Layered Embossing, WOYWW, NBUS, Snippets, Allsorts.

 Well, as it is Wednesday, I'm linking over to What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Here is my desk recently after a crafty session inspired by the double embossing video link below.  

     Jo Simon's video Layered Embossing

I so liked this layered Embossing I made a number of cards, 2 x pink (one in DL, other 5x7), 1x blue, 1x purple, 1x yellow. So you ink a little then stamp SU French Script, then plainer patterned Embossing folder and Floral Bouquet Altenew which was highlighted with white pigment ink. I used a *NBUS Greeting set by Sizzix, very versatile. 

Also Miss 14 had a birthday, this cute *NBUS Beccysplace.com image (a discontinued digi) was used plus some snippets of designer paper. 

And Mister 10 loved his shaker card with the pun on it. Its a *NBUS Lawn Fawn stamp set plus Darkroom Door scales background stamp. 

Now to some Aussie photos its spring here and so sharing some roses from my garden, some Rainbow Lorikeets eating grass seed, and the stunning sea view at my sister's. 

Thanks so much for popping over for a peek and a chat, I pray God's blessing on your wherever you are 

Prayer hugs, 🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought of the Day. 

I'm going through a rough patch at the moment 3 skin excision in 5 days, two on my lower leg and one more on face to go on Thursday. So verses like this bring me great comfort. Jesus carries my burdens, without Him I can do nothing. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

 

Linking up with the following:

1. Word Art Wednesday Challenge https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/10/weeks-720-721-anything-goes.html?m=1 

2 Snippets Playground - Mister 10 shaker card , snippets of white on stamped images and shell background. 

3. NBUS Never Before Used Schtuff   **cards as indicated (thoughts and prayers are with Darnell and Mister, for hubby's healing in God's mercy). 

4. Allsorts Challenge Anything Goes or use Christmas Colours. Miss 14 Beccy Digi card with 3D a little Birdy told me it was your birthday 

5 Simon says challenge Add some text. Yellow Floral Bouquet card. French Script stamp in background 

WOYWW, Snippets, NBUS, Allsorts, Simon Says

This is a continuing catch up, skim if in a hurry, it's more for my records than anything else and yes, I'm finding blogger clunky to do, like some others, but this is a post actually done on my Android phone, it's better than Apple, as blogger is Google programme, it doesn't like Apple!

To my desk (for WOYWW over at Sarah's). A number of cards in making, Lavinia was discovered in last 12 months and did a few orders directly to Lavinia mostly as was cheapest in product and good post to Oz. Not done one since April though.

You'll see these further down, the black background was changed in final make! First a 90th card for a dear friend, this is a direct case from Jo Rice. I love her videos, especially her florals. (*NBUS Greeting and stamps, not poppies)

  Snippets Card, background is made with alcohol inks and embossed background, die is MB discontinued you can see my Snippets left over. A card for my sister.

 

 

Baby congratulations card, I had this image Penny Black stamped and coloured in my stash, DP from old pad added for background. Ribbon and greeting from stash.

Lavinia poppies, did it as large longer piece and cut it. Case from Jo Rice, from memory. Verse, a beautiful one, is a NBUS from Scrapbook.com. This card is the other end of the DL card it was done on. Verse is Sweet n Sassy with a typo on it... a lovely verse none the less.

A Lavina card, stamps are NBUS, think a partial CASE from Jo Rice. NBUS stamps used here. This card is in  Allsorts under Flowers..

This is the one that on my desk shot had a black background and was portrait not landscape! Like it much better this way, love that verse, the lavender are Lavinia NBUS, for a very dear friend who loves mauve.

This is by Darkroom Door stamps disc, another one made up similar to ones in February.

Finally the wedding card mentioned in last post. This is Simon Says layer it up challenge, bottom card, house mouse image is disc., have gold layer then cuttlebug plus folder disc.and gold initials, plus greeting gold embossed with computer print out on shiny card snippet. 

