World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone.  Welcome to Week 3 of my Equality For All Cardmaking Series. Every Friday in May and June, my fellow cardmakers and I are making cards to help celebrate Pride and the LGBT+ community.  If you want more inspiration, check out the  Equality For All Makers Hop on Instagram  we had 2 weeks ago.  All the amazing cards can be seen  in  this  post on my Instagram page.   This week I made an easy rainbow colored card using an old die in my stash - Leafy Sprig Border from Poppy Stamps along with some rainbow colored paper.    Now, to make this card: I made a top-folding A2 card using white cardstock.  I printed one of the watercolor splash papers, die-cut a piece using a 4.25" x 5.5" stitched rectangle die, and adhered it to the card front.   I printed rainbow colored striped paper from the Pride Month Digital Paper Collection (link below).  I added 2" wide double-sided tape to the back and die...

  Hello everyone.  Welcome to Week 2 of my Equality For All Cardmaking Series.  Every Friday in May and June, my fellow cardmakers and I are making cards to help celebrate Pride and the LGBT+ community.  Last week we had an Equality For All Makers Hop on Instagram , and if you want to check all the amazing cards that were made, head over to THIS post on my Instagram page.   This week I made an easy-peasy, bright, and glittery card using glittered fun foam and stickers from Paper House Productions , one of the sponsors for the Instagram hop. They have many stickers and papers related to Pride, and if you head over to their website and enter "Pride" in their search bar, you will see everything they offer.  Help support a brand that supports the LGBT+ community.   Now, to make this card: I started with an A2 card using white cardstock.  Then I printed a confetti paper I picked up on Etsy, die-cut it using a 4.25" x 5.5" stitched rectangle ...

Hello everyone. I'm excited to announce that today, on Instagram, the 2025 Equality For All Maker's Instagram Hop begins! 17 makers, including me, have come together to help celebrate Pride Month with a hop full of color, creativity, and community! This collaboration was created to honor the LGBTQ+ community and promote kindness, love, and equality through handmade art. We also have some amazing prizes up for grabs donated by our amazing sponsors - Brutus Monroe, Stamp Me Some Love, Stamp Anniething, Scrappy Boy Stamps, Pixi Dust Designs, The Rabbit Hole, Hand Crafted By Gaz, and Paper House Productions. Do you want a chance to win a great prize? All you have to do is "Hop" along with us. Start HERE on my Instagram page! Then head over to each of the makers’ pages listed in my post, leave a comment, follow each maker, and use the hashtag #EqualityForAllMakersHop in your comments to show your support for the amazing creators participating. The hop starts on Friday...

    Hey everyone.  Welcome to Pride Month 2023 and a new Equality For All "Pride 2023" Collaboration with Misty, aka The Jolly Fat Elf .  I won't go into a big blah, blah, blah about the hate being thrown at the LGBTQIA community since it's all over the news.  And, I want my posts this month to be fun, filled with Pride, rainbows, and lots of bright colors.   So, let's get started. Today I made a slimline card - an idea that has been in my head for over 2 years.  I love the "Converse" sneakers in the Stand Up For America digital stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard  and I have made many cards using this set for July 4th.  But, with the stripes on one of the sneakers, I've always seen a Pride card too, and it feels great to finally get this idea out of my head.       I started by printing one of the papers from the Rainbow Vibes Digital Paper Pack from Graciellie Design , and the Converse sneakers from the Stand Up F...

  Hello everyone and welcome to Week 4 of my Equality For All / Pride 2023 Makers Collaboration that I am doing with Misty a/k/a The Jolly Fat.  Another week, another batch of unfair laws and odd news directly affecting the LGBT+ community.  It's mindblowing.  First - Pope Francis told Jesuits in Hungary, that sexual abusers (probably Priests) are disgusting "enemies" who deserve to be condemned and punished - but also deserve Christian love because they are also children of God.  Tell that to the people the abusers abused.  Insane! Second - This past Tuesday, the Louisiana House advanced its own "Don't Say Gay" bill, which would ban teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in K-12 public schools.  Now, personally, I don't think this topic comes up much in K-3rd grade but, by the time a kid is in Junior or High School, they know if they are gay and probably have gay friends.  Imagine not being able to say you are straight....

  [If you are a maker who would like to join us for this Pride collab or, maybe, one of our Equality For All collabs, or be a Sponsor - just reach out to either myself or Misty.  The more voices, the louder the message.] Welcome to Week 2 of the Equality For All / Pride 2023 Makers Collaboration with Misty aka The Jolly Fat Elf.   I wanted to make two cards showing gay couples off to the Pride parade in the big city.  The idea was to use both of the Stamp Anniething stamps and dies that Misty sent me several weeks ago.  Sadly, the male couple stamp has decided to play hide and seek with me and will have to be used when I find it.    Let me introduce you to Margaret and Angela.  They live in a small town surrounded by 3 rivers and a lot of nature.  Margaret is an art teacher in her local high school helping her students get in touch with their inner artist.  She is also on the school board and fights hard for all of the LGBTQIA+ stud...