Christmas Card Distress Ink Masking + WOYWW

 Hi everyone, 'tis Wednesday so it’s time to pop over at Julia’s Stamping Ground, where we see desks, of marvellous inspiration worldwide. 

Couple of desks shared but none of today as scheduled, busy!

This is Tuesday's desk, and am working on another design for my Christmas batch baking. Saw a video by Eileen Godwin, it was nothing like this because don’t have her products, but it was the trigger for this layout. I stamped and gold embossed seven cards with verse, then masked off the side section 5cm wide, and inked it up with DI Bundled Sage, edges but deeper, then layered with same ink the key stamp the Holly from Sweet n Sassy Christmas Silhouettes set. I tried to remember to second generation stamping on these background layers but my brain doesn’t always work on that! 😆 added the background stamp SU French Script in DI deep green.

Then transferred to stamping platform for the layering of inks (Memento Dew Drop) and Tombow markers on the stamp to do two highlight images. Then the fun! To peel off mask. There are seven in this batch so will share when all done next week. I’ve now done 50 cards and would like to do 100, had done 30 before last two weeks, want to give some away as presents. A good early Christmas pressie. 

Now to cards, first ones are from last weeks desk.

Used a MB mask for star in white texture paste, I ran this through my machine with embossing mat to flatten the paste some, to make it much easier to colour ink over top. 

Also it was meant to inlaid, but I just ran die cuts through once added, to make all one level. This is a lot less work, same effect, plus they're well adhered.

Had to stop inking, ordered DI Chipped Sapphire reinker, also needed a larger DI Seedless Preserves. The small cubes  are good for small project but was doing ten of these backgrounds.

These cards are full of snippets so off to the playground, YAY! I love using die cuts and snippets.

Aim to get most of my Christmas cards done by middle of November, I think with mail, I will need to mail very early. Some mail is very slow.

Second card is one for a birthday end of November, but it takes six weeks to get to Norway so better get it in mail this week

Of course, if send early it will only take a few weeks! 😉 This Dragonfly stamp is by Stampman, ( a pressie from Anne in France, thanks!). Used oxides on background, our family lassie loves these colours, not my fav but they are hers. Added a bit of masking at either end in white chalk ink with TH Mosaic mask, just for interest. 

Now to Aussie photos. My garden is still having its spring flush.

This arrangement I did to take to an elderly couple who are pretty much shut in, this was same lady who I made the bookmark for last week. They are really doing it tough. And who doesn't love red, very fragrant roses?  The white flower are the old fashioned gerbera. And used bottle brush for greenery with our Italian lavender.

These are two water pickies taken last week on my walk, stopped at a lookout on walk, and as school hols quite a few on beach looking north and south.

EDIT: Sorry, Mary Anne on WOYWW, I can’t comment on Wordpress, used to be able to but they’ve made it impossible these days. Love your masks.

Well, that’s it for today, and thanks so much if you popped over for a peek and chat. May God bless you all and keep you all safe and well too. 
My love thoughts and prayers are with you all, that you will be kept safe in God’s hands. 
Love and prayers, 🙏🏻🤗 

Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought of the day:

There are so many gems in Psalms.  

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? 

and why art thou disquieted in me? 

hope thou in God: 

for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Psalm 42:5

Psalm 42:5

I love this refrain found in this Psalm in verse 5 and 11, and yet again in Psalm 43:5. 

When we were young we learned the times tables by rote so we can still mimic them today as required.

So God our loving Heavenly Father reminds us that when we are in trouble, our thoughts disquieted within us, that He is our hope, our Anchor,  our Joy when times are tough. 

If you like me were to look back over 2020, we could say with vehemence that it has been quite a year! 

I had no idea on January 1st, 2020 I’d be really ill again in the middle of the year in cardiac care unit. When it happens you think: “No! this is not me.”

But it is ...

Ah! And my God is the One Who is my Peace in such storms, confusion and pain! 

Yes! 

Life hurts! 

However, there is One Who goes before, behind and is with us in it all. 

This is the constant refrain and promise of God’s Word, for all who are willing to believe and seek that assurance through simple trusting faith in our 

Lord Jesus.

*****

This past week I wrote a post on my Christian blog of colour coding the bible, I’ve in the last three months colour coded two whole bibles and a large print New Testament and Psalms.

The latter took 70 hours, the whole bible well over 100 hours each. If you’re interested to see photos and explanation please see this post HERE.

Linking over to these challenges:

**Word Art Wednesday - anything goes. Both cards  http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au/

** Di's Snippets Playground .Latest Snippets Challenge here - Christmas cards

** Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge. Saturday challenge here

** NBUS challenge the Christmas scene is a CCD die is NBUS “NEVER BEFORE USED SCHTUFF”over here at Darnells

** Christmas card has glimmer mist over at Simon Say Wednesday challenge it’s make it sparkle! 

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-make-it-sparkle-4/