Now to Aussie photos, very grateful I can walk again.

As mentioned in last post its spring here, this is a banksia two doors away from me. They've perfect spot for it as they're hard to grow. Next is purple Tibouchina do love it, also in a neighbours yard, around corner taken, on a walk.

This is creek where I walk when I can, these were pelicans but they've moved on since then.

Now two beautiful sunset photos from down at the beach on another walk.

I love the clouds reflecting on wet sand 😍. God's creation is amazing. 

Thanks so much for popping over, praying 🙏🏻 God's blessing and keeping upon all who come this way, may you seek Jesus while He maybe found.

Prayer hugs 🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x  

Thought of the day:

Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:  

I am so very thankful I found Jesus and trusted in Him as my Saviour at 12 years old, very many decades again now. I definitely would not be here (health wise) without the keeping power of my loving Father God. He allows hard things in our lives to draw us closer to Him. We are richer through them, hard though they be.

Linking up with the following:

1. Word Art Wednesday - poppy cards (2 with bible verses) 

2 Snippets Playground sister's birthday card

3. NBUS Never Before Used Schtuff   **cards as indicated 

4. Allsorts Challenge  plants trees flowers or anything goes. Flowers as indicated above. 

5 Simon says challenge layer it up, wedding card as described. 

 

Catch up Post, Snippets + NBUS

 I've not posted since Easter (April) mainly due to health. I have followed some other bloggers through follow it and commented on some 😉

This is a catch up post for my records. 

This was for a May birthday and blue white is wide  NBUS washi tape and greeting die.

This is a mixture of Lavinia stamping and the flowers were masked with masking fluid before the coloured background was done. Stamps are NBUS.

This was obviously a six year old birthday card, images a NBUS, Lawn Fawn. Have another birthday 10 year old, this month and plan to use another NBUS Lawn Fawn set as shaker.

Another nonagenarian birthday, had two of them this year. Lavinia stamps, NBUS, kind of cased from Jo Rice video.

This is my Snippets card, its for Mister 16 y.o. but mauve brayered Stampscapes piece from Snippets drawer was cut down to remove some poor stamping, with black snippets frame and snippets greeting dies, both disc. it made a nice card or I liked it and so did recipient, so thats good.. 
Now to Aussie photos.

It's Spring here but this red poinsettia has been flowering since winter. The second photo is of plants bought with a friend at our local nursery, I lost my white Iceberg bush rose so replaced it. The red azalea was bought for my friend she loves red and had perfect spot for it. 

Now to some mandatory beach shots I am walking most days now so very blessed, these are from last week, including the Willie Wagtail which I love.

Praying for all who visit this blog to know the Living Saviour, and may your day be blessed, thanks especially if you take time to comment. 

Prayer hugs,🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x

 Thought for the Day:

This verse is on my mind.

"This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." It is from Psalm 118:24 emphasizes gratitude and joy for each day given by God.. it's a verse that's on a present for my friends who are getting married on Saturday. It's a miracle of God's and answer to much prayer they're getting married. Indeed to God be the glory. That's part of what I wrote on their card, I've not posted it yet. Praying Gods blessing and joy upon you, may you rejoice in the LORD also. 

Linking up with the following:

1. Word Art Wednesday  Washi card, Shaker card, poppies and Dandelion card, and Stampscapes card.   

2  Snippets Playground - Stampscapes card. 

3. I.D.EA.S - Ink and colour medium - Dandelion and poppy card, Mister 6, Stampscapes 

4. NBUS  Never used before schtuff. 

5. Allsorts Challenge with birthday, Mister 6 shaker card 

Resurrection Day - "He is not HERE, He is risen as He said", Snippets card, NBUS, IDEAS

 Well, it's a bumper post today - it's the most important day on the Christian calendar when we remember and celebrate the day our Saviour the LORD Jesus Christ defeated Satan and death by His resurrection from the dead. We worship a living Saviour, no other religion worships a living God.

