Lone Pine Designs: Friendship is the Sweetest Flower

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.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Friendship is the Sweetest Flower

I have a couple of cards to share today. The first one is for OWH Stars and Stamps sketch challenge #55.

The next card is for Our Daily Bread Designs "You Choose Your Challenge"...choose a challenge from the top ten challenges participated in over the last year. I chose the Dies & Punches challenge as I have a new flower die that I really wanted to use.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Friendship Gardens by SU and Happy Birthday by ODBD

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU ink

SU markers

SU circle punch

SU Flower punch

SU coloured cardstock

Imaginisce Garden Party DP

SU DSP

Sizzix Die

SU ribbon

Buttons

6 comments:

TammyFebruary 9, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Absolutely love the first card Christy, the second one two but the first is just darling. Great cards!
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Connie CFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Love both of the cards, but especially love your choice of image for the OWH sketch. Wonderful coloring and great color palette!
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Lynn McAuleyFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM
A new cold front blew in today!! Your gorgeous cards sure make me long for spring!! Amazing work, Christy!
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UnknownFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Love the sentiments on both cards Christy. Great colors too!

Jenn
www.jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com
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Chris Olsen, GlowbugFebruary 9, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Beautiful creations!! So springy. Cute image on the first and your colors and the layout on the second with the punched flowers is beautiful! Thanks for joining the ODBD Shining the Light challenge this week!
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JulieFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Great cards, Christy! Love your paper choices. Thanks for joining us in this week's OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge!
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