Penny Black Terraced Lane - Male 70th + RE-SUBSCRIBE + WOYWW

 Well, shock, am blogging again, three time in bit over a week! 

First of all if received by email, you need to resubscribe, unless already done so. SEE previous blog post HERE!

 Also added on that post the actual direct email address to your own blogger feedburner. 

It took me 20mins+ to find it,☹️ Google search can’t even take to you to it! 

Well, as it's WOYWW (What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday over here at Julia’s Queen of desks), so here is my desk... in photo collage!

Another male birthday card, this time a 70th! Showing a step by step.. as it was a fun technique! I use the video technique by Jill Foster, showcasing the technique with another PB stamp - see YouTube, by Jill Foster. I really was happy with the end result, but did take patience in building up the layers of colour on multiple stamping. I used Tombows and DI .. a base of light Distress Ink to start with then layers, did trees first and steps last. Then when all the varied depths of colours were done to my satisfaction, I added first the embossing buddy over it once dry. Had kept stamp the whole time in my stamping platform, so it was easy to stamp over with Versamark and EP.

I did find I neeed to tape down my Bristol smooth heavy cardstock as it moved first time around with magnets, thankfully it has two sides! I used her colours for the background inking, and ink dusters, too. The white chalk pencil was used to add the moonlight down the stairs with it, then reheated the embossing powder, so it would settle like it was there all along and not rub off! And when not exact inky colours available, substituted like all good crafters do! 😆

Here’s the finished card. I used a Herringbone CB folder(disc.) extended, on base grey green card, yes not this colour photographed. It was much softer grey-blue green shade, tried to edit colour but it insisted on staying like this.

 

The lime green was done in SU Lattice EF, also Disc. Most of my EF are disc. these days. Numbers "70" aren’t on there, but added today before mailing. Though think prefer it plain, ie no numbers, in hindsight. 

Here is a link HERE to my previous two cards with this stamp, quite different as you’ll see. Love them all, but think is my favourite stamping technique. 

Now to the Aussie photos.

Firstly a local one on my walk. The rest are courtesy of travelling family members, as it’s autumn Downunder, and such stunning sunsets.

This one on coastal river NSW on the north coast.. reflected beautifully.

Two in the outback of Far-west Qld, almost on the corner of three borders of Qld, NT and SA... campfires are the go on these cold nights, but some nights are too cold even for that.

That’s it, dear friends, I really appreciate you, am so thankful you’ve popped over and even more so if you’ve had time to say hi.

May God richly bless you today and praying His watchcare upon you and all those whom you love,

Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x 🙏🤗

Thought for the day:

Today in the midst of the ongoing COVID crisis we are anxious to have all the essentials of life to hand, food and... yess! Including that toilet paper 😂 that seems universally to be the thing that goes first or is limited in purchase as a consequence. 🤔

However in reality the very most essential thing is Christ. 

Jesus said, “He that believes on the Son (Jesus), has life, AND he that believes NOT the Son; shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on Him.” John 3:36

There’s no big fence outside of heaven waiting for us to sit on.. we can’t sit on the fence in the next life, even if we try unsuccessfully to do it in this life. We’re either one side or the other.

 I was only 12 years old when I found the right side of the fence and the salvation promised in my wonderful Lord Jesus, He’s been by my side through thick and thin. 

We live our lives getting ready, for school, for work, for the Drs, for the shops, to visit folks, if we’re able to etc. 

This life is a life of getting ready.. however are we really ready for the life to come? Which may come for us at any time.

I most earnestly pray so. 🙏

To be sure... read this post here. 

Linking up with the following challenge:

1. Used lots of snippets .. so off to the playground..Over here! Wooho, bags first go on the swings please!, pretty please!

2. Word art Wednesday Anything goes!  http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

3. Penny black Saturday challenge- anything goes (optional CAS) http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/pbsc-may-anything-goes-optional-clean.html

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