Thank you for taking time to visit, and I hope I am even a tiny bit helpful as I have been helped and blessed by so many others. I have been doing Calligraphy since teens, and card making for many years as well. In 1990 I delighted in the joys of stamping with ink and embossing after a trip to Cairns, Qld. In 2009 I discovered the brayer, 2010 the Cuttlebug, also have now taking to reading up on crafting blogs and lo! Here I am, on one of my own.
I live on the coast of eastern Australia. I am a Christian. I trusted in the LORD down here at the beach, amazingly it is not far from where I now live. It was over 50 years ago, after a Beach Mission Service at the age of 12 years
26 comments:
Hi Shaz, a stunning collection of cards, 76 cards is a feat. Love the King Parrot pic, we have one who occasionally drops by the front door asking for some seed, we think he hears our little budgies. He came last week and when I was not prompt enough he landed on the flyscreen door and screeched... Wishing you a very special Christmas and Happy and Healthy 2025... Megan
Hope you are well Shaz!
Wonderful cards! All of them!
And your sunshine pics, and the parrot!
Merry Christmas my friend!
Sending kind thoughts and wishes for a peaceful and blessed Christmas season Shaz.
B x
Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground with your lovely festive makes. See you up at the Christmas party shortly. Hope you'll join in with the Conga line that Miss Di is threatening to lead!
Merry Christmas. xxx
Amen Shaz! Beautiful cards again today. Wishing you and your family a very blessed Christmas.
Betsy
Good to read your latest post with cards you've made. Lovely parrot 🦜 ❤️. I got a Christmas cactus a few weeks ago. It looks good and I need to put it in a bigger pot. It's been 🌧 raining a lot lately. I hope you had a blessed Merry Christmas Christmas 🎄 ❤️ ~ Becky
Hi My Lovely Friend. Lots of Loving Wishes are speeding their way to you in Oz today. May you be having A Blessed Christmas and my thoughts extend to you for the heralding of the new year.
How lucky you are to have such colourful birds flying about and such beautiful flowers to see as you walk through town. Not forgetting, of course, the beautiful flowers in your own garden and the beautiful walks you take as you make your way to the beach for a swim.
Beautiful cards, I always remember how in awe I was of your work when I first joined in woyww. May God continue to work through your fingers bringing joy to so many.
Hugs, Neet 10 xx
Happy Christmas Shaz,your photographs are lovely. Happy WOYWW too. Angela #8
What a lot to see! Lovely cards!
Hope you have had a good day!
Happy WOYWW! Susan #12
A lovely festive post - your cards are beautiful and show the true meaning of Christmas. I hope you have a peaceful time and send all good wishes from Shropshire for a Happy and Healthy New Year.x x Jo 🌈
Happy Christmas! Some gorgeous cards .
.hope you have a peaceful and healthy new year . Helen #2
Great to see you around again and hope you're doing okay. I love parrots though I know in many places where they live naturally they can prove a bit of a pest too. I used to keep Love Birds and what they could do at stripping the bark of a branch was amazing to see but might not have been so good in the wild. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year hopefully with lots of smiles. Hugs Angela x7x
Merry Christmas Shaz, hope you’ve had a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing some of your Australia pics, I do love seeing them. It looks like my card hasn’t turned up yet, 😞, so sorry, it went ages ago! 🤞it turns up soon.
Love and hugs, LLJ 3 xxx
Wishing you a happy and peaceful Christmas Shaz, with all the blessings. Your rose garden is a constant gift of photo pleasure 8 must say. Hope you're well and enjoying the warm bright days. Xxx
It's been a while since you posted, but you haven't lost your touch in either card-making or photography, Shaz! It is always a joy to visit! You have both made and received sensational cards celebrating that Jesus is the Reason for the Season! And you are, indeed, blessed to live among the beauty of the ocean, flowers, and birds! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Lots of love and hugs, Darnell
Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing...May you and yours enjoy a wonderful holiday season.
What a beautiful collection of cards Shaz. So glad you were able to join us for Christmas! Stay safe and Happy WOYWW. Sarah
Beautiful artwork Shaz. Hope you’ve had a great Christmas and wishing you and your family a happy and healthy new year, hugs, Lynnecrafts xx
Lots of beautiful cards and wonderful photos! Thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!
Fairly quiet Christmas here with just hubby plus son visiting for a few days. Loads of stuff on my desk as crafting fills the lack of family gap. Saying that it is still a struggle with all the challenges I set myself. Lots of lovely cards there. Hope you had a merry time, see you next year Hugs BJ#14
Merry Christmas, all the nativity cards are just wonderful, You are blessed to live where you do, so lovely to enjoy the flowers and beach side.
Ah lovely! I see your blog now allows Open Id comments! Your cards are stunning and I will file away some ideas for next year :D
A merry Christmas catch up!
Mary Anne (1)
Hi Shaz, about Bible painting. Yes a bible with wider margins does help but with watercolour you can still see through the paints to read the text, Unless it is really heavy black! There's a NT Bible with alternate plain/text pages which is good called Journal the Word, but I still go over the words. Hugs BJ#14
Wonderful array of cards Shaz!
Sending best wishes for 2025
Di xxx
Hello, my sweet sister in our Lord Jesus. I hope this finds you doing well. thank you for sharing your wondrful art with us at Word Art Wednesday. It's always a treat to have you play along with us and I hope that you'll join us often. God bless you, my creative friend.
Beautiful collection of cards, especially the Joy one you shared with us at Allsorts. Donna
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