World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone, and welcome to February.  I hope everyone is staying warm and doing well.  I'm thrilled to start this month off as a Guest Designer for the February Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog .  The focus this month was to make a coffee-themed Christmas card using products from Hero Arts .  As much as I love this company, since moving to Brasil 15 years ago, I have not really bought anything new for a long time due to shipping costs, import taxes, and now tariffs.  So I dug into my stash and found two wood-mounted stamps that will work - Envelope Pattern S5507 , circa 2011,  Cup of Coffee K5332 , circa 2010, and Sparkle Clear: Holiday Messages CL244 , circa 2008. This is the card I created for this month's challenge. This is how I created my card, in case you want to make one like it.   I made a top-folding A2 card base using red cardstock. I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a 4...

    Hello everyone, and welcome to the May 2025 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with  Deb  and  Lisa .  If you are new here, on the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards in hopes that we inspire you to start  making your own so that, come November, we have cards ready to mail.   So, during the month, as I was cleaning out boxes, bags, and bins of stuff in my stash, I found this vintage stamp from Hero Arts, and I had to make these cards using it.   These 2 cards use the Snowman and Snowflakes (K5533) stamp from Hero Arts from 2011. It's so old, I can't even find a sample card made by anyone. I made 2 top-folding A2 card bases using white cardstock and adhered a piece of dark blue cardstock to the front of each one.     I cut 2 pieces of lighter blue cardstock, 3 7/8" x 5 1/4", and embossed them using the Christmas Wishes embossing folder from Crafter's Companion. ...

Hello everyone and welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday card idea. Wednesday is the unofficial day of the week to give your woodblock stamps some love.  Today I am using a woodblock stamp called Winter Trees (K5814) from Hero Arts .  Hero Arts has had many stamps over the years called Winter Trees but this one is circa 2014 and, believe it or not, I found one,  HERE , for sale.  I am pairing the stamp with a die called Deer Trio from Memory Box, circa  2013, and some digital sentiments I bought on Etsy. Here's how I did it. I cut a piece of white cardstock, 3.25" x 8.25", and, using a stamp positioner and Onyx Black Versafine Ink, I stamped Winter Trees by Hero Arts several times until the front was fully covered.  Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.   I made a top-folding slimline card base using white cardstock - 3 5/8" x 8 5/8".   I die-cut a piece of red cardstock using a stitched slimline die, which I then adhe...

  Hello everyone and welcome to  Day 27 of my 30 Days of Halloween/Autumn Cards.  I used 2 retired hexagon stamps from Hero Arts -  Hexagon Background  and  Alphabet Hexagons for today's card .  Although both are retired, you can still find them online by either clicking the links I provided on their names or by doing an online search for the name of the stamp.  Both are very cool.    If you want to make this card or one like it, here is what I did: I made a top-folding A2 card base using black cardstock.  Then I  die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the inside for a message. I stamped the Hexagon Background stamp on white cardstock using Onyx Black Versafine Ink and embossed it with the Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder .     I then colored the image using ultra-fine tip markers in Halloween colors.   I stamped and embossed the word "happy" from...

Hi everyone and welcome to a new Woodblock Wednesday.  When I woke up this morning I saw Amy's new Woodblock Wednesday blog post and decided to make a quick fun card.  She has 2 giveaways this month and you can check it all out on her blog by clicking HERE .  I have not joined her on her Woodblock Wednesdays because I have been so busy with classes and making folios but I made time today to have a little fun! Since the sponsor this time is Hero Arts , I went thru my stash and found 2 older wood-mounted Hero Arts stamps - Cup of Coffee and Envelope Pattern (both retired) and, for my sentiment, Cup of Love , which is now a printable image you can buy on their site.   My sentiment is a clear stamp but, since it's also Hero Arts and my other two images are wood-mounted, I felt I could get away with it this time.  LOL I started by making a top-folding A2 card base using Kraft cardstock.  Then I stamped Envelope Pattern using Coffee Archival Ink on a piece ...

  Hello all and welcome to a new "Woodblock Wednesday" - the perfect day of the week to make a card using woodblock stamps that have not been used in some time - or at all.   This week I am using two woodblock stamps I found the other day while "organizing".  A background stamp - Envelope Pattern ( Hero Arts ) and Holly Collage ( Memory Box ).  Both are long retired but, if you wish to recreate this card, I hope you have something in your own stash you can use.   My goal is to hopefully inspire you to make something from what I made.   Let's get started... I made an A2 card using a red cardstock in my stash.  I love it because it has a light watermark pattern on it.  Not that much will be seen.  I also wanted some shimmer so I grabbed my set of Starry Colors Gansai Tambi paints, my Mini Mister of H2O, small brush, and I splattered on some of the White Gold ink.   I also adhered a piece of white cardstock to the insid...

    Hello everyone.  Today's card was really fun to make and it's for a fun cause and for two great people.  A "do-over birthday".  Back story - my friends Debra and Amy both have August birthdays and both of their birthday months...well, they sucked.  So they talked and decided to have a "do-over day" - yesterday - and each of them have giveaways over on their respective IG pages to celebrate.  Make sure that you head over to Debra at @djdavison814 and Amy at @craftee1 and follow the directions for your chance to win something awesome. I'm not taking part but I wanted to make a fun card to re-celebrate their birthdays.  Since both are ADDICTED to coffee, as am I, I went with a birthday coffee card.   I started with a blank coffee-to-go template.  I printed 4 of them on a piece of white cardstock and then I fussy cut 2 of them completely and the other two I cut the images out.  You'll understand in a second.  I placed ea...