World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone and Happy Thanksgiving.  I am in a group on Facebook called " Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Group " in which there is a sketch challenge taking place.  I decided to participate using the Snowball Stand image from Anthony's Paper Craft .  This stamp is not available to purchase yet but is free during his Black Friday sale and you can find the details at the end of this post. The sketch we had to use when making our card is below.  For my card base, I decided to make a 6" square card using red cardstock.  Then I cut a piece of decorative paper I had in my stash to 5.75" x 5.75".  I adhered the decorative paper to a piece of black fun foam and then to my card front. Then I stamped the Snowball Stand image on to white cardstock and cut it out using the largest die in the Petite Ovals Large Nestabilities set (S4-138) .  I also die cut a piece of red cardstock using the largest die in the Petite Scalloped Ovals Large set (S4-139) ...

  Hello everyone.  This is a more detailed step by step on how to make Card No. 4 (of 4) from the November 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas.   Links to the other 3 cards as well as the links to the other Crafty Elves' blog post can be found at the end of this post.   I decided to make some super easy note cards because sometimes you just want to add a note to a present.  I used the brand new digital image from  Three Room Studio  called  Winter Wreath .  Only 1 is shown in the post but I was able to make 4.  I printed out the Winter Wreath image at 55% on to a piece of A4 cardstock - I am able to get 4 images per sheet.   I cut each of the images using a circle die from Spellbinders.  Then I cut a piece of red cardstock using the next size die up and adhered the image to the red cardstock. I made 4 top-folding note cards at 4" x 4" to which I adhered two different papers from the Chris...

  Hello everyone.  This is a more detailed step by step on how to make Card No. 3 (of 4) from the November 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas.   Links to the other 3 cards as well as the links to the other Crafty Elves' blog post can be found at the end of this post.   I wanted to make a super simple and fast card for Hanukkah and this idea was bouncing around in my head.  A few weeks ago I received the  Happy Hanukkah Script Die  from Pretty Pink Posh .  The week I got it, I also found a package of thin multi-colored washi tape here in the mall.  And I wanted the two to get married. I started by making a 6" x 6" card base from white cardstock.  Using the  Happy Hanukkah Collection  from  Photo Play Paper , I adhered one of the designs (Peace & Light) to the card front.  Then I cut a piece of silver cardstock, 5.5" x 5.5", and adhered that in the center.   Then I cut anothe...

Hello everyone.  This is a more detailed step by step on how to make Card No. 2 from the November 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas .   Links to the other 3 cards as well as the links to the other Crafty Elves' blog posts are at the bottom of this post.  I used this stamp back in January 2020, which you can see HERE .  But when slimline cards started to get hot this year, I wanted to do another card, vertically, using this same stamp.   I started by making a top folding slimline card, 4" x 9", to which I adhered a piece of decorative Christmas paper to the front.  I also cut a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 8.5", and then die cut it using one of the dies from the Edgers Confetti Cuts by Reverse Confetti . I also cut a piece of white fun foam to go under the white cardstock and used the same die on the bottom.  Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the string of lights from the Light Up The Holidays set from Your Next St...

Hello everyone.  This is a more detailed step by step on how to make Card No. 1 from the November 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas . This adorable city scene with a Big Red Bus filled with tourist snow {people} is not a clean and simple card but worth it for someone special in your life.    Links to the other 3 cards as well as links to the other Crafty Elves' cards are at the bottom of this post. As I mentioned in my main post, the idea for this card has been floating around in my head for almost 2 years and it felt great to get it out.  And I love how it came out.    I started by making a 4.25" x 8.75" top folding slimline card from white cardstock.  Along the bottom of the front of the card, I adhered a strip of THIS dotted-line washi tape to act as the road along which the bus is driving. I die cut the Memory Box Cityscape Die 4 times. Twice from black cardstock and twice from a grayish/cement cardstock.  There are so...

  Hello everyone and welcome to the November 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas that I do each month, on the 25th, with some other Crafty Elves - Debra of Meticulosity and  Lisa of Life of a BZscrapper .   Each month we bring you 4 ideas for Christmas/Holiday cards with the idea that, by the end of the year, you will have enough to send out to those that deserve to receive a handmade card.  Links to a more detailed step by step for each card is at the end of this post.       Card No. 1 The idea for this card has been floating around in my head for at least 2 years.  I am terrible at putting things back where they belong so when I would find the snowmen stamps, I would not be able to find the dies.  Then I would find the dies but not the stamps.  LOL I started by making a top-folding slimline card, 4.24" x 8.75" to which I aligned dotted line washi tape along the bottom. I die cut the Citiscape Die (Memor...