Yes, It Is a Holiday - National Superhero Day

  

Hello everyone and welcome to another "Yes, It is a Holiday" or "Yes, It's a Holiday" blog post.  

Today is National Superhero Day and I am pretty sure that we can all use a Superhero these days to make things right in the world.  Marvel employees created this day in 1995 to celebrate everyone's favorite superhero and to honor those who serve and protect while fighting evil.  

Check out all the cool info about today's holiday below.  

https://nationaltoday.com/national-crayon-day/

I don't know if I have a favorite superhero but if I had to pick one...it would be Dr. Strange.  

In honor of today's holiday, I made this fast card using the Parker the Superpiggy stamp from Stamping Bella (retired) that I had in my stash.

I started by cutting the Cityscape die from Memory Box (retired) from a piece of black cardstock and the silhouette die from a piece of yellow cardstock and glued the two together.  

I cut a piece of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die.  I really wanted to use a sunburst stencil for the background but could not for the life of me find mine.  Yes, I need to organize!  

So I grabbed the Stencil Burst stencil from The Crafter's Workshop, adhered it over the white cardstock, and, using a makeup brush, brushed on some Lemon Drop, Sweet Mango, and Powder Blue inks from Gina K. Designs.   

I stamped and colored Parker, the Superpiggy and then fussy cut him.  

I adhered the Cityscape to the bottom of the card front.  Then I adhered Parker using foam tape.  

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment, cut it out, layered it on a piece of black cardstock and adhered it to the card front.  Then I adhered the whole piece to a white card base. 

Done.  
   

I hope you can find some time to check out the cards that Debra and Lori made for today's fun holiday.  Links are below to our Instagram pages.  

  

Me

Debra

Lori

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.  Enjoy the rest of your day and try to be a superhero to at least 1 person today.  

Hugs from Brasil -
Michael

The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas - April 2022 Edition

 

Hello everyone and welcome to the April 2022 edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas. 

If you are just joining us, on the 25th of each month, the Crafty Elves - Debra of Meticulosity, Lisa of Life of a BZScrapper, and myself - post {up to} 4 Christmas/Holiday card ideas.  Instead of stressing in November to make holiday cards, we make them each month so, at the end of the year, we are ready to send them out.  And we hope to inspire you to do the same. 

Links to Debra's and Lisa's projects, as well as links to all of our social media pages, are at the end of this post.    

Now, on to my cards!

Idea Nos. 1 and 2

These 2 cards were made using two different stamps from Rubber Cottage, sold by Simply Stampin.  They sell a lot of other brands too - so go check them out. 

The first card uses Peeking Snowman and the 2nd card uses Snowflakes. They are both adorable stamps and quick to color. 

• I started by stamping my images on white cardstock.  Then I die cut each of the images using a different size die from the Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Pink & Main. 
• I colored them using BIC Intensity Markers.
• The sentiment on the Peeking Snowman card is a rub-on I found in my stash from American Crafts.
• I layered each of the colored images onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto decorative papers from my stash.  
• Lastly, on the Peeking Snowman card, I added some snowflakes from the Snow Burst die by Memory Box (retired) and some Frosted Lace Stickles on each of them.

  
  

  

  
  

  

Idea No. 3

This is a super fast and simple card to make using Tweet Love Birds from Your Next Stamp.

• I started by making a top-folding A2 card base using white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of decorative holiday paper.
• Then I cut another piece of white cardstock using one of the dies from the Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Pink & Main, on which I stamped the Tweet Love Birds image and one of the sentiments.
• I colored in the image and adhered it to a piece of red cardstock and then to the card front. 
• Lastly, some red Stickles on the berries.  

Idea No. 4

 

Here is another simple card to make using the Christmas Baubles digital stamp from Lili of the Valley (LOTV) on Etsy. 

• Using white cardstock I made my 3.75" x 7.25" card base.   
• I printed 2 of the Christmas Baubles images, trimmed one of them to 3.5" x 7", and colored it in using BIC Intensity markers.  For the other image, I colored only the ornaments.  Then I fussy cut them and adhered them to the card front using foam tape.  
• Lastly, some stickles on the leaves and berries and ornaments and a simple "Merry Christmas" sentiment on the inside.   

And there they are - 4 quick, simple, and fun Christmas card ideas.  

I hope you can find some time to visit the other Crafty Elves also.  Debra and Lisa also have amazing card ideas for the holiday season.  

Debra's Blog Post - Meticulosity

Debra's IG Page - djdavison814

Lisa's Blog Post - Life of a BZscrapper

Lisa's IG Page - bzscrapper

My IG Page - worldofmichaeltrent

My Facebook Page - World Of Michael Trent

My YouTube Page - World of Michael Trent

I'd love to know what you think of my card ideas.  And, until next time...hugs from Brasil!

~Michael

Happy Easter with Bunny Butts

Hello everyone!  I know that Easter is right around the corner and, as usual, I am late in getting my ideas out of my head.  But today I have a super fun and quick card for you that I hope you love.  And a short blog post.  

If you wish to make this card too, here are the supplies I used:

1. Bunny Butts stencil from A Colorful Life Designs
2. Innocent Pink, Sea Glass, and Lemon Drop inks from Gina K Designs
3. Mini Blending Brushes from Gina K Designs
4. Easter Wishes Mega Collection from Snap Click Supply - this is the digital version of the Easter Wishes paper collection from Echo Park.  

I started by making a top-folding A2 card base out of white cardstock to which I adhered one of the papers from the Easter Wishes Collection from Echo Park.  

Then I printed one of the solid colors from the same paper collection, cut a piece to 3.5"x 5"and adhered it to the center of the card front.

Believe it or not but I did not have a "Happy Easter" stamp.  So I made one on the computer and printed it on a piece of white cardstock and then trimmed it to 3.25" x 4.75". 

I placed the Bunny Butts stencil in the center, secured it with some washi tape, and used the mini blending brushes to apply one of each color to one of each of the bunnies. 

I then adhered this to the center of the card and, lastly, I adhered a small pompom to each of the Bunny Butts.  LOL 

Done!

I'd love to know what you think of this card.  I love the simplicity of it.  Have you made any Easter cards yet?  

Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil. 

Michael