Beccy's Place - Booklovers + Out of this world NBUS, Snippets House Moving Bugaboo + WOYWW

 Popping in with a quick post (after a lo-oong hiatus, health up and down, ie the usual, more in thought of the day...) to link up this card set with a few challenges. Hope, God willing, to post Good Friday + Easter Sunday with some more cards and short post.   

Okay it’s WOYWW day again ie desk day, I'm a bit late I think, in Aussie its hard to know! See "What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday", over HERE 😁 at Julia's .. so where’s my desk!?

Here I using a new digi from Beccy's place - used Promarker colours knew my friend would love rather than coloured image in set. Called Booklovers - here! On table is  the usual assortment,spray bottle, WOYWW sign, usual lighthouse cord pull (a mystery person gift at craft crop at Llundudno, 2018), glue, scissors, Memento Summer Sky Spot ink pad and brushes used to lightly dust the image edges for pale blue highlight,+ grounded it with lightest cool Grey 1.

 It's very versatile set either male or female, looks great with tartan for a male, used birthday voucher. If go to above link you'll see I used one of Beccy's cards as my inspiration. My special friend's birthday is Good Friday, so she has it to open then, I "Expressed' it as our mail is slowww.

Completed card - the DSP also Digi. By AMB (how I found it from a google image) called Wisps of Yellow Florals (but as much blue as yellow, load of papers in set for $2.99 AUD as was half price).

 Here's Mister Ten's card. 

His birthday is TODAY! this sadly is a discontinued set of Beccy's. 

Our birthday boy LOVES green, and yes, the grass is green and sky is blue! But today I took liberties and so used mixed brushos on the watercolour paper *Firstly though used Memory Box Stars Stencil (disc.) x 2 as its small A2. Didn't have glitter paste so just added TH Rock crystal glitter to paste before it dried. THEN I added the brushos. (Exciting plus, this card won at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge,  very blessed - thank you, Lols for letting me know too 😄💙)

Thought I'd taken a photo of colours used but didn't - sorry! 

Life doesn't wait for me to catch up! 

Have more cards to share but will add to end new two posts, Fri and Sun.

Last card is a house warming, also not received but they dont look either. Its a CAS of this one HERE. 

 Digi is house moving digi from Bugaboo. Not sure if disc.? I made digi for greeting

Now to Aussie shots: surfers on boards on first 😊

Two seascapes from recent walks. Now autumn, my favourite season and we get amazing skies to go with our stunning seas... more on next two post too, as had visitors and took pickies.

 Thanks so much every one for popping over for a peek and chat!
May God bless your day wherever you may be. 
  Will do my very best in commenting, and truly appreciate your visits!
Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought of the Day:

 We are approaching Easter - the verse that was echoing in my mind in the sleepless, early hours this morning was this - ".. My body .. broken for you.."

.. it was of course  Jesus speaking at the last supper (repeated in 1 Corinthians 11 by Paul). Jesus was with His twelve disciples, one of whom He knew would sell Him for forty pieces of silver! 

Sell Him to be crucified... and much more that - His body broken many times over (Isaiah 52:14 His face was ".. marred more than any man"), skin lacerated by Jewish 39 lashes, beaten by sticks of Roman soldiers, crowned with thorns, mocked & spat up upon, etc .... 

His own Father in Heaven left Him alone to die  - His Father unable to look upon the sin of the world Jesus bore on the cross.

This was hardest for Jesus to bear - separation from His Father because of my sin.

As I thought of all Jesus went through it encouraged me. 

I know He is always understanding...

When no one else gets is, Jesus does!  

How His joy in my heart strengthens me to cope in body's weakness at times.

FAITH in Jesus is not empty, but living, vital, eternal! 

A comfort - which words will never describe!

Praise God for the Easter story - it makes life is worth living! 

