WOYWW 17th Anniversary, Snippets, NBUS, IDEAS, Allsorts

As it's Wednesday, it's time for What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday over at Sarah's Craft Shed here! Its our Anniversary, and we are sharing if able some ATCs given us by our beloved Neet. Well, in April 2012 I met Neet for the first time - see post here and then Neet gave me my very first ATC, and a necklace with it (see photo from 2012 post). I had no idea what ATCs were. 

Alas dont have original, we met up with Doone, Jozarty and Anne of Anne's Stamp Pad, none are still blogging. Neet arranged our meet up in Manchester.  At our 2018 Sept crop in Llandudno Neet, made me an ATC Folder which I still have (as its on display in my craft room) and this is it with Neet's ATC from that crop. There are only 4 made of it by numbers on back. So privileged to have one.

  I made an ATC in memory of our Neet who loved Lavinia so I made it in Lavinia stamps and inks. It’s going to someone special. 

 To my desk - see below.   I dont know if it's just me?? but I find some die sets have ZERO instructions, and you're left to work out how to assemble as best you can! This lovely Iris set is one of those. I found by searching a post for Poppy Craft Iris die (a NBUS). 

I had some beautiful hand made purple paper, but it needed shaping + texture added in colouring. After trying loads of pencils, chose the Staedtler Fluoro pink, perfect (one borrowed from my sister's many pencils), with gold opalite ink added before pencil, gold pearls, and shaping tool. The die set actually comes with two different irises, so if you want 3 flowers you need two the same. It gave me brain strain assembling the two so thought no way I could do just one and so am doing another two. The only reason I persisted was because it was for dearest Iris, of Lincolnshire, who's now with the LORD. I wanted to send it to her daughter for first birthday without her beloved mum. So 🙏🏻🙏🏻 praying it's a blessing to Vicki (mailed it yesterday). Background is black card, double embossed front and back with EF Poppy Crafts Rustic Wood, then splattered with gold paint. Leaves in gold mirri card.

Phew, finished card! It was worth it in end. I actually made 3 more Irises as going to make one for another friend in August, who loves irises.😄

These cards below are done with the same technique used last week, see here. 

Double embossing with Poppy Crafts Rustic Wood Embossing Folder, the smooched inky colours. Sizzix Real Vibes greeting set. Same as Iris card.

 And closing here's another Lavinia card, full of NBUS, in memory of Neet. I love the ODB verse "God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD is my Strength and song; He has become my salvation. " Isaiah 12:2

Now to a few Aussie photos, a red flower (cyclamen and begonia) collage from the courtyard. Followed by some recent beach views on walks when well. 

Thanks so much lasting this far!

May God bless you wherever you maybe,

Prayer hugs, 🙏🏻🤗

Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought of the Day  

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are  the everlasting arms:" Deut 33:27a.  

In times of stress and strife there are certain verses you cling to and this is one. I run to those everlasting arms for shelter and refuge. Our Heavenly Father understands like nobody else does,  and as He is eternal He sees  the things in the dilemma that we cannot see, and we rest in Him. 

Nothing, not a thing happens to the child of God that does not first pass through His hands, He sees the length depth and breadth of our burden and promises to supply our need.   

Sharing with the following Challenges:

1. Allsorts Challenge Monochromatic or Anything goes - yellow Lavinia card. Stamps are NBUS Lilium, Bee, think its Hum? And field grass. Verse is Disc. Stamp ODB from set 1. inks Lemon drop (NBUS) Sahara Dune on splatters, and yellow sparkly Posca in colouring.This is going to a special person. Loved these colours and stamps. 

2. Word Art Wednesday Challenge Anything  Goes - all cards here!

3. Snippets card, the iris card, teeny snippet of gold used, the handmade purple was part of a sheet, snippets left as shown.  

 4. Darnell's NBUS Never Used before Schtuff challenge  Iris die, stamps - lilium and bumble bee, plus lemon drop ink. 

5. And since I made a rare ATC I'm linking it up to the Tag and ATC Challenge. The theme is just add pink and definitely not pink here, but adding it under Anything goes 😄

6. And lastly Darnell's I.D.E.A.S challenge. Week 2 is Dies and yes there's dies! Iris card, + two birthday cards. 

 

Our Suffering Saviour on Good Friday

It seems it doesn't take long for it to be Easter once we've passed Christmas! And today we celebrate Good Friday and we are looking simply at why today is truly Good in this post. 

 Joni Tada Eareckson shared the following video. In it she  shares that the LORD Jesus in the gospels spoke four times more about hell than heaven - heaven is Jesus' wonderful home that He wants us all to have... and hell is to be shunned!

