World Of Michael Trent

OMG!  Today I was looking through some "draft" posts for my blog and realized that I never posted this wedding album and storage box that I made.  I'm nuts!! I made this album and storage box more than two years ago for a couple in town.  I'm calling it the "Wedding Album On Steroids" because of the number of hours spent on it and the size of the album.  It's the largest album I ever made and, I also think, it's the best I ever made.  It's also the first time I made a matching storage box from a raw MDF box for the album to be stored in.  I'm really proud of it and hope you guys love it as much as I do.   I LOVED making this album and have already started a new one for the next couple that wants to tie the knot.    Below is a link to a video I made showing and explaining everything I used and did in the book. Here are some photos of the album/box. The top of the MDF storage box.  Photo of couple inside an embossed chipboard frame...

I have to admit, the idea of using the new Fluffy Cats rubber stamp from Technique Junkies to make 3 games is off-the-scale ridiculous, even for me.  But, it was so much fun to do.  It started when I first stamped Fluffy Cats to make a card.  In the center of the image, I saw a Tic, Tac, Toe game.  I have no idea what part of my brain this came from, but I am not complaining, and I am embracing the insanity of it all.  HaHa. Now come join me down the rabbit hole of my creative brain. First, we need a bunch of cats for all the games.  I stamped Fluffy Cats several times using Archival Jet Black ink by Ranger, on white cardstock, using my Misti.  Then I used my Scan N Cut by Brother to cut them all out.  Easy Peasy!  Although the Scan N Cut got a bit wonky on some of the cats by cutting off their noses, I did manage to get most of the cats in the stamped images.   Tic Tac Toe / Tic "Cat" Toe Game The rules for Tic-Cat-Toe are simple...

  Hello everyone!  Today I have a simple post to help celebrate Abe Lincoln's birthday and Black History Month.  Yes, that Abe, who led the USA through the Civil War, defended the nation as a constitutional union, defeated the insurgent Confederacy, and abolished slavery (per Wikipedia).  February is also Black History Month or African-American History Month - the month to remember important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. The word "diaspora" is new to me and means the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.  African-Americans, and millions of African-Brasilians, were definitely dispersed from their original homelands.  As a Jew, this can also be said of many of my ancestors - at least those who fled their homeland in search of a better life. To help celebrate all of the above, I made some African-inspired notecards - A2 size and slimline - three with a hello sentiment and three without.   I made my...

  Do you need or want to make some Valentine's Day cards but are short on time?  Or don't have the stamps or dies?  Maybe you want to include your son, daughter, or grandchild in the cardmaking process?  Or, maybe, you just want to do something different?  Why not try a coloring page?    I made 4 Valentine's Day cards using the I Spy Valentines Coloring Page from  Littles Printables , one of my new favorite stores on Etsy.  On the day I post this blog, this is on sale for $1.12.  How can you beat that?  When I saw this page I immediately saw a slimline card using the bottom of the page and at least 3 more cards using the top portion.   **Note:  I am not affiliated with Little Printables.   The hardest part of this process is coloring the page.  So, warning, if you do not love to color or do not have the patience to color, this post is not for you.  LOL. But, if you love to color as much as I do, k...