World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone and welcome to the April 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to the Holidays.     How are you guys doing?  Holding up?  It's been a strange month for all of us and this is definitely starting to get to me.  The elves ( Debra ,  Lisa ,  Jessica , and myself) are all feeling it and it took a lot for us to make our cards this month.  But, this is what keeps me going even though my sanity is gone.  LOL   So, without further ado, here are my 4 Crafty Elf cards for April.  Please remember to check out the other Crafty Elves - Debra, Lisa, and Jessica - whose links to their posts are at the end of this post. Card No. 1   Last week I received a little card in the mail from my fellow Crafty Elf - Debra - along with a little present inside - the Hanukkah stamp I used on this card.   I was happy just to get snail mail let alone a little gift. Thanks again, Debra!!  ...

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone had a good Easter or Passover if you celebrate, and that everyone is safe and doing well.  We are still under quarantine although, according to the news here, only 48% of the town is following it.  I am staying in and making cards...and mini albums...and cakes...and cookies...   Today's card is for Challenge No. 140 on the  If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .  We received a lot of entries for our last challenge and we are keeping this challenge as an "anything goes" challenge again with the hopes of keeping you crafters busy.     Below is the  inspiration photo that the Design Team had to work with when making their projects.  If you want to join us, which I hope you do, feel free to use the photo or make any card you want to make since it is now "anything goes".   I decided to go with the photo inspiration and used the You Are The Mac To My Che...

Hi everyone.  On Saturday I showed a card I made using the Anything Is Possible digital set from Polka Dot Orchard .  I printed two of the same frame and today I show you how I used the 2nd image to make  this "home decor" or desk project.   I colored the 2nd frame using my Prismacolor markers again but I changed the color of the flowers.  I also cut a piece of black and pink cardstock so that I can layer them, and I cut a piece of black cardstock using the Small Easel die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix (sadly, retired). I used the Angle Corner Chomper on the corners of the black and pink cardstock.  I adhered the black cardstock to the pink cardstock first, and then I adhered the frame to the black cardstock using foam tape - to give some dimension.   Next, I adhered the Small Easel to the back of the pink cardstock so that it can sit up correctly. To be honest, you could stop here and just put a nice photo in the ...

Hello everyone!!  I've lost track of what day this is let alone the number of days we have been in quarantine.  At least I am keeping busy, which also keeps me sane.  And, with 7 dogs....life is never boring here.   Today I have a special card or inspirational "home decor" piece.  I fell in love with this digital stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard called Anything Is Possible.   As soon as I saw the flower corner stamp and these sentiments, this idea popped into my head.  With so many people spending time alone these days, I am afraid that a lot of people might be questioning themselves.  And I think it's important to reinforce the facts that you can be whatever you want to me and you can achieve whatever you want as long as you believe in yourself.   I started by manipulating the corner image from the Anything is Possible set in Pages (on a MAC) to give a frame.  I sized it so that I could have two on one sheet of A4...

**Updated on April 6 to include the Art Sherpa, Beyond The Fringe Crafts, The Latina Crafter, and Jillian Vance. **Updated on April 8th to include Gerda Steiner, Impression Obsession, and Robin Mead Designs. Hi everyone!!  If you love coloring and digital images as much as I do, then this post is for you!   In the past week or so I have found some amazing artists who have been uploading amazing digital images and coloring pages and they are encouraging people to download, print, and color their days away.   Knowing how much creating and coloring is helping me during this insane time we are living thru, I thought that it would be nice to spread the news.   Below are the artists that I have found, together with links to their pages.  You can download the images that you love by right-clicking on the image and saving them to your computer.  Then you can print them out in whatever size you want (card, coloring page, tag, etc.) and co...

Hello folks!  So, how is everyone holding up?  I am sure many of you are going to stir crazy.  I know I am at times.  I really want to just go grab a burger and a beer at my favorite pub or food truck.  But I can't.  I have to admit, if it wasn't for my crafting, I would have gone mad by now.  How are you guys coping?  Is crafting helping you? Today's card is for Challenge No. 139 on the  If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .  Although this was going to be a challenge about Easter, because of what's going on in the world, we have decided to make this an "anything goes" challenge.   Below is the  inspiration photo that the Design Team had to work with when making their projects, which is why my card is Easter themed.  Feel free to use the photo for your card or feel free to make anything!!   This card is super easy to make.  I started with a top folding A2 card base of white...