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!