Floating Shaker Card + Two Mo’s Challenge + WOYWW

{Apologies 😉 for long post, have some tips, techniques}
Observant ones might know well that today’s Wednesday AND the 25th of September, yes, folks three months till my favourite day of the year - Christmas! Twelve or so rapidly disappearing weeks. 

I love Christmas, but not how quickly they come around! As it’s desk day or WOYWW, do pop over to our wonderful Julia’s for What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday.
To my desk(s):

Desk 1: No surprise! this morning’s desk has a Christmas card in an attempt to upcycle an image from last years received cards, to join up with Scrappy Mo’s Christmas Challenge.. over here. First die cut on desk failed. It was extended die cut, so will re-attempt. This is why Snippets abound chez moi. I excell in mistakes! There’s a Christmas stamp set on left to use. On right are used dies awaiting a return to their homes.

Desk 2: have just worked out good way to correct a EF attempt I don’t like. I’d used a CB folder not liked it on card base which is 5x7",  folder  too small. Decided to water spritz both sides of card front, then multiple emboss with my fav Embossalicious Swirls folder! Wow, what a great result. No evidence of previous embossing. 

 

Here’s finished card. Gold is CCD extended die cut, bought set while ago, very versatile. Joy to world stamp die set by Poppy Stamps. Greeting says "Tidings of Comfort and JOY" to complement the wise men image.

Desk 3:Working on Emily’s 8th birthday, hard to believe she’s 8! The card had many stages, four base card attempts till sorted it out!!! Tip re last week’s spinner cards .. use only simple shape images. This image I loved, sadly did NOT work as spinner.

So ended up with this - image by second Mo mentioned in post title.
A  "Mo Manning Digital Pencil" mermaid digi, called "Naunet.  Inverted image in Picasa (as Cntrl + Shift +H keystrokes inverts an image or photo). Coloured them with glimmery gelly roll pens, used 3 weeks ago. Wanted glimmer on image so perfect solution. Fussy cut 2 images  to make it strong, put a silver embroidery thread between middle of joined images, as planned to suspend it in shaker card (see Jennifer McGuire video here). Have shaker sequins, etc. on left in bowl. Had printed an background underwater sea digi via Google. Edited it on phone, as couldn’t on computer.

Completed card. Centre die cut is another CCD bought ages ago, it’s a small vertical oval, I enlarged it by cutting 2/3 one way and 2/3 other way and trimming up in middle. Did test runs first.

The mermaid image has loose thread suspended in background. Stops it turning upside down as you shake and it jiggles around.. looks great. Had glued on background some beads & sequins + some teeny coloured fussy cut fish as well. Delighted with end result.

The birthday greeting stamp is one from disc set by Joanna, Inspired to Stamp. Heat embossed, used first Memento Bermuda blue, then adding versamark on top of Memento and clear heat embossed. Braid to finish, numbers are CB Olivia alphabet disc. Everything was popped up for dimension.

Now to Aussie shots. These are from a lovely walk through over headland in north part of our town with family, there’s a cute wallaby standing so still hoping we can’t see him - the rest are sea views.

Well, that’s it for me today. I do hope you’re well, I’m grateful for our lovely spring sunshine and showers, but really, really pray it goes over the hills to parched lands there. 

May God bless your day, everyone, and thanks so very much for popping over for a visit and chat.

Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x

Thought for the day:

In the midst of life storms, our Heavenly Father longs to help comfort, just as we love to comfort help our children - so He longs that we might turn to Him for peace, help in the midst of storm.

