When I finished all my Beau Chateau projects, I had LOTS of scraps left over! And I mean LOTS! I don’t usually save scraps, but since I had a limited amount of paper with that project, I saved every little bit of paper. I just didn’t feel like I could sweep them all into the trash – I had to do something with them. So I made this ornament – 
I simply got out my Boho Blossom punch and punched all the scrap into flowers, stacked them and attached them to a styrofoam ball with pearl topped pins. In real life the ball has a much softer look – my camera wants you to see every edge! What a fun way to use up scrap! I had wrapped a piece of Victorian Lace around the ball before I started for a hanger and finished it off with some Marina Mist grosgrain – thought I’m considering changing it to Very Vanilla. What do you think? Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Category: Beau Chateau
Established Elegance
Established Elegance is a beautiful, vintage styled set. It has been on my wish list since the new catalog came out – and I just got it! I needed a card for someone very special and this is what I made – 
Since I can never seem to stick to just one set (sheesh!) this card also uses Netting background, Elements of Style and Perfect Words. I “spritzed” it with Pretty in Pink – can you see it?
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Established Elegance, Elements of Style, Netting, Perfect Words
Card stock – Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Beau Chateau DSP
Ink – Crumb Cake, SOft Suede, Early Espresso
Stampin Write Markers – Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette
Etc – Toe Note Die, pearls, Itty Bitty flower punch, pearls, Quilted Early Espresso ribbon (yummy!)
Have a happy day! Enjoy – Hugs, Fran
Petite Pocket Box
You can use the Petite Pocket die to make a cute little box! 
You will need 4 Petite Pockets and 2 of the closure circles. One each Petite Pocket, cut off one side tab and all but one inch from the bottom flap – 
Adhere all the piece together by attaching them at the flaps – 
Then you attach the last flap to the cut side, fold in the bottom and you have a box! Put the two closure circles on two opposite top flaps and use your Crop a Dile to punch. Tie with a ribbon –
All of these are decorated with one of the circles from the Perfect Pennant die. The scallop designs matches the scallop design on the Scallop Trim punch! I’ve also used a frame from Frame It to decorate the centers. Around the bottoms I’ve wrapped the scallop trim pieces from Tasteful Trim Big Shot die. 
I hope you’ll try this box and let me know how it works for you! Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Key to My Heart
Here’s a sweet little 3 x 3 card that you could use for so many different things. The little Trinket Keys (121892) make every project extra special! 
Fold a 3 x 6 piece of Crumb Cake card stock in half and layer a 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 piece of Pink Pirouette on the front. Stamp the butterfly from Nature’s Pace in Crumb Cake Classic ink on a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 piece of Crumb Cake and emboss it using oval embossing folder from the Designer Frames pack on the center. On a scrap of Very Vanilla, stamp off the floral image from Clearly for You in Crumb Cake ink and stamp it on the Vanilla. Stamp the sentiment from You’re a Gem in Early Espresso and punch it out using the wide Oval Punch. Add pearls and a few distressed flowers from the Boho Blossom punch – some Always Artichoke seam binding- and tie the key on with linen thread! (Then you can call me names as you’re putting all of those sets away!) Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Nature’s Pace
I love to read but am forever forgetting the titles of books. This is a bookmark or a journaling tag – or both! My original thought is that you could use it to make note of the books you’ve read and then add it to a page. I used Nature’s Pace and a piece of chipboard from On Board Merry Medley. 
The DSP is a lined pieced from Beau Chateau layered onto a piece of Pink Pirouette. Stamp the bee image onto Very Vanilla and color it with Stampin Write Markers. Glue it to the chipboard with Tombow Multipurpose glue, sand it and sponge the edges. 
Stamp the image again and the sentiment across the bottom. 
Supplies
Stamp Set – Nature’s Pace
card stock – Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Beau Chateau DSP
Ink – Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Stampin WRite Markers – Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake
Etc – On Board Merry Medley chipboard, Crumb Cake seam binding, Crop a dile
Tomorrow is the first day of school! (Can you believe it?) My youngest will be a senior in high school! Yep, I’m feeling old!
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Frame It
These two cards feature the Frame It stamp set (w -122850/ c -122852). On the first one I brayered the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder with Vanilla Craft ink to create the shading on the Soft Suede card stock. Stamp and cut out the frame – stamp the chair and punch out with the Decorative Label punch – and you have a cute focal point for your card. The DSP is First Edition brayered with Soft Suede (gotta love that paper!) 
