World Of Michael Trent

TGIF everyone!!  So....how many of you have a 4 day weekend?  End of summer in America and Europe means the start of Spring here.  Although it already feels like summer and that makes me a happy guy.  Bring on the heat!! LOL  Today I am playing along wit the gang over at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog .  This is Challenge 46 and it's called "Critter Time" which, according to the team over at Retro Rubber, can be any animal or bird.  I have plenty of older "critter" type stamps that need some inking so I might be making more than one card for this challenge.  Now, with 6 dogs, you would think that I would go for a dog card.  Nope.  I've had the most adorable giraffe image for over a year now that needs to be inked up!   I started with a top folding A2 white cardstock base.  Then I cut a piece of textured white cardstock, 4" x 5.25", and embossed it with the Seeing Spots embossing folder by Cuttlebug.  Then I adhe...

Well, another Wednesday in October means another Stamping Scrapping project/tutorial.   The story behind this idea - my niece's birthday was back in September and I had a lot of cute photos I wanted to show off.  Although I love photography, I am not a scrapper, and I wanted a way to show a lot of smaller photos without going the scrapbook page route.  One day I printed out a sheet of of wallet size photos - 9 to a page - and was wondering what I could do with it.  Then I saw this unmounted wood frame that I had bought at a craft store and the idea popped into my head.  A Scrap Frame for the wall.  Now Abigail can put this on a shelf and always be able to look at it.  And, since I love to mount or layer photos, the Card Creator dies work perfectly!! Supplies Used: Card Creator A2 Matting Basics Set A Card Creator A2 Matting Basics Set B Square Wood Frame from Local Craft Store  2 sheets of cardstock in 2 different colo...

Hello everyone.  I've been sick with the flu for the past few days but am finally feeling better to get this blog post done.  Today's project is a great way to use the Card Creator dies but NOT  on a card.  This is a home decor frame.  It's very easy to make and very affordable.  Frames like the one used in this project are available everyone for very little money - check IKEA, your local Dollar stores, etc.  Even your local craft stores have these for very little money (make sure you use a coupon!!).   Supplies Used: Card Creator A2 Matting Basics Set A Card Creator A2 Matting Basics Set B Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel  Grand Calibur Die Cut Machine   Joy Image by Inkadinkado No. 94601-X Holly Border from the Christmas Borders set under the Dylusions line by Ranger Frame 5"x 7" with mat  Piece of chipboard 5" x 7" - if it did not come with the frame Black cardstock Red cardstock Whit...

This card may look difficult to make, but it's not.  There are a lot of items in the supply list but it's fun to make and would be loved by anyone you give it to.  Friends Come In All Shapes and Sizes Supplies Used: Craft cardstock, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, folded in half for card base White Cardstock (I used X-Press It for the copics) Dress Forms Die by Spellbinders All Dressed Up Stamp set by Stamping Scrapping  Card Creator Dies A2 Matting Basics Set A , Spellbinders  Card Creator Dies A2 Matting Basics Set B , Spellbinders  Die Cut Machine of your choice (I used the Grand Caliber  by Spellbinders) The Dress Form/Sewing page from the Paper Stash Kraft Resist paper by Tim Holtz   Tim Holtz Postal Texture Fade   Tim Holtz Ruler Ribbon Perfect Pearls Mists in Heirloom Gold Gold Embossing Powder by Zing Neon Pink or Hot Pink Embossing Powder  Fluorescent Pink FRV1 Copic marker Gold Stickles Versamark or other Clear Embos...