World Of Michael Trent

Hey y'all.  Did you know that today is International Tea Day?  Yup...it was established by the United Nations as an annual celebration of tea's cultural heritage, immense economic impact, and vital role in rural livelihoods worldwide.   To help celebrate, my friend Debra, of Meticulosity , and I are doing another He Made It / She Made It collaboration and making some fun tea cards.  And, if you want to read more about today's holiday, just click HERE . My card uses one of the images from Whimsical Tea and Tales Clip Art by KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy, along with a tea sentiment from an old set by Fiskars called Latte Love .   I printed one of the images from the Whimsical Tea and Tales Clip Art twice at 75%, on white cardstock.  One image will be my focal point, and the other image I plan to fussy-cut the small flowers.   I die-cut (a) the part of the image I want on my card front using a stitched circle die; (b) a piece of pink cardstock us...

  Hey everyone.  As you know, I spend a lot of time on Etsy, and I recently came across a new store on Etsy called  Pattie's Creations .  She sells some of the cutest B&W digital images that are perfect for cardmakers and crafters.  I have NO affiliation with this store - just sharing a good find with y'all.  The first time I visited her store, I ended up buying 3 digital images, but I plan to go visit again soon for a few more.  One of the images I bought is called  Cup and Saucer with Flowers , and it's the image on today's card.  The first card I made was a cute and colorful one with a yellow coffee cup.  But, just as I finished the card, I realized there were 2 creases, and my OCD forced me to remake it.  LOL The first card I made.  Notice the crease on the tulip and in the upper right corner.   Below is a video I made showing how I made the card. If you are more of a photo person, below is a step-by-step...

  Hey everyone.  A "snarky" friend of mine asked me to make her some "snarky" cards for some of her girlfriends.  She wanted them to be pretty and feminine with a "snarky" sentiment.  I gave her one of Tim Holtz' Small Talk Snarky sticker packs, asked her to pick her two favorite sentiments, and then I made these two cards, which are so easy and fast to make!! I started by printing two images from the Electric Daydreams Journal Papers from KCS Designs by Kim , and then die-cutting them using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.  These are very bright and whimsical images.  If these are too bright for your taste, you can also go with the Soft Daydreams Whimsical Papers , which also have great faces to use with sentiments.   I made 2 top-folding A2 card bases using purple and green cardstock to match the images.  Then I die-cut two pieces of white cardstock using the same stitched rectangle die.  I cut two pieces of black fun foam, a...

  Hello everyone!  It's a holiday today here in Brasil, it's very quiet out there and I decided to make a few cards using two sets from KCS Designs by Kim - a band new sentiment set - Word Snippets Books & Reading - that paired perfectly with  Whimsical Tea & Tales Clip Art , a clip art set with 24 images of books, butterflies, and cups for coffee or tea.    I printed two of the images from  Whimsical Tea & Tales Clip Art  at 50%, and I die-cut them using a 3.25" x 4.5" stitched rectangle die from Pink & Main.  Then I printed two of the sentiments from  Books & Reading Word Snippets ,  at 100%.    Using white cardstock, I made two top-folding A2 card bases.   I didn't have a book or reading paper for my background, so I hopped on DigitalScrapbook.com and downloaded two fun papers - Enchanting Books Paper (the colorful paper) and Book Page Paper (the B&W paper).   I adhered on...

  I woke up today seeing on the news that today is "Dia Mundial  Café" (World Coffee Day) here in Brasil.  This confused me since, for me, International Coffee Day is celebrated on October 1st.  After doing some research, it seems there are a boatload of holidays celebrating coffee from many different countries.  Per the Environmental Education Portal of the São Paulo Governor's Office, we celebrate "World Coffee Day", established in 2015 by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) to celebrate the beverage, its producers, and to highlight the importance of coffee in the global economy.  You can read more about the holiday, HERE , but the page is in Portuguese. I decided to help celebrate by making some quick coffee cards to send to people since April is National Card and Letter Writing Month , using papers from the Coffee Junk Journal Kit from Lunic Art Design on Etsy.  Although this kit is used to make junk journals, the individual papers can be...

  Hello, everyone! It's Michael.  Again.  I am thrilled to be back for Week 2 as Guest Designer for the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog .  This week, I made a  slimline birthday card using the Coffee Donut Row   digital image from Stamplorations .   I've loved the digital images from Stamplorations for many years after seeing them used in one of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hops.  The owner, Shery, had to shut down the store in 2022 to deal with a cancer diagnosis, but a few weeks back, I saw a post letting everyone know that she had beaten the cancer and had reopened the store.  Awesome news on both fronts.     A full step-by-step with photos and links can be found HERE on the  Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog .  And, if you love coffee-themed papercrafts, make sure to check out and follow the  Coffee Loving Papercrafters Facebook Page  and the  Coffee Loving Papercrafters Instagram Page ....