World Of Michael Trent

  Have you ever wanted to achieve the look of glass on an image for a card?   The other day I bought a set of digital wildflower images from the XoXoLine store on Etsy, and one of the images was a broken lightbulb with a simple flower growing out it.  I wanted to use this image for a card, and I wanted the lightbulb to look like glass by using Diamond Glaze.   Links to any products I used are at the end of this blog post.   Here is a step-by-step for the card I made. The first thing I did was to print the lightbulb image at 70% on white cardstock and die-cut it using a 3.25" x 4.5" stitched rectangle die.  Using the same die, I cut 4 more pieces using scraps of white cardstock.   I adhered all the pieces together, keeping the image of the lightbulb on top.  The reason for the layers of cardstock is to make the image more sturdy so that, when you apply the Diamond Glaze, the cardstock does not bend or warp.   I colored the ...

Welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday, the day of the week that we use a woodblock stamp (or more) to make a card or other project.  The other day, while going through my stash, I found the Say Cheese rubber stamp from House Mouse.  The image is of Maxwell, the mouse, taking a photo while holding a piece of cheese in the air.  As soon as I saw it, I knew it would pair perfectly with the "Say Cheese" digital paper from Angie Blom Digital Designs.     Links to everything I used are at the end of this post.  Below is a step-by-step for the card I made, and I swear, you can make this in less than 15 minutes.  I made a top-folding A2 card using black cardstock. I printed the paper that says "say cheese" all over it from the Say Cheese Digital Paper Collection from Angie Blom Digital Designs, and I die-cut a piece using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.  I adhered a piece of black fun foam to the back of the "say cheese" paper and adhered this to the...