World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the November 2023 Edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas.   If this is your first time here, on the 25th of each month, I take part in a Christmas collab with some of my Crafty Elf friends - Debra of  Meticulosity  and  Lisa of  Life of a BZScrapper  - and we each post a fun Christmas or Holiday card to help inspire you to make your own.   This month we have a Guest Crafty Elf -  Amy Tsuruta of  Craftee1 .  Links to all of our cards and our social media pages are at the end of this post.  This month I decided to make a Hanukkah card since I have not made one in some time and the first night of Hanukkah is December 7th. Using a piece of white cardstock, I made a top-folding A2 card base. I put double-sided tape behind two pieces of glittered fun foam - one silver, the other dark blue.  Then I cut them into strips and adhered them to the card front alternating betw...

  Hello everyone!  Welcome to, not only November but also a new "He Made It/She Made It" collaboration with my friend Debra of Meticulosity  and fellow Technique Junkies Design Team Member.      The end of the year is almost here, the holidays will soon be upon us (don't ask what holidays), and we're all getting a bit stressed.  This month Debra and I decided to use the brand-new Bottle Won't Open stamp , part of the November 2023 Stamp Release  from  Technique Junkies .   I made a 5" x 7" card base to which I adhered a piece of Christmas designer paper. I embossed a piece of gold mirror cardstock using an embossing folder from here with different wine names - perfect for the sentiment. I adhered the embossed gold mirror cardstock to a piece of black fun foam, and then to the card front. I stamped  Bottle Won't Open  on white cardstock, die-cut it with a stitched square die, layered it on the same designer paper as th...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the November 2023 New Stamp Release  from  Technique Junkies .  This month there are 11 new stamps with something for everyone - vintage, sentiments, animals, Christmas, and even a mushroom and snail.       The stamps in the November 2023 Stamp Release are 15% off through Wednesday, November 8th - no code needed - and, if you use my code - TJ10Michael - you can take an additional 10% off the rest of the website.   If you love them all, take advantage of the  Gotta Have It All deal where you get all 11 new stamps for $50.88 - normally $67.55.  You save $16.56 with this deal.    To kick off this new release, I made this Christmas card using the new Bottle Won't Open which I paired with Champagne Toast .  I made a 5.5" square card using red cardstock.   I stamped Champagne Toast on a piece of 5" square white cardstock using black ink, adhered it to a piece of ...