Lone Pine Designs: i love you...

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.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

i love you...

I am part of a wonderful Blog Group called Tangled Up in Creativity and now that the new year is underway it's time to get our blog groups challenges underway and we have two this month. Today's card is for Molly's challenge over at Miss Molly's Creations and it's open for everyone! She has challenged us to find something we were given for Christmas that inspires our creativity - take a picture and make a card with that inspiration.

Here is the photo of the gift I was given by my husband. It's a little Swarovski crystal brooch. Something you probably didn't know about me was that I love archery and shoot every week with my family and compete once a month. I've placed the pin on my black quiver (which holds my arrows).

Here is my card...inspired by my black quiver and of course the gold and crystals! It didn't photograph very well but the coloured crystals are red, green and blue. I did discover that if you colour your rhinestones with Copics they still sparkle! Another reason to love my Copics!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Unity KOTM September 2010, Big Heart by Hero Arts and Regal Greetings by Ippity

SU coloured cardstock

Versamark ink

Gold embossing powder

SU rhinestones

Copics

Foam dots

9 comments:

TammyJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:42 AM
Wow Christy, I'm impressed a competing archer. How awesome. Love your pin and the card is fabulous. The black is just so dynamic.
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http://blog.timetocreate.com.au/January 20, 2011 at 6:54 AM
What a wonderful interpretation of your gift. I love the sentiment you have chosen too, Christy.
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UnknownJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM
You have so many talents! This card is an elegant match for that beautiful pin!
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BeckyJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:33 AM
O-M-Goodness this is fabulous Christy. I love how you did this in black, so dramatic.
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UnknownJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:33 AM
What a suprise Christy! How fun to spend time with your family and do something you love! Great inspiration...and the card turned out perfect!

Jenn
www.jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com
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Lynn McAuleyJanuary 20, 2011 at 1:20 PM
How awesome!! What an amazing creation, Christy!!
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paigeJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:34 PM
I love the pin you received and your card is fantastic!
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ddazzled71January 20, 2011 at 8:41 PM
What a gorgeouos gift from your husband and what gorgeous inspiration. I absolutely love the gold and all the bling on your card. Stunning.
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KarenJanuary 20, 2011 at 11:47 PM
First Christy, what a beautiful pin your husband gave to you and secondly, you did a fantastic job of recreating the look and feel of the pin with all its glitter and bling.
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