World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the October 2025 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with  Deb  and  Lisa .  On the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards in hopes that we inspire you to start  making your own.  This way, come the holidays, we have cards ready to mail, to give to people, or to attach to a present or a nice bottle of wine.     .       This month, I decided to go really simple - AGAIN.  I made both of these cards using  Holiday Nostalgia Christmas Journal Papers  and  Christmas Word Snippets  - two digital kits from  KCS Designs by Kim  on Etsy.   To make these cards: I made 2 top-folding A2 cards using white cardstock. I printed the 2 images I wanted to use for the card fronts at 52%.  Then  I printed the Christmas Word Snippets at 100%, cut the 2 sentiments I wanted to use, layered them on a piece ...

  Hello everyone.  Today I would like to share with y'all a 5D ocean-themed pop-up side box card that I made for World of Fish, the pet store we use here.  This month marks their 30th year in business, and I wanted to create something fun to reflect their name.  This card is perfect.   I originally saw this card on a YouTube Channel I follow - Sam Calcott UK Mixed Up Craft  and the video she made for this card is called the Pop-Up Side Box Card . Please go show her some love and check out her channel.  She has amazing card ideas and tutorials.   Below is a video I made showing two of the cards I made, the differences, and I talk about how I put mine together.   The digital collection I used I used to make this card is from Design Media Elements on Etsy and is called Little Sea Friends/Sea Animal Clipart . What I love about this collection is that it not only comes with numerous clip art of everything you can find in the sea,...

  Happy Monday, y'all!  Popping in today to share a quick coffee-themed slimline card I made last night.  When Kim released this new set, this idea popped into my head, and I had to run with it.   I made a top-folding slimline card by cutting a piece of Kraft cardstock, 7.25" x 8 5/8".  I placed the short side along the top of my scoreboard and scored at 3 5/8". I printed one of the papers from the  Coffee Lovers Digital Paper Pack  (one of my fav coffee papers) from  Graciellie Design , die-cut it using a stitched slimline die that measures 3 5/8" x 8 5/8", and adhered it to the card front.  Using Pages on my MAC, I imported 7 of the ladies from the brand-new  Before Coffee Crew Clip Art  from  KCS Designs by Kim  on Etsy.   I added my own sentiment in a text box under the images. I printed it on 180gr/65lb white cardstock, die-cut it using a stitched slimline die, adhered a piece of 1/8" black fun foam to ...

Hello everyone!  Today, I am joining my friend Debra of  Meticulosity  for a brand new "He Made It / She Made It" collaboration.     For today's collab, we decided to use printables from Mandy Ford Art.  We agreed not to use the same printables.  The idea was that we would choose our own printables and then make a few cards with that printable.  There are so many fun printables in her Etsy shop that it was hard to decide on what to get.  In the end, being close to Halloween,  I decided to get the  Spooky Season Printable Collection .  It's such a fun kit.  You get 6 patterned papers, some journaling cards dressed up as tarot cards, and 2 sticker sheets filled with fun digital images to cut out and use.  Card No. 1 I made a top-folding A2 card using black cardstock.  Then I adhered a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 5.25", to the inside for a message.   I die-cut one of the decorative papers using a 4...

  Welcome to World Cardmaking Day 2025!  Do y'all have problems coming up with card ideas for men -possibly for a birthday or for Father's Day?  I might have the solution.  The idea for these cards originated when I saw a post on my Facebook feed from  Kathy's Stamping World , which used  the Creative Collab Crew sketch, below.  Kathy is a Stampin' Up! rep and has amazing ideas on her page.  Go check her out! And, if you are looking to get into cardmaking but don't want to invest a lot of money in the beginning or, maybe you don't have a lot of supplies, this card idea is a great way to get started.  A sentiment can be made on the computer if you want to add one. For this card, I used the Vintage Mixed Media Paper Pack  from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  It's a masculine/vintage digital paper collection filled with clocks, antique keys, cogs, and gears.  Other collections that would be perfect for a masculine card are the V...

  Hello everyone.  I've been making some really simple notecards lately using digital papers.  Today I made some masculine/colorful notecards, and I wanted to share them with you.  It's super simple and requires no stamps unless you want to use some for the sentiments.   First, I printed several papers from the Gelli Plate Printing Papers  digital kit from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.   I printed 4 of the same image to each sheet of white cardstock, trimmed them, and die-cut them using a stitched circle die. Using the same stitched circle die, I die-cut 3 pieces of white fun foam, and adhered them to the back of each of the circle images. I made 3 top-folding A2 cards using white cardstock. I cut 3 pieces of white cardstock, 4.25" x 5.5", and embossed each of them using a different 3D embossing folder from Altenew - Deck Planks 3D , Cross Weaves 3D , and Illusion Triangles 3D (no longer available) - and I adhered one to each of the 3 card fr...

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new "Yes, It's a Holiday" collab with my Instagram friends  Debra  and  Lori .  Today, September 29th, we are helping to celebrate National Coffee Day, which was created by the National Coffee Association as a day to  celebrate coffee in the United States.  The first official National Coffee Day is believed tho have been on September 29, 2005, by the National Coffee Association (NCA), a trade organization that represents the U.S. coffee industry.   Please be aware that today's holiday is only observed in the USA and is distinct from  International Coffee Day, which is celebrated on October 1st.   To read more about today's holiday, just click  HERE . To help celebrate, I made a tall slimline card using a digi stamp of a stack of coffee cups from the Beyond The Fringe Crafts Blog .  Carmen, who owns the blog, has a Freebie section filled with fun digi images for you to download.    ...

  Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2025 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with  Deb  and  Lisa .  On the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards in hopes that we inspire you to start  making your own.  This way, come November, we have cards ready to mail.     .       This month, I used one of the papers from the  Holiday Nostalgia Christmas Journal Papers and a few of the words from  Christmas Word Snippets - two digital kits from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.   To make this card: Using white cardstock, I made a top-folding A2 card base.    I printed the deer image from the Holiday Nostalgia Christmas Journal kit at 52%, and die-cut it using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.  I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of the deer image, and then I adhered it to the card front.   I printed the Christmas Word Sn...

  Hello everyone!  Welcome to Autumn/Fall and a new "He Made It/She Made It" collaboration with my friend Debra of  Meticulosity .  It's been almost two years since we last did a "He Made It / She Made It" collab, and we were both itching to start it again.         Autumn is in full swing, leaves are changing, and there is a chill in the air - at least in the Northern Hemisphere. So, Deb and I decided to create Autumn-themed cards that incorporate some of the digital kits from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  We hope you love what we each came up with, and it will be up to you, the public, to decide if "He Made It" or if "She Made It" ... better.   For both of my cards, I used the   Antique Autumn Journal Papers  and  Autumn Flair Buttons  - both from  KCS Designs by Kim  on Etsy, which are 35% off through September 30, 2025.  Card No. 1 First, I made a top-folding slimline card using 2 piec...