World Of Michael Trent

Hello everyone.  Today's card has been in my head for weeks and I finally found the time to make it. I did some fine tuning as I made the card and it actually came out better in the end than it was in my head.  Has this ever happened to you?  And I have to thank my friend Debra for the sentiment idea.  I was going to use "Seasons Greetings" but then she suggested "Seasonings Greetings", which I love even more, and that's what I went with in the end!   So, thanks Deb!!   Here's how I made this card -  1.  I prepared the sentiment "SEASONINGS GREETINGS" on the computer and printed two of them out on A4 white cardstock.  2.  I positioned the stitched rectangle die over the sentiment, adhered it with some washi tape, trimmed the cardstock, and die cut it with my Big Shot.  (I'm sure there is an easier way with software but I do not know how to do this.  So, if you do, please let me know in the comments and I...

Hello everyone!!!  I think my mojo took another holiday because I have been trying to make some cards for days and nothing in my head was working!!  Maybe, because I have been making so many mini albums, that my fingers have forgotten how to make a card?  Is that possible?  LOL I saw over on the If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge Blog that the current challenge, Cookie Challenge 91  - is all about transportation.  This ice cream truck stamp set was sitting on my desk and, since this is a form of transportation, I was able to pop this clean and simple card out of my head!  I cut a piece of white cardstock using the large stitched rectangle from the Bundle of Stitched Shapes ( Simon Says Stamp ).  Then I placed the Journal Texture No. 2 stencil ( StencilGirl Products ) down on the cardstock and distressed over it with Spun Sugar Distress Ink by Ranger. Next, I stamped the ice cream truck from the More Than Ice Crea...

Good morning everyone!!  Yesterday was the first day in over a week that the sun decided to show her face and it got so hot here.  Of course I decided that it would be fun to bake an apple/peach/plum pie and the kitchen turned into an inferno!  But the pie turned out great.  LOL.  Today's card I made for Day 15 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge last month. I love Unity Stamps - especially their flower images.  This card is very easy to make and is perfect for so many occasions.  Just keep a few on hand with different sentiments and you are ready to send one out quickly! I started with an A2, top folding, pink card base.  Cut a piece of white cardstock 4" x 5.25".   Then I stamped the bouquet from the Big Summertime Bouquet set at the top of the cardstock.  Then I turned the cardstock around and stamped the image again.  I colored the flowers in with various copic markers.  Then I die cut the label die from ...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I know...I missed Monday.  I was planning on doing a blog post but I got up later than I wanted to and .... Bella ...    and Bandit (the new one) ... had to make a visit to the vet.  Her to get her nails trimmed and him to get his shots!! She hates the vet and he seemed to be having a great time.  LOL.  He is also getting along great with all the other dogs and I am very happy that they took to him.  AND...he has stopped his "happy peeing".  That was not fun.   Today I am showing a really easy card I made for Day 5 of The Daily Marker's 30 Day Coloring Challenge .  Is anyone else following along with Kathy or joining in?  I would love to know.  I used an image from Northwoods Rubber Stamps of flip-flops that I have wanted to color for a long time and I used a phrase from a Unity set that I felt went perfect with it.  Since Spring has sprung here and it's getti...

Happy Sunday everyone!!  I am more than a bit late in doing today's post but we got up early and went to the greenmarket in Artur Nogeira , the town next to us.  We get greenmarkets every weekend here and, although they are pretty much the same as in the states, because we live in rural, agricultural area, we tend to get more than just your typical fruits and veggies.   Today, for example, I found someone selling - honeycomb.  Pure delicious honey...still in the comb...YUM! And another stand selling fresh bacon.  Well, not fresh....but cured by them, on the farm, from pigs that they raised themselves.  Sorry....but I love bacon.  And this fresh bacon is some of the best!! After that it was off to Holambra , the town on the other side of us, to get some plants and garden stuff.  I am here several times a month but today was the first time that I saw Christmas Cactus and Geranium in bloom but with different flowers than I am...