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Linking up to:

 1. Word Art Wednesday - anything goes, all three cards   http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au   
2. Di's Snippety challenge 451 - Used snippets, die cuts, and embossing pieces almost most things on House moving card

3. Beccy's place - two entries card 1 and 2 - APRIL CHALLENGE 

4. Allsorts challenge Anything Goes / option spring garden first card

5. https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2023/04/nbus-challenge-49.html 

NBUS items 1. Booklover set. 2. card two was  NBUS technique, trying brushos after past stencil glitter then brushos! all on  water colour paper and worked a treat!

6. all three cards https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-104/

7. https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=31110 

Simon Says MONDAY Challenge - add texture - added to card 2 and 3.

CAS Washi & Peel Off Cards + WOYWW

Hullo, hullo! It’s Wednesday... again! 😉😃 Those in the know, also know Wednesday is time for desks of the world at WOYWW - What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday So head over to Julia’s - peek, learn and share - do!

I’ve some simple cards today, I saw some discussion last WOYWW on someone’s desks re peel offs not being used.. curiously peel offs silver borders, front right, washi cards, in make, etc. was what was on my desk last week, not been touched again til this morning. 

When I need a card in a hurry, this is an idea I sometimes chose! Here I’m making the most useful JUST FOR YOU (Die by Ultimate Craft)  or THANKS (CB die) on cards for my stash. It’s quite simple, using two neglected stash items.. namely washi or peel off stickers. And if you don’t have a wide washi, you just put two from a set together like I’ve done of these cards, here. Layered up the greeting with a washi die cut too, which is adhered to white snippet of card and DST on the back, to make layering easier. 

Step 1: lay the wide or two layers of washi roughly an inch or 3cm from top of folded card.

2. turn it over tape ends die my score a pair of lines top and bottom and to finish off hedge of washi.

Then add the silver/ gold border of of peel off, top and bottom (peel offs front - silver sheet).

3. Then round the bottom corners. 

4. add layered chosen greeting. Full step by step given on this post HERE.  

So here's two cards made this way.

Another Kazelkraft Brusho penguin cards (Technique, includes polished metal embossing folder technique- see here), which is flying to Norway, DV. One more male card then I’m done, for a while. Now to Aussie photos some seascapes mostly.

First off a potplant  from our courtyard has been magnificent for months. An Anthirium - in cooler climates they grow indoors, but here they grow outdoors.

Seascape on one of main beaches where there’s a walkway along the break wall…

I saw this curiousity - do you know what it is? I didn’t know till I looked up closer!

Mm, I thought Rolls Royce doggie shower, obviously a dog lover on the council. I wonder how obediently said doggie is rinsed off?

Seascape of one of northern beaches - such beautiful contrasts.

That’s it for today, I may miss next week I’ve a very busy week, and blogging is difficult then. I did try visiting everyone who saw me + extras last week, but sorry for those I missed. 

BTW in post above this one, here, I share I’m going to use Follow.it instead of feedburner for email subscriptions. It has a free option (as well as paid options with more perks), of course I’m doing the free one. 

Or that’s the plan.

Every blessing in your day and God’s keeping upon you, and those you love, Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought for the day.

This is what we all need to do every moment of every day… 

And it’s not a suggestion!

It’s a command. 

“Seek ye my face”! 

When we truly know someone - we know what their face looks like. 

Seeing God, truly, makes us want to follow him.

Seeing, knowing, believing, trusting, loving God, and His Son, Jesus, our Saviour means we want to follow Him.

 

If there is something between that relationship between us and God, some sin , then we won’t want to seek God.

As Adam and Eve hid from God in the garden after sinning, so will we. 

“When Thou saidst, SEEK YE My face 

My heart said unto Thee,

Thy face LORD, will I seek.” Psalm 27:8

Linking up also with the following:

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

2. Chocolate Baroque- hand coloured image - Brusho penguin.. all in watercolour Brusho. https://www.welovechocolatebaroque.uk/2021/06/june-hand-coloured-or-paper-pieced-image.html

3. https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-animal-antics-5/ penguin Brusho card. 

Brushos with Kazelkraft Angry Penguins + Tarnished Foil + WOYWW

Well, everyone I’m back again with another WOYWW, What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday. Over HERE 😁 at Julia's, Queen of Deskland,  there's worldwide desk exploring to be found!

