Two Lily Pond cards and a thank you!

Hey there - hope you're having a great week! Today I'm sharing two cards made with a Hero Arts fancy die set. Couldn't resist it when spotted at my LSS a couple weeks ago. First, a thinking of you card for a friend & retired chorus member who fell & broke her neck - ugh! She was sooo lucky and may get away without having surgery!

Supplies: Paper - DCWV sparkle pink A2 card; Momenta Watercolor;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Dies - My Favorite Things stitched rectangle from a retired Blueprints;

Hero Arts Lily Pond Fancy Dies

Stamps - sentiment from Mini-tag Sentiments by Our Daily Bread

Other - Copic Markers

Next, a sympathy card for a friend & former chorus member. Sandy, who directs a different chorus now, lost her husband on Tuesday - so sad, he had a brain bleed. I thought the lily pond might make a serene sympathy scene. I often use the cattails on sympathy cards so decided to include them too.

Supplies: Paper - DCWV sparkle green A2 card; Momenta Watercolor; Poptone Black Licorice

Dies - Hero Arts Lily Pond Fancy Dies; Spellbinders Cattails

Stamps - sentiment from Mini-tag Sentiments by Our Daily Bread

Other - 3M sparkle washi; Copic Markers

I probably won't blog the rest of my Ireland/England trip. My Hill of Tara pictures weren't that great; much of my photography was via camcorder. On Day 5, Heather and I went to Castletown House - a lovely Palladian style home on gorgeous grounds. We walked all around, even to the edge of the River Liffey which continues on through Dublin. In Castletown, the river seemed little more than a creek to me and was very peaceful. That night I took the family out to DaMario's for pizza - yum! The next day I headed to Manchester UK for a Sweet Adelines conference. Fabulous event, including a Rising Star contest for quartets of young women no older than 25. I was in a quartet before I was 25 but the Young Women program didn't exist back then. Oh well, I enjoyed being in all my different quartets! I returned to the US on July 29th - coming in 5 hrs later than expected so it felt like 4 am to me. Took a while to reacclimate to MN time! Thanks again to Heather and her family for hosting me, for rides from/to airport, and for the crafty goodies - still hoping Heather will blog the card she made me. Here's the card I left with the family to say thanks:

Supplies: Paper - DCWV sparkle green A2 card; Lawn Fawn & BoBunny

Stamps - Hero Arts From the Vault Flowers (plus matching die) & a retired sentiment

Dies - My Favorite Things stitched rectangle from a retired Blueprints; Hero Arts Oval & Circle

Other - Copic Marker; Michaels gems

Hope to be crafting soon with all the goodies she gave me and those I bought while there. My door is always open to her and her family but MN is probably at the bottom of their list of US states to visit!! Thanks for stopping by today!