More Ireland and a birthday card

Back with more Ireland and a card. On my second day there (7/20/19), Heather and I worked on crafts in the morning. Heather had ordered a color layering stamp set from Sunny Studios so we played around with that for a bit. There are actually five steps to the rose but I only did four as I ran out of colors I wanted to combine. Still liked how they came out. I brought my stamped flowers and leaves home where I made the card recently. I got the idea to use the black/white patterned paper from a card Heather made me with some of the roses she stamped. I'm hoping she'll blog that one in future.

Supplies: Paper - DCWV A2 green card; Momenta Watercolor;

 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Basic Grey Kneehighs

Stamps - Sunny Studios Everything's Rosy (with matching dies); 

Our Daily Bread Mini Tag Sentiments

Dies - label and banner from My Favorite Things retired Blueprints

Inks - Distress Inks - Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Pine Needles; 

Hero Arts Red Tomato, a minty green from Heather's stash and a green Pro-marker

In the afternoon we visited the lovely Johnstowne Garden Centre with a fabulous cafe attached (I had a yummy latte). We posed by our favorite flowers - mine were the purple hydrangeas.

 

Then we took the Blessington Lakes Drive and walked on the shore of different parts of the lake. Most of my photos were taken on the camcorder but I did have this one of Heather walking by the lake. It was a cloudy day but you can see some sunnier photos on their website here. There were two young men fishing from the shore and a mother & daughter with their dog playing a bit further down.  On the other side of the lake we spotted some men pulling a boat ashore; no motorized boats allowed so it was very quiet and peaceful.

We did a bit of grocery shopping on the way back, ate a late dinner, then it was another early night for me as I continued acclimating to the time zone difference. That's it for day two in Ireland - I'm not one to blog in real time so I'm enjoying refreshing my memories!

Thanks for stopping and I'll try to blog more of my trip later....