World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone.  Today is a lazy and cold day here in São Paulo, and I decided to make these 2 cards, not only to usher in summer, but to share on a few card challenge blogs that I follow.  They are either an "anything goes" theme or a summer/floral theme, and the cards are perfect for all of them.  When I moved here, I came with a huge, 24" x 12" paper pad from K&Company.  The papers were all glossy, very floral, and beautiful.  I had cut the sheets in half and they have sat on a shelf for many years.  The pad is no longer being sold, but below is a photo of what it looked like. This card uses one of the sheets in the paper collection with the Oval Burst Background Die from Gina Marie Designs , and one of the sentiment flairs from the Summertime Digital Flair Buttons from KCS Designs by Kim .  This card uses a different sheet from the paper collection, the Sun Rays Quilted Card Panel from Frantic Stamper , who is going out of business and ...

  Hello...Hello...hello everyone!  There is a new card challenge blog on the block called The Four Seasons Challenge Blog that my friend Debra told me about. They will be having monthly challenges and the themes will always be an "anything goes theme" based on the season that that month is in.  I love this idea.   Their first challenge is up and running and it's an Anything Goes Fall theme and will run thru September 25th with winners being announced on the 28th.  Here is the mood board for September. I decided to make a sunflower slimline card. Sunflowers are my favorite flower and nothing makes me happier than finding a sunflower field to walk thru, which we have many of here in June and July, our Autumn.   For inspiration, I used this photo of me and one of our dogs, Bella, in a field we found just 2 months ago.  I love the blue sky behind the sunflowers. I used a stamp/die combo called Sunflowers from Divinity Designs.  I stampe...