World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone and welcome to the February 2023 Edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas.  If you are new here, the Countdown happens on the 25th of each month when some Crafty Elves - me ( World of Michael Trent ), Debra ( Meticulosity ), Lisa ( BZScrapper ), and Misty ( The Jolly Fat Elf) - share some card ideas to help you during the year with your holiday cards.   Last month's post was, I have to say, an AMAZING CARD but also a really long blog post.  So, this month, I thought I would keep it short and simple.  I used two stamps from Technique Junkies - Vintage Botanical Holly as my main image and two different sentiments from the Gifts of Christmas set.   The only other thing you need is embossing powder and a Versamark or clear embossing ink pad. Card No. 1 I made a top-folding A2 card using red cardstock. I cut two pieces of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die measuring 4" x 5.25".  One I adhered on the ins...

  Hello all!  I wanted to pop in here and spread some good news.  A few weeks ago I was cleaning out a box and I found some rubber stamps that I bought years ago from QKR Stampede and Eureka Stamps .  I was talking about this to my friend Sue since she was my rubber stamp roadie when I lived in the states and, the next day, she tells me that QKR Stampede was looking to add people to their design team - but with a catch.  They would only be using digital stamps, which is right up my alley. I applied...sent them the usual...blog, IG page, crafty resume and, this week they contacted me asking me if I would join their team.   Of course, I said YES!  So I am now one of the newest members of the QKR Stampede Design Team.  I will make a card on the 1st and 15th of each month using digital stamps from either QKR or Eureka.  Of course, my card will be on the QKR Stampede Blog , I will have a blog post here, and I will have links to everything I ...

  Hello everyone.  The last 2-3 years have been crazy and I've made a lot of albums to keep me busy and my mind elsewhere.  About 2 years ago I made this photography-themed album for Ruy using the Album in a Box tutorial from Your Book of Memories and I paired it with digital papers from A Whimsical Adventure on Etsy and the digital version of the Mamma Razzi Collection from Bo Bunny, which I got on Snap Click Supply.  Links to everything I used is at the end of this post, after the photos.  I saw it this week and realized that I never shared this book - anywhere - so I'm doing this now.  I love this album a lot and want to make it again.  Soon.  Maybe.  This is such a cool book to make.  It actually goes together pretty quickly and I loved making it.  You can see a walk-thru of this album over on my YouTube Channel by clicking below -  Below are photos of the book but the video goes into more description than I can get in any ...

  Hello everyone and welcome to a new "Yes, It's A Holiday" collaboration with my friends Debra ( @djdavison814 ) and Lori ( @mamakobs ).  Today we are celebrating National Send A Card To A Friend Day .  I love getting a handmade card in the mail.  Knowing that a person took the time to sit down and make this card to send to me says a lot about that person.  I'm a bad person.  I make cards every week!  Do I ever send any?  No.  Well, today, that changes.  I have a few cards to send today and I cannot wait for the recipients to get them!  According to National Today, the earliest cards are from the 15th century when Europeans adopted the idea of sending paper greeting cards.  Mass production started in the 1860s and Hallmark was founded in 1910, which is the largest and oldest manufacturer of cards in America.   To make today's card... I started with a sheet of decorative paper that had vintage postcards all over ...

  Today I am one of the makers in the first Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism Instagram Hop of 2023 -  #papercraftersuniteagainstracism.  The hop continues tomorrow with new makers. The goal of this hop is to raise awareness about: - anti-racism; - BLM (Black Lives Matter); - to stand with and demonstrate solidarity with, sadly, so many causes...Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (APPI), the Jewish and Palestinian people, and other oppressed minorities. Basically, be kind and respect others.  Even if you do not agree with them or their views.  They might not agree with yours either.     For my notecards today, I went simple.  I used the Wave Form Cover Die from Altenew to cut 6 different colors from the Harvest Gathering Matstack from DCWV.  I wanted these colors to represent different skin tones in humanity.  Then I used one of each color to form the different card fronts....