My first desk is the making of a card for a very dear 89 y.o friend called Iris - an iris card!

I had no ideas for her card this year, usually do an iris card. Just before starting, providentially my friend Anne in France sent me a photo of her magnificent Irises and Lupins! I wondered if they’d work? My first idea was dumped because my printer refused to do as planned. 😣 I won’t tell you how many card sheets I wasted in that endeavour! 🙏🙏 Take Two.. a struggle, again because of printer, but eventually  it worked! Yay, so thankful. 

I’d edited the image to print a really light background sheet, then layered up central images in the "Spotlight" technique, for the main focus.

Yay, happy! 😃 the finished card.

Next desk… using the lovely penguin set from our very dear ShazSilverwolf at 2018 crop in Llundudno. I find it strange they’re called Angry penguins because they look like they’ve attitude, more than anger?!! Here are previous cards with Kazelkraft (145) Angry Penguins stamp set. They’re made with the Joseph’s coat of many colours technique. 

This one is totally different, I love how varied uses of stamp set can be. Memento Paris Dusk + DI Frayed Burlap for stamped images, overlaid with Versamark and clear EP to seal it for the watery background.

Watercolour background is brushos - Cobalt, Sandstone, Yellow. Sprinkle lightly on blending mat, spritz vigorously with water, smooch cardstock through colours till happy.

This is a really great ✔️ brusho technique, as the colour doesn't get too intense and if not quite deep enough just repeat or move colours with watery brush around till happy, have a lot more control. 

Technique on Heather Telford's blog. 

Used the left over colours to paint the penguins, add more if needed. Used white gesso for snow at penguins feet + background stamps Newsprint + Marble by Kaisercraft.

Now the bottom layer on card is 3D SB embossing folder Celtic weave. Used a cereal packet for that, as coloured a lovely mottled sandstone (cardstock = frozen food packet, a heavy duty white card + print seals it on back - see below).

Decided to use Tarnished Foil aged look on card base.

Three different types of EP, a chunky EP - Eucalyptus (soft verdigris effect), glitter bronze + WOW Platinum, to tone down bronze.

Added Archival Cobalt ink highlighting EF pattern, reheated so the ink blended into it.

Happy camper. 😆😁 Added a string, brad, etc to side. Happy Birthday x 3 layers (Elizabeth Craft).

Nephew's B/D card, done!

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Well, a few Aussie photos to close.

For the squeamish, a carpet snake is totally harmless, except to rodents, etc.

Snow scenes by family are last Friday on the Northern Tablelands, 150km west to Great Dividing Range, or 90 miles away. A very early snowfall as autumn leaves + snow! Second is of Standing stones (see link) & snow!

Some flowers - zygo cactus in magnificent garden in Qld!

That's it for today.  Hope this finds you well, praying God will richly bless you and those you love, too. Thanks so much for popping over and saying hi, I really appreciate you. 

Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x

Thought for the day:

A day with the LORD is a thousand years, and a thousand years as a day...

To our finite, time-limited mind - this so sounds contradictory.

However, God is ETERNAL. 

Time has no beginning or end to Him.

We are the opposite, on earth we are totally time limited (& don’t we know it!).

Some may look at this verse (or verses like it) and use it to prove how wrong (in their minds) and faulty the Bible is. 

However God's ways are NOT our ways. 

We are in a hurry, He is not.

"He is long-suffering, NOT willing that any should perish.."

So, I shouldn't be impatient with God, for His times or ways are never mine.

Any Christ-follower, believer, Christian truly knows that:

 "My times are in Thy Hand..." 

Aren't they the wisest, safest, kindest, most loving Hands of all?

