Welcome to the World of Michael Trent, a crazy American artist living in the countryside of Sao Paulo, Brasil. A person in love with paper, stencils, rubber stamps, and markers. The creator of StenDoodle, a technique that merges stencils with doodling. I hope you enjoy your time in my World!
Welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday - the day of the week dust off and use a woodblock stamp or stamps to make a card or cards. Today I am joining Amy and Tsuruta Designs for her January Edition of Woodblock Wednesday. If you play along, link up on her blog - there is a new sponsor and a prize to be won.
I made 2 cards today - almost the same - an Easter card and a sympathy card - using 3 woodblock stamps - Field of Blooms from Stampendous, Happy Easter from Studio G, and In My Thoughts from A Muse Stamps - all retired and from my stash.
I made two A2 card bases using white cardstock and adhered a piece of decorative paper to the front of each one.
I die-cut 2 pieces of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die, stamped and colored the flowers, and added a sentiment to each one.
I layered these on a piece of white fun foam and then to the card front.
To finish off the cards, I added some flower soft from my stash - do they still make this stuff? I also stamped the Happy Easter sentiment again on a piece of yellow cardstock and adhered that to the card front.
I hope you can find time to pull out a woodblock stamp of your own and join us. If you do, please leave me a comment below so I can go check out your card. Or tag me on Instagram. Don't forget to use #woodblockwednesday and #woodblockstamps in your posts. Until next time...
Hello everyone. Between the end of October and into December I received a few beautiful cards and some packages of goodies. I was not able to do a video until now because I had gotten a few orders that took up most of my time in November and December. I finally made the video today showing everything I got.
Truly, I was blown away by the generosity of a few people I know from Facebook, and I had no idea all of this was coming my way. My birthday is Christmas Eve and I felt like I was getting early birthday/holiday gifts. I am truly blessed and 2023 ended nicely.
Enjoy the video. Links are below to any social media pages of my friends as well as links to everything I got if it's still available. I'm sure, after watching the video, someone is going to say "I need that". LOL
Let's start with Sue's card:
Floral Garden stamp by Simon Says Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/2yfp7trx
Make sure to check out (and follow) Sue's latest creations on her IG page -
https://www.instagram.com/mylatestcreations/
Now for Chris' card:
Snowflake Visions Embossing Folder from Simon Says Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/2n4fhed4
Winter Mittens Die from The Ton Stamps
http://tinyurl.com/yw5vch7y
The things I bought for myself.
Joyful Snowman Dies from Photo Play Paper (Retired)
http://tinyurl.com/yzha5k62
Blossom Layering Stencil from Stampers Anonymous
http://tinyurl.com/38dy7a3n
Here is the short video that "Frau Pony" made on Instagram that Sue and I fell in love with enough to get this stencil -
http://tinyurl.com/47394au3
Book Club Paper Collection - Photo Play Paper
http://tinyurl.com/3a77yf7r
Coffee and Friends Collection - Echo Park Paper
http://tinyurl.com/24chhnh6
Peace Love Pride Stamps -
http://tinyurl.com/2s4b7m29
Edger Dies -
http://tinyurl.com/2ej3njzs
Arrow dies-
http://tinyurl.com/39t8zf5u
Sentiment Strips Dies -
http://tinyurl.com/yc3hvv3j
Leaf Dies -
http://tinyurl.com/zy72fw3k
Heart Puzzles Dies - no longer available
Pennant Banners Dies - no longer available
Heart Reverse Dies - no longer available
Circle of Friends Stamp - Picket Fence Studios
http://tinyurl.com/4rjfyd6u
My Tribe Stamp - Picket Fence Studios
http://tinyurl.com/ywmh6fap
Everything from Chris -
Poinsettia Panel Die - Waffle Flower
http://tinyurl.com/yatymfdw
Chunky Hearts Panel Die - Simon Says Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/5n823vpt
Heart Mandala - Simon Says Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/2y88cfy9
Fairy Hugs Tentacles Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/24mwnyyu
Fairy Hugs Treasure Chest Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/s7u22np7
Fairy Hugs Frilly Seaweed Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/3y6cfe7z
Fairy Hugs Rock Formation Stamp
http://tinyurl.com/4jn4yrr7
Grape Leaves Stamp Set - Altenew
http://tinyurl.com/5n76rs59
