Scrappy Mo’s Christmas Challenge, More Distress Oxides + WOYWW

Hi there one and all, yes! So hard to believe but it’s time for yet another Scrappy Mo Christmas challenge, 2nd last for the year. October’s challenge will end on 31st. Also doing my weekly WOYWW join over too at Queen Julia’s Stamping Ground for What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday... Here!

To my desks.. yesterday desk 1 and desk 2 are not Christmas cards but rather oxides blending. Needed a birthday card and an encouragement card and so thought I’d do a two-fer Silhouette cards, albeit too late to actually join in with challenge. Der! 😆 the first one is the spotlight technique with the Floral silhouette by Woodware. Oh, I really, really, REALLY love this stamp. Oxides were as shown, I’d die cut a scrap bit of card with a circle die for spotlight mask. I used Darkroom Door mesh stencil over oxides, spritzed on top side, ie finest side, not underneath and gently tap around to imprint into masked circle. Flatter back side does not work as well. If miss a bit, carefully resist and press down in the area very gently..

Second desk I’m just doing a masked strip and the double masked with a Kaisercraft spots stencil in white on top, as you can see with these I’m using make up brushes with oxides, either use these or foams, and wash well after use. Don’t have enough to do otherwise. Also don’t have enough Oxides inks so just pull out desired coloured in regular DI and mix in. Work just fine.

Here are the finished cards.

I’ve used Sweet ‘n Sassy greetings on both, “Floral greeting” on birthday, and “Wait on the Lord” on encouragement card.

Now to Christmas cards. Well, I’ve now a total of 81 Christmas cards, so calling a pause to catch up on other tasks.

Still ideas floating in my head but will see how many more I need. In 2018, I was blessed to have an amazing trip around world catching up with bloggers, WOYWW in September chez Margarets, and these lovely poinsettia images which are on a vellum background on seven cards were bought for $1.99 with Marilyn in Hobby Lobby, as were the four nativity ones.

So that’s these eleven cards, used some assorted dies and embossing folders. The embossed verse from Luke 2 is my favourite Stampendous stamp, added peel offs down the side.

As stickers and the border EF on one of cards are NBUS, I’m linking over for the NBUS Challenge, which thankfully 😅 hasn’t ended yet, as well as Mo’s.

Here are two more cards, made with Beccy's Place  Digi images so will join over with her challenge too. Greetings are Karen's (from WAW) digis. Dies are SB Magnificent circles, and Courture Creation EF. Now to Aust photos courtesy of holidaying family member. It’s north of here, another lot of grey nomads. **Keep praying for crops to be harvested before the rain please and not go black and mouldy. Ta.

This is Woody Head, so right on beach, here’s the view! 

Ah, chill, relax!

There are some very interesting sedimentary rock platforms, all natural nought added.

Next is a weathered piece of timber.. aren’t the striations amazing!? Then Smooth Serenity thornless rose

and an orchid, an Oncidium, Wilsonara, Eye Candy.

Has another stem coming through too. 

Last pickie is a noisy flock of rainbow lorikeets who visited to say hullo when I was at a friends. They’re pretty generic around here.

Thanks so much for popping over for a peek and a chat. You’re all very much in my prayers and thoughts that you’ll all be well and you and dear ones will be kept Covid free. 

Prayer hugs,

Shaz in Oz.x

Thought of the Day:

 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Galatians 6:9

A dear sister in the LORD sent this verse to me this week, when I really needed it. It cheered me up. I like lots are, am often very VERY weary,  and its so easy to quit sit around and do nothing. But we dont, we get on with it. Praying to the dear Heavenly Father for grace for the day, strength for the way. I pray this today for YOU!

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 card stencilled recycling rectangular die cut, left over from a frame.

** Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge. Saturday challenge here 

** NBUS challenge the Christmas holly silhouettes is NBUS “NEVER BEFORE USED SCHTUFF”over here at Darnells.