With Heartfelt Sympathy

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Square Punch Tile Card

It is not too often that I create a card of this size. The card measures 5 1/2" tall by 8" wide. I had an envelope to use so I made the card to fit. This card was a two part greeting. One of my card making friends is moving away and today is her birthday. You can see on the leaves that I stamped "Best Wishes" for the move. 

Now I went a little wild on materials here and my supply list below will be extensive. The one thing I would like for you to notice are the squares. The squares are made using the 1 1/4" square punch. I used alot of my scraps...you know the ones you just cant throw away? I folded the blue mat in half both ways so it would give me the center of the mat and I added my first square lining it up with the vertical and horizontal creases. I wasn't worried about the fold lines showing since I was going to glue squares over the top of the folds. 

Now with the huge size of this card I had to pick elements that wouldn't "disappear". So I chose the Quint Essential Flower stamp and stamped it in five different colors, cutting each color with a different punch (as shown in the catalog on page 110). Click on the picture to see the larger version.

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Card size 5 1/2" x 8"

Quint Essential Flower Stamp

Summer Smooches DSP

Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper

Here's the Stampin Up! supply list for the 

Square Punch Tile Card:

• Stamps: Petite Pairs w#122495 c#122497, Quint Essential Flower (wood only) #126790, Betsy's Blossoms w#126004 c#126006, Curly Cute w#117014 c#120510
• Ink: Daffodil Delight #126944, Real Red #126949, Rich Razzelberry #126950, Tempting Turquoise #126952, Lucky Limeade #126984
• Card Stock: Whisper White #100730, Summer Smooches DSP #125409
• Tools/Accessories:  1 1/4" Square Punch #119865, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch #118874, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch #119850, 1" Circle Punch #119868, 3/4" Circle Punch #119873, 1/2" Circle Punch #119869

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2012-2014 In Colors Card Set using Beautiful Wings Embosslit

This group of cards was inspired by a post on another blog called Jennifer's Stamp Pad. I thought they were simple to make cards with great colors. I made a few adjustments according to the stamps that I have. You might notice the upper right card has a few more butterflies...these are the extra butterflies in the Embosslits Beautiful Wings Sizzix folder. The Sizzix folder cuts and embosses in one step. You can see the embossing a little better in the upclose photos. Plans are to make several versions of these simple cards and sell them as a set. I varied the sayings thinking of who I could send them to.

The greetings are done with the Petite Pairs stamp set. This set just came in my order and it is what I call an "outside/inside" set because for each outside greeting, there is matching inside stamp.

2012-2014 In Colors:
Colors from top left to right: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green
bottom left to right: Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple

Primrose Petals

Gumball Green

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In-Colors Card Set:

• Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers w#113252, c#127805, Petite Pairs w#122495 c#122497
• Ink: Midnight Muse #126860, Summer Starfruit #126991, Gumball Green #126861, Primrose Petals #126858, Raspberry Ripple #126859
• Card Stock: Whisper White #100730,  Midnight Muse #126843, Summer Starfruit #126839, Gumball Green #126840, Primrose Petals #126841, Raspberry Ripple #126842
• Tools/Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslits #118138

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Here are pictures of the stamp sets used:

Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set

Petite Pairs Stamp Set