamp from Papertrey Ink's Postmarks set on the center die cut.

I love these die cuts. The floral one is so pretty. I cut out "you" with a Wonderful Words die by Papertrey Ink also with gray cardstock. I thought the gray and lavender would look so pretty with this line. The background paper I used is actually from the other new MF line. I mixed and matched, but the two lines go together so well.

We also have new banner stickers, which I've used here on this layout (thankful for you, sweet memories and hello beautiful). You are getting a peek at the other new line here as well! Can you tell what it is?

And check out these gorgeous cardstock stickers (floral above hello beautiful flag). This cardstock sheet is called "Victorian".

Visit the Melissa Frances blog each day this week for your chance to win the two new lines!

Melissa Frances peeks...

I know it's still summer here in the states, so it seems strange to be making holiday items, but I have a little sneak peek to show you of the new line by Melissa Frances called Deck The Halls! Here I've used the new calendar mini album, new die cuts, new journaling words and some of the papers from this new line, which is debuting at the Craft and Hobby Show right now and will be available for ordering soon.

I also added some fun Melissa Frances tinsel, and just wrapped it around in a circle, then topped it with some pom pom trim over the die cut star. Love the trim, reminds me of little snowballs. Perfect for a winter layout. The pom pom trim comes in a few different colors.

I've also used some of the Deck the Halls tags, pearls, crepe paper, resin stars and the green glitter letters, all by Melissa Frances as well.

Here I used the new line on a layout of my girls when they were little in their holiday dresses!

I punched a couple of smaller stars to match the larger die cut star, then stitched on them and added some white paint to tone the brightness down a bit, also stitched on some of the die cuts. I'm so glad Melissa is adding some red to her lines, it's my favorite color!

If you are headed to the Craft and Hobby Show this week, please stop by the Melissa Frances booth #1230. Also please visit the Melissa Frances blog for more peeks. Any questions about the products used, please ask! :)

mist, paint or ink 'til your heart's content...

Hi everyone! This past week has flown by! I'm still here, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I promise. :) Working diligently on everything I need to get done before we go home to visit family in a week. So excited to see them again...it's been a year since I've been home! I don't have anything really big to show you today, but I will share this little peek of Pink Paislee's new Mistables line! Have you seen the previews for this new scrapbooking line? There are resist papers, muslin flowers, journaling tags, chipboard letters, muslin ribbon border strips and a neat wooden frame- all products that come ready to spray, paint or ink 'til your heart's content! Here's just a peek of a layout I made last night for the Craft and Hobby Show.

I used some Raspberry Fizz stamping ink (hot pink on the top) by Papertrey Ink, Chewing Gum ink (soft pink) by Jenni Bowlin in the center and Lemon Drops (yellow) ink on the bottom - just blended them with my Tim Holtz blending tool. Super fun to customize the papers to get JUST the look you want! Can't wait to show you the whole thing! :)