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Sunday 13 September 2009

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.

17 comments:

  1. FABULOUS CARD,
    Thanks for joining in the fun at Kaboodles,
    Hugs
    Angie
    dt Kaboodles

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  2. How cute is this!! Love it. So glad you played along with us at the Treehouse Blog. Hugs!!

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  3. What a super card - thanks for joining in the Kaboodle challenge.

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  4. Great picture and I love the little basket charm.

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  5. It's just beautiful! Love the charm! Thanks so much for playing the Color Throwdown!

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  6. Lovely, lovely card, Hazel! Thanks so much for joining us at Paper Cutz Challenge!
    Hugs,
    Mary

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  7. HOw cute this is, great fall card. Thanks for playing along with the treehouse challenge

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  8. Greart card as usual dear thanks for joining us again
    Hugs Jacqui x

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  9. What a beautiful harvest... makes want a snack! Great fall card! Thanks for playing the Throwdown!

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  10. Oh boy this is fabulous what a fantastic image and that added charm is beautiful thank you so much for joining us at Kaboodle Doodle this week.

    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  11. How Great!! What a fab fall creation! Thanks so much for joining us at Treehouse Stamps.

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  12. Gret card. Yummy pic. Thanks for playing on PCC.

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  13. What a great card! Love your take on the sketch. :)

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  14. Very inspiring! Thanks for playing with us at the OCC!

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  15. Love your card. It really shows the abundance of the season! So happy you could play along with us at the OCC this week!

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  16. such a gorgeous card, I love the "realistic" picture you have used, it looks great. thanks for joining us at kaboodles

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