World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone and welcome to the June 2021 edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas.  If this is your first time here, I am one of 3 Crafty Elves - myself, Debra of  Meticulosity  and Lisa of Life of a  BZscrapper . Each month we, the 3 elves, make 4 cards for the holidays and we share them on the 25th of each month.  Sometimes we even have a Special Crafty Elf joining us.  This month, Crystal is joining us again.  She was with us last month with a quick card and this month she is back.  You might also know her as  Tawny Owl Paperie .     Now, on to my cards... Card Nos. 1 and 2 If you need to make a fast and easy card, take a look at the decorative scrapbook papers in your stash.  I pulled this sheet out to do something with but, when I looked at it, I realized that I could make some super easy slimline Christmas cards using the sides of the paper.  All they really needed was a sentiment. I s...

  Hi everyone.  I have a fun, odd, wedding card idea to share with you.  Today I was trying to finish decorating the inside of a mini album for a friend and while going thru one of the paper pads I was using ( Printshop! by Studio Calico ) I came across this one sheet with this funny "//yeah, sure//" sentiment and I immediately thought of a wedding proposal with this being the answer.  LOL I made a top-folding A2 card base using black shimmery cardstock.  I wanted this to be a black & white wedding card.   I used a stitched rectangle die to cut the part of the paper with the //yeah, sure// sentiment, which I layered on a piece of silver mirrored cardstock.  I also cut a piece of white cardstock for the inside. I adhered the "//yeah, sure//" piece to the card front. Then I adhered the white piece to the inside but, before I adhered it, I stamped So You're   Mr & Mrs.  Congratulations! which comes from the Congratulations stamp se...

Hello all!  Today I am sharing my individual Design Team post for Anthony's Paper Craft .  Our theme for this month is "anything goes" so I decided to finally get an idea out of my head.  Anthony has a bunch of "tile" images, all which can be seen HERE in the Mandala/Tile section on his website, and every time I look at them they remind me of Italian or Portuguese tiles like in the photo below.  To make my card I used one of the images from the Tiles Set 1 .  This is a set of 3 tile stamps about 1 5/8" square.  He also has the same images in a larger stamp too.  But that's another card idea sitting in my head.  I pulled out a tool that many stampers have forgotten about - the stamp positioner like a Stampa-ma-jig .  You know, the precursor to the Misti stamping tool.  I did not think I could make this card using the Misti.  Too much work.   I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die.  Th...

  Hello everyone!  I wanted to share another mini album that I recently made with a "Love" or "Amor" theme to it.  The Brasilian version of Valentine's Day is coming up in June and it's perfect for photos of your husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend...lover.   I used the Gatefold Folio tutorial from Your Book of Memories along with a bunch of papers from my stash including some older paper pads from Michael's and papers from OK Scrapbook and Oficina do Papel, both Brasilian paper companies.   I even made the box for the album, which is not part of the tutorial.   Below is a link to the video walk-thru over on my YouTube channel.  Here are photos of the book.  The book measures 7" x 8" x 2" and holds a minimum of 35 photos with space in the pocket for at least another 15-20 photos.   Even the front cover and the flip side of the cover have space for photos.   I had a lot of fun making this album and box.  If ...