New C'est la Vie Collection

This beautifully soft,  romantic collection is the newest line from Melissa Frances debuting at CHA.

C’est la Vie - Life doesn’t always go the way we want it to. We all face struggles and obstacles. It is how we handle them that defines us.

 This collection celebrates life in its imperfect, inherent messiness. Like the 'Thankful' collection, these papers will have part of the proceeds donated to www.breastcancer.org Melissa's charity of choice.

Head over to the Melissa Frances Blog to find out how you can win the C'est la Vie collection!

Brooch and Crepe Paper Bouquet

I used this great tutorial from Folding Trees on how to make crepe paper flowers.   In the tutorial, the flowers are made with tissue paper.  I thought I'd try my hand at using some of the beautiful crepe paper from Melissa Frances.

I made about six paper flowers and twisted all the stems together. Ribbon was then wrapped around the stems and a lovely brooch was pinned on the ribbon stem. I used feather plumes and satin flowers to fill in gaps in the bouquet. The last step was to pin the brooches inside each flower.

Fun, easy and lovely. 

New Year's Tussie Mussie

~Wishing you peace in the new year~

Supplies used:

Pattern paper- 5th Avenue  

Angel Die Cuts

Tissue Garland

Holiday Flash Cards

Pom Pom Trim

Satin Rose

Quick and Simple Christmas Cards

 The holidays are such a busy time but it's always nice to be able to give handmade cards to those on your Christmas list.  Here are a few Christmas card ideas using scraps of fabric and netting that only took a few minutes each to make. 

Greetings Card

Supplies used-

Holiday Flashcards 

fabric

twine

white cardstock

berries

 Peace Card

Supplies used-

Holiday Flashcards 

Heaven Sent Applique Set 

pattern paper

netting

white cardstock

snowflake brad

                               

                            Gingerbread Man Card
                                                          Supplies used-
                                                           pattern paper 
                                                gingerbread man embellishment
                                                        fabric scraps (Moda- Bliss)
                                                      holiday transfer 
                                                      white cardstock 
                                                           

 

                                  

                                  Believe Card
                                                  Supplies used-
                                              Deck the Halls Die Cuts 
                                                white cardstock
                                           fabric scraps (Moda-Bliss)
                                                         twine
                                                  holiday transfer

 

 

                             Have fun with your card making this season!

New Deck the Halls Embellishments

Would you like to see the most adorable Christmas embellishments EVER and enter a chance to win $20 worth of Melissa Frances product? Head over to the Melissa Frances Blog  for your chance to win and check out all the darling new embellishments. I'm seriously drooling over here...

 How gorgeous are these box of ornaments?

 Sooo many cute things you could create with these glass ornaments.

Darling little cottage and church house for altering. I'm in love with these.

Beautiful, vintage inspired tinsel.  So pretty.

 These bottle brush trees are my favorite. How cute are the pink ones??

Check out the Melissa Frances blog where Melissa Frances herself shows you all the wonderful ideas you can do using these beautiful embellishments. Don't forget to enter her contest as well, it ends Sunday!

Witchy Women

Hallow's Eve is less than two weeks away! Are your pumpkins carved? Have you figured out what your costume will be for Halloween? 

Here are a couple Halloween decor ideas for you. 

Caged Witches...YIKES!

I decorated mini bird cages by placing pictures of  lovely witches inside and embellishing the outside. You can find the witches at Lisa's Altered Art.   I used vintage inspired bingo cards from Melissa Frances and glued the cages down onto them. I then placed a piece of pattern paper  inside and adhered the witch to it using Zip Dry.  Decorate the outside of the cage using feathers, mini pumpkins that have been sprinkled  with glass glitter and a banner with the words "Witch Hazel" and "Bad Witch" ( or whatever you'd like your banner to say). Cut out the banners and line the edges with glue and sprinkle with glass glitter. Then place a pretty little cameo along side the mini pumpkin.

Early Halloween Project

Fall is definitely in the air up here in Park City. The trees in the mountains are starting to turn into vibrant oranges, reds and yellows. Autumn is by far my favorite season and it just so happens, my favorite season contains my favorite holiday. 

 Halloween! 

Yes, I know it's still the middle of September and I TRIED to hold off posting anything Halloween related until October...but I have failed miserably. So, here ya go!

~Halloween Hangers~

 A  bit of elegance and a little bit of spookiness all wrapped up on a little wooden hanger. I bought a couple wooden hangers at Michael's for a dollar and thought I could turn them into fun Halloween decorations. 

The witches are from Lisa's Altered Art (also only a dollar!) and the pattern paper is from Melissa Frances. Unfortunately, this line is discontinued except for the black polka dot paper that I used in the banners. The resin frames and glass glitter are also from Melissa Frances. 

Trace the hangers onto pattern paper, cut out and glue paper to hanger. Ink around edges of hanger to give that antique look. Brush a little black paint on the resin frames and let dry. Trace around frames and cut out a piece of paper to fit inside the frame. Cut out the lovely witches and place them on the piece of paper that's inside the frame.  

Print out Halloween sentiments and cut out banner style. Line the edges of the banner with glue ( I used Zip Dry, that stuff is awesome) and sprinkle glass glitter over the glue. Cut out triangles in different patterns of paper and form a banner. Glue both banners across hanger.

Hope you enjoyed this early Halloween project!