First Crafters In Faith Blog Hop

To God who gives our daily bread
A thankful song we raise,
And pray that he who sends us food
May fill our hearts with praise.
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)

Welcome to the first Crafters of Faith Blog Hop! We are so blessed to have you stop by and celebrate the beauty of AUTUMN with us! The Crafters of Faith blogging group is a joyous blending of christian friends ~ joined together to fellowship, share our faith, build friendships and craft together! If you are just visiting and would like to hop with us, welcome! If you hopping along already, you should have arrived from (Jeanette's) blog.

This month, our hostess is Carol S! She gave us a wonderful Harvest challenge and here is what she asked us to create: "I love FALL, the colors and the smells! I would like to propose that we make a card with fall colors, it should include fruits and vegetables to remind us of the harvest. When my kids were small, I canned peaches and pears, made pickles and such. So much fun to open those jars in the dead of winter! I am looking so forward to the fall festival of Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles). To Biblical historians, this is the actual time of Christ's Birth and many people believe this will also be the season of HIS return. Blessings All!"

To celebrate in this glorious season upon us, here is the card I created for you!




For my card I used a pumpkin patch stamp I got at a garage sale a long time ago. I had looked for a fruits and vegetable stamp, but came across this and thought it might work. I embossed the image on water color paper and used my water color crayons from SU to color this image. You can't see it very well but the sky is colored in Bashful blue and the area under the pumpkins is always artichoke and olive. I used more mustard, cherry cobbler and early espresso card stock and the dsp came from a pack of paper I was gifted. I also used a bit of stickles on the pumpkins and leaves. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about how this turned out as it isn't exactly what I had envisioned....but hope that you like it...

From here, continuing hopping to (_Kadie's) blog to see what Autumn splendor she has waiting for you! We also have a special little giveaway for one lucky hopper today and you can find that on Kelly's blog - the last stop on the hop!

Thank you for stopping by today! In this glorious season of Fall, and the wonders of the earth changing to gorgeous colors .... in a time of gratitude and thanksgiving ... we wish many blessings for you!!

A special thanks to Kelly for starting this group and for the guidance she shares with us every day..

Until next time,
Hugs,
Carol