Christmas Cards Abound, WOYWW, NBUS, Snippets,

 Well, as we know, the months are are flying by. I'm into my batch card making for Christmas card, I've three main designs using old and new stamps but all are definitely inky. As it's WOYWW, What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday (see over at Sarah's here, I'm sharing a view of my current desk.

To the right are some very old Unity Stamps, a nativity set, partly under the card I'm making, not attached. It has  a **NBUS Lavinia large holly, ** Elements Sahara to background it also NBUS,  and stamped holly in versafine Twilight. Did try Green Shady Lane on one but curiously preferred Twilight. I hand-cut the tags as dont have a large enough tag die. I get 6 out of an A4 sheet.😄 that's great economy! The back two cards are partly made up sets, both in older stamps especially the one on left using the MFT Peekaboo die.  Nativity stamp from 1990! I managed to make almost 70 cards so been busy. My recent leg cancer ops slowed me up especially one of the skin cancers, on lower left shin, was a reaĺ whinge bucket! It was an unexpected excision. My right cheek excision was 4cm long and no picnic either! 😁 however my cards are on the homeward run now, with a few assembly steps on one set then putting inserts in and mailing overseas, ASAP!

This the MFT frame Peekaboo die with 1990s nativity, wood mount and ODB bible verse. I love that MFT peek-a-boo die! (Thanks Marilyn!) Allsorts card - Christmas challenge. Link below 

** NBUS Holly from Lavinia the verse is a very old Stampendous stamp. 

This is the Unity Nativity stamp set about 15years old. Also using two Lavinia stamps , pine branch is **NBUS, and small holly.

**NBUS Lavinia *small robins, *pine branch and holly. Made for my friend, her name is Robin.

Loved these, simple design using old Stampendous verse from Luke 2:11, a star die and snippets of gold glitter card and ribbon.. 

 This below is Snippets Sympathy. The snippet of gumleaf serviette has been sitting for ages, added silver snippets in decorations.

This is the technique from last post, double inking and double embossing, needed in a hurry for a 50th birthday. Last card has double **NBUS. AI or Artist Impressions Isaish 41:31 and Stampendous Greeting, "I'm praying for you". An encouragement card made on one of those hand cut tags.

To some Aussie photos.. a beautiful spring beach day. I drove there as was when I wasn't well... but still can view this so very blessed. Then followed by my spring roses from my garden,  I love them!

Well, it is a really bumper post, today, but it is that time of year. I'll be glad when I've finished my last Christmas card for 2025... I am almost there! 😁

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

Prayer hugs, 🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x

Thought of the Day. 

Well, I am grateful after the past few weeks that I have the LORD as my Saviour.

 (This is the verse on a number of my cards).

And because Jesus is my LORD and Saviour I really do love Christmas time, and that's why I continue the practise of mailing out cards even when many are saying its too time consuming, expensive, etc. Yes, it's really worth doing well for Jesus' sake. Think how much He  on the cross He suffered for us all.

Praying for you, hopefully I'll be back again next month too.  

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 - the serviette gumleaves card 🍃

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

4. Allsorts Challenge  Christmas cards or Anything goes, certainly have some Christmas cards this time.

5. Beccy's Christmas Card Challenge Month of Holiday cards . 

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