WOYWW + Mighty Crafty Bounty - God blessed indeed!

(**For those who liked the MB glowing candle die cuts on my desk two weeks ago, the cards made with them are on the post below.)

Hi one and all, lobbing in with a quick post for WOYWW + desky shares x 3, (warning loads of pickies here). It is WOYWW or What is on your Workdesk Wednesday (pop over to Julia's and join in do!).

Okay, deep breath everyone!! I was given fifteen punches yesterday!! plus a whole lot of embossing folders (rear) + two spellbinder dies. This dear old gentleman is going blind and was getting rid of a whole lot of crafty goodies and was just going to tip them if we didn't take them. My friend went away with three or four times as many as this. I actually don't have a huge number of punches so this probably more than doubles my number. Monkeys survey new crafty haul, talk about so very "God-blessed" indeed! (if only you could have heard me exclaiming over each one..oh how I love that, I have wanted that, etc. However didn't want to be too greedy so tried to be selective  :D)

I felt needed to familiarise myself with such a number at once, so I have made a ready reference sheet of them (will do same for folders too) by punching them out and saving positives and negatives and inking them up. They are all put in the spare basket to the left side and I do have a spot on the shelf for that basket too, wonderful!

This is what my desk would've had on it and was shifted to dining table, all my cards for Christmas, at rear in plastic bag, I think I need another twenty. So I've done some more sheets of brusho to make some more of the nativity cards shown back here. I love how no two brusho sheets are the same!

Two cards I've made in the last week.

This is another colour challenge one over on FB Christian Card Makers, you could chose you own.
Popular Dark Cools 2Color Palette : mauve blue green

My 3rd entry in this challenge, the oriental digi was printed out and the verse was stamped, a Printblocks stamp from 1990's. EF is Moroccan frame I think, papers are LOTV. Coloured the backing papers and ribbon with DI Peacock Feathers.

Second card is with a Nicecrane bird image and overlaid a PNG bible verse file from WAW, this is an encouragement card for a friend. Stamped SU French script on Background inked with DI Peacock feather again. EF is Courture creations Tied together.

 Now to the Aussie shots no beach ones today... but at the local Botanic gardens and one at home.

Flowering cactus in our courtyard, the flowers take ages to come out and then only last a day or so but they are beautiful.

No idea what this is but I did love its flower... tried a search but may try another to see if I can find it!

The largest birds nest fern I've ever seen!

Okay for those who dont know .. this is a brush turkey mound .. and this one is ginormous!

This is the bird that shapes that huge mound ... they do it for the warmth to help incubate their eggs. it is because of them we have to put chicken wire over mulch or they tip it all out everywhere! Actual size of mound shown well below!

I have been a bit remiss in welcoming a new wonderful encouragers called Heidi Stamps over at My little Stamping blog .. pop over here, if you have time, as she doesn't have many folks who've join her blog!

Thanks so much for popping over for peek and chat.. you are really appreciated!

May God bless your day wherever you maybe!

Shaz in oz.x 

 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136:1

I would like to link up to the following:
1. Feature a creature, Allsorts challenge both cards have birds on them.
2. Simon Says Wednesday blog  - Thanksgiving. SECOND card - O give thanks unto the LORD for He is good His mercy endureth forever.

3.Word Art Wednesday - anything goes     http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au  
4.Simon Says  Monday blog  - Thanksgiving. SECOND card - O give thanks unto the LORD for He is good His mercy endureth forever.