World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone and welcome to the July 2020 edition of The Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas!  I have to say, this has been a busy crafty month with me making a few albums/folios, a few cards, and lots of cookies, cakes and candies!   The other elves, ( Debra ,  Lisa , and  Jessica ), have also been busy making their Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday cards for this month.   Here are  my 4 Crafty Elf cards for July.  The links to the other Crafty Elves' cards are at the end of this post and I hope you will also take some time to check out what they have made. Card No. 1 I made a top folding A2 card base of white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of decorative paper.   I cut another piece of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die and then, using a stamp positioner, I stamped the Vintage Holly Border ( Great Impressions ) with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on the top.  Then I turned the cardstock around and stamped the image aga...

Hello everyone!  It's time for another Design Team project for the  If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .  We are up to Challenge No. 147 and the theme is "buttons" and I managed to make 2 cards using 1 stamp.      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.   I will be honest, when I saw the above photo the design team had to use, my mind was blank.  Other than owning a button border punch, I had no stamps with a button theme to use.  But then I started to work on a flower card and it all came together...why not use actual buttons on my card!   I started by stamping the Create-A-Card Doodle Flower stamp ( Impression Obsession ) on to white cardstock. Then I colored it in using BIC Intensity Ultra Fine Tip Markers.   It took me 3 mornings, with my coffee, to color the whole image.  But...

Hello everyone!  It's time for another Design Team project for the  If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .  We are up to Challenge No. 146 and it's all about lemons/lemonade/lemon cookies.   I don't know about you but the first thing I think about in summer is a nice tall glass of ice-cold lemonade! When I first moved here, lemons were super expensive.  Limes are the big thing here.  But, recently, lemons have dropped in price big time and I am now making lemonade on a regular basis again.      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.   I was cleaning out my Stampin Up stash this morning and came across this stamp set, A Happy Thing, that my friend Justin gave me many years ago.  Sadly, it has never seen ink but that all changed today.   To make this card - I started with a top f...

Hello everyone.  Welcome to Day 3 of 30 Day Coloring Challenge and Happy July 4th!  I really miss this holiday in NY.  The hot weather, knowing summer is here, and all the fireworks and food on the grill.  Here it's winter and chilly.  But we will do a BBQ this weekend too.     One of my favorite artists, Lindsay Ostrom - Creator of Cuteness , posted an adorable {free} digi on her Facebook page for July 4th.  It's actually the 99th {free} digi (out of 100) and you can find them all HERE . I printed the digi on to white cardstock twice (one to cut apart for pop-dotting).  I die cut one of the images using a double-stitched rectangle die and then I colored in the images using red, blue, and yellow/gold BIC Intensity Ultra Fine Tip Markers . On the 2nd image, I colored some of the stars and the flags, fussy cut them and adhered them to the first image with small foam tape. I made a top-folding A2 card base and, using a stitched banner ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 2 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge .  I've been having fun making slimline cards and decided to make another one today, and it's super simple to make.   I started with a piece of white cardstock, 3.25" x 8.25", on which I stamped Birthday Candle Burst from DRS Designs .   I tried to use my Misti but the paper is too long and I found that the old fashioned way of using a stamp positioner worked better.  I started by stamping the center, then the right and left sides.      Now I can use my Misti.  I put the cardstock in my Misti and stamped "Happy Birthday" using a stamp set called Simple Notes from Clear & Simple Stamps.  Sadly, they are no longer in business but I love this stamp set. Next, I colored in the candles using BIC Intensity Ultra Fine Tip Markers (my fav). I made a top-folding card to which I adhered a piece of decorative paper.  I then adhered my colored piece to a...

Hello everyone!!  Welcome to July!  Where is this year going?  I hope you, your family, and close friends are all safe and Covid-19 free! I am really happy because today starts a new 30 Day Coloring Challenge.  I don't know about you but I really need to de-stress mentally and I will be doing my best to take time each day to color.  If you want to participate check out THIS link for all the important info.  My friend Debra of Meticulosity and I have agreed to TRY and post every day to our blogs but, let's be honest here, stuff happens and I might just end up coloring a bit and will share on my Instagram each day.  If you want, you can also follow me HERE and, if you want, you can also follow Debra HERE .    For Day 1 of the Coloring Challenge, I am using a {free}  coffee image called  Love and Kindness Coloring Page   from  Artsyville .  Debra told me about it and I  had to download it and make a card usi...