World Of Michael Trent

Well, another Wednesday in October means another Stamping Scrapping project/tutorial.   The story behind this idea - my niece's birthday was back in September and I had a lot of cute photos I wanted to show off.  Although I love photography, I am not a scrapper, and I wanted a way to show a lot of smaller photos without going the scrapbook page route.  One day I printed out a sheet of of wallet size photos - 9 to a page - and was wondering what I could do with it.  Then I saw this unmounted wood frame that I had bought at a craft store and the idea popped into my head.  A Scrap Frame for the wall.  Now Abigail can put this on a shelf and always be able to look at it.  And, since I love to mount or layer photos, the Card Creator dies work perfectly!! Supplies Used: Card Creator A2 Matting Basics Set A Card Creator A2 Matting Basics Set B Square Wood Frame from Local Craft Store  2 sheets of cardstock in 2 different colo...

Ok, I'll admit it...say it out loud...for the whole world to know....[taking big gulp here] -  I AM A PENOPHILE .  No, not what you are thinking Barbara Briskin - it means that I love pens and markers.  Yes, it's a real word.  Trust me.  You can Google it.  I love any pen that writes with a fine tip, has bright colors, or colors well.  I own a good amount of Copics and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and a very good supply of Tombow markers, which are water based markers.  Now I get to add Wink of Stella markers to my collection.  These markers have glitter in them.  How I missed these new pens at CHA in January is a mystery to me.  But, thanks to my good friend Barbara at The Ink Pad in NYC, she saw them and ordered them for the store.  When they got them in and I tried one, I was hooked, and ended up buying all the colors they had. And now I have the pleasure of passing this on to you guys. These new pens are mad...