World Of Michael Trent

  Welcome to World Cardmaking Day 2025!  Do y'all have problems coming up with card ideas for men -possibly for a birthday or for Father's Day?  I might have the solution.  The idea for these cards originated when I saw a post on my Facebook feed from  Kathy's Stamping World , which used  the Creative Collab Crew sketch, below.  Kathy is a Stampin' Up! rep and has amazing ideas on her page.  Go check her out! And, if you are looking to get into cardmaking but don't want to invest a lot of money in the beginning or, maybe you don't have a lot of supplies, this card idea is a great way to get started.  A sentiment can be made on the computer if you want to add one. For this card, I used the Vintage Mixed Media Paper Pack  from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  It's a masculine/vintage digital paper collection filled with clocks, antique keys, cogs, and gears.  Other collections that would be perfect for a masculine card are the V...

  Hello everyone.  I've been making some really simple notecards lately using digital papers.  Today I made some masculine/colorful notecards, and I wanted to share them with you.  It's super simple and requires no stamps unless you want to use some for the sentiments.   First, I printed several papers from the Gelli Plate Printing Papers  digital kit from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.   I printed 4 of the same image to each sheet of white cardstock, trimmed them, and die-cut them using a stitched circle die. Using the same stitched circle die, I die-cut 3 pieces of white fun foam, and adhered them to the back of each of the circle images. I made 3 top-folding A2 cards using white cardstock. I cut 3 pieces of white cardstock, 4.25" x 5.5", and embossed each of them using a different 3D embossing folder from Altenew - Deck Planks 3D , Cross Weaves 3D , and Illusion Triangles 3D (no longer available) - and I adhered one to each of the 3 card fr...

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new "Yes, It's a Holiday" collab with my Instagram friends  Debra  and  Lori .  Today, September 29th, we are helping to celebrate National Coffee Day, which was created by the National Coffee Association as a day to  celebrate coffee in the United States.  The first official National Coffee Day is believed tho have been on September 29, 2005, by the National Coffee Association (NCA), a trade organization that represents the U.S. coffee industry.   Please be aware that today's holiday is only observed in the USA and is distinct from  International Coffee Day, which is celebrated on October 1st.   To read more about today's holiday, just click  HERE . To help celebrate, I made a tall slimline card using a digi stamp of a stack of coffee cups from the Beyond The Fringe Crafts Blog .  Carmen, who owns the blog, has a Freebie section filled with fun digi images for you to download.    ...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2025 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with  Deb  and  Lisa .  On the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards in hopes that we inspire you to start  making your own.  This way, come November, we have cards ready to mail.     .       This month, I used one of the papers from the  Holiday Nostalgia Christmas Journal Papers and a few of the words from  Christmas Word Snippets - two digital kits from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.   To make this card: Using white cardstock, I made a top-folding A2 card base.    I printed the deer image from the Holiday Nostalgia Christmas Journal kit at 52%, and die-cut it using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.  I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of the deer image, and then I adhered it to the card front.   I printed the Christmas Word Sn...

  Hello everyone!  Welcome to Autumn/Fall and a new "He Made It/She Made It" collaboration with my friend Debra of  Meticulosity .  It's been almost two years since we last did a "He Made It / She Made It" collab, and we were both itching to start it again.         Autumn is in full swing, leaves are changing, and there is a chill in the air - at least in the Northern Hemisphere. So, Deb and I decided to create Autumn-themed cards that incorporate some of the digital kits from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  We hope you love what we each came up with, and it will be up to you, the public, to decide if "He Made It" or if "She Made It" ... better.   For both of my cards, I used the   Antique Autumn Journal Papers  and  Autumn Flair Buttons  - both from  KCS Designs by Kim  on Etsy, which are 35% off through September 30, 2025.  Card No. 1 First, I made a top-folding slimline card using 2 piec...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the August 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 (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards in hopes that we inspire you to start  making your own so that, come November, we have cards ready to mail.     .       This month I used Christmas Collage from Viva Las Vegas Stamps .  I've had this stamp in my stash for years, and it felt great to put some ink on it.  If you are interested in this stamp, check out THIS link.  You can buy this stamp wood mounted, on cling, or as an unmounted stamp.  To make this card: I made a 5.75" square card base using red cardstock, and adhered a piece of white cardstock, 5.5" square to the inside.  I cut a piece of holiday paper, 5.5" square, and adhered it to the card front. I stamped Christmas Collage on white cardstock using Onyx Bla...