Love You, Lord. ❤

Linking up with:

1. Word Art Wednesday both cards. http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

2. Snippets Playground - second card, everything was Snippets except card base. http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2021/06/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge_0376859284.html

3.Simon says Monday Challenge Beautiful blooms Lily card https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=24123

4. Simon Says Wednesday challenge - create a scene Penguin in snow https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-create-a-scene-2/

5. Seize the birthday Nautical - Penguins card - they do love to live beside the seaside! 😆😉😁

Christmas, Male cards with perfect pearls,Upcycle x 2, + WOYWW

Well, yes! we ARE into Rudolph Day AGAIN, at Scrappy Mo’s from 25th to 31st August!
 Here is my ultra quick upcycle! 

It’s a similar image to last month, back here.
Today’s is the smaller image on the back of the Christmas card, have to love two for one! 

The verse underneath is small, is Digi which says,
”Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift”. 
Amen, thanks indeed! 
EF a gift without cover, 5 x 7 CB, maybe Scribble Frame? Die from Aust co., Scradragon, reduced size.

As it’s Wednesday, for first time in ages - joining over for WOYWW, or What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday over at our lovely Queen of Desks, Julia - to my desk a week or so ago.

Those wondering where I’ve been, had heart attack on 26th June. Original post here (following update here).
Am back to my normal but still not blogging lots. 
My post on 27th June, I actually did on my phone, in hospital in Cardio Care Unit, day after heart attack.  Had made my card, couldn’t miss out on Rudolph day! 

Am using PanPastels here on my desk..

 on an icy pole packet, laying down base colours! 
Coloured cardstock to match brusho colours on stained Darkroom Door photo collage stamp. Used gloss card with the brushos, photo paper actually. 

Colours really pop! 
Added to PanPastels some Ranger Perfect pearls and some other pearls too. Folder is TH Grid Matrix. 

Rectangle Die is from Scrapdragon and Aust company.

Happy Birthday stamp is from Lawn Fawn set, banner die is CCD.

Made another card for 27th Aug, but can’t share yet.

Gave friend this card , she needed a big prayer hug, in hospital after bad fall.
Background stamp is Hero Arts, white embossed & brusho resist done ages ago, stamp die prayers set is Hero Arts, too. 

Now some Aust shots, here’s family‘s Eastern Rosella nesting box, just north of here.

They nest from Aug, on 1st Aug they took up residence.. namely, Esta and Ern (= Eastern, 2019 had different couple, Ross and Ella 😊, not around this year).

A birthday card sent to my BiL, in honour on the newly arrived couple.
 (NOT by me, another family member).
Clever, isn’t it? My dad would’ve loved it.

Another bird photo - this is our friendly Kooka (blue winged kookaburra) munching on the branch I’d draped over our fence. He did this til it fell below!

Now some seaside pickies, first is taken by friend, from our big island overlooking the harbour. Then two night time harbour ones.

A daytime one looking south, with a seagull photobombing it!

Back garden.. in its spring clothes, weeded, fed, mulched - the almost 3 dozen rose bushes are bursting in growth.

The lemons picked, a few left, lavender just has few flowers - hours of work, not all by me! Would that the front yard looked better too. In time!
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May the Lord God be with each of you in your day, and keep you and those you love in His care.

Thanks so much for popping over for a peek and a chat.

Prayer hugs, 
Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought for the day:

This verse means a lot to me, so made a Digi for my iPad screen saver with it. You’re welcome to use (image is sunset at our creek).

Our Heavenly Father is our Anchor in the day of trouble! 

Who said, “Peace! Be still!”, in the midst of a storm? ‘Twas the Lord Jesus walking on the stormy seas.

If it’s buffeting you today, cling to the word of God, let Him be your Stronghold in the day of trouble and your Anchor In the storm. 

Really found it so, in the last 2 months!

 I needed my God in Emergency, in the Cardio Care Unit, with constant “beep-beep”, or having an Angiogram, or at home night after night with pain from cellulitis.

Then I knew Him in ways I never do in quiet waters. 
I am so blessed.

