Penny Black Poppy Stamp, Washi Card + WOYWW

hi there everyone! Yes, it’s Wednesday again, *blink* and it’s here!! 

Time for WOYWW or What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday.. pop over to Julia’s Stamping Ground to check out much better desks than mine!

My desk this afternoon:

Well as you can see I’ve some inky business going on here, oxides out, two greens + three blues DOx smooched on paper + on mat in random fashion and spritzed water then dried. Going to do some bokeh with it I think (How to do Bokeh Here). Also random tools on desk but no scissors, must be a first!

Showing some cards made last year but not shared, busy with dad, a worthy occupation. First is a washi card, was so glad when found this photo. I'd looked on my blog record in April or so to find how I’d done it as couldn’t recall, it wasn’t there. ie unpublished and had given it away.

The Die is triple cut “Just for you” , the top layer is white card with washi tape matching on top and second layer is gold highlight). Plain card with wide Chinese scene washi on white card too, over gold cardstock and sea-blue, rounded top corners.

Second card is obviously an 80th birthday card, I’ve no idea for whom this card was made! It's Penny Black Dynamic Poppy stamp, inked in Soft beige ink, perhaps Memento, coloured with combo watercolour and coloured pencil highlights. 
Masked then inked the *background of image while still in Creatif Wonky rectangles with variety of DI to match stamp.

 Mounted on embossed Embossaliscious Floral EF, ribbon at bottom, greeting and numbers were die cut out of matching inked cardstock. 

Aussie shots:- after showing lemon tree last week blog post (just below this post), I picked two buckets full of lemons today, probably same amount left on tree, will give most away. 

Largest very juicy lemon was 540g (1.19lb) breaking last year’s record of just over 500g or half a kilo. 

The hibiscus is called Marnie (our name for it). Lovely giant lemon one too, about handspan wide. 

Last one is late afternoon photo of the creek, love the colours.

Legs are getting better, thanks everyone. Time heals.

May God bless your day everyone, where you maybe. Thanks for popping over for a peek and especially if you have time for a chat. 😁

Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x

Thought for the day:

Love this thought.. the words.. my “life is hid IN Christ, IN God.” have been going round and round in my head this past week, there is nothing that can touch us there that God does not allow, to read more see my blog post Here!

Linking up to:

1. Word Art Wednesday - anything goes     http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au  

2. Simon Says Monday Challenge- PB poppy card and variety of inks used on *background.  https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=17072

3. Sweet Little Stampers Anything Gies Washi card https://sweetstamperschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/06/33-anything-goes.html

4. Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything goes OR  partial stamping http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2019/06/pbsc-june-anything-goesoptional-partial_15.html?m=1

Penny Black + Watercolour Background + WOYWW

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Hi there all! 

 Lobbing in quickly! Yes, somehow  it’s Wednesday again.. and time for WOYWW or What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday.
Pop over to Julia’s Stamping Ground to check out all the best crafty desks .. you learn soo much!

My desk this morning:

Well, it’s sort of cut off on left as hiding something I’m making, here I’ve started a new card, there’s a piece of watercolour paper with gold embossed flowers on it, partly water coloured with Distress inks, left over piece here.

Really enjoy them for water colour, they do-operate, don’t take much work.

Second desk is earlier when making card below.

First of all covered the water colour paper stamping “Penny Black Floral Cascade slapstick stamp”. Love this stamp, has been on desk last two weeks uninked. Did a wash with Finetec gold watercolour (at top) over background. 

Decided to try two technique for colour. First used watercolour pencils, Aquarelle, by Caran d’Ache. Swiss brand, bought set of eighty on eBay years ago from a seller in Spain. Had my nephew check him out as know no Spanish. 😁 

they’re beautiful to use, as watercolour can mix with water. However also wanted to try the DI which I will finish other piece left over and make two cards with leftovers stamped out.

Here’s the finished card saw it over on this blog here. I don’t have same products but used what I have.

 Used a rose embossing folder, debossed on the top part.

The sentiment stamp is my favourite at moment from Sweet n Sassy from the Wait on Lord set.
Here are the Aussie shots in May last year, there is a sailing group that sails on a Thursday.

Am hopefully back walking soon as stitches on shin out today (YAY!) and left knee getting better too. 😊
Very grateful though that we have medical help here, when we need it. 
Some do not in other countries.
Happy WOYWW everyone and God bless your day and keep you safe and well too. 
Prayer hugs,
Shaz in Oz.x
Thought for the day.

WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS

“I have chosen you” (John 15:16). 

"Keep that note of greatness in your creed. 

It is not that you have got God, but that He has got you."  

