World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone.  It's been a crazy day here.  I managed to finish my first "card in a box" for a customer.  I really love how it came out!  She wants me to teach her how to make one next because she has a client that wants 80!!  My BFF Sue M. made an amazing one for me last year for my {insert gulp here} 50th birthday and I have always wanted to get this off my bucket list.  Not as hard as it looks. Just time consuming.   Then I made two quick cards using only dies (very easy peasy)!!  For both cards I used a die set by Avery Elle called Custom Panels Elle-ments .  Love this set.   Start with a piece of white cardstock 4.25" x 5.5". Place the angled die and the "scripty hello" die by Lawn Fawn , on the cardstock, secure with tape if necessary, and run through your die cut machine. The photo on the right will show all the pieces you will end up with. Keep the small pieces that come out of the word "hello" as you will...

Hello everyone.  Sorry it's been some time since my last post but this thing called "life" keeps getting in my way of being creative!!  LOL.  And it's starting to piss me off.  It's taken me 3 days to even get this post done!!  But I am back today to show you an easy card I made for the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge 32 - Tic-Tac-Toe !  I love tic-tac-toe challenges because it gives you so many options to choose from. Here is what the challenge was - What will you need to make this card -  Other than your basic tool kit, you will need an A2 red card base (8.5" x 5.5", scored at 4.25"), a piece of black cardstock (4"x 5.25"), a piece of black fun foam (3 15/16" x 5 3/16"), a piece of patterned valentine paper (3 7/8" x 5 1/8"), the 2nd largest scallop heart die from the Xpress Nesting Dies Scalloped Heart set , the 3rd largest plain heart die from the Xpress Nesting Dies Heart set , {you can use other heart d...

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve!  Welcome to 2016!  It pretty much rained all day yesterday but it did stop close to midnight so that we could watch fireworks from the back terrace. Today I woke up to some beautiful sun but now....it's raining again.  This time last year Sao Paulo was under a major H2O shortage so I won't complain too much about the excess rain we are getting this year.  Now...for my first card of 2016... Stamp Ink Paper is having their last card challenge of 2015 and it's an Anything But Christmas challenge.  A few weeks ago I made this card for their "Thanks" challenge using a stamp from Concord & 9th .   Another idea popped into my head that is perfect to enter into the SIP (Stamp Ink Paper) Challenge No. 28 - Anything But Christmas challenge !   It's open until tomorrow night and I hope you will enter a card too! I used the " Painted Thank You " stamp from Concord & 9th again - ...