World Of Michael Trent

Good morning everyone.  I hope everyone survived their Thanksgiving (if they celebrated) and their Black Friday shopping (if they did any).  We normally do some sort of Thanksgiving dinner here with friends but this year it was just a pizza with hopes of a turkey dinner with all the fixings soon.   As for Black Friday, you cannot beat the 30% off that Simon Says Stamp gave on Thursday and was able to finally get 1 die and 3 stamp sets that I have had on my wish list. On Friday (at 6am my time) Ellen Hutson had a great sale and I was able to add some Inchie Arts products and 2 WPlus9 sets I have been wanting.  There was plenty more that I wanted but I kept my wallet in check. What bargains or deals did you find?  I'd love to know! Now for today's card.  It seems my parents scheduled the arrival of their children around major holidays.  LOL.  My birthday is Christmas Eve and my brother's is Thanksgiving.  Of course he always got bir...

Hello everyone.  Today I am taking part in a Stamp Ink Paper (SIP) Challenge .  This week is their 26th challenge!!  It's so nice to watch Justin's baby grow every week.  If you are not familiar with this weekly card challenge, I urge you to go check SIP out!! The sketch for this week is - - and it was made by my friend Maggie Mata .  As soon as I saw it a few ideas popped into my head. This card may look difficult but it really isn't.  I started with an A2 white cardstock card base.   Then I grabbed my December Documented 6" pad by Simple Stories and pulled out 3 sheets.  I adhered the black section to the card front using the sheet that says {Be Merry} .  Then I pulled out my Blueprints 1 die set by MFT  and  die cut the (1) scallop with the sheet of red/white striped paper, (2) used the small fishtail tag to cut some pieces from the bottom of the sheet with the zig-zag pattern, (3) the larger rectangle to cut ...