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Frame It, Have a Seat
card stock – Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette
Ink – Vanilla Craft, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Stampin Write Marker – Crumb Cake
Etc – Decorative Label Punch, Large Oval punch, Scallop border punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder
Then I used the same frame with Elements of Style. 
Stamp the large floral image on Very Vanilla and color the flowers with Pink Pirouette. Stamp the frame on Pink Pirouette and cut out. I used the floral image from clearly for you to stamp in Pink Pirouette on Very Vanilla and stamped Best Wishes (Sincere Salutations) over it with Early Espresso. Cut it out and layer it inside the frame. See the Victorian lace ribbon? Told you I had lots of it!
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Frame It, Sincere Salutations, Clearly for You
card stock – Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Ink – Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso
Stampin Write Marker – Pink Pirouette
Etc – Victorian Lace ribbon
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Beau Chateau Fabric
These projects use the Beau Chateau fabric. The first is a jewelry bag made with a coaster base. 
Die cut a coaster using the 3″ circle die. Cut two pieces of Beau Chateau fabric using the 3 1/2″ circle die. Use Tombow mono adhesive to adhere the fabric to the coaster. Cut two pieces of fabric 5 /2 x 11 and sew them together, wrong sides together, at the long side. (I used the rooster print and the Marina Mist print. Now sew a seam up the short ends, wrong sides together, making a tube. Fold the tube at the seam – right sides together. Sew a line at 1″ down and 1 1/2″ down for the ribbon casing. To attach the tube to the coaster I ran a long stitch around the bottom of the tube. This gives me a gathering stitch and gives me so “cheat room” if I need it. Hand stitch the bag to the coaster using small stitches. Run the ribbon through the channel made at the top by using a crochet needle to wiggle two openings on each side. Add a fabric flower!
The coasters were made by cutting two pieces of Beau Chateau fabric 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 and a piece of batting 4 x 4. Use a 1/4 seam to sew the fabric, wrong sides together, leaving a small opening on one side. Insert the batting and tuck in the seam. Sew around the coaster in a square – then a smaller square – then a smaller square – get the idea? 
Don’t look to closely at my lines – they are not very straight! This is a great way to use up left over fabric. These have the same fabric on each side – but you could simpler use up all your scraps and have reversible coasters! Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Bleaching Elements
On this card I used bleach to color the image. One of my favorite things about SU card stock is the amazing look you get with bleach. To do this I heat embossed the image with Black embossing powder and painted on the bleach with a tiny paint brush. 
After the bleach dried, I sprizted the front with the Spritzer tool and added the Victorian Lace ribbon. (Really, I thought I’d ordered both crocheted ribbons but ended up with two of the same! You will see lots of this ribbon, I’m afraid!)
I stamped off the smaller image in the set and punched it out with the Designer Label punch and then added the sentiment and pearls. 
Supplies
Stamp set – Elements of Style
card stock – Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Beau CHateau DSP, Very Vanilla
Ink – Versamark, Marina Mist, Early Espresso
Etc – black embossing powder, Designer Label punch, Spritzer tool, Victorian Lace ribbon, bleach, antique brad
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Creative Elements Remake
I remade this card so that the colors would work with my board at convention. When I told you that the first card was a “reject,” it’s because the colors didn’t work for what I was doing. (I actually like the colors on the first one best!) Here’s the remake – 
To make the border design above the ribbon, I simply masked the top area with a Post It note and stamped the flowers and then I had a nice, straight line to stamp the border.
Supplies
Stamp sets – Thank You Kindly, Creative Elements
card stock – textured Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Ink – Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Early Espresso
Etc – Marina Mist 1/8 ribbon, pearls, Designer Frame Oval, Oval punch, corner rounder
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Elements of Style Lace Card
This is one of those cards that looks harder than what it is – my favorite kind! It uses Elements of Style and First Edition DSP. (The picture was taken at a weird angle – sorry!)
I stamped the flower image in Stazon of the First Edition DSP and colored it with Stampin Write Markers. Then I sponged the edges and matted it on Early Espresso. The Victorian lace was gathered (long stitch on my sewing machine) and attached to the side.
The card base (Marina Mist) was embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder. To do the sentiment I used a piece of DSP that was the same pattern as the card front, stamped it and matched it up. 
Supplies
Stamp Set – Elements of Style
card stock – Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, First Edition DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Crumb Cake
Stampin Write Markers – Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke
Etc – Antique brad, Victorian Lace, Square Lattice embossing folder, Oval punch
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran