So Detailed Thinlits for Freshly Made Sketches

The beauty and elegance of some of the new Stampin' Up! products in our Occasions Catalogue is beyond compare really and I had a brain wave when I was planning my card yesterday. I wanted to use one of my detailed dies and then emboss the die cut with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder (or any metallic embossing powder for that matter). Then I saw the latest Freshly Made Sketches' Challenge for this week and I knew which one I wanted to use: Here's the layout:

It was perfect for the So Detailed Thinlit Dies and I could just see the beautiful Falling in Love Designer Series Paper behind it! Then I had to find some sentiments to fit the die cuts and that turned out to be a difficult task. You see, my sister's best friend, since she was in high school 48 years ago, passed away yesterday, and I wanted to make a sympathy card for her. I turned to the Wetlands stamp set and the Flourishing Phrases set for the sentiments.

• After die cutting the center band, I embossed the Thinking of You sentiment on the center section. I had to be very careful with it because it just fits! Then I pressed the intricately die cut parts into the Versamark ink and sprinkled on more Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, using a paint brush to brush away any powder that was too heavily concentrated. Then I heat set it with the Heat Tool. Likewise, I embossed the sentiment at the bottom of the Very Vanilla panel in gold.
• I centered the die cut panel on a piece of the Falling In Love Designer Series Paper, as wide as the Very Vanilla panel but shorter and glued both pieces onto the card front of Sahara Sand.
•  I used the new Very Vanilla 1/4" Satin Ribbon to tie a small bow to add to card front as well.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Wetlands Wood Stamp Set [126695]	Wetlands Clear Stamp Set [126697]	Flourishing Phrases Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141531]	Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141534]	Falling In Love Designer Series Paper [142788]
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Very Vanilla 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Satin Ribbon [142794]
Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	So Detailed Thinlits Dies [142751]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Big Shot [143263]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]