Sunday, 6 October 2013

Eclectic Ellapu #50: Celebrate Autumn

Time for another new challenge at Eclectic Ellapu, my friends. This week our hostess is the lovely Yvonne and she has invited us to "Celebrate Autumn". Now that is the perfect excuse to go to town with the seasonal colours and imagery.

I made a thanksgiving card to celebrate all the good things in life. Sure, things don't usually turn out the way we want them to, but I believe everything happens for a reason. And we truly have much to be thankful for... a lot more than  we care to admit!


I made a 5" square card with a punched border. The papers are by Basic Grey's "Pyrus" 6x6 pad - now discontinued. I distressed the edges and applied TM's Vintage Photo. The greeting by WMS,  heat embossed in black.  
I used plenty of foam tape for dimension. For embellies - some sheer orange ribbon and green bling.
The focal image is by WMS coloured with Graph'It markers. For cutting and layering I used Spellbinders Circles and Scalloped Circle dies.
On the inside I stamped a few falling leaves... it is autumn, after all!

Time for a few autumnal challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks #162 "Fall / Autumn"
Addicted To Stamps #65 "Photo Inspiration"
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #64 "Anything Goes with Ribbon"
Cute Card Thursday #289 "Signs of Distress"
Sister Act Card #27 "Anything Goes"
All Sorts Challenge #227 "Autumn Colours"
Make It Monday #161 "Anything Goes"

And now it's your turn to create something to celebrate Autumn and link it up over at the Eclectic Ellapu Challenge Blog. For ideas and inspiration take a look at what the rest of the design team. You will not be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by and I'm looking forward to seeing your work.

Beijinhos!

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23 comments:

  1. Anet van Zyl6 October 2013 at 01:44

    Beautiful card Asha, I love your colouring of the image and layout.

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  2. Sarah6 October 2013 at 08:21

    A fabulous card Asha, there's a fair bit of soup and a pie or two in that basket!! xx

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  3. sandie6 October 2013 at 08:46

    gorgeous colours Asha, and beautifully coloured x

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  4. brenda6 October 2013 at 10:42

    A wonderful take on this weeks theme Asha.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  5. Elaine6 October 2013 at 11:16

    Hi Asha this is fab !

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  6. Karon6 October 2013 at 11:38

    Beautiful card, Asha. Love the papers and you have coloured that image wonderfully! TFS

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  7. Jessi Fogan6 October 2013 at 15:10

    It's funny, but when you look back at your life & the things that you thought were disastrous at the time...those are the things that led you to something. I can easily rattle off half a dozen things like that - wonderful things that came out of really difficult situations. Being thankful is a wonderful way to feel :) I love your card - the sheer ribbon & stitching are such great accents, and your shading on the basket & pumpkins...wow!

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  8. *Vicki*6 October 2013 at 17:00

    Hello my friend!! WOW!! I love this beautiful Fall design with your papers and beautifully colored image! HUGS :)

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  9. Pia S6 October 2013 at 17:12

    A lovely design for the season, Asha! You've got so many beautiful DPs and you're great at putting them together and use different layouts and designs for your cards!

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  10. Pink-Crafty-Devil6 October 2013 at 17:40

    Asha, this is lovely I love the image and the papers that you have used.
    Thanks for sharing
    Crafty Hugs
    Kelly- EE Teamie
    xxx

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  11. Craftnut6 October 2013 at 20:35

    Thanks for joining our challenge at Allsorts Tracyx

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  12. Sue6 October 2013 at 20:43

    Beautiful colouring and shading and your DP shows off your image so well! Great job.. Thank you for joining us at ATSM.

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  13. Loz7 October 2013 at 08:17

    Fabulous card and image Asha. Visiting from MIM..Loz

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  14. Deepti7 October 2013 at 14:41

    Love the coloring on the focal image, and also the inside is very pretty. Thank you so much for sharing with us at ATSM !!

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  15. Claire Hope7 October 2013 at 16:35

    This is gorgeous Asha, love the papers you have used!
    Claire xx

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  16. Leanne7 October 2013 at 22:18

    Thanks for playing our fall challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks,great job!

    Leanne DT!
    4 Crafty Chicks

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  17. Lori8 October 2013 at 19:35

    Awesome card! Love the colors you used for our FALL challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks! Thanks for joining us!

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  18. Kate T9 October 2013 at 13:06

    Lovely card, thank you for joining the Craftyribbons challenge this week, Kate x

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  19. Angeline Choo9 October 2013 at 17:26

    What a lovely fall card!

    Thanks for joining us at Sister Act Card challenge this week

    -Angeline DT

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  20. Deborah Frings9 October 2013 at 19:37

    Wonderful basket of pumpkins. Pretty stitched details and great papers. I really like this card. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!

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  21. Digi Darla11 October 2013 at 18:34

    Beautiful card Asha, Love this card...

    Hugs
    Kim

    Kindly check my new site for more digi's DigiDarlaDesigns.com

    Thanks

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  22. Sandy12 October 2013 at 00:52

    Beautiful design and colour scheme. A lovely card! Thanks for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.
    Hugs,
    Sandy

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  23. Sandy14 October 2013 at 10:00

    Just popping back in to let you know I featured your card on my blog today as a POTW from last week's Make It Monday entries.
    Hugs,
    Sandy

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