World Of Michael Trent

Hi everyone.  Today's "hello" cards were made for a few reasons.  One is that when I moved here many years ago, I moved with boxes and boxes of craft supplies, most of which have gone unused.  So I want to start using my stash when I can starting with the "hello" dies I found the other day in a bag.  Another reason is that I joined a group on Facebook called There's A Stamp For That Challenge and the first challenge is a "hello" card.  Perfect timing!       Today's cards use these retired dies from Poppy Stamps  -  Little Luxe Hello Die Rotary Phone Die Word Balloon Die Hello Word Balloon Die   If you want them, Frantic Stamper has them all in stock (as of the date of this blog post) and the links above take you to her store.  So you know, I do NOT earn anything if you buy them from her.  For the first card, I started by making an A2 top-folding card with white cardstock and I adhered a map of the world.  It was...

Hello everyone and welcome to the June 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Chrismas.  I cannot believe that almost half the year is gone - and I have been inside for most of it.  The numbers here are still rising and I am keeping to myself.  Crafting, baking, and cooking.  The elves,  ( Debra ,  Lisa ,  Jessica , and myself), have also been busy making more Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday cards for this month.  Here are  my 4 Crafty Elf cards for June and links to the other Crafty Elves' cards are at the end of this post. Card No. 1 For this card, I used a stamp called "Cupcake With A Holly On Top" from Stamping Bella.  It's been retired for years but I still love this little guy (or gal?).                   I started by adhering a piece of decorative Christmas paper to the front of my 5" x 5" square card.   I stamped the cupcake on white cardstock and co...

Hello everyone!  How are y'all doing?  I am back again with another Design Team project for the If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .  We are up to Challenge No. 144 and it's all about saying "thank you" to the doctors, nurses, cleaning staff, and everyone else on the frontlines of the battle with Covid-19.    If you wish to play along with us, which I hope you do, below  is the  inspiration photo that the Design Team had to work with when making their projects.   Not having any doctor or nurse images, I jumped on Etsy and found the perfect digi stamps from MMedelIllustrations - the male doctors/nurses and the female doctors/nurses - and I bought them both.  Then I printed 4 of each at 75% on to white cardstock and had my Scan N Cut cut them out with a slight border.  Then I colored them in using different BIC Intensity Markers for the scrubs and a few Copic markers for skin tones. Next, the card base.  I cut a pi...

Hello everyone.  My friend Debra, of Meticulosity , is one of the Guest Designers over on the Lavinia Worlds Challenge Blog  and I thought I would support her and make a card for the challenge too.  If interested, you can check out her post HERE .   Although I don't have any Lavinia stamps (yet) I went thru my stash to try to find a solid type of stamp that they are known for and I came across a solid fairy stamp called Toadstools from CTMH (very old).    I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die that measures 4" x 5.25".  Then, I blended 4 inks from Gina K. Designs.  I started at the bottom with Wild Dandelion and worked my way up with Tangerine Twist, then Red Velvet, and, finally, with Plum Punch.     Next, using a stamp positioner and Versafine Onyx Black Ink, I stamped the scene I wanted. I decided not to color any of the images and allow the distressed background to come thru.  I w...

Hi everyone!  Not that I can give this to anyone at the moment since we are pretty much all stuck here but I have had these MDF sneakers in my stash for way too long and I had to make a card with them.  Hopefully, travel will happen sooner than later.  I started with a 5" square top-folding card of white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of black cardstock.  Then I cut a 5" square piece of decorative paper from the Cartographer paper pad (Prima Marketing) and cut the center out using the   Hello & Thanks Label from Reverse Confetti . Using the same die and the same paper pack, I cut a piece of black fun foam and another piece of decorative paper with a map design on the paper.   I adhered the map paper to the fun foam and then to the center of the card.  I also distressed some white stickers from my stash with a Copic marker and adhered them to the card front.  Next, I embossed the MDF sneakers by pushing a Versamark pad into the MDF ...

Hello everyone.  I hope everyone is safe and sound.  It's getting crazier and crazier here in Brasil with numbers going up daily, instability in the government, a lack of leadership...but there really isn't anything for me to do other than keep trekking along and make stuff!  Also, I think I am just bored and would really love to just meet some people for coffee or a burger.  Today's card is my Design Team project for the If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .  This week we are up to Challenge No. 144 and it's all about flowers or Spring.  If you want to play along with us, and I hope you do, below is the inspiration photo that the team had to work with when making their projects.   I love using flower stamps on cards and I can honestly say that I had over a week's worth of ideas for this challenge.  Hmmm...maybe this will be a week of flower cards.  I decided to use one of the 3 beautiful Floral Backgrounds  from Anthony's...

Hello everyone.  I had so much fun making all those coffee-themed cards for the Spring | Summer 2020 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that I am still in coffee mode.  Truth be told, I had so many "coffee" ideas that they could not fit into one week.   One of the projects I was working on was a coffee-themed photo folio. After I finished the cover to the folio, I realized that it would have been a great card, which is what I made for you today. I started with a 6" square card of white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of brown cardstock.  Then I printed one of the papers in the Coffee Lovers Digital Paper Pack  from Graciellie Design . I went with the donut paper because I love to add stickles to the icing.  You'll see later.  I trimmed it to a 5.75" square and adhered this to the brown cardstock.  Next, I printed one of the cups from the Coffee Queen Mini Digital Stamp Bundle also from Graciellie Design .  I printed the cup twic...