World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone and Happy Sunday.  Today is my 2nd Hanukkah/Chanukah card using the Glass Effects (S4-451) die from Spellbinders.  Although it's retired, you can still find it online.  This past Thursday I posted THIS Hanukkah/Chanukah card on my blog and IG in which I used the die with the  Team Tie-Dye paper from Honey Bee Stamps .  I only used the inside pieces of the die, not the outer border part. But I will use it now, for today's card.  I started by trimming the Glass Effects piece to 4" x 5.25", which I layered on a piece of white cardstock and I adhered a piece of fun foam behind this - to give a raised effect - but you can also use foam tape.  Then I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die for the inside of the card.  And I made a top-folding A2 card using navy cardstock. I adhered the white cardstock to the inside of the card.  Then I adhered the Glass Effect piece to the card front.  OK, ...

  Hello everyone and Happy Thursday.  I hope y'all are doing well this week.  Remember, it's almost Friday!!  We are on Day 20 (=/-) with rain, drizzle, and overcast skies and, to be honest, it's driving me nuts.  But I've had time to go thru more of my unused stash and it's crazy how many Hanukkah/Chanukah stamps and papers I own that have never been used.  In my stash last week I found a package of 25 silver A2 cards that had I picked up at a stamp show - who knows how many years ago.  My first thought was to make a Hanukkah card, which is probably why I bought them in the first place.  Better late than never...right? I decided to pair the silver cardstock with the Glass Effects die from Spellbinders and the Happy Hanukkah die from Paper Trey Ink.   I started by cutting one of the A2 cards in half.  One half I die-cut using the Glass Effects die.  You end up with a border part and all the inside pieces of the window.  ...

  Hey, y'all.  Are you in need of some super easy, fast-to-make, fun, and noisy shaker cards for your family and/or friends celebrating Hanukkah/Chanukah?  Maybe you are not a stamper.  This might be the post you needed.    To start, you need some Hanukkah/Chanukah paper or some 4" x 5" journaling cards.  There are several companies that put out a Hanukkah/Chanukah paper collection but I went with the Happy Hanukkah Collection from Simple Stories .  The collection is available as a physical paper collection and a digital collection .  I bought the digital version.  I started with 2 different journaling cards.  Although I printed 4 of them, I will only use 1 of each for this blog post.  I can fit 4 on a sheet of A4 white cardstock at 80%.  If you have the physical collection, you can just cut the cards out.  They should be the 4" x 5" cards.  Next, I die-cut each of the journaling cards using the 2nd largest stit...

  Hello everyone and Happy Hanukkah to those that celebrate it.  Or to those that have Jewish friends or family and are taking part in the festivities.  I know it's kinda late to be making this card but I had to get it out of my head.  And, you can always make it for next year.  But, there are also 7 more days to the holiday too.  This is such a quick and easy card to make with only a few things needed.  The embossing folder, silver, and white cardstock, and the die.  I am using the Illusion Triangles 3D embossing folder from Altenew to make this card.  The first time I saw the folder the first thing I noticed was a Star of David in the design.  Now, I don't know if it was made this way on purpose but that's how the idea for this card came about. I started by making a top-folding A2 card from white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of Silver Mirri Cardstock ( Anthony's Paper Craft ). Then I cut another piece of white cardstock usin...

Hello everyone.  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  I had a few more ideas in my head for Hanukkah cards and today I was able to get at least one of them done.  I decided to make this one a 5.5" square card.   I started with a few squares - a 5.5" square card base of light blue cardstock, the next layer of navy cardstock cut 5.25" square, and a piece of decorative Chanukah paper cut 5" square.   I adhered the decorative paper to the navy cardstock, which I then adhered to the card front. I cut a piece of the light blue cardstock 2.5" x 5.25" and stamped the Star of David f rom the Festival of Lights set by Anthony's Paper Craft .  I used  a stamp positioner and Blue Ribbon ink from Ranger . I layered this to a piece of the navy cardstock, I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of the navy and then I adhered the whole piece to the front of the card.  Next, I die cut a banner die and stamped ...

Hello all and Happy Tuesday!!  It seems that not many people are making Hanukkah cards because I got a lot of cool feedback on yesterday's card.  But, I'll be honest, I tend to make more Christmas cards too.  But not this week!!   Today I have another Hanukkah card for you.  I used " Festival of Lights " from Anthony's Paper Craft for today's card.  And it's another super simple and fast card to make. I started by making a top-folding A2 card base of white cardstock and adhering a piece of decorative paper to the front.  I used this Hanukkah Digital Paper set I found on Etsy.    Then I die cut a piece of white cardstock with a double stitched rectangle die that measures 3.25" x 4.5".  I stamped the menorah and the sentiment from the Festival of Lights set using J et Black Amalgam ink (Gina K. Designs) and colored the menorah with some gel pens.  The metallic silver was perfect for the menorah.  ...

Hello everyone and Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Is everyone finished with their holiday shopping?  Have you even started yet?  I 've made a few Christmas cards in the last couple of days and this week I wanted to focus on Hanukkah cards.   Anthony's Paper Craft has a few really nice Hanukkah/Chanukah stamp sets.  One set is called Festival of Lights , which has 7 images and 3 sentiments.  The other stamp set, which I used on today's card, is called  Hanukkah Mantel , which is made to coordinate with one of the 3 fireplace stamps.  But I liked the idea of using it alone for a quick card.   I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die that measures 4" x 5.25". Then I stamped the Hanukkah Mantel and it's matching sentiment in the center using Jet Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs. I then colored in the image using some gel pens I found at Home Go...