Also joining over with:
1. http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/?m=1 
2. https://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/2019/09/challenge-72-opt-twist-curiositysept.html?m=1 First card.. curiousity was solving the faulty embossing,  second card curiousity was solving the design difficulty. what an answer to prayer.
3. Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge. Anything Goes + optional use JOY.   http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/09/chnc-challenge-456.html?m=1
4. First card. ABC Christmas Challenge  S = Sparkle and T = Texture .. sheen shine from Gold foil and Texture from dry embossing and die cuts.   http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/09/abc-christmas-challenge-s-and-t-are-for.html?m=1 
5. Cuteand Crafty Anything Goes 
6. Tuesday Throwdowns Anything Goes http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2019/09/tuesday-throwdown-441-paper-shelter.html?m=1 
** Mo's Digital Pencil have a colour challenge and used these colours on catd baee and in colouring digital images. Repeated some of small images in this digi too, and inverted some of them.
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/09/challenge-283-color-challenge-with-mo.html?m=1
** Also over at Simon Says Wednesday it's  Anything Goes! .. yay!
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-66/

WOYWW + Nan's Cards ~ for her non-80th!!

Hi all! Popping in very quickly for a few links ups .. busy plus here!
(However want to say my thoughts and prayers are with all those suffering across the globe.
Reading on British Press - the floods in Bangladesh, 1/3 of the country is flooded!
Can you imagine what it's like to have a third of your country flooded?
Plus 100,000 houses destroyed!! On top of that they've floods of  Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar (former Burma) and ethnic cleansing! Devastation with Irma, Mexican earthquakes, etc. Perhaps a reason for all this? See this post here.)
As it is Wednesday, I've also a desky share - or What is On Your workdesk Wednesday.. pop over to our Julia's desk for the link up, at Stamping Ground!
To my desk... probably can't share for few weeks, so thought better do so today!

Several... nay! three things on the go here! If you'd look on another table, you'd see a fourth!! (EEE-eek! she says.)
To right: Eamon's 2nd birthday on homeward run, his mother is very unwell (influenza A, very bad this year in Oz). No time for peeking so can share. Just have to touch up giraffe's adding some depth + greeting + age element.
Other items, kind of hidden are DT works, trying to get ahead. Hate always being behind. One is also for certain six year old's birthday too, top secret though, as they do peek, sometimes. Hope to catch up with both of these birthdays next week, God willing, yay! :D Six year old will be wanting me to make "traditional pass the parcel" game too...

Now will explain the rest of the title of this post. My friend had what I thought was her 8oth birthday.. but dopey me :D made a booboo... it was her 79th! so that is why I call this Nan's non-80th birthday! I gave her half a dozen cards... published some before on here and her card is being published on 15th Sept as DT post.

A male card, made with Inkadinkado Standing Seagull INKA-99205-DD wood mounted stamp and Inspired by Stamping, Just for you set. Frame was from watercolour background, left over from another card. Didn't want to waste this bit, the image and card back stamped coloured for other cards and not used. Entering this card in the Stamp it Challenge with: Simon Says Wednesdays challenge .. stamped images ONLY no digis allowed.
This card won second prize over at Bugaboo... won seven of Jodie's wonderful images!!!

Digi image pre-printed in stash from Ginny Maxam of Maxam Made, like wise greeting. Die cut and mounted them and embossed and card with Sue Wilson pinpoint waves(?) folder. H.B. stamp is from SU discontinued set.

Simple male card, Disc. S.U. DP, Verse and images are digis I had already printed up.

Entering this card in the Stamp it Challenge with:
Simon Says Wednesdays challenge .. stamped images ONLY no digis allowed. Prayers set is available from Simon says.Made with scrunched tissue technique see here - embossed it after scrunching, as shown on post. Dies are Memory box, both are disc. Stamp and die prayers set is by Hero Arts, on my packet. Simon Says brand on one I bought as gift, so bit confusing, slightly different sizes, too.

To the Aussie shots. On my walk yesterday was the sunset, taken rather late.. but out most of the day. The begonia below is real and so is the maiden hair fern, my sister has them growing beautifully and we had a lovely BBQ out there yesterday. Our 88 year old dad loved it!

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 more than words can say.

Shaz in Oz.x

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God , that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord :".Amos 8:11

This verse is a sign of the times for today.

Very sadly folks rather hear and heed the words of men, instead of hearing and heeding the words of the Lord, our Heavenly Father, Who loves us all.

