World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone and welcome to the August 2020 edition of The Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas.  I cannot believe that Christmas is in 122 days!  Something new with this post - I made a video showing you guys the cards I made with a quick explanation of how I made them.   You can also check out the video directly on my YouTube Channel - HERE . The other Crafty Elves, Debra , Lisa , and Jessica , have also been busy making their Christmas cards for you to see and the links to their blogs are at the end of this post.  I hope you will find some time to show them some love also! Now, on to my cards -  Card Idea No. 1 I started by making a top-folding A2 card our of white cardstock and adhering a piece of red cardstock to the front. Using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, I cut a piece of holiday paper, which I adhered to a piece of fun foam, which i then adhered to the card front.  I stamped the Winter Village (H170/Retired) from Great Impressi...

Hello everyone and welcome to August 2020!  This year is just flying by and I cannot believe that it will be the holidays in 5 months.  If we have holidays this year!   It's time for a new challenge on the  If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog .   If you would like to play along with us, below is the "inspiration photo" that the team had to work with for Challenge No. 148.  You could make a wedding card, a floral card, a basket of flowers...plenty of ideas.     When I first saw the photo, I immediately thought of a white on white wedding card.  The card came together very quickly and, it's quite classy!  I cut a piece of heavyweight white cardstock in half on the short side.  I made my top-folding A2 card base using one half, and, with the other half, I die cut the Quilted Frame Elle-ments die from Avery Elle .  I also cut a piece of white fun foam to fit under the Quilted Frame.   I adhered t...