World Of Michael Trent

  Hello, y'all.  Each month, my friends Deb ( Meticulosity ) and Celeste ( Crafting Junky ) do a card collab called "Coffee with Deb and Celeste" with a specific theme.  They asked me to join them for their June collab, and the "theme" this month is stencil - I need to use at least 1 stencil on my card.  Easy peasy.   Since it's the start of summer, I wanted a floral image, and I found a few that are perfect to use for the idea in my head.  They are from  a Wildflowers Digi Bundle I bought on Etsy from XoXoLine .    This is going to post at midnight and I already know what coffee I plan on making when I wake up.  It's fall here, so I am going to make a nice hot cup of Pumpkin Spice coffee. To make this card: I made a top-folding A2 card.  Then I adhered a piece of washi tape down the left side of the card.  I cut a piece of pink/mauve cardstock, 3.25" x 5.5", adhered a piece of fun foam to the back, then to the card fro...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to Pride Month Week 2.  Today I have a bright and fun card using a rainbow die that I bought here in Brasil.  It's not that hard to put together, either.   I made a top-folding A2 card using white cardstock.  I cut a piece of purple cardstock, 4.25" x 5.5", embossed it with the Cross Weaves 3D embossing folder from Altenew, and adhered it to the card. I printed a sheet of striped rainbow paper from the Fierce Collection by Traci Reed Designs, cut it in half, adhered double-sided tape to the back, and die-cut a rainbow die I got here in Brasil, twice.  I printed the "Love is a Human Right" sentiment from a digital Pride kit I bought on Etsy, die-cut it with a stitched square die, layered it on a piece of the purple cardstock, and adhered it to the card front.   To finish off the card, I cut a piece of the rainbow-striped paper and adhered it to the inside of the card.  This way it also brings the front of t...

Hello everyone.  Today is a lazy and cold day here in São Paulo, and I decided to make these 2 cards, not only to usher in summer, but to share on a few card challenge blogs that I follow.  They are either an "anything goes" theme or a summer/floral theme, and the cards are perfect for all of them.  When I moved here, I came with a huge, 24" x 12" paper pad from K&Company.  The papers were all glossy, very floral, and beautiful.  I had cut the sheets in half and they have sat on a shelf for many years.  The pad is no longer being sold, but below is a photo of what it looked like. This card uses one of the sheets in the paper collection with the Oval Burst Background Die from Gina Marie Designs , and one of the sentiment flairs from the Summertime Digital Flair Buttons from KCS Designs by Kim .  This card uses a different sheet from the paper collection, the Sun Rays Quilted Card Panel from Frantic Stamper , who is going out of business and ...

Hello everyone.   I'm honored to be participating in this month's Chosen Family, Chosen Love Pride Hop with 5 other amazing and talented makers (listed down below), featuring the beautiful Chosen Family, Chosen Love collection from Stamp Anniething , which was c reated to celebrate the families we build, the friendships that become family, and the people who love us exactly as we are. This special release gives back in a meaningful way. Throughout June, 10% of proceeds from the Chosen Family, Chosen Love stamp set, and 100% of sales from Stamp Anniething's 2SLGBTQIA+ digital stamp collection will be donated to True Colors United , a prominent nonprofit co-founded by Cyndi Lauper, working to end homelessness among LGBTQIA+ youth. I made two fun and colorful cards to kick off Pride Month and for hop. You can see how I made them in THIS video on my YouTube Channel. Or, just click below to watch. Links to what I used in the cards: Chosen Family, Chosen Love 6 x 8 Stamp ...

Hello everyone.  Today I want to share a card I made using two new releases from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  One of the new releases is Cozy Chapters Clip Art , which has 15 images of women reading in different locations - a cafe, the beach, on a train, on a windowsill, and others, and Word Snippets Books & Reading Phrases , a set of 40 sentiments related to books and reading.  Cozy Chapters Clip Art Word Snippets Books & Reading Phrases Digital Set Because some of the images are of women reading and drinking a coffee, or tea, or cocoa, the Word Snippets Coffee Phrases set would also work well with them.   Word Snippets Coffee Phrases Digital Set I have a video on my YouTube Channel - World of Michael Trent - showing how I made the card. As I explain in the video, I was not happy with the first card I made because of the light blue card base and the waves embossed in white.  That's why I redid the card using darker cardstock.  This is how I ...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the May 2026 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with Deb and Lisa .  If you are new here, o n the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards, hoping to inspire you to make your own cards for the holidays.  One way to show your cards off to the world is by entering them in a card challenge blog.  One of the largest I have found is " A Perfect Time to Craft ".  Every month, they have a sponsor for the challenge, offering the chance to win some free digitals if you upload one of your own cards.  Every month is an "Anything Goes" theme, and even though there is a sponsor, you don't need to use their products if you don't have any. This month, their sponsor is Fred She Said , and, having never heard of them, I went over and checked out their store.  I ended up buying 3 digital sets, one of which I used on today's card, which I plan to enter it in the May  " A Perfect Time T...