Joining up with the following Challenges:

 1. Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

2. http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-2/
Card one has stamped images x 2 plus foruth card has Simon says set used.

3.http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/new-challenge-theme-chin-up-buttercup.html 

Make someone's day brighter with your card. Could really do all cards, but will link first and last cards as both of these are encouragement cards.

WOYWW + Mighty Crafty Bounty - God blessed indeed!

(**For those who liked the MB glowing candle die cuts on my desk two weeks ago, the cards made with them are on the post below.)

Hi one and all, lobbing in with a quick post for WOYWW + desky shares x 3, (warning loads of pickies here). It is WOYWW or What is on your Workdesk Wednesday (pop over to Julia's and join in do!).

Okay, deep breath everyone!! I was given fifteen punches yesterday!! plus a whole lot of embossing folders (rear) + two spellbinder dies. This dear old gentleman is going blind and was getting rid of a whole lot of crafty goodies and was just going to tip them if we didn't take them. My friend went away with three or four times as many as this. I actually don't have a huge number of punches so this probably more than doubles my number. Monkeys survey new crafty haul, talk about so very "God-blessed" indeed! (if only you could have heard me exclaiming over each one..oh how I love that, I have wanted that, etc. However didn't want to be too greedy so tried to be selective  :D)

I felt needed to familiarise myself with such a number at once, so I have made a ready reference sheet of them (will do same for folders too) by punching them out and saving positives and negatives and inking them up. They are all put in the spare basket to the left side and I do have a spot on the shelf for that basket too, wonderful!

This is what my desk would've had on it and was shifted to dining table, all my cards for Christmas, at rear in plastic bag, I think I need another twenty. So I've done some more sheets of brusho to make some more of the nativity cards shown back here. I love how no two brusho sheets are the same!

Two cards I've made in the last week.

This is another colour challenge one over on FB Christian Card Makers, you could chose you own.
Popular Dark Cools 2Color Palette : mauve blue green

My 3rd entry in this challenge, the oriental digi was printed out and the verse was stamped, a Printblocks stamp from 1990's. EF is Moroccan frame I think, papers are LOTV. Coloured the backing papers and ribbon with DI Peacock Feathers.

Second card is with a Nicecrane bird image and overlaid a PNG bible verse file from WAW, this is an encouragement card for a friend. Stamped SU French script on Background inked with DI Peacock feather again. EF is Courture creations Tied together.

 Now to the Aussie shots no beach ones today... but at the local Botanic gardens and one at home.

Flowering cactus in our courtyard, the flowers take ages to come out and then only last a day or so but they are beautiful.

No idea what this is but I did love its flower... tried a search but may try another to see if I can find it!

The largest birds nest fern I've ever seen!

Okay for those who dont know .. this is a brush turkey mound .. and this one is ginormous!

This is the bird that shapes that huge mound ... they do it for the warmth to help incubate their eggs. it is because of them we have to put chicken wire over mulch or they tip it all out everywhere! Actual size of mound shown well below!

I have been a bit remiss in welcoming a new wonderful encouragers called Heidi Stamps over at My little Stamping blog .. pop over here, if you have time, as she doesn't have many folks who've join her blog!

Thanks so much for popping over for peek and chat.. you are really appreciated!

May God bless your day wherever you maybe!

Shaz in oz.x 

 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136:1

I would like to link up to the following:
1. Feature a creature, Allsorts challenge both cards have birds on them.
2. Simon Says Wednesday blog  - Thanksgiving. SECOND card - O give thanks unto the LORD for He is good His mercy endureth forever.

3.Word Art Wednesday - anything goes     http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au  
4.Simon Says  Monday blog  - Thanksgiving. SECOND card - O give thanks unto the LORD for He is good His mercy endureth forever.

Recycle + Ruby Red Butterfly Challenge - Embossed!

(WOYWW post here and Bizzy Bec's Card is here, 

or just scroll down they're just below :D)

Over at Mrs A's its another challenge and this time we need R for Recycling and Ruby Red ..

