World Of Michael Trent

Hello all and welcome to a new Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas Collaboration with my fellow Crafty Elves - Debra of Meticulosity , Lisa of Life of a BZ Scrapper , and Misty of The Jolly Fat Elf .  If this is your first time here, every 25th of the month, the Crafty Elves share 1 Christmas/Holiday card with everyone to help them on their holiday card-making journey.  All of our social media links can be found at the end of my post.  The idea for this card was so random it's crazy.  These two stamps were laying on my desk for other ideas and, at one point, I looked down at saw the words "we" and "beachy", noticed the couple could be a "we" and wondered how can I turn this into a Christmas card?  A few minutes later, while looking for something, I found the Santa hat dies in my stash and I figured, put a Santa hat on the mermaid and see where this goes.   Hence, this card! To make it even more fun, I added some sand and made the mermaid all iride...

   As soon as I saw the Sky Above stamp from the June 2023 Release from Technique Junkies I immediately had this vision of laying on a beach, looking out at the blue water, with a blue sky above me, and peace within me. Corny, yes.  But nothing makes me happier than being on a beach.   Have you seen the June 2023 Release?    For my first card, I wanted a tropical/beachy background, so I did a search on Google for "free tropical landscape backgrounds", found a photo that would work, saved it, printed it, and trimmed it to 3.75" x 5".  Then I used a piece of turquoise cardstock and embossed it with the Waves 3D Embossing Folder from Memory Box.   I adhered the Waves background to my card front, and then I adhered the photo I printed.  I really only needed the blue background to show.  Next, I stamped Sky Above on white cardstock, trimmed it, layered it on a piece of turquoise cardstock, and adhered this to the card front usin...

  Hello everyone!  I hope your summer is off to a good start.  We are heading towards winter here in Sao Paulo and, sadly, it's a bit colder than normal.  At least we don't get snow here.  Yet!  Today, June 15th, starts a new QKR Stampede "Anything Goes" Challenge .   I need a few notecards to send to friends and, since mail from here to anywhere else in the world takes forever, I decided to use this snail digi image to reflect that.  LOL For this card I used Hitching A Ride ,  Hi , and Quote Balloon  - all available on the Want2Scrap website.  I started by importing Hitching A Ride, Quote Balloon, and Hi into Pages on my Mac. I sized it for an A2 card and positioned the "Hi" in the center of the Quote Balloon image.  Then I printed two of these on white cardstock. I fully colored one of the images and on the 2nd, I fussy cut the Quote Balloon with the Hi inside.  I also made a top-folding A2 card from white cardstoc...

Hi everyone and welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday.  When I woke up this morning I saw Amy's new Woodblock Wednesday blog post and decided to make a quick fun card.  She has 2 giveaways this month and you can check it all out on her blog by clicking HERE .  I have not joined her on her Woodblock Wednesdays because I have been so busy with classes and making folios but I made time today to have a little fun! Since the sponsor this time is Hero Arts , I went thru my stash and found 2 older wood-mounted Hero Arts stamps - Cup of Coffee and Envelope Pattern (both retired) and, for my sentiment, Cup of Love , which is now a printable image you can buy on their site.   My sentiment is a clear stamp but, since it's also Hero Arts and my other two images are wood-mounted, I felt I could get away with it this time.  LOL I started by making a top-folding A2 card base using Kraft cardstock.  Then I stamped Envelope Pattern using Coffee Archival Ink on a piece ...

Hi everyone.  Although my dad is no longer with me, I still love to make Father's Day cards as if I was making one for him.  And I get to make them twice.  Father's Day in the USA is on June 18th this year and here in Brasil, it's on August 13th.  My dad loved the water.  Before meeting my mom, he was in the US Navy and he got to see the world before getting married, which is probably why he had no problem with me moving to Brasil.  He also loved to go fishing - at least when I was a young kid he did.  Hence the theme of this card. Gratuitous Photo of My Dad in the Navy I made this card yesterday using 3 rubber stamps from Technique Junkies - Ephemera Collage for the background, Row for the main image, and Happy Father's Day for the sentiment.  If you are interested in any of these stamps, or anything else on the Technique Junkies website, you save 10% by using my "friends and family discount code" - TJ10Michael.  Yes, I might earn a smal...

    Hey everyone.  Welcome to Pride Month 2023 and a new Equality For All "Pride 2023" Collaboration with Misty, aka The Jolly Fat Elf .  I won't go into a big blah, blah, blah about the hate being thrown at the LGBTQIA community since it's all over the news.  And, I want my posts this month to be fun, filled with Pride, rainbows, and lots of bright colors.   So, let's get started. Today I made a slimline card - an idea that has been in my head for over 2 years.  I love the "Converse" sneakers in the Stand Up For America digital stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard  and I have made many cards using this set for July 4th.  But, with the stripes on one of the sneakers, I've always seen a Pride card too, and it feels great to finally get this idea out of my head.       I started by printing one of the papers from the Rainbow Vibes Digital Paper Pack from Graciellie Design , and the Converse sneakers from the Stand Up F...

  Hello everyone!  I hope y'all are doing well.  Me?  Well, I am super excited to announce that Pat, the brains behind Technique Junkies , asked me to join the Technique Junkies Design Team and, of course, I accepted.  This has been a dream for a long time.   About 15 years ago, Anna of The Ink Pad (at that time, NYC's only rubber stamp store) asked me to help her out in her booth in, I believe, Long Island's first-ever rubber stamp show.  I had never been around so much crafty goodness in one spot.  It was so long ago that clear stamps had yet to be invented.   Pat was at that show.  We met, we talked, I bought a lot.  And I bought more every time I saw her at a show.  After moving here I would buy when I went back to visit or I had friends pick stamps up for me and send them to me.   And now, I am on the Design Team and very happy.  You've probably seen other posts where I used Technique Junkies stamp...

  Hello everyone.  We are back!  The QKR Stampede Design Team had to take a month off because if you have not heard, Stamp On It sold their stamp lines to Want 2 Scrap and they needed time to get all of the fantastic images up on their site.  Not all the images are there yet and they are working their butts off - so keep checking back. My Design Team ideas for the new May 1st QKR Stampede "Anything Goes" Challenge are a 4th of July card and a simple 4th of July tag.  I really love making anything for the 4th of July / Independence Day.  I have color combo issues but, with a red, white, and blue color base, ideas are easy peasy.   Wanna make this card too?  Here's how to do it. I made a top-folding A2 card using white cardstock.   I printed one of the 4th of July Digital Papers that I bought from Bella Creative Design on Etsy , and die cut it using the largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Set 1 dies from  Pink & Mai...

  Hello everyone and welcome to a new "Yes, It's a Holiday" collaboration with my friends Debra and Lori over on Instagram.  This month we are kicking it off on the 1st of the month because on June 1st National Give A Bunch of Balloons Month begins.    Yes, this truly is a holiday and it lasts all month!  According to National Today , National Give a Bunch of Balloons Month is celebrated in June to raise awareness about children who are sick and to find ways to reduce their suffering and spread joy in their lives.  The simple fact is that giving a child a balloon can lift their spirits and make them happy.  You can read more about this holiday by clicking on the links.  And what better way for a cardmaker to help celebrate than by making a card that is filled with balloons.  I picked today's holiday because of the paper, below, that I have in my stash.  It's called Feliz Aniversario, which means Happy Birthday in English, and is made...