How do we know Jesus was truly raised from the dead, seeing as we aren't from 1st Century history? It's verified not simply by the bible, but by historical research from that era eg. Josephus a Jewish historian.

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.  2 Peter 1:16

 The disciples, or apostles, themselves were eyewitnesses to this event and Jesus appeared alive after His death to over 500 people at one time.

As the Apostle Paul wrote:
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 

And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 

And that he was seen of Cephas (Peter), then of the twelve:

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 

And last of all he was seen of me (Paul) also, as of one born out of due time."

1 Corinthians 15:3-8  

This card is to send to dear one who needs encouragement, the verse is a favourite of mine.

 "When my heart is overwhelmed within me, lead me to the  Rock that is higher than I." 

That Rock of course is the LORD Jesus, may He be our Anchor in the storms of our life. The golden rose paper I bought with Marilyn in Hobby Lobby in Florida in Sept. 2018, and I've finally cut into the 12 x 12 sheet, it's a gorgeous NBUS, the snippets are the gold cardstock which is diecut, and also the piece the cream card from which the verse is diecut.

To close with a few Aussie photos, I've had a visitor and we drove to the first two photos at a local beach, the third is the Cosmos in front yard, then one from our creek a short walk from home, so blessed to live here, lastly a rose collage :

Today's roses, two were struck by my father in 1974! The scarlet Queen Elizabeth, and peach rose, My Choice, above it.

Praying for all who visit this blog to know the Living Saviour, and may your day be blessed, thanks especially if you take time to comment. 

Prayer hugs,🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x

 

Linking up with the following:

1. Word Art Wednesday 

2. Snippets playground

3. I.D.E.A.S - dies

4. NBUS  Never used before schtuff. 

5. Allsorts Challenge with Anything Goes.

Good Friday - “He must suffer many things and be rejected..” Why? All for us.

 As we look to another Good Friday I have in March read through the four gospels colour coding a new bible (a present for someone, it's such a blessing). It struck me as I read the gospels how many times the LORD Jesus prophesied or taught his disciples that His death and suffering was coming and would be a fulfilment of God's words. Here are two of them. The disciples were clearly forewarned, yet it went over their heads, as it does with us so often. 

Mark 8:31

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Luke 9:22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. 

If Jesus had not died there'd be no salvation bought for us, as sinner's needing a Saviour. How empty and meaningless our life would be!  a living death. 

*Seven sayings of Jesus on the cross appear in the four gospels but no book has them all.

They show His compassion, His humanity and His suffering. 

"Father forgive them for they know not what they do."

Luke 23:34
"Then said Jesus, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.' And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.."

"I thirst". John 19:28

"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." 

"My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me". 

Matthew 27:46
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

"Into Thy hands, I commit my Spirit." 

Luke 23:46
"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

"It is finished."

Salvation's price was paid in the full. 

John 19:30 
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." 

So today is Good Friday, and it's called GOOD Friday because Salvation's price was paid in full on that day. May we remember, and be grateful and look to the happy end to this salvation story. Satan was defeated on this day, although he thought he had won in killing the LORD Jesus. Yet in reality Christ gave up His own life, for it said clearly .."He gave up the ghost." Satan was never in control it was all in the pattern God had planned.

This was planned before the foundation of the world, salvation by the pure faultless Son of God. Only Jesus blood can wash away all sin. This text was one that led to my salvation - it hangs in our loungeroom as a reminder of this great salvation. The blood of Jeaus cleansing us from sin, as we ask for Him to save us as I did at 12 yrs old see here for full story of my salvation

Praying God's blessing on your and yours, may many seek the LORD while He maybe found.

Prayer hugs, 🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x

* the other two sayings were His care for His mother who He entrusted to the care of the apostle John. John 19:27

 linking the hand done Illuminated text up with Word Art Wednesday