March Dad's b-day canvas and card

This year my Dad's birthday I wanted to make him his own canvas and a card that he would love.

My father as a kid loved old cars and I remember him speaking of Route 66.

So the card I made I took the theme of vintage with a mixed media flare. Here is a picture below:


His canvas I made I tried to achieve a masculine distress vintage style. When making the canvas I uses tim holtz distress paints and stains to develop the background. I wanted to archive a shuttle pop of color that would show through in the canvas and remain masculine.

Here is the canvas and I love how it turned out.

Thanks,

TMCreative-Trent





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March Artist Choice Tag swap

I am in a craft group called Createexchange and I serve as one of the admins for the group.   March 2014 was a swap that I was to manage and come up with a theme.   I decided for this months swap to make it the artist choice when making the tag.

My thought was so that it gives each individual the capability to create a tag that defines them as an artisit or show what they love.   Here is the tag I made and I had Kaz who provided me inspirtation when making this tag.   Kaz is a designer for Tim Holtz and I love all her design work.  

I wanted to tie in some new released items of Tim Holtz into my tag as I am a HUGE fan of Tim Holtz.   I probably own part stock in his company with the stash i have in my art studio on his products - LOL

In this tag I wanted to incorporate a vintage charm with elements of wood, sewing and distress.

Here is the tag and I am so glad that may partner loved the tag I made.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  If you have any questions on this project or what items I used let me know.

TMCreative-Trent


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March Breanna B-day canvas

My niece Breanna had a birthday on March 27th.  I asked her would she prefer that I make her a canvas or buy her clothes.  An her response was that she would prefer a handmade project of mine.

So I wanted to make her something that really had a vintage feel and tie in an element of using the sewing machine with various stitches.

Breanna is big on family and I love her so dearly so below is a picture of the canvas I made her.

I used authentique paper and many other elements to create this piece.

I hope you like.

TMCreative-Trent


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Anniversary card 15 years

Happy Saturday all...

It has been awhile since I have blogged. It is crazy how work and life get in the way of having fun.  Well I most recently shared my 15 year anniversary with my partner and am so grateful to have him in my life.

I wanted to make a anniversary card that really was vintage but had some form of steampunk look and feel.   Here is a picture of the card I made for our anniversary.  

I hope you enjoy this card and thanks for stopping by my blog.

TMCreative-Trent

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April Tom's B-day card

Good afternoon, I wanted to share the card I made for my partner Tom. I wanted to make a very special tag for him that incorporated the stitching from the sewing machine.

I have really started using the sewing machine in my projects to add that next dimension and affect to my projects.





In this card I took random pieces of patterned paper and stitched the paper together. I then took some ribbon the has a ruler print and stitched that over the paper.

I then finished it off with a few embellishments and word blocks.

I hope you like and thanks for stopping by my blog.

TMCreative-Trent



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St Patricks day card

I hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to share the St Patricks day card I made this year.

I always find it very hard to find things to design for this holiday. So I cut my list down to a smaller number when making for this holiday.



This year I chose to go with a more simplistic card design but have the St Patricks theme.

I hope you enjoy the card I made and thanks for stopping by my blog.

TMCreative- Trent


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Tim Holtz - March 12 tags of 2014

The March tag for Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2014 is to be a way to kick off spring.

This months tag was a challenge for me on technique. However, the step by step instructions he provides is a great guide to learning how to make this tag.

Each month I begin to make his tag of the month I first start by gathering up all my supplies... (As seen below)





I then start by reviewing the instructions and start then by beginning my tag.

Here is my tag (number three attempt) but I tried. I plan to come back and try to master this at another date in the future.



I hope you have a chance to make this great Tim Holtz tag and kick-off spring.

Thanks,

Trent-TMCreative


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Birthday Card for Jene

  I have a good friend at work and I always like to make cards and give to others to see them smile. 

Here is the card I made for a good friend at work.

Butterfly canvas project - Feb14

  Good evening, I wanted to share a canvas that I made for Chris Buttanda.  I most recently met Chris and he told me he likes butterflies.  So I decided to make him a canvas that showcased butterflies and incorporated my style of distress vintage.

  I really liked how this canvas turned out as I incorporated many elements.  I used a mixture of items, dies, textures, embellishments from my Tim Holtz stash.

I hope you like - TMCreative-Trent

Feb14 - Guest Designer for Authentique Paper

 Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying your final days of February.  Hard to believe this month has flown bye.

On Tuesday, February 25th -  I was featured on Authentique Paper's blog:

http://blog.authentiquepaper.com/2014/02/guest-designer-trent-miller.html

I was a guest designer for them in February using the ABROAD product line. Check out the post and see my design projects I created with this great product release.

Here is one sneak peak of one of the design projects I made - the blog has a full write-up and more pictures of the pieces I created with this collection.

 Thanks for stopping by my blog have a great weekend ahead,
Trent - TMCreative

Bob and Austin tags

I had my good friend Liza in town for the weekend from Chicago. She brought her boys with her Austin and Bob.

We went to Dave & Busters, Auto show and I wanted to spend time with them to make a project.

Austin wanted a tag with a car on it so I went with a theme of transportation with a mixed media flare. We had great fun making it.





Bob and I made the following tag for him.





Was great seeing the boys and Liza. Thanks for stopping by my blog.


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Feb14-Tag swap - Burlap & Lace

  Good evening, everyone and I have been delayed in posting lately due to my day job.  It is always hard to find that hard balance of your hobby and what pays the bills.  However, enough said I wanted to share the tag I designed for a recent tag swap I was in during February.

  The theme of the tag swap was Burlap and Lace.  This was one that I can admit was outside my comfort zone and I almost didn't join.  But I think sometimes you need to push your limits to drive your creative process to expand into areas you wouldn't go naturally.

  So here is the tag I developed and planned out.  below I have shared my work in process pictures and final piece that I created.  

 

 

I hope you enjoy my creation and my final designed piece that I created for this swap. 

TMCreative-Trent