World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone.  Today I want to share a quick card I made for a photographer friend who has a birthday coming up.  Since the paper I decided to use has hexagons as part of the design, I knew it would be perfect for the current card challenge on the Less Is More Challenge Blog since the recipe is ... hexagons.    I started with a top-folding A2 card base of white cardstock.  Then I die-cut a 3.75" x 5" stitched rectangle die from the Stitched Rectangle Set 1 Dies from Pink & Main . I pulled out some balloon dies I have and decided to use the Balloon Die Set from Top Dog Dies.  I know it's retired but there are so many companies with balloon dies that, if you wanted to case or copy this card, you have lots of options. I die cut the largest balloon die using one of the designs from the 24/Seven paper pad by Simple Stories .  The sheet has hexagons all over it and one of them has a camera image.  Perfect. I adhered the camera to the stitc...

  Hello everyone.  So it seems there is a lot going on this week related to coffee.  Wednesday, September 29th is National Coffee Day - a celebration of all things coffee in the USA and Canada.   And then, on Friday, October 1st, is International Coffee Day.  Phew!   To read all about National Coffee Day and to see 57 deals, discounts, and freebies related to coffee...check out THIS link.   I wanted to make a quick card and other than waiting for the glossy accents to dry on the cups, this card is very quick to make. I started by making a 3 5/8" x 8 5/8" slimline card base using Kraft cardstock.    Then, I die-cut another piece of the Kraft cardstock using the largest stitched die from the Slim Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Pink Fresh Studio .   Next, I randomly stamped 3 of the cups from the Coffee 2 set from Anthony's Paper Craft with Coffee Archival Ink all over the stitched Kraft piece.    Using th...

    Hello everyone and welcome to the September 2021 edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas. I cannot believe that Christmas is 3 months away!  Well, the elves...myself,  Debra of  Meticulosity , and Lisa of  Life of a BZScrapper , have been busy this month making new card ideas to share with you guys.   I was so busy preparing for a class that I was worried I would not have 4 cards made.  But I was able to come up with 4 cool ideas and I hope you like them.  Links to all the other Crafty Elves' projects and social media links are at the end of this post. Now, on to my cards! Card No. 1   This card!  I loved making this card!  And here's an interesting fact about me...something only a few people know...Justin...Sue...Debra....I am NOT a fan of these triangle vector trees.  Yes, I know most trees are triangular but I like real looking trees.  But when I saw this digital set of the  Christmas tree...

  Hello everyone.  My friend Debra of Meticulosity and I talked about collaborating and making cards for fun, interesting and/or strange holidays thru the year.  This is our first collaboration and it's for International Day of Peace.  It's a United Nations holiday and you can read all about it HERE . The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly.  20 years later, in 2001, they unanimously voted to designate today as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.   Deb and I are really posting over on our IG pages, links below, but I wanted to add my post here too for those that are not on Instagram.   Debra's IG Page - djdavison814 My IG Page - World Of Michael Trent I wanted to make a super simple card.  But I needed a peace sign image.  So I hopped on to Etsy and found THIS  floral peace sign digital image. ...

    Hello everyone.  Today's card was really fun to make and it's for a fun cause and for two great people.  A "do-over birthday".  Back story - my friends Debra and Amy both have August birthdays and both of their birthday months...well, they sucked.  So they talked and decided to have a "do-over day" - yesterday - and each of them have giveaways over on their respective IG pages to celebrate.  Make sure that you head over to Debra at @djdavison814 and Amy at @craftee1 and follow the directions for your chance to win something awesome. I'm not taking part but I wanted to make a fun card to re-celebrate their birthdays.  Since both are ADDICTED to coffee, as am I, I went with a birthday coffee card.   I started with a blank coffee-to-go template.  I printed 4 of them on a piece of white cardstock and then I fussy cut 2 of them completely and the other two I cut the images out.  You'll understand in a second.  I placed ea...

Hello everyone!  Did you know that today is  Positive Thinking Day ?  I didn't either until one of my weird/strange holiday sites told me it was.   From the link hightlighted above -  Today is all about attitude...a positive attitude.  It's a lot like the ant when faced with moving a rubber tree plant.  He thought "I think I can".  With that in mind, I just know that everything will go fine from this day forward.   The power of positive thinking is absolutely astounding.  Medical research confirms that a positive attitude works wonders at fighting disease and ailments, from the common cold to cancer.  People with an "I think I can" attitude, are far more likely to succeed at work, and in accomplishing every goal they set in life.   So I decided to make a quick card to send some positive vibes out into the world, something I think we can all use these days.    The first thing I thought of for "Positive T...

  Hello everyone!  Halloween will soon be upon us and I love making Halloween cards.  I really miss this holiday.  The Halloween Parade in NYC, the costumes, all the decorations in the stores and on the streets.  But, most of all, I miss Candy Corn.  LOL I recently found a new card challenge blog called  The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Blog .  This month's challenge is September Anything Halloween and the mood board, which is below, is perfect for me to use my favorite retired Halloween stamp, Skull Stack by Stampendous .   Even though it's retired I love pulling it out each year.  It's perfect for googly eyes too, much to the dismay of my friend Debra.   I started by making a top-folding A2 card to which I adhered one of the Halloween papers from the Halloween Market paper from Carta Bella.  Then I stamped the Skulls Stack image on white cardstock, die cut it with a rectangle die, layered it on a piece of bla...

  Hello...Hello...hello everyone!  There is a new card challenge blog on the block called The Four Seasons Challenge Blog that my friend Debra told me about. They will be having monthly challenges and the themes will always be an "anything goes theme" based on the season that that month is in.  I love this idea.   Their first challenge is up and running and it's an Anything Goes Fall theme and will run thru September 25th with winners being announced on the 28th.  Here is the mood board for September. I decided to make a sunflower slimline card. Sunflowers are my favorite flower and nothing makes me happier than finding a sunflower field to walk thru, which we have many of here in June and July, our Autumn.   For inspiration, I used this photo of me and one of our dogs, Bella, in a field we found just 2 months ago.  I love the blue sky behind the sunflowers. I used a stamp/die combo called Sunflowers from Divinity Designs.  I stampe...