World Of Michael Trent

I betcha that title caught your eye!!  I am on StencilGirl Talk today with a project that has been bugging to get out of my head for weeks - Marvin the StenDoodled Elephant from Marrakech!  LOL This stencil called " Elephant Parade " is part of Nathalie Kalbach's newest release for StencilGirl Products .  When I first saw the stencil online, this is the project that immediately jumped into my head and I had to get my hands on it.  I am thrilled with how it came out and hope you can pop by StencilGirlTalk to see the step by step and show StencilGirl some Love! Just...click... HERE ! Thanks and Hugs from New York ~Michael

Hello everyone.  I have now been back in New York for 2 weeks and am having a blast.  So nice to eat real bagels again!  LOL I will be giving several classes using stencils and on my  StenDoodle™  technique.  I will be stores in NYC, CT, and NJ.  all the class info is listed below.  I really hope many of you can join me in one of my classes....they will be a lot of fun and filled with color!   INTRO TO StenDoodle™  with StencilGirl Stencils This is an introduction class to the  StenDoodle™  technique I have created.  I will explain how my technique came about, give many tips to making sure you projects come out perfect each time, and then we will create 2 6" x 6" pieces of art using 1 stencil from Crafter's Workship and the rest of the stencils will be from StencilGirl Products.   All you need to bring to class is a permanent fine tip black marker such as a Sharpie, Copic Multiliner, Mic...

********************************************** Psst..before I start, there is a fantastic GIVEAWAY - 2 people will win a prize package worth $50!  $25 in StencilGirl stencils and a pound of rubber stamps from Viva Las Vegas Stamps.  Do you know how many stamps are in a pound?  Hint: about 100.  LOL. Remember to leave a comment on each blog.  The more blogs you visit and leave a comment on, the more chances you have to win! Good luck everyone! Here is today's list of blogs to visit!! StencilGirl Talk Michael Trent (You are already Here) Tera Callihan - HOP HERE NEXT!! Mellpellmell Viva Las Vegas Stamps The Blog Hop runs all week!  The more blogs you visit and leave comments on, the more chances you have of winning the amazing GIVEAWAY!!   The GIVEAWAY ends on Sunday, August 31st at 11:59 PM Central Time! ****************************************************** Hey everyone!!   I am really thrilled to be part ...

When I was first approached to be part of the StencilGirl/Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge blog hop, I just laughed out loud!  Me?  A craft hoarder?  Duh!  Not only have I been hoarding craft supplies for over 20 years but when I moved here to Brasil from New York City, I took it all with me.  And then I started to hoard Brasilian craft supplies. Okay, I admit it - I AM A CRAFT HOARDER!     For this blog hop, the artists had only two rules - use StencilGirl stencils and then to dig through our craft hoard and use whatever we wanted to use.  I grabbed stencils (duh) sprays, pastes, paints, makeup sponges, lots and lots of BLING, you name it.  Heck, I even grabbed my bag of keyboard letters and some fake eyelashes that were in the hoard.  Told ya, I am a craft hoarder. There is something very freeing about just using stuff from my hoard and making a piece of art.  I did not do much thinking here.  I did know what st...

Hey everyone.  I have a new video tutorial on how to make the above mini notebook - over at the StencilGirl blog...StencilGirl Talk.  Hope you can stop by and check it out.  Just click on the photo above, or the link below!! CLICK HERE  Hugs, ~Michael

On the StencilGirl Blog today is my post on making Easy Peasy Note Cards!  I used some of my left over Mixed Media papers from my Mini Album with Seth Apter's stencils.   Just click on the photo above or click  HERE . Hope you can stop by and check it out. Hugs - ~Michael

Some of the Mixed Media Mini Albums I have made. The stack I have made.  This is very addicting. Hey everyone. My new blog post is up on StencilGirl Talk. And today it is how to make a very easy and cool Mixed Media Mini Album. With a video!! Hope you can hop over and take a look - just -  CLICK HERE!

Good morning everyone.  And Happy Easter to all that celebrate!  I am blown away by the number of comments left on my blog post for the StencilGirl stencils and other goodies!! I really think you guys want the Brasilian chocolate more than the stencils.  Ha Ha.  I wanted to answer every blog comment left but it would have thrown the contest off.  If you left me a comment to answer, I will do so after the winner is announced.   I had 161 comments and I numbered them 1-161, starting with the first comment left on the blog.  Using random.org, the winner is - Martha Rose   who wrote "This 80 yr old stencil junkie hopes she wins!  Glad to discover your blog via Stencil Girls Club FB Page.  Thanks for your generosity!" Martha Rose - please email me your full name and address to michaeltrent@gmail.com and I will get your goodies off to you this week!   Congratulations Martha Rose!! Thank you again to everyone that left com...

I have to admit that I am NOT a "Steampunk" person. I do love doodads and whatchamacallits.  To collect. In a drawer. Or glass jar. To admire.  This project started because we sell these chipboard gears in our store and they had been whispering in my ears for weeks!  I just had to use them.  We had also just gotten in a shipment of embossing enamels from Stampendous and I wondered how the chipboard would look with the enamels.  So I started to play.  I have no idea what part of my brain this project came out of but I really love the end result.   The ornament is about to take a journey across the ocean to a very special person in New Jersey that loves Steampunk!!  I hope Toniann Carbone loves admiring it as much as I loved making it for her!!   Although the gears I used in this project are made by a Brasilian company, and I was on the fence about whether or not to post this step by step. But, since there are plenty of compani...