A Twofer Christmas with Snippets + WOYWW.

(If you haven’t - please also join in my 10th Blogaversary candy over HERE!)

Well, yes it’s Wednesday, my desk share day, with cards and Aussie fun photos, too! Over at Julia’s here you can see worldwide Workdesks for What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday! And of the wonders of Christmas Twofer?? .. see more below, because desk must come first! 

Really this is what I’m supposed to be making a birthday card, with one of those very pretty digi papers and a birthday for the 2nd Dec., since it’s going to Victoria I need to mail it ASAP.. however last night I headed off on another tangent. You see, I added two more folks to my card list. They’re missionaries away over the sea in Africa, who can’t come home as planned for Christmas because of our closed borders, so I decided two more cards last night.. finished them this morning.

Over at Darnell’s Twofer (over here), and just cos it’s Christmas, you’re allowed to make two Christmas cards, not necessarily two different occasions as it is normally! and those stars grabbed me.. with the help of a google search I adapted two card designs I found, to things I had in stash.

Namely a star mask by MB, heat embossed with Versamark in silver EP and some CCD stars  were cut in assorted sizes. I used Poppy stamps “Joy to the world” stamp die set for greeting.

On this card on piece with "Tidings of Comfort and.." I used a NBUS Not Used Before Schtuff (so joining NBUS Challenge here). It's an Avery Elle set of Simple Sentiment dies. Love them and see those Courture Creations glue pens? they're brilliant, larger than most others, never  block and at under $4 in Oz, they're a bargain!

Second card super simple, a star decoration with my totally favourite “Stampendous“ verse, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David is a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:12 and as both of these cards used snippets.. I’m off to the playground too, Snippetty playground challenge here .... AND Miss has a bad shoulder so I’ve lots of prayers for her healing and big bunch of our roses, virtually! due to lockdown... wouldn’t it be grand to really visit! Playground open week longer and we may enter twice! 

Now the Aussie shots are courtesy of a grey nomad in our family, remember this rock platform a few week’s back?

 

Lunch Lady Jan asked how big it was? Well, that piece was relatively small but there were many other parts to the rocky headland at Woody Head.. as these photos show! Have a clamber over it with me 😁

Also someone else asked how big the tree goannas or lace monitors grew, usually they’re 1.5 to 2 metres or approximately 6’.

Not things you argue you with, but usually leave us alone, my BiL had a photo of my sister in her chair reading with one a little to her left behind her. Hoping no doubt she’d be eating and drop something! 

Above one checking put a BBQ...

... and one up a tree, hence tree goannas.

Above - these palms are in Whian Whian State forest. 

Here below are the willie wagtail fledglings on their beach front yard.

It's spring here, and there is also in their nesting box a fledging rosella, very shy.

This is what rosellas look like, this is courtesy of a SA friend.

Well, that’s it for today, I’m hoping, God willing, to finish my overseas mail today. Done USA, doing UK and Africa!

Praying much for all in USA, UK, France and many other countries to be kept safe and for God to watch over all whom you love.

Thanks for popping over and saying hi, am hoping to do better this week in visiting, God willing.

Prayer hugs,

Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought for the day:

 A favourite verse of mine (one of many!) is:

"Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall."

Isaiah 25:4

Are you labouring long in prayer, is your heart heavy, your spirit overwhelmed?

Remember the battle is not mine, yours, ours or theirs.... 

But the battle is the LORD's. 

Rest on His might.

 Not resting in self, but resting, really resting in surrender.

For He "hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. " 

Praise His glorious name, how He loves us!

 

 Linking up with also:

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

**Also linking over to http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/chnc-challenge-515.html?m=1

**Christmas card is linked up to new challenge We love Chocolate Baroque, theme is Christmas, used Stamping on greetings on both cards.. and embossing and masking on first card.