Lone Pine Designs: First Holy Communion

Lone Pine Designs

"Lone Pine Designs" originated when I first moved to America in 2005 from Australia. My mother in Australia called our new home in NH "Lone Pine" as she wanted my new home, which is surrounded by pine trees, to have an Australian name. The Battle of Lone Pine is a very famous successful Australian battle which took place during the Gallipoli war in Turkey in 1915. It was called The Battle of Lone Pine for the solitary pine tree standing in the middle of the battlefield which surprisingly remained standing at the end of the battle. After the tough few months leading up to our arrival here in America and surviving the first year in a new country I felt like that pine tree still standing in the battlefield. It was in 2006 when I started to sell my work on Ebay that I decided that Lone Pine Designs would be the perfect name for this new endeavour in my life.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

First Holy Communion

My neighbour's daughter is having her first Holy Communion in a couple of weeks and so I made this card for her...the inside of the card reads "May God bless you on your first Holy Communion". The Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps blog issued a colour challenge on Wednesday to make a card using your favourite colour. I love most colours but I think my most favourite is pink and I reach for it way too often! I actually have to make myself work with other colours sometimes or I think nearly every card I make would have pink on it! I know my neighbour's 8 year old daughter loves pink so this card was perfect for the challenge...any excuse to play with pink!

Supplies:- Stamps - What Matters Most by {Ippity}
PTI white cardstock
SU ink
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Sizzix Embosslits Beautiful Wings
Half pearls
Ribbon
Foam Dots