(From My Utmost for His Highest, October 25, 837 R)

Joining up with:
1. Word Art Wednesday.  Anything goes .http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/?m=1 

2. http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-in-english-country-garden.html  English country garden theme. Penny black floral Cascade  slapstick stamp gold embossed, watercoloured. Gold stamp embossed with Sweet n Sassy “Wait on LORD” stamp set.

3. Penny Black Saturday Challenge- make your own background. Stamped floral background with PB Floral bouquet slapstick stamp.

4 http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2019/05/may-all-things-feminine-with-anything.html

5. https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-for-a-special-lady/

WOYWW + Watercolour Penny Black Trailing vine

Hi there! Popping in with a quick post. Another on mobile, lots going on here, and so little time to blog. Things I’m making I can’t share most of them.. for coming birthdays, except today’s, a friend who doesn’t look at my blog. My darling dad isn’t at all well either which is a prayer point.

And it’s What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday for WOYWW.. so let’s pop over to Julia’s Stamping Ground  for desks of the world!    To my desk:

Some painting going on, on left pencils are water colour, Caran D’Ache .. so using them as base, paint tin on right was for another project, not this one, but using topping with glimmer very small paint colours in centre.

Assembling the card... trying to work out layout. Do you ever have a plan for a project or are you like I often am.. just jump in and see where it leads? I’ve made this PB stamp Trailing Vine a few times in other styles and today I wanted something different. So after spending time watercolouring the whole panel I cut it right down! Don’t you hate it when Die sets go walk about???.. that’s what my favourite ovals have done. Mercifully there’s a similar sized one in a card creator set SB. Here is the finished card.

Happy birthday is Elizabeth Crafts favourite, offset to left by .05mm. Cut in base of cream, then lay gold on top and deep sheen blue on top, and used double sided tape on back for easy adherence. Lacey die is a CCD... also a NBUS. 😊 Corners fav. Lala land filigree corners, EF is Embossalicious A4 Orchid? Folder

Now to Aussie Photos taken this afternoon on walk around hills then creek which runs along for while. Shows a winter sun setting. God’s glorious creation... and the flower looking down to creek is a flowering tree, Bauhinia.. a very pretty tree commonly called butterfly tree here in Oz, because it’s leaves are shaped that way... but China in origin.

Thanks so much for popping over for a peek and chat. I’ll do my very best to return your kind comments. And appreciate your patience and kindness in this busy period.

May God bless your day, wherever you maybe!

Hugs and prayers , Shaz in Oz.x

The verse for today, I read this chapter in today's chapters (read four chapters day, you read through Bible in a year, good to do each year). I love Isaiah and this verse in particular. I need God’s strength at the moment through each and every day. It is there for us, if we but ask.

Joining up also with:
1. Snippets challenge http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/

2. http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

3. Penny black for July. Anything goes optional Baby http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

4. http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-in-my-garden.html

Christmas + Snippety Challenge and Inkadinkado Standing Seagull

Well, rushing in just before the end of June here with a post for Sarn's Rudolph Day Challenge which runs from 25th of each month to months end ..

I have been rather bad at making Christmas cards this year and so determined that would get in again this month even if it is last minute before the gates close over there .. thankfully in Oz we are 11 hours ahead of them so gives me bit more time. :D

Here are my two for this month as one of the requirements are that we make two. Tis one was in my Pinterest page,  pinned it from this blog here... this lady (Dutch so need to translate it) makes wonderful cards. Anyway as it turned out had five strips of the vellum already done in gold of this die- started with the vellum snippets (right card) first, then found some more gold snippets for second one.. various punches and dies used also, stamp is an Itty bitty stamp from years back. I like my Christmas cards to reflect the reason for Christmas somewhere hence "For unto us a child is born". Was good to dust this "JOY! Christmas tree border die" off, as had only made a few cards with it. But to be honest they take a while to cut five for each card and glue down - would not want to make half a dozen of cards with them.

 This is the second of the five cards for Lee. I have posted the first one (a brayer Stampscapes card with interesting layout.. it was very popular, was tickled at comments) on post below. Decided to share them in bits, not in one batch as before - with details, will do combined post at end for summary.

This is similar to ones done before see here and was cased from Jobear's card ... here. Stamp is Inkadinkado Standing Seagull INKA-99205-DD wood mounted stamped on snippet of watercolour paper and Versafine Black + embossed. Used watercolour pencils and framed with with spellbinder circles, and coloured ordinary pearls with solver paint to match the embossed mock porthole. White core card was scored at 1cm intervals and distressed to give appearance of timber. The snippet at side was embossed in CB Bubbles folder.  Have used my Xcut scalloped rectangles to make a fine scallop edge. You have to shift them a number of times to extend the die, and only cut one side at a time, but worth it, I think. Maybe one day might shout myslef a fine scallop dies as seem to use them a lot! The knot is sailors knot and pinned it on my page see here. White string was snippet saved from parcel. Corners are a die cut up from set of CB Vintage corner dies.

