World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone and Happy Monday.   It has been really chilly, overcast, and rainy here in the countryside of Brasil and it feels like an autumn October day.  This weather reminds me of pumpkin picking, apple picking and watching the leaves change color.  Not here.  But I can make a pumpkin card.   For this card I am using one of the images from the Fall Pumpkins Fussy Cuts set from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.   There are 36 different pumpkins to choose from and it won't be easy.  Trust me.   I chose Pumpkin No. 7 in the set, printed 4 of them at 100% on a sheet of white cardstock, then fussy-cut the 4 pumpkins.   I kept one pumpkin as a whole image.  For the other 3 pumpkins, I fussy-cut the different layers from each image, added foam squares to the back of each layer, and adhered them together to form a 4-layer pumpkin.   Using purple cardstock, I made a top-folding A2 card.   I printed on...

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 23 of my 30 Days of Halloween/Autumn Cards.  Today I have 2 cards for autumn using a sheet of beautiful fall paper from a Brasilian company.  One card has 2 layers, the other has 3, and both share the same beautiful paper and the Leaves Turn sentiment from Technique Junkies.   If you want to make one of these cards, or one like it, here is what I did: I made two top-folding A2 card bases from 2 different tones of orange.   I then die-cut 2 pieces of white cardstock,  die cut them each using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, and adhered 1 to the inside of each card - where a message can be written. I stamped Leaves Turn - twice - on white cardstock, die cut using a banner die, layered them on a piece of orange cardstock, and set to the side to use later.  Card No. 1 I die-cut a piece of the fall leaves paper using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, adhered it to a piece of fun foam, and then to the card front....

  Hello everyone and welcome to Day 7 of my 30 Days of Halloween/Autumn Cards. Today I have a Thanksgiving card for you using 2 stamps from  Technique Junkies  - Overlapping Leaves and Happy Thanksgiving .   If you would like to make this card or one like it, this is what I did:  I made a top folding A2 card base by cutting a piece of wine colored cardstock, 5.5" x 8.5", placed the long side along the top of my scoring tool, scored at 4.25", burnished well, and you have your card base. I die-cut a piece of orange cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered that to the card front. Then I stamped Overlapping Leaves on a piece of scrapbook paper that had orange tones/designs on it.  This way, no coloring necessary!   I die-cut this using a 3.75" x 5" stitched rectangle die, adhered a piece of black fun foam to the back, and then to the card front.  I stamped Happy Thanksgving on a piece of white cardstock, colored in ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 4 of my 30 Days of Halloween/Autumn Cards. I have a funny story about today's cards.  I originally made these for  Sketch Challenge #49   with the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Blog .  Just as I was about to upload them, my friend Debra politely informed me that they are not Christmas cards, and that I cannot use them for the challenge.  But, they are awesome cards worth sharing and I will probably make some Christmas cards using this sketch - so keep a look out for that post.   Below is the sketch for  Sketch Challenge #49  and, I  made 2 cards because this sketch makes it so easy to do. I made two top-folding A2 card bases using white cardstock. I then die-cut 2 pieces of wine-colored cardstock using a 4.25" x 5.5" stitched rectangle die, a piece of orange water-colored cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, and a piece of scrapbook paper with fall leaves using a 4" x 5.25" stitched...

  Welcome to Day 5 of my 31 Days {hopefully} of Halloween/Autumn Cards 2023.  5 days so far!  I'm on a roll.  :-) Today I went with two gratitude/Thanksgiving cards with Autumn colors.  One has splatters and crystals and the other only has crystals.  I started making this card for a CAS {clean and simple} card challenge blog.  I have issues making one-layer cards with lots of white space, but I did it.  When I went to post it, the challenge had ended.  Sigh.  But, thankfully, there are several other card challenge blogs that have autumn or autumn-colored challenges and that's where this card will go.   Links to these challenges are at the end of this post if you want to play along along with a coupon code to save 10% on these stamps.   To make this card... I really wanted to use the Worn Leaves Background from Technique Junkies for my focal point.   But I only wanted part of the stamp.  So I cut it!...

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over on the If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog and we are up to Challenge No. 127 - and it's all about autumn, autumn colors, leaves, and acorns.   Here is the inspiration photo the design team had to work with if you wish to play along with us -  When I saw this photo, the first thing I thought of was the Leaf/Fern set from Anthony's Paper Craft , which is what I used on all 3 cards.  Also, on all 3 cards, I started with a  top folding A2 card base of white cardstock and all the cube inks used are from Gina K. Designs - Sweet Corn , Tangerine Twist , Prickly Pear , and Jet Black Amalgam Ink .     For the first card I blended Vintage Photo Distress Ink over a checkerboard stencil.  Then I stamped the oak leaf with the Vintage Photo ink and, using a water brush I colored the leaf with the Sweet Corn and Tangerine Twist inks.  Once dry, I stamped Happy T...

Hello everyone!!  Is everyone enjoying the Fall season yet?  Here in the countryside of São Paulo, it's been overcast and chilly.  We went from 100 degrees last week to 60 this week.  And we are NOT in Fall but into Spring now.   But, keeping in line with the chill in the air this week, today's card is an autumn-themed card using a beautiful set called Leaf/Fern Set  from Anthony's Paper Craft . I started by making a top folding A2 card from white cardstock.  I found a nice design from a digital paper pack called Honey Honey by Samantha Walker.  I printed it out and adhered it to the card front. Using Coffee Archival Ink, I stamped one of the leaves on to another piece of white cardstock 1.5" x 5.25".  Then, using Tombow markers 946, 025, and 055, I blended the colors on the leaves.   Next, I adhered this to a piece of brown cardstock and then to the card front.  From a sticker pack I had in m...