World Of Michael Trent

Hey everyone.  Today, I am sharing some cards I made using these  Dandelions I found in my stash that are made by  2Crafty , an Australian chipboard company, which is still in business and you can still buy them!  Considering the state of the crafting industry, this is great news.   I bought them intending to use them on a card, but hit a brick wall and tossed them in a box.  Fast forward to 2025, and, not being a scrapbooker, I still had no idea what to do with them. Story of my life.  So, I jumped on Pinterest and, after searching a bit for "dandelion card ideas", I stumbled on these cards, which I decided to case.  The link on Pinterest does not take you to these cards specifically, but to the YouTube channel called GSCraft , an artist in Pakistan, who must have made them (it's important to give credit when I can).   The photo below shows a rough sketch of the idea in my head with most of the supplies I will use to make them - t...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the April 2025 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with  Deb  and  Lisa .  If you are new here, on the 25th of each month, we post one or more holiday cards.  This way, come November, we don't have to stress over making cards to send to people.  We hope to inspire you, and we hope you will join us.       This month I made a Christmas card using the dies from Day 3 from the 2024 Spellbinders 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar .  If you missed getting one of these Advent calendars or if you are still thinking about it, you can get one HERE .    Even though the dies in this "Stitchmas Advent" were meant to be stitched, I decided to use them in a different way and NOT stitch them - but bedazzled them.  While trying to come up with an idea for using this set of dies, the image below popped up in one of my feeds, and that is what I am using as inspiration for this card....

So, there I was, going through a box of stuff, when I pulled out a package of big letter stickers from Michael's, circa "God Only Knows".  I'm trying to clean out and use things I find in my stash, and I had to make something with these.  But what?  They are masculine,  industrial-looking letters.  Hmmm....  Got it!  A masculine, industrial-looking "Hello" card! You can make this in about 10 minutes if you have some alphabet stickers too.   First, my card base.  I made a 3.25" x 8.25" slimline card by cutting a piece of black cardstock, 6.5" x 8.25".  Then I scored at 3.25" on the short side, and burnished well.   I used a 3" x 8" stitched slimline rectangle die to die-cut one of the sheets in the Bauhause 8" x 8" Collection from Stamperia, which you can find at Frantic Stamper  (at the time this blog was posted).  I wanted a masculine background paper, and this one sheet was perfect with the different fonts...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the March 2025 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with  Deb  and  Lisa .  If you are new here, on the 25th of each month, we post one or more holiday cards.  This way, come November, we don't have to stress over making cards to send to people.  We hope to inspire you, and we hope you will join us.           This month, I made 2 cards and 2 tags using the Festive Greenery Builder Stencil Set from Altenew , some ink pads from Gina K Designs , and holiday sentiments.  Easy peasy.  This Festive Greenery Builder Stencil Set is so easy to use.  It has 3 layers, each clearly numbered.  Since I don't have any ink pads from Altenew, I used 3 colors from Gina K Designs: Red Velvet for the first layer, the berries; Lucky Clover for the 2nd layer, the leaves; and Christmas Pine for the 3rd layer, the stems.       To make each of the sten...

Hello, everyone.  I'm so happy today because  Deanne Saunders and I are both guest designers on the March Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge .  This month's theme is "Green".   To make these cards: I made 2 top-folding A2 cards using red cardstock to which I adhered some strips of leftover Christmas paper from my stash.     I printed the 2 Christmas cup images at 120%.  Then I colored and fussy cut them.  I also printed the sentiments.  The cups and sentiment are from the Christmas Joy Mugs  digital stamp kit from Angie Blom Digital Designs .    I embossed 2 pieces of white cardstock using 2 different embossing folders - Christmas Wishes from Crafter's Companion and Mosaic Triangles from Sunlit.   Before adhering the sentiments to the cards, I applied Glossy Accents to the lightbulbs and red and green sprinkles to the whipped cream, which came from Heart With Rainbow Sprinkles from Dress My Craft....