This was on my desk yesterday and if you look on WOYWW post you will see that I used the Stampendous clear butterfly set, a really lovely set. It was stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and Clear EP. Then coloured with Tombows. Cardboard was the recycled back of icecream packet. Double embossing - dry Textile EF on Black card and wet with stamping.

Colouring the verse (a Word Art Wed. digi, printed on white card last year) to match the shading on the butterfly panel. Also stamped the panel with Hero Arts Linen background stamp in Memento London Fog. Verse is die cut with MB Pinpoint circle die then a black SB Scalloped circles. Inks used are Memento Desert Sand, Rhubarb Stalk and London Fog.

Some folks might think this is a strange verse to put on an encouragement card. However if you knew just a little of what the lady has gone through, as I do, then you would know why the Lord brought it to my mind, and had me hunt it out.
When everything around you seems to be exploding or falling apart, then truly we remember not to trust in horses, chariots or other people who've really let you down, but in our LORD God.
For He is our dear Heavenly Father, He loves each of us dearly and wants to help us through whatever we maybe going though!
I pray it may bless you heart too, in whatever need you may have at this moment, wherever you might be.

 Thanks so much every one for popping over for a peek as chat - it means a lot to me! I am woefully behind in commenting but will try and catch up ASAP.

Shaz in Oz.x 

  PS also big welcome to new wonderful encourager - her blog is called Nellie's Nest, and clever cards are what Diane makes - do pop over do!

^" Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God."

Psalm 20:7

Linking up to:

1.Word Art Wednesday - anything goes    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au.
2. Butterfly Challenge - R for Recycle and Ruby Red http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
3. Simon Says Monday challenge - Emboss It
The black card was also dry embossed with SU Textile EF. (hard to see) as well stamped butterfly wet embossed.

Friday Smiles + ODB Colour Challenge + NBUS

{Sorry - WOYWW Post below here}

Hullo all - again :D yes, another post this week .. So much to celebrate, y'see! 

'Tis Friday, so I'm linking over to Annie Friday Smiles :D 

Also as said on Wednesday post Darnell has NBUS Challenge no. 5 - woohoo! Millions of prizes!...so do pop over there now! 

Oh and the second million of prizes is over at Word Art Wednesday .. they are Celebrating 200 posts, with a BIG prize list, too!

 Am sharing some of my Smiles first:

Downunder we are in SPRING.. I love spring .. and autumn :D Here is our Lytopspernum Cardwell in flower plus 'Superb' Grevillea.

Here are today's blooms - God's handwork is simply gorgeous. Images above were last week in full bloom, some are falling now. Here are some flies (!) on it + one of the hard shelled beetles that love roses, hibiscus, anything really!

Local creek down the road - we were having lunch at a creekside restaurant, when there were suddenly loud yells + splashes, these canoes were launched with great gusto for a paddle.

Now how made first card, I wanted both of the die cuts to be gold embossed.

Smooshing with Versamark prior to adding EP

Here's finished die cut, embossed where needed. Die cut from SB Elegant Ovals is my NBUS or Never Before Used Schtuff.

Here is my entry for the Our Daily Bread colour challenge shown above. Lattice die is from Papertrey, also embossed in gold. The DP is a digi from my Pinterest page here. The gold stamped verse is one from 1990 (a snippet stamped ages ago) from Sonlight Impressions Ca. US. I love the promise of this verse.. truly perfect peace is found by simply trusting in our God.

Over on this post HERE this card was started, you see there the corners are made from SB Fleur de Lis square die. The "thank you card" begun for dad to give to someone, made using one of dad's paintings as a digi image.Used a 1990 "thank you" stamp unnamed, plus S.U. DP from 2006. (bad colours, sorry, camera was being repaired)

Thanks so much for popping over for peek and chat .. will return your visit as soon as I can, as do love to see your work too. :D I apologise a have not commented on many from last post .. but will do you first, so sorry.

May God bless your day and those you love, wherever you may be.

