World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone.  Believe it or not but I have yet to make a holiday card this year (not counting this post) and I've missed making them.  I've also missed  Debra and Lisa , my other Crafty Elves and I decided to join them this month for the March 2023 Crafty Elves Countdown to Chrismas.   And, I have a theme - Christmas Fishes.   I've always wanted to make a "Christmas Fishes" type of card and the other day while organizing my Technique Junkies stamps, I found 2 fish stamps and decided to finally get this idea off my bucket list. LOL  Christmas Fishes Card I stamped Fancy Fish from Technique Junkies on a piece of white cardstock using Sea Glass , Blue Lagoon , and Blue Raspberry ink cubes from Gina K Designs .  I tapped Sea Glass first, then some Blue Lagoon, and then I used Blue Raspberry around the edges.   I made an A2 card, adhered some striped Christmas paper to the card front, then my stamped image to a piece of red...

Hello all.  How are you guys doing today?  I'm sitting here in my studio, having a cuppa Joe, on this rainy and chilly Saturday morning in the countryside of São Paulo, and I wanted to pop out a quick coffee-themed card.   So, here goes... I made a top-folding A2 card base using Kraft cardstock.  I die-cut a piece of white cardstock with a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, which I adhered to the inside of the card leaving space for a message. Next, I stamped Whimsical Coffee Background from Technique Junkies , colored the various cups and words using Ultra Fine Tip BIC Intensity Markers, die-cut it using the same 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, adhered a piece of black fun foam to the back, and then I adhered it to the card front.    I cut a piece of Kraft cardstock, die-cut it using the 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die (so the stitching will match up), embossed it with the Cross Weaves 3D Embossing Folder from Altenew  (just to add some te...

Hello everyone and Happy Pi Day.  For many, Pi means 3.14 or 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197.  But, for crazy cardmakers like me, it means making a card with a pie or, in my case, a pizza pie.     So, today I want to share two quick and crazy "pizza" Pi cards I made to help celebrate Pi Day.  I made these cards using a card sketch from Tawny Owl Paperie | Inky Inspiration  on Facebook for Sketch Challenge 19.    Here's the sketch we have to use. To make these cards I used 3 digital products from 2 different stores on Etsy  - digital pizza paper and digital pizza clipart - both from  Pretty Grafik Design and a digital pizza box template from Your Mini Designer .    Following the sketch, above, I adhered a piece of red cardstock to the front of my A2 card bases.  Then I printed one of the papers from the digital pizza paper collection, die-cut it using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, and adhered t...

Hey all.  Today is all about making a card in less than 5 minutes.  Well, after you gather your materials.  The other day, while making another card, I had stamped a few of the new Feel Like Sunshine  stamp.  It's part of the March Stamp Release from Technique Junkies (and 15% off through March 8th).   I knew I had papers in my stash with some sort of sun or sunburst on it.  So I dug into my stash and found this sheet from My Mind's Eye from 2012 with some funky-looking sunbursts all over it.  I grabbed my 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and cut out the part of the paper with a big yellow sun. Next, I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back and then to my A2 card base that I made using orange cardstock.    I took one of the Feel Like Sunshine sentiments I had stamped last week, layered it on a piece of the same orange cardstock, and die-cut it using the same stitched rectangle die (so the stitching matches up).    Lastly...

  Hello everyone and welcome to the March 2024 New Stamp Release from Technique Junkies.  This month there are 13 new stamps, with 1 set filled with 5 inside/outside snarky sentiments.  And, they are all 15% off through Friday, March 8th.     If you love all the stamps in the new release and want them all, grab the Gotta Have It All Bundle .  You will get all the new stamps for $92.52 - normally $123.35.  You save $30.83.  It's like getting a bunch of stamps for free.   To help kick off the March release, I made a very cool and colorful shaker card using the brand-new Zen Circles  and Feel Like Sunshine stamps.  Well, I think it's cool.  Hopefully, you will also.   I stamped Zen Circles on white cardstock, die-cut it with a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, and colored it in using my Ultra Fine Tip BIC Intensity Markers.   I made a top-folding A2 card base using white cardstock.   I cut ou...