Autumnal thoughts of harvest thanksgiving

There are a few challenges around at the moment that have a distinct autumnal feel to them - or should I say 'fall', as many of these challenges come from our friends 'across the pond'.

I remember when I was a child (oh yes, can you hear the violins playing? lol!) that harvest festivals were great occasions in church when people thankfully brought produce from the land to give thanks for God's goodness yet again. These days, harvest thanksgiving services tend to be quite different, with a token display of goods brought from the local supermarket or online with the rest of the groceries.

I found a picture of vegetables that just reminded me of those early harvest thanksgiving services and thought I'd use it on this card.

The sketch is from Clean and Simple FTL59 (and I apologise that I didn't actually use a stamp on my card):



Paper Cutz challenge 8 asked us to make something for Fall using ONE item from each letter:

A: Apples, Acorns or Autumn Leaves
B: Buttons, Brads or Bows
C: Circles, Charms or Crocheted Embellies

On my card there are apples (A), a bow (B) and a charm (C) (another card for Kaboodle challenge 13: charm)

The colours used on the card fit well with Lili of the Valley 36: green, brown and orange - also with Fashionista 1: red, yellow and orange - and on Color Throwdown: pumpkin pie, close to cocoa, ruby red

and this week's Our Creative Corner is 'Happy Fall y'all', also the treehouse challenge 14: fall.

Last, but not least, with John being ill a lot of the time in the last few months, I missed a lot of the 365 challenges - one particular one that I missed and thought I'd never think of anything appropriate was day 101 Fun with Food: veggies. So when I made this card today I remembered it and am therefore linking there.