World Of Michael Trent

Happy Hump Day everyone!  This week is moving so slowly here.  Maybe it's because of all the rain we are getting.  I feel like I am in a fog.  I am leaving Valentine's Day cards for today and going with a good, strong, cuppa Joe card!  I love coffee.   I drink it all day!  And I am always on the lookout for new fun coffee related stamps, papers, washi, etc.  On my last trip to NY I found this cool coffee stamp from Hero Arts called "Cup of Coffee" and knew immediately that I would use a stencil(s) in the open areas of the cup to give it some color.  Perfect to use for Day 3 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge ! I started the card as I start most of my cards lately.  With a piece of white cardstock and  the large stitched rectangle die from the  Bundle of Stitched Shapes  ( Simon Says Stamp ).  For my card front, I printed out a sheet of coffee textured paper from a free digital paper pack ...

Hello everyone.  Yesterday's card showed a fun way to use the Large Faux String Art Heart from Anthony's Paper Craft .  Yesterday's card had several pieces that we die cut that we didn't use.  As promised, today's card shows how to use those excess pieces for a different card.  Like getting two for the price of one!  For today's card, I started with a card base of textured red cardstock.  Then, using the large stitched rectangle die from the Bundle of Stitched Shapes ( Simon Says Stamp ), I cut a piece of white cardstock, which I adhered to the red cardstock. Next, I took the negative heart cut-out piece that was left over from yesterday's card and I stamped the Large Faux String Art Heart with Versamark ink and then embossed it with some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder from Sweet Stamps. Next, I put some foam dots behind the heart and adhered it to the card front, making sure to line up the stitching so it matched the stitch...

Hello everyone!!  I hope everyone had an awesome weekend! Mine was very creative/busy.  I am working on several cards, a Sten-Doodle, a mini album and a shabby chic frame - all at the same time it seems.  But it keeps me busy and out of trouble!  LOL Today starts a new 30 Day Coloring Challenge over on The Daily Marker .  I love these coloring challenges and I had very little time to participate in the last one and  I am hoping to color something for each of these 30 days!    Today's card is a different kind of Valentine's Day/Love You card that has minimal coloring but I think this card really pops!  When I got my box of stamps from  Anthony's Paper Craft  for design team projects, I received several " string art " stamps.  I looked at the  instructions on how to use these stamps but I wanted to use them for cards but in other ways and NOT use string.  I think I achieved this with today's ...

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday!  Is everyone having a great weekend so far?  I hope so! I have been busy with several projects at the same time and cannot find anything on my desk - but somehow the chaos on my desk helps the creativity flow better. Can anyone relate?  Today's card was not a planned project but last night, in the midst of the creative chaos, I got an email from Freshly Made Sketches and the sketch immediately caught my eye.   As I pondered how I could make out a simple card, quickly, I looked over and saw a cool stencil I had on my desk sitting with my favorite sentiment set ever and this card idea popped into my head.   I started with an A2 top-folding card base of white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of textured red cardstock, 3.5"x 5.5".  Next, I cut the smallest long die from the A2 Matting Basics B set ( Spellbinders ) out of white cardstock and stamped the sentiment "You're So Thoughtful" from one o...

Happy 2018 everyone!!  I hope everyone had a fun, safe, and warm New Year's Eve.  I know it was crazy cold in many parts of the world and, even here, we are having a strange summer.  I have yet to break a sweat here but I am sure that next year I will be complaining that it's too hot!!  LOL Before I get to the card for today, I wanted to share his New Year card that was supposed to be posted on December 31st.  But life got in the way.  I  used a beautiful metallic lace paper from a Brazilian company, the phrase was created on the computer, and the champagne glasses called Clink  is from Your Next Stamp .   I made today's card for a new challenge blog called "If You Give A Crafter A Cookie" .  M y friend Debra is now on their design team and I thought I would help her out with her first design team post, which you can see HERE .  The blog name alone cracks me up and when I saw the "inspiration photo" of colo...