World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone.  I may not be living in the USA anymore, but I am still an American and, to be honest, I really miss the 4th of July, the fireworks, the beach, and the BBQs.  I still love making cards to help celebrate the holiday and, over the next few days, I will be posting a few.  Today is the first card.    All of the cards I will be using these digital products from KCS Designs by Kim.   The images I am using are from the Painted Americana Clip Art set from the KCS Designs by Kim Etsy store.  The papers I am using are from a FREE 4th of July Papers kit from the KCS Designs Ko-Fi  page.  Everything in her shop is FREE and you only need to enter $0.00 to get the item.  If you want, you can pay for the item - any amount you want, even $1 - to show your appreciation to the seller.  But they are FREE!  These are the papers in the collection. To make my card: I made a 5.5" x 5.5" card base using white cardstock.  T...

  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 ...