World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone!  It's the 25th of the month and that means a new Crafty Elf post.  Welcome to the February Edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas. As usual, Debra, Lisa, and I have been busy this month (and it's a short month too) making 4 new holiday cards to share with you.  My cards are below and links to Debra's and Lisa's blogs and Instagram accounts are at the end of this post.  Now, on to my cards... Card No. 1 These three stamps from Impression Obsession have been hanging in front of my work desk for months. Mocking me.  Begging me to use them.  And I finally have!  LOL I made a 6" square card base using white cardstock. I stamped the Cover-a-Card Holly stamp on to another piece of white cardstock using a Pine Green ink pad by Marvy Matchables (old and from my stash) and then I embossed it with clear embossing powder.   I trimmed it to a 5 5/8" square, layered it on to a piece of black cardstock leaving a sliver of a bo...

Hello everyone!  Today is the Anthony's Paper Craft Design Team monthly blog hop - the first for 2021.  This month we are throwing our support behind Lori Kobular and her  "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Blog Hop .  Anthony's Paper Craft is one of 23 amazing sponsors on her blog hop and we thought it would be fun to show our support by doing one ourselves. According to the Turner Syndrome Foundation -  The butterfly has become the symbol for "Turner Girls" because, just like a butterfly, they are considered fragile and beautiful miracles.  Because it represents femininity, strength, and uniqueness, the butterfly was designated by TSSUS to become the Turner Syndrome symbol.  "Butterflies fly on their own which is our hope for our girls." On March 1, Anthony's Paper Craft is releasing a brand new butterfly stamp set called Butterflies 3 and two of these sets are being offered as a prize on the It's A Girl Thing Turner Syndrome 2021 B...

  Hello everyone.  I am honored to be taking part in the "Love Wins" Instagram Hop.   The purpose of this hop is to support and bring awareness to LGBT+ creators and craft companies that support the community. I decided to also do a blog post for those that would like a more detailed step by step of how I made cards or the products I used.  BUT...in order to participate in the hop and be eligible to win some amazing prizes, please go check out my IG Page - HERE - for all the details.   The hop runs from today, February 14, 2021 (Valentine's Day) until Saturday, February 20, 2121 and there are some really cool giveaways to win.  I was asked to make 1 card but I ended up making 3 cards.  I guess you can call this blog post "Love Wins Three Ways" and I hope y'all like what I created.   My cards were really all inspired by  THIS art print that I found on Etsy a few weeks ago by chance.  {If you love it, go buy it!} As soon a...

  Hello everyone!!  Today is my day to showcase my Design Team project for Anthony's Paper Craft .  We have two main themes going on this month - a sneak peek of the new March 2021 release as well as Valentine's Day.  My card covers both of these.   But, before I get on with today's card, I want to remind everyone that Anthony's Paper Craft is also one of 23 Sponsors for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome 2021 Blog Hop .  There are lots of prizes to be won.  I hope you can take some time to go support this cause.  There is also a prize over on my own blog, which you can check out HERE .     Now, for today's card, which uses a new stamp being released on March 1st called Love Frame.   I started by make a top-folding A2 card base with red cardstock.    I cut a piece of white cardstock using the largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Set 1 from Pink & Main .  Then I stamped the Love Frame image...

  Hello everyone!!  As some of you may know, February is Turner Syndrome Awareness Month, and each year I participate in a blog hop helping to bring awareness of Turner Syndrome.  The 2021 Blog Hop is happening now and there are lots of prizes to be won.  And, if you make a card and promote it on your social media, you will have even chances to win.  All the info you need is HERE . I've already made one card, which you can see HERE , but I wanted to make some more.  Butterflies are the symbol of Turner Syndrome so I pulled out one of my favorite butterfly stamps for this card - Swallowtail from Stampin Up.  It's long retired but still a great image. I started with a piece of white cardstock. 5" x 5", which I place in my Misti, and then I stamped the Swallowtail butterfly image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.   I colored in my image using a variety of Dual Brush Tombow pens trying to stay as close to the colors of the Mood Board.  I...

  Hello everyone and welcome to my project for the "It's A Girl Thing: Turner Syndrome Awareness 3rd Annual Blog Hop" (that's a mouthful) and, this year, we have added a Card Challenge - so that people can play along with us and win prizes. What is Turner Syndrome?  It's a genetic disorder where a female is born missing partial or all of her second X chromosome, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities.  This condition occurs one in every 2,000 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term.  This is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES! 22 Caring and Generous Sponsors and 12 Design Team Members are offering prizes to a commenter and card maker and they are helping bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the public.  For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's Turner Syndrome Home Page .  And thank you for learning about Turner Syndrome....