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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.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Hello There

It's {Ippity} Hop time! Be sure to check in at the {Ippity} Blog to see the full list of Blog Hop participants and all their wonderful {Ippity} creations...and to see what today's challenge is!

I made this card for today's blog hop using the cow from the Ippity set Simply Home and the sentiment from Sweet Thoughts of Spring because I really like how they go together! I coloured the background paper with my Copics to look like cow hide to stay with a black and white theme.

After making the card I was putting away my stamps when I realised that I have never inked up the house from the set Simply Home so I HAD to make a card so it wouldn't feel left out! :) I paper pieced the house and coloured the windows and doors with Copics.

Don't forget you can purchase {Ippity} stamp sets and paper from me HERE and you won't pay any shipping within the US!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:-
Stamps - Simply Home and Sweet Thoughts of Spring by Ippity
PTI white cardstock
SU marker
Copics
Brilliance ink
Ribbon
Hemp cord
Buttons
Color Box chalk
SU coloured cardstock
Foam dots