WOYWW, Flora + Fauna of Oz + Card Challenge!

Hullo there everyone!!!

Well, here we are - yes another delightful day here of lovely summery weather - great temps at the mo - not too hot and not too cold - Goldilocks right!

Now to my desk, as it is WOYWW or "What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday". Over at Julia's we check out one another's workdesk/ floors or wherever we may create (peek here)!  Join us, do!

Okay a lot of inkiness going on here - or was last night!! Monkeys survey it, they are not quite sure if it came off or no!! this type of "brayered ink with cling wrap" aka Barbara Gray. Maggie Silvercrafter wrote of it on her post last week - see here!
As  we dont have such things on TV with Babara Gray over here - Maggie kindly sent me the instructions. I shall confess, I cant help myself, and I have put my own slant on it! do that with cooking recipes too! Will do a separate post on it one day (have it started) - when have finished pieces have in mind. So watch this space. Awesome colours aren't they?
Otherwise desk playing is mostly tidied away, as cleaning day again.

Well, have some lovely photos of interest today from Oz!! 

Firstly it is the pineapple growing in our yard; put it in after seeing them growing in my friend's garden just around the corner. About eighteen months ago cut the top off shop bought pineapple, and planted it in the backyard, in well drained spot with sun, and bit of water when remembered.

Yesterday look what I spied! It has shot at last with its wee new fruit about to appear after the flowering, from all our rain no doubt! and you would not believe how prickly it was. I thought it would be soft at this stage - but no, prickly all the way! 

I thought at as I looked at it how similar to the bromeliad family it was, so did some research.. see HERE and was right! 
Pineapples are bromeliad flowers (which also bear fruit) who would have thought?  :D 
Click on pickies if want a better look.

About a month ago I showed you the Peewee nest up at my sister's. Back then the mumma Peewee was sitting on her eggs, while dad was on guard.

Here 4 weeks later are two HUGE little fluffy baby Peewee's pushing at each other almost to fit in the nest. They are according to reports a laugh a minute as they try to learn to fly and wibble-wobble on branches around the nest. One is slightly more advanced than the other - didn't my sister take a good photo?!

To close, I thought I would share with you the card which I began on WOYWW last week on my desk, (with Memory Box dies - if you need tip to  help come them out ~ look here)! 
Hope you like it, Sarn? (see her's here)

Have so many birthdays this month I thought I'd to make it up for my sister's Birthday on Saturday. No worries she does not read this blog, so quite safe. 'Tis the same sister who took the Peewee pickies :D

Recipe: Memory Box Die Nottingham Border, Cuttlebug Vintage corners, Spellbinder fancy label, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, few pearls. As these are all scraps used ( the Kraft coffee coloured paper is from an iceblock packet.. shock horror!! but I like it) and entering it in Di's Snippet's Challenge!

 Happy WOYWW everyone!
Thanks so VERY much for popping over for a peek and chat, and may God bless your day wherever you may be!!

Shaz in Oz.x 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges also:

Sparkles: Die cuts & flowers. (15th)

Twisted Tuesday: Free for All. (10th)
Cute Cards Thursday: A different corner.

Natalie & Amy's challenge: Something old , something new. Two dies used.. Memory Box border brand new - Cuttlebug vintage corners were some of earliest dies. (28th)

Pretty little Ribbon Shop blog - Anything goes. (monthly - started 4/2)

Challenges for Everybody - Always anything goes (monthly - 2/3 approx.)