A Special Fold Slimline Card for Andrew’s Birthday

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 6 Comments

My son’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago. We waited until he visited this weekend to celebrate a belated Easter and birthday together! I find it harder to buy for my son the older he gets! (I also find it hard to believe that I have a 35 year old son!!!! LOL) He lives in Rhode Island and even though our recent move made the drive easier and a bit closer; the tolls add up fast! So this year we decided to gift him with an E-ZPass (hoping he will come visit more often). I love to make my cards coordinate with the gift so I pulled out some retired Designer Series Paper (World of Good) for his card.
Stampin' Up! Happiest of Birthdays masculine slimline card with World Of Good Designer Series Paper - Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I love this simple layout for a masculine card! I created a slimline card with a pocket so I could fit the E-ZPass application inside. (You can do the application process online if you have the vehicle registration information but I wanted to enclose his “gift” inside the card.) *This slimline pocket card works great if you want to enclose a check, cash, or “coupon” inside. (We sometimes make our own coupon gifts, “Good For….”.) This card design makes it easy to change up the DSP for a feminine card, wedding card, etc.
Stampin' Up! Balloon Adventures slimline masculine card with inside pocket holder for cash or check - Jeanie Stark StampinUp
The inside sentiment is from one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Balloon Adventures. It was the perfect choice to go with this “travel” gift set. I like to change it up and add a little more interest by stamping on DSP when possible. I cut it out with the Stitched Rectangle Dies.
Here’s the details to make this card:

PROJECT MEASUREMENTS:

Card Base – Basic Black: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 3 1/2 and 7
Designer Series Paper – Front of Card: 3 1/4 x 5 1/8, cut 2 @ 3 x 1 5/8
Designer Series Paper – Inside card: 1/2 x 8 1/2 (pocket), 3 x 4 1/2 (sentiment)
Designer Series Paper – Envelope: cut 3 @ 1 x 3 1/2

DIRECTIONS:

Fold and burnish card base. Staple inside pocket on ends. Cover staples with DSP strip.
Stamp sentiment on DSP. Adhere the 3 DSP pieces to front of card. *I added a special touch using Black Matte Dots to the map DSP to show the travel route from state to state.
Stamp sentiment on DSP, cut with Stitched Rectangle Die, adhere inside card.
Adhere DSP strips to the front of the envelope.

Stampin' Up! Celebrating You Slimline envelope and Love You Always Treat Box - Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I am so glad