World Of Michael Trent

Happy Halloween everyone!!  I have to admit that I miss this holiday a lot - mostly the decorations, trick or treating with my nieces, and candy corn!!  I always bought a bag of candy corn because just seeing it made me want it so badly but, after eating the bag, I was done for the year.  LOL In honor of Halloween I have a quick card I made using the Witch Shoe by Bugaboo Stamps .  I sized the image to about 4.25" x 4.25" and printed it on white cardstock.  Then, using Grand Squares (LF-126) by Spellbinders, I cut and embossed the image using the die that measures 4 9/16" x 4 9/16".  Then I used the next larger die and cut and embossed a piece of black cardstock.   I colored in the image using two Copic markers - Fluorescent Dull Y/G Copic (FYG2) and Chrome Orange (YR04), and 3 Bic Markers - Fandango Pink, Sunset Orange, and Stone Grey.  I then went and applied some Orange Peel, Glam Pink, and Firefly Stickles to certain areas of th...

Hello everyone!  I hope your weekend is going well so far.  Today I wanted to share another shaker card I made using the Snowman Collage die by Memory Box .  As you guys know I was bitten by the shaker bug and as soon as I saw this guy I knew it would be perfect as a shaker.   Let me show you how I made this guy -  I started with a top folding A2 card base of red shimmer cardstock.  I cut a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 5.25", and centered the whole die on the cardstock and cut it out.  I love the way this die is packaged because you don't need to cut all the pieces apart and you have less chance of losing any of the dies.    I then went back and cut all the little pieces using black, green, orange, and red cardstock -    and assembled the snowman by gluing down the pieces.   Then I cut a piece of acetate and glued it behind the snowman.  You do not want your little sequins and bead...

TGIF everyone!!  Today is the first day in about a week that we have no rain, the sun is shining bright and there are fluffy white clouds in the sky.  It has poured every night this week with major thunder and lightening too.  And, of course, electric on and off.  But it looks like it's going to be a great weekend.   I cannot believe it is almost Halloween!  This year has flown by.  Although this is not today's card, I wanted to share a Halloween card that I made the other day. I used a new Prima doll image called Bootiful, some really old QuicKutz dies of a cemetery and bats, and a giant moon out of yellow glittered fun foam.   Now for today's card, which is perfect for two card challenges going on.  This week's Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #71  had some funky colors to work with - mint, rust and mustard - perfect autumn colors .   And the Retro Rubber Challenge #50 - is Fall colors!  Perfect.  One c...

Hello everyone and Happy Monday!?  I hope everyone has a nice weekend.  We had Ruy's nieces here (Gabriella and Marina) for the weekend.  Saturday they acted as his models in his photography class and yesterday we got to drive them back to Sao Paulo.  And I got to get some Chinese food!!  It is not easy finding my favorite food here.  The temperature here also dropped and we had a few cooler days.  But it will not stay this way.  LOL.  Overall....a nice weekend. Now, about today's cards.....last week I was catching up with my friend Elisa and she told me she was working on some projects for her new yoga studio using stamps from  Character Constructions .   I have a box on my work area with stamps and dies that I have ideas for but need the time to get them out of my head.  One of the stamps in the box is from Character Constructions - called "Theatre of Dreams 18" from her  Theatre of Dreams Catalog .   I hav...

Hello everyone!  It's getting really really hot here.  Monday, at 3 p.m., it was almost 110F and the air was not moving.  I love the heat and summer but this is way too early.  Summer does not start for another 60-ish days.   Well, making another card for Halloween was not really on my list this week. But while looking through a stack of my unused stamps I came across this rocking Skull Stack by Stampendous, which has been sitting in my stash for a few years now, and I had to finally do something with it.  So I made my first ever shaker card! I am entering this into two card challenges.  The Stamp Ink Paper Challenge blog has Challenge 70 - Tic Tac Toe -  And the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog  has Challenge 49 - Boo! -  Now...to make the card - I started with a top folding A2 card base of white cardstock.  Then I stamped the  Skull Stack  (retired) by Stampendous on a piece of white cardstock...

Happy Sunday everyone.  We set our clocks ahead one hour this morning so I lost an hour of sleep I will never get back. LOL.  I hope today does not drag.  I have another Halloween card for you today.  This time for the new card challenge over on the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog .  This is Challenge 49 - Boo!  aka Halloween -  The stamp I used for this challenge is from Too Much Fun Rubber Stamps .  I bought it yearsssssssss ago at a rubber stamp show.  The link to their online shop is not working for me right now so I cannot give a direct link.  I apologize for that but I believe they are still selling it.     I started with a top folding A2 card base of white cardstock.  I adhered a piece of textured black cardstock to the card front.  Then, using the large die from Bundle of Stitched Shapes , I cut a piece of Halloween paper from the Eerie paper pad by Basic Grey (old too) and adhered that to the b...

Hello everyone!!  I hope everyone has been well.  I've been having some fun making some Halloween cards.   I do miss this time of the year with the leaves changing colors, the air getting crisp, apple and pumpkin picking.....sigh. Although Halloween is not c elebrated here like it is in the states, some people here do have parties and lots of dressing up goes on. But no trick or treating or decorations on the houses.   For today's card I used 3 digi stamps from Bugaboo Stamps .  I started with a top folding A2 card base of white cardstock. I adhered a piece of decorative paper with a spider web theme to the card front.   I then die cut a piece of black cardstock with the large rectangle die from  Bundle of Stitched Shapes  by Simon Says Stamp (I love the stitched border) and adhered this to the card front.  If you don't have the die you can cut a piece of black cardstock to 4" x 5.25". Then I printed the Halloween Steps , Hween Br...

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope y'all had a nice weekend.  This past Saturday we went with some friends to an ecological park in Campinas that used to be an old fazenda (farm) called Fazendo Mato Dentro.  It was formed in 1806 initially as a sugar plantation and later as a coffee plantation.  It was transferred to the state in 1950 and is now a free park and a biology institute.   Part of the park. The original house. Part of another building that was used to store the coffee. I think this would make a great art studio. Today I am playing along with the gang over at the  Retro Rubber Challenge Blog .  This is   Challenge #48 - Tie Me Up!  and, no, it's not about 50 Shades of Grey but it is all about   using lace, ribbon or twine.   A friend of mine has to go to a wedding and she asked me to make her a simple wedding card for her gift.  I knew that - years ago - I had bought a wedding set ...