He knew all too well the horrors of it and He wants no-one to go there.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aahNMH5WXkw?si=ZMO_De-EuKI626Qc

So much so that He suffered and died on the cross on the first Good Friday for our sins. It was love, His love for us that kept Him on the cross, suffering the agony of death for  us. The greatest agony was being separated from His Heavenly Father when He bore our sins, when Jesus cried, "My God, My God Why has Thou forsaken Me?". And greatest blessing to us was when He cried, "It is finished!", and "He gave up the ghost." Then Salvation's work was truly done, finished. We cannot do anything else to gain it. We can never earn heaven by what we do. If we could, there would be no point to Jesus dying on the cross.  I think this verse on this card explains it.

Isaiah 12:2

... "God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation." Truly salvation bought on the first Good Friday with His cry, "It is finished." Yet foretold years before in books of prophecy like Isaiah. 

Now sharing some Aussie photos. As we look let us remember Christ is not only Saviour and King, but our Creator as well. 

Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Well, thanks so much for popping over for a peek and a chat, I pray for God's blessing on you, wherever you  maybe. You might also like to pop over to my Christian blog post, too, here. It's totally different. 

Shaz in Oz.x 

 Linking up the card with the following Challenges:

1.Allsorts Challenge blog- Springtime or Anything goes. My card fits Springtime perfectly . I've used Lavinia stamps Meadow grass, Buttercups,  Poppies and Ferns. The bird stamp is a stampcapes and stamp verse is Our Daily Bread set 1. Disc. 

2. Word Art Wednesday here! 

3. NBUS Challenge Never Before Used Schtuff. The Lavinia stamps Buttercups and Meadow grass are NBUS 😀

4. And lastly Darnell's I.D.E.A.S challenge. Week 5 is Stencils and I used a moon stencil or sun, take your pick, on this inky card. 

 

 

 

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 . 

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 

Soccer Pop Up, House Mouse, Quilting Cards + WOYWW + Snippets, IDEAS

 Well, it's time for WOYWW or What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday, pop over to Sarah's at Sarah's Craft Shed, Head Desker of WOYWW!  here is my latest desk as I'm working on a 1st birthday 🎂 card!

I was told to use BRIGHT colours so that's what I'm doing with an old set of SU papers. The house mouse image is done in alcohol markers then added glossy accents. The colours were best match to the papers. The image was die cut outside the image, to see how to do this see this post here and here! Finished card is last card shared.

This card below was made using this video as a template, however if you’re wanting specific measure and guide video it’s very difficult, it’s a six minute card video AND to make it did not take anywhere near six minutes!

The outside front of card from web, image above this is inside.

Basically I followed a rough idea then did my own template. My colours weren't quite the same and my white gelly roll pen didn’t work like hers did,  so did thicker lines! Despite all hiccoughs, it met the need of a soccer or football card for mister 12. If anyone saw my desk two weeks ago they'll see this card underwent a great change from original thoughts! 

This next card is received by my friend she loves purple. the Folder (Cuttlebug Plus, with white chalk ink highlights) and stamp set  are both disc. years ago, stamp set is Chocolate Baroque.

Here's a couple of birthday cards as done with quilt die see back here, it makes 3 cards which is quite handy. The washi paper bought in Japan by my sister last Nov is really great with this design. Love them all. This CCD die was unused for years till I came across a video using a different quilting die but not as nice a one as this one. 

They're made using a CCD happy birthday die and on second card a SB labels shadowed in matt gold used on cards and the washi paper.  

Here's Chester's 1st birthday card. Phew! I think it meets the criteria of bright colours, also used glossy accents on various images. Stamps are all from House Mouse balloon set.

To Aussie photos. I'm not walking or doing much exercise at moment as I've a lower leg skin infection. Since I'm on high cortisone it may take possibly months to heal. All prayers welcome.😊

These photos were taken on a walk shortly before my lower leg infection, the close up shows a clever surfer catching a wave. 

Thanks so very much for popping over for a peek and a chat, prayer hugs 🙏🏻🤗  Shaz in Oz.x 

Thought of the Day

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

This is a favourite verse of mine. In troubles and stresses we really need a refuge, and the strength to carry us through that trouble... our God indeed is a very PRESENT HELP in trouble.

 I often say to my friends where would I be without Jesus?... without Jesus, I'd be lost, I'd not have the promise of a home in heaven and I wouldn't have His wonderful present help in my troubles. Leg infections might seem small, but small things may impinge in a big way on day to day living. I couldn't believe how quickly it flared up. But I have my Jesus as my Saviour from sin... and as my very PRESENT HELP in this AND every trouble. Praying that you do also. May God be with you in ALL your burdens. 🙏🏻❤️

 

Linking up with:

1. IDEAS over at Darnell's Anything goes- soccer card, plus quilt cards.

2. Snippets cards 1st birthday card (link here) has used snippets - yellow card, white card images stamped on, stripped and other multi patterned piece (see desk for start, as none were full sheets). 

3. WAW - Word Art Wednesday linking up all to 5 cards.

 4. Allsort Challenge- Anything goes or feminine purple floral card with Chocolate Baroque stamps.