Lone Pine Designs: Holly Jolly Christmas

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.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Holly Jolly Christmas

Every year for about the last 15 years I have made my Christmas cards and I usually made them all the same. This year I have made every card different and it's been fun to play with all my old favourite Christmas stamps...I have collected quite a few over the last 20 or so years! Today's card features a stamp I purchased years ago and over the next few week's I'm sure you'll see more of my collection! I used Splitcoast's SC305 sketch for the layout.

Supplies:-

Stamp - Royal Mail by Penny Black and sentiment by SU

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU markers

DP unknown

SU circle punches

Copics

Foam dots

Gel pen

5 comments:

BeckyNovember 12, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Christy this sure is a cute image which makes for a jolly card.
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Lynn McAuleyNovember 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM
I've gone to the every card different method, too, and it sure makes creating them a lot more fun instead of tedious work!

This one is adorable, Christy! That little hedgie is delightful and I love your sensational sentiment!!
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KarenNovember 12, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Cute card Christy. I am with you on the making every card different. Will be attempting to do the same this year.
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TammyNovember 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Such a happy jolly card. Love the colors.
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UnknownNovember 13, 2010 at 10:40 PM
I love Penny Black stamps and your coloring on this card is fab! What a great way to ink up those older stamps...you've now inspired me to try this Christy! Thanks for the inspiration!
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