World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone.  I hope everyone that celebrates Easter had a nice one!  It was very quiet here yesterday with everyone getting together with their families for big lunches.  Today I am the "guest designer" over at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog for their Challenge #35 - Anything Goes .  I love these challenges because there are no rules...just make a great card using stamps older than a year!   For this challenge, now that Spring has sprung in the USA, I thought I would use one of my favorite older stamps by Outlines Rubber Stamps, from their 2011 Spring release called Summer Breeze (I-1147) .  Unfortunately this company (my favorite) went out of business a few years ago but, after searching online, I found out that Hampton Art now sells this stamp.   I started with an A2 top folding Kraft cardstock card base.  To this I adhered a piece of black cardstock, 4 1/8" x 5 3/8". Then  I cut a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 5.25", ...

Hello everyone.  Well I finally got over my cold but now I am just trying to take care of a lot of small stuff around the store.  We had poor Latte fixed two days ago and he has been such a trooper.  The cone comes off when he is around me so that I can make sure he is not licking.  I think, out of all the dogs, he is my fav.  I love his eyes!   Today I am coming at you with an Easter card I made for the Retro Rubber Challenge No. 34 - Hopping Down The Bunny Trail , which means using an Easter theme - eggs, bunnies, or candy....on your card. I don't have that many Easter stamps but the bunny stamp I used on my card came from a free, exclusive stamp set from the Quick Cards Made Easy magazine from 2013.  Talk about waiting a few years before using a stamp.  LOL.   To make the card - I started with an A2, top folding, white cardstock base.  I adhered a piece of pink cardstock to the card front.  To this I adhered ...

Hello everyone.  TGIF!!!  The start to another weekend.  Today and tomorrow we have our friend Ana Stela in the store teaching classes using a scoring board and papers to make some really cute boxes.  On Sunday I am going to try and find an arts & crafts fair that I heard about that is about 45 minutes from here. Hope it's good!  But let's see if the weather cooperates.   Today I have a card I made for this week's challenge over at the  Retro Rubber Challenge Blog .  I used a Hero Arts stamp called Wish Big Candles (has to be more than 5 years old) with some cardstock from my stash.  Below is the sketch we had to use for inspiration.   For my card, I started with an A2 card base, top folding, to which I adhered a piece of cardstock from my stash.  I love this design because it allows for color around the whole card.   Then I adhered a piece of red cardstock - 4" x 5.25". Then I cut a piece o...

Good morning all!  I've been a bit under the weather and decided to take a few days off to chill.  So I went to the mall. Two days in a row.  The mall means Starbucks so I got my fix.  I do love Braslian coffee but it's still nice to hit Starbucks when at the mall.  And on Monday, I woke up to find out that - for my snowman card I made back on February 18th !!  Kinda cool!   Now that February is over, I will be writing down all the names that left comments on my blog and will announce the winner of my contest in the next day or so.  Stay tuned...   Today I have a card that is perfect for either Easter or to say "Some Bunny Loves You".  I used an oldie but a goodie....Bunny Tail that was made by Outlines Rubber Stamps (now out of business..sniff...sniff..).   I started with a 4" x 4" card base of purple cardstock.  Then I cut a piece of white cardstock, 3 5/8" x 3 5/8" and, using a cloud stencil and ...

Add caption **Please note....this post will stay at the top of my blog until March 2, 2016.  Please scroll down to see the current daily post.  Thanks!** **Disclaimer - neither Kathy Racoosin nor The Daily Marker have anyhing to do with nor are they involved in my contest.  This is just my way of getting people involved and to help get them coloring!** Hello everyone.  As I mentioned on my blog post yesterday, today starts The Daily Marker's 30 Day Color Challenge and I plan on participating again.   THIS post explains it all. There's no pressure, no requirements other than to " try " and color for at least 10 minutes per day (code for " relax ") for 30 days, you get to have a lot of fun AND you get to meet some amazing friends and other artists along the journey.  And you have chances to win prizes too! The last time I did this challenge I was all over the place.  I just kinda went with the flow and colored whatever I saw laying a...