Grape Leaves Die Set - Altenew
http://tinyurl.com/ypktu2f7
Mariposa Stencil Set - Altenew
http://tinyurl.com/8zmzhyz9
Garden Rose Craft-A-Flower Layering Die Set - Altenew
http://tinyurl.com/3n6ax7xm
Car Show Stamp Set - Honey Bee
http://tinyurl.com/4m2ar5er
Car Show Die Set - Honey Bee
http://tinyurl.com/2s38kkck
Paris Skyline Dies - Honey Bee (Retired)
http://tinyurl.com/24wvbpv6
Big Pickup Cab Dies - Honey Bee
http://tinyurl.com/4vxz6jrt
Big Pickup Cab Stamps - Honey Bee
http://tinyurl.com/2s39w5xs
Big Pickup Tailgate Dies - Honey Bee
http://tinyurl.com/5n84a65z
Big Pickup Tailgate Stamps - Honey Bee
http://tinyurl.com/47yz4bf6
Mini Spirograph Turnabout Stamp - Concord and 9th
http://tinyurl.com/3d4tc8ew
Marbled Turnabout Stamp - Concord and 9th
http://tinyurl.com/bdmycp37
Turnabout Jig - Concord and 9th
http://tinyurl.com/ys3s87jj
The Hello Sunshine Turnabout stamp and die, the Mosaic Turnabout stamp, and the Easel die are no longer on the Concord and 9th website. But you might be able to find them elsewhere.
And we're done! Again, I was blown away by everything I got and cannot wait to start using some of this stuff. What do you want me to use first? Let me know, leave a comment below. Also, below, are my social media pages, if you would like to check them out.
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Michael A. Trent
Rua Vinte e Cinco de Dezembro, 70
Jd. de Favari
Cosmopolis, Sao Paulo
CEP: 13157-118
Brasil
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Hello everyone, and welcome to 2024. A New Year. It's crazy how time flies.
To help begin the new year with a bang, Technique Junkies is introducing 11 new stamps with their January 2024 New Stamp Release. All of these stamps are 15% off through Monday, January 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 and get all the new stamps for $61.84, a savings of $20.61.
To help celebrate the new release, I made 2 Valentine's Day cards since this holiday is right around the corner and will be here before you realize it.
I wanted easy and fast cards and for both cards, I used the "Wine is My Valentine" and "Little Love You" stamps from Technique Junkies. For the background papers, I used THIS digital paper from WineMarketer on Etsy. I wanted to use a Valentine's Day paper without the paper saying Valentine's Day. And I love that these do that.
The 1st card is the red cardstock card -
I made a top folding A2 card base using red cardstock.
I printed one of the papers from the digital paper pad I bought - the red/pink/ivory marbled paper, die-cut it using a stitched rectangle die, and adhered it to the card front.
I stamped Wine is My Valentine on white cardstock, die-cut it using a 2.75" x 4" stitched rectangle die, adhered it to a piece of white fun foam, then to a piece of red cardstock, and then to the center of my card front.
Lastly, I adhered a few reddish/pinkish enamel dots to the card front.
For the inside of the card...
I stamped Little Love You on a piece of white cardstock, die-cut it using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, and adhered it to the inside of the card for a message.
The 2nd card is the hot pink cardstock card.
I made a top folding A2 card base using white cardstock.
Using a 4.25" x 5.5" stitched rectangle die, I die-cut a piece of hot pink cardstock and adhered it to the card front.
Next, I printed one of the designs from the digital wine paper - this time the bokeh design - and die-cut it with a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.
Then I stamped the Wine is My Valentine on a piece of white cardstock, die-cut it using a 2.75" x 4" stitched rectangle die, layered it on a piece of hot pink cardstock, adhered it to the bokeh paper on an angle, trimmed the excess, adhered this to a piece of white fun foam, and then to the card front.
Lastly, I added some redish/pinkish enamel dots to the card front.
For the inside of the card...
I die-cut a piece of the hot pink cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the inside of the card.
I stamped Little Love You on white cardstock, die-cut it using a 3.75" x 5" stitched rectangle die, and adhered this to the center of the hot pink piece.
There you go. 2 fast cards for those people that you love for Valentine's Day. I'll have more card ideas during the month and hope you will check back.
All of the Makers on the Design Team have some amazing ideas for you too and I hope you can find time to go show them some love. All our links are below.
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