Well, thanks so much every one for popping over for peek and chat and may God bless your day wherever you may be. Shaz in Oz.x

Would like to join these over with the following:

 1. Sarn's Christamassy Challenge .. Rudolph day make two cards - http://stampingforpleasure.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/rudolph-day-june-2014.html

 2. Di's Snippety challenge - Used snippets on both cards.   http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/

3 .Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au

4. Penny Black and more June Challenge - Use a favourite stamp.. Second card - this one has become a favorite for men's cards. http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/june-challenge.html

5. Second card - for the Simon says Anything goes  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-5/ 
6. For once my card suits Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge which is "sentiments" card 1 http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/chnc-challenge-183-lets-get-sentimental.html
and extra Challenge http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/  

Oriental Cards Received ~ Birthday + Get Well!

{WOYWW post below - thank you!!} 

Hullo there everyone .. had promised to share some cards sent me for my birthday a while back and more recently the get well ones from the very kind and caring folks in OSA (Yahoo group Oriental Stamp Art).

First one is from Barbie D. OSA - masked greeting -> stamping!

Card by Joyce of Crafty Quills (N.Ireland) Note: these squares are made from cutting out circles, so clever too!

Card by Veronique in Oz. (OSA) multi colours layers Washi paper, great CAS card.

Card by Anne in France OSA (see Ink-a-Doodle-Do blog) Great watercolour stamping, with such and encouraging and uplifting verse - God is always there for us, to help us, strengthen us, guide us. (To see method on this card - see here)

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Polished stone technique - see here for similar cards - by Margo Of OSA

Oriental stamp on Washi ~ birthday card by Sandra. G. OSA

Ginny of OSA - note the "glimmery" effect on this layered card (Maxam Made blog)

Card from Minda in Canada, Chocolate multi layers... OSA

Believe it or not? have yet even more to share which will have to do another day... so many kind folk in cyber space. Thanks for popping over for a peek and chat, and may God bless your day wherever you maybe! 

Shaz in Oz.x

About Art Accents ATC Iris ~ Brayered Cuttlebug folder

Hullo there everyone! Back again with post from drafts, done ages ago now. On a WOYWW post in June I was working on this card, using the bearded Iris ATC stamp (Stamp - see here) from AAA (About Art Accents). On this desk shot (here) was trying out several methods.

It was for a very dear friend, Iris, who is in her eighties and lives in the Old Blighty in Lincoln. I visited her last year and so enjoyed my time there. I made this present (click here) - also an Iris with calligraphed verse to take over to her.

This card was stamped in white on black card then coloured with my Art (Caran D'Ache) pencils. Used 5 x 7 Cuttlebug Kassie's Brocade embossing folder brayered in SU Lavender lace ink pad for the background. Mounted image on Double layered Crafts-Too (Labels 2) Nesting die. Edged with some braid used for first time and toned in so well, with punched white card edge of Arrow EK Success punch.

Still as not 100% so not blogging much at all; I had to cut back the calligraphy teaching to once a fortnight (see last post). Not managing to teach the weekly lesson, so maybe able to pop on here more often. Now hope to finish a card for a four year old :D  - and, God willing, possibly back for WOYWW tomorrow.

Many thanks for popping over for peek and chat. I  may or may not be able to reply to comments but each and every one of them really cheer my heart, so I thank you very much!

May God bless your day wherever you may be, Shaz in Oz.x

I would like to link over to following challenges:

1. Allsorts Challenge - Use your new stash  (braid)

2. Di's Snippets Challenge - Snippets of card used with images + die cut. Woohoo, I may get to play in playground!

3. Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

4. Papertake Weekly - Occasion - Birthday.

Thomas is Three!!

Hullo there everyone - another wonderful day here! we are having the most amazing spring here this year, with such beautiful days. This past week we even were blessed with some precipitation which it was really a God-send and pray for some more!

About a month ago now Thomas was three, and put off showing card cos it had not been given then kept not getting around to it.. however today am going to show you it!

Made with monkeys because he loves his monkey... and thus used Monkey DP several sheets bought on eBay and o an unmounted stamp bought online at Kraftin' Kimmie - very reasonable! this one is called "Cheeky Monkey" -  bought another one yet to use, I really recommend her great service! Saw this stamp on another blog last year, and that sent me to it! funny thing with this card I think I made every element at least twice - funny how it happens sometimes.