Shaz in Oz.x

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." Isaiah 26:3

Linking over to following challenges:
1. Di's Snippety challenge - Used  a number of snippets, esp on card 1 http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/  
2.Word Art Wednesday - anything goes, both cards  http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au  
3. NBUS no 5.(ends 11:55 p.m. PST Sept 18, 2015) Card 1  http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html 
4. ODB Colour challenge - card 1 http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/odbdslc253-color-challenge.html
5. Over at Allsorts they want to see lots of layers. card 1  http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/week-327-lots-of-layers.html 

Extend or Enlarge a Die + 200th WAW + Snippets + WOYWW

Well yes, we could say how quickly this year is going .. but we wont, eh? However it is Wednesday.. so several link overs needed.

So over to Word Art Wednesday .. they are Celebrating 200 post, with a BIG BANG!
Plus to desks of the world for WOYWW or What is On Your workdesk Wednesday.. pop over to our  Julia's Stamping Ground!
AND Darnell's there is NBUS Challenge no. 5 - woohoo!!...so do pop over there now! 
To my desk- several, again in fact:

Woohoo!! Lookee-see! what has arrived downunder in record time. I know Miss posted this goodie bag of two dies on Thursday, it arrived chez moi today - Wednesday. ie five post days to get all the way to get to the other side of the world. A scenery die for MB and a Choo Choo train from Cheery Lynn. Thanks Miss! really 'preciate it so very, very, very, very much! and look at the ultra cheery and cute card below too from pixie post :D
On my desk I was working on Christmas cards, Monday was trying some CAS designs - masking inking + stamps. Love stamp press for this, so stamp is still on there but it has been cleaned - tend to be fussy about that .. not at all tidy, but do clean stamps :D

How to extend or enlarge a die .. lots know how but some don't. Took me a while to sort it out. This is a Googled digi saved + added words. Cutting with a Spellbinder Pierced rectangle.
1. Cut in two stages Place how far the first cut has to go to and pull the top plate just bit back from bottom so where you dont want to cut is protected. You can enlarge Embossing folders similar way see here.
 

2. Lift off diecut and turn it over, tear off edges of side that is cut. Work out (as best you can with finger feel) where the dots and cut match ( also check on other side to see it is right cut)

3. Then put top plate (yes, well worn) on top. Pull it back from where the piece is already cut.
Note several things - PASS 1: the die is face down PASS 2: die is face up so you can see it better.
I use clear re-positionable tape at all times when doing this. See the clear tape on sides, also note the end of die has the cut piece going over the top of it.
4. The same principle works for shortening a die too; as on card last week here for square die, made it into smaller rectangle. Any questions etc, please ask. May not have made clear enough.

The card finished. A Father's day card (6.9.15 downunder) for my darling dad. Cant see it, but digi is 3D - if you look really closely you can see in middle where dots don't quite meet; as first time had extended this die. Think I could do much better next time.
This is my NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) card ..  the very first time I'd used this beautiful die..

My second card is one done ages ago now, for a friends birthday on 5.8.15. begun on this desk here. The label with birthday greeting is one of SB fancy labels set. The white embossed square, is meant to be used with vellum and hand work, but have embossed it with mat + handcut.

Two Aussie shots today both floral variety; yay! it's Spring downunder!
With days like today, which was picture perfect, we are really being blessed. This is a Begonia flowering its heart out in courtyard garden. The vase below has been replaced since then, is a mixture of very fragrant sweet-peas, lavender + roses (Guitar, Sutter's Gold, + Delores).

Thinking of and praying for our dear friend, ShazSilverwolf and Doug, plus family as well (click on Shaz's blog image at top of sidebar, for Doug's updates).

Well, thanks for peeking everyone, happy WOYWW and may God bless your day wherever you may be,  

Shaz in Oz. x

Jesus said:  "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away." Mark 13:31

Challenges I am linking over to:
1. Di's Snippety challenge - Used  a number of snippets on both card http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/  
2..Word Art Wednesday - anything goes, both cards    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au
3.NBUS no 5. ends 11:55 p.m. PST Sept 18, 2015   http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html