Happy Birthday!

Hello there!

I hope you all here in the USA had a wonderful blessed Thanksgiving!  We went to our son's and had a great dinner.  He does the Thanksgiving meal and we do the Christmas meal.  We managed to fight the crowds on Black Friday shopping.  It really seemed to be more crowded this year.  My left hip felt it and I was happy when we were done!  I'm afraid I'm going to have to have the left hip done some time this year.  I was really hoping I wouldn't have to have it for quite awhile.  I was lucky at one store and got a free charm when they pulled out my son's friend's name for a drawing.  And, my son found a good sale on a suit jacket for himself.  

The above card was made for a former sweet coworker.  The card was made using a Simon Says cardinal die.  The bow and greenery is from Spellbinder's.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee.  I only embossed the lower portion of the panel with a folder from Spellbinder's.  

We were supposed to get 3-5 inches of snow over the weekend, but we only got a dusting of snow.  We now are due to get 2-4 inches of snow tomorrow night.  Maybe it will only be a dusting of snow once again.(fingers crossed)  I like snow, but only at Christmas!

Ok, well off to see your lovely creations on your blogs!  Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today!  Take care!

Hugs!

Arigato!(Thank you)

Hi, Friends!

I've been wanting to make the above thank you card for awhile since our Japan trip last month.  We met Dustin and Susan's friend from Japan, Mari, and her husband, Kuzo.  Mari was so sweet and gifted me Japanese candy and a towel.  I just love the pretty background paper from Scrapbook.com.  The Japanese girl die is from Spellbinder's.  I hand wrote the word, Arigato, which means thank you.  The clear washi tape and covering the black strip at the bottom is from Japan.  The gold bow is from Japan, also.  The gold bell is from our Japan trip, which is a symbol of good luck!  I'm entering this card over at Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge.

Just a couple more photos of Japan...

Nikko, Japan

I don't know about you, but I am wishing for last month's weather back!  This November gray rainy weather is for the birds or ducks, lol!  Anyways, tomorrow and Thursday will be better thank goodness.  We may get out and do some shopping.

Ok, well, I thank you so much for taking the time to drop by today!  Take care and have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs!

Autumn Blessings!

Hi, Friends!

It's been a bit since I've been here.  As usual, life gets in the way.  I have been doing some fun things, though.  So, it's been all good!  I spent the weekend at our son's celebrating my birthday.  We went out to a nice restaurant and played card games.  Today is actually my birthday, so hubby took me out to lunch.  And, last Wednesday, my one sis had all my sisters over to celebrate my birthday.  It is always filled with good food and fun!

I had a couple more Thanksgiving cards that I wanted to get done.  The above card was made using the autumn garland from Sunny Studio.  The image was colored with copics.  The scalloped panel is from The Greetery.  Gold ink spray and gems to finish the card.  

We got some snow here yesterday.  Our first snow.  And, brrrr it is cold in the 30's.  I guess winter weather has arrived.  I'm ready for spring already, lol!

Ok, friends, that's all for now.  I thank you for stopping by today and I thank those who have sent me birthday wishes.  It is much  appreciated!  Take care!

Hugs!

Maria

Autumn Blessings!

Hi, Friends!

It's been quite awhile since I've been here.  This card was made before going on vacation and sent to a friend.  The leaf die is from Simon Says and the scalloped panel was made using a die from The Greetery.  I used some beautiful design paper from Spellbinder's.  Gold spray, gems, and bow to finish the card.  I'm entering this card over at Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge.

So, I mentioned that I went on vacation and I'm still experiencing jet lag.  But, it was certainly worth it.  We went to Japan with our son and his friends.  Dustin and Susan were our tour guides.  This is their tenth year to Japan. Dustin was such a blessing to us with the train stations.  My husband and son were starting to figure it out, but I didn't even try!  It was quite the experience and I miss some things about Japan already.  The people were very kind and helpful.  Everything was orderly and clean.  The shopping was amazing!  I visited the Itoya store and bought quite a few copics for my friend and I.  The copics were about $3.00 so much less than they are here.  We visited Mt. Fuji, Nikko, Nagoya, and Yokohama where China town is.  I tried a little of the food and it wasn't bad at all.  My husband eats anything, so he had a lot of fun trying new foods.  My son had fun looking for sushi places.  Here are a few photos of our vacation...

Ryan and Jeremy

Dustin and Susan

Dustin's 40th Birthday!

Nikko

Nagoya Castle

Well, I will close here for I'm having trouble downloading vacation photos for some reason.  I'll have to post more later.  Thanks so much for dropping by today!  I'll be taking a visit to your blogs now.  Take care!

Hugs!