Prayer hugs. 🙏🤗

Sharing these cards below:

**Christmas card with Rudolph day, link above, and also with Hazelnuts Christmas challenge, here.

**All cards shared with Word Art Wednesday.. link here.

**Snippets used on all cards but linking the Male birthday card with lemonade icy pole packet.

** Also sharing Dandelion brushos prayer card with Simon Says Monday Challenge Beautiful Botanicals 

** Sharing male birthday card with Darkroom Door "Escape" stamp with Allsorts Challenge where it says Summer Fun!

Male Darkroom Door + Masked Floral Woodware NBUS WOYWW

Wowee - today is 17th, over half way through June, almost shortest day of year on 21st June!

Am here for WOYWW or What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday over at our lovely Queen of Desks, Julia - to my desk this morn!

Well, 'tis tad tidy as left last night, usual tool culprits in pile on right, blue tissue was to slurp up 😊 the extra turquoise brushos decided to add to stamped image, stamps used waiting to be cleaned, TH pick tool, green tool use to lift stuck dies off plate, cant recall brand, and good for spreading texture paste etc. This is a card already finshed and mailed in today's mail. Don't you love those colours? I do.
Centre image is Darkroom Door Photo Collage "Escape", to its left is a yoghurt packet covered in versamark and mixed pearls. Yay, dat dere packet is snippets.. off to Playground! 😁

Two are Ranger Perfect Pearls, turquoise is Lindy Stamp Gang Tiffany's Blue (amazing colour!) + Pearl-Ex Aztec Gold. Spritzed with water + dry embossed sheet in TH EF Gridlock. Firmly set pearls colour with hairspray.

Stamp is stamped on brushos on photo paper (Edited Technique shown here).

Finished card. 

On left two banner die cuts were made for another card in Feb., lost, made another - then found again for this card! Stamped white EP greeting from lawn Fawn Birthday stamp set.

The black rectangle die is a Scrapdragon set (Aust brand). Simple layout with three brads to finish at right.

Next desk was at weekend, had sleepless night so started it at 2am and back up at 4am to finish. This is a NBUS card, cos those two inks at rear left under Inkylicious ink dusters. did lots of layering, top colours are from Hero Arts Ombre pad (bought at Hobby Lobby with you, Marilyn, in Sept. 2018!) other on sale at closing down store here, 2019 Kaleidocolor Caribbean sea - gorgeousness!). 
Masked as you can see above, just about to overlay a Kaisercraft dots mask and do white chalk dots with Ranger sponge tool at the ready.

Finished card, an encoragement one.

Need some more actually.

To Aussie photos - have been some big seas last week, can hear them at night, rather lovely. Some super keen surfers, you can see how close some of them are to the rocks!

'Tis drawing to end of roses flowering time, pruning in July. This is Sweet Serenity, a thornless rose with magnificent glossy foliage and fragrant, delicate blooms.

 May God bless and keep you and those you love safe in His care, thanks especially if you have time to say hi!

Prayer hugs, 🙏🤗
Shaz in Oz.x

Thought for today:

What a treasure this verse is! 
Riches that money can never buy!
God's way is PERFECT. Perfect for you, me, us at this time!
My days are fuller of late, due to God's ways. And His ways are ALWAYS and in ALL WAYS perfect for me!
I am His child, my Heavenly Father knows best. 
Ease is never promised but grace for the way, strength for the day is!
He is our Buckler - a Shield that covers and protects us in the midst of troubled seas! 

PLEASE,  pop over to my Christian blog,  just shared here on "Perpetual Prayer- What Purpose?"

Re New Blogger versus  Old blogger:
Like others I've read, I have totally reverted to old blogger.
I do hope and pray earnestly it survives all this turmoil. 
I don't recall all this grief in 2012 change!

My feedback was they'd reverted to standards of previous decade, computer only. I'm a mobile device blogger. I blog just fine on current site. 
Impossible on new one. You can't add you tube either, freezes in iPad etc etc. Unless using it on computer.

Linking over to:

**Word Art Wednesday - anything goes. Both cards.     http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au/
** Snippets playground, over here - YAY!! Male card with yoghurt box.

** NBUS  Challenge by Darnell or NEVER BEFORE USED SCHTUFF over here  2nd inky card...