Happy Thursday! Even though I was hoping to stamp the better part of today, I’ve had a few set backs. One of them being – I’VE GOT NEW STAMPS, WOO HOO!

I checked out the Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast this morning and its pocket cards. I love to make these, and couldn’t wait to get started. But first, I had to run a few errands so that my day would be free. I got home, started working on the challenge, and was actually half way done. There was a knock at the door and guess who it was – the mailman! He had my new Lizzie Anne Design sets. Well of course, I had to abort the project I was working on and put ink to new rubber!

So, here’s a little sneak peak of one of the new sets being released on September 10th, High Hopes. I have a feeling this card will be making its way to a certain college freshman who is away from home.

The actual card is Pretty in Pink, and I stamped So Swirly in Regal Rose. The polka dot patterned paper is sewn to the front and the inside on the sewing machine. I sewed the ribbon under the front piece and over the inside piece. In order to get the card to close, I raised the image panel on dimensionals so that I could run the ribbon from the inside under the panel. Both images, the one on the front and the one on the pull out card, are colored with Copic markers.

Stamps: High Hopes and So Swirly by Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: SU Pretty in Pink and Basic Black, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Radiant Heartwarming Vintage Collection by Crafty Secrets

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Regal Rose

Accessories: Sewing Machine, Copic Markers, Black Gel Pen, Ribbon, Brads. Dimensionals, SU Round Tab Punch