I coloured it with mix of Caran d'Ache watercolour pencils and Promarkers with background done in chalks. 
Used Spellbinders octagonal shape and the Spellbinder labels computer generated for greeting. Also did smaller die for the number and used Olivia numbers in Cuttlebug series to cut the number.

TIP 1: 

When cutting small numbers, letters or shapes add double sided tape BEFORE cutting, peel and it adheres very easily (this is from Ikki's Cuttlebug Cupboard years ago now!).

TIP 2:

 It may not be obvious but used the cut outside the die method to do the picture. This is handy when the picture is fraction larger than die and you dont want to use the next size up. For further instructions on this see this post here, where the Kookaburra card is cut around the die.   (or my post here)

Last year's card for Thomas is here and the recipe may be seen on this post here!
and to see a pickie of Thomas and his mummy at the beach, click here

 Thomas' first birthday card is here below, and I have never posted it before, as made before I blogged. To be honest I  have no idea what I made when he was born. I was not keeping records that well back four years ago.

 

 Made with Stamping Up DP paper from 2010 as I had bought some that year and adore these colours. Also used the Penny Black Hedgie Baby Stamp set and the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis border and the Labels (5?) dies from Spellbinders, and again computer generated greeting, image coloured with Promarkers and SU Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue, coloured with foam for background. Leave die in die-cut to get the crisp white border when shading. Again used Cuttlebug Olivia die for the number.

Thanks very much every one for popping over for a peek and chat - I really appreciate it and all of those who say hi!  and may God bless your day where ever you may be,

Shaz in Oz.x

I would like to enter Thomas' monkey card in the following challenges:

Just Add Ink – Children/Kids cards
Totally Papercrafts – For a Child
Simply Create Too - 2W - Week 2, Anything Goes   
 Polka Doodles - C10 – Inspired by a Song 
In this case it was song I learned as a child ~ "Jimmy Monkey had a tail, He swings from tree to tree, Swinging up and swinging down, He is a happy one, If we all had tails like him I think it would be fun!" :D 
It is one we sang in Oz but not sure why or where it is from.

Hi B. Poppies are Red ~ and here they are!

Well folks, around to doing this post at last!

I spied last week on B's blog (or Brenda of Floral Fantasies) was having a comp. for  a poppy card or one inspired by poppy colours. 

I bethought myself of this lovely digi stamp by Chris Dark, The Sketching Stamper (not sure if still available, bought it a few years back now).

It was in my Snippets pile... which, by the bye, have been separated into four drawers :D in my re-organisation. You will see tomorrow, all being well, at WOYWW that it is still a W.I.P. (work in progress).

First thought I would try new method - took Stampin' Up Chalks and used them with Ink duster for the background, dusted with Certainly Celery and the light blue. Rubbed out excess, then decided to use the watercolour pencils by Caran D'ache, as it is printed on printer, did not use them with water, but used blender pen at end from Promarkers. 

 Then made frame for stamped image with Spellbinders large labels (really love these they work for so many things) in Certainly Celery card and mounted it up and added black cut out at back. 

 Used Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder enlarged and scoreboard for edged lines, with ribbon to match, and cut corner with Martha Stewart Corner Punch - Layered Arches. Another favourite of mine - highly recommend it as it such an open punch, it cuts beautifully. Found they are cheaper on eBay, for those of us Downunder.

Do pop over folks to Brenda's blog -  as it is very inspiring! she is one wonderful lady. I am thinking and praying for her at present, as Buddy her faithful companion is very, very ill, dear faithful fellow.

As this is a Snippet card, I also want to enter it in Pixies Snippets Challenge - yes bit late it not he playground but Di should know that is one of my attributes..don't like getting out of bed early. But check the playground every one, as it is open for two weeks this time especially for latecomers like me!

And to top it off going to also enter this in the Craft a Scene Challenge for this month as never seem to get around to it and this one fits into their "In the Garden" challenge for the month.. howzat?? must be record for me, three challenges in one!

Well, will leave you at the bottom of post with some photos over last month of the beach.. I am down there every week about three or four times.. but time gets away and dont post them much!

Had meant to add a greeting in centre but not sure at the time when made card... however here it is now ready for post - to friends for a a new home greeting card.

Thanks so much everyone for popping over every one for a peek and chat and may God bless your day wherever you may be!

Shaz in Oz.x

PS I also have taken a video of our garden clowns ( birds) eating the Grevillea nectar - but I dont know how to reduce it to add it to a post - it is only about 30 sec long, but too long for me to upload onto blog as it.. any help/ideas gladly accepted!

Big seas two weeks ago, these three on same day.

Same spot two days ago -  I thank God for His Creation, and being able to walk in it.