World Of Michael Trent

  Hello...hello...hello!  First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to those that celebrate.  Second, welcome to the December 2022 edition of the Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas, where, on the 25th of each month, the elves - me, Debra of Meticulosity , Lisa of Life of a BZScrapper , and Misty of The Jolly Fat Elf - post some ideas and creations to help you with your Christmas and holiday cardmaking. I celebrate everything this time of year.  Yesterday was my birthday and, being Jewish, I celebrate Hanukkah.  But, since all of my friends growing up were Catholic and Italian, I also love to decorate and shop for Christmas.  I hope everyone had a great holiday, no matter what you celebrate.   This month, instead of showing you ideas for Christmas or Hanukkah, I thought I would show you some ideas for New Year cards - if you make them.   For both of these card ideas, I used two dies from my stash - both from Memory Box - Share T...

  Hey, y'all.  Are you in need of some super easy, fast-to-make, fun, and noisy shaker cards for your family and/or friends celebrating Hanukkah/Chanukah?  Maybe you are not a stamper.  This might be the post you needed.    To start, you need some Hanukkah/Chanukah paper or some 4" x 5" journaling cards.  There are several companies that put out a Hanukkah/Chanukah paper collection but I went with the Happy Hanukkah Collection from Simple Stories .  The collection is available as a physical paper collection and a digital collection .  I bought the digital version.  I started with 2 different journaling cards.  Although I printed 4 of them, I will only use 1 of each for this blog post.  I can fit 4 on a sheet of A4 white cardstock at 80%.  If you have the physical collection, you can just cut the cards out.  They should be the 4" x 5" cards.  Next, I die-cut each of the journaling cards using the 2nd largest stit...

  Hello everyone and welcome to another Woodblock Wednesday post.  This is the day that I dust off a woodblock stamp and finally ink it up.  Most of the time I am also using other stamps and supplies from my stash that need some loving.  I am playing along with my friend Amy Tsurata in her Woodblock Wednesday Challenge .   If you would like to play along, use the graphic below and remember to use #woodblockwednesday and #woodblockstamps in your post so that we can see what you created.   For today's Woodblock Wednesday, I am using a large background stamp from The Artful Stamper .  I have had this in my stash for years and, sadly, I did not see it on their site.  But, you can go check them out because they have some really nice images.  I am also using a retired rubber stamp (not on the wood) from Memory Box .  I started by stamping the image on a piece of white cardstock using Vintage Green Vivid Inkpad by Clearsnap.  It ...

  Hello everyone.  Today is a new "Yes, It's a Holiday" collaboration with my friend  Debra  and today we are celebrating National Christmas Lights Day !  I love Christmas lights.  Especially white ones.  I am such a bad Jewish boy.  But, I love the menorah too!  LOL According to National Today , before the invention of electric lights, families would balance candles on branches of their Christmas trees.  I betcha there were way too many fires during those times.  Electric Christmas lights were first invented in 1880 by Thomas Edison, who promptly strung them all over the outside of his Menlo Park lab.  You can read more about this cool holiday by clicking on the link below: https://nationaltoday.com/national-christmas-lights-day/ To help celebrate today, I made two cards using the same image with only 1 big difference.  But, first I needed an image of Christmas lights, which I didn't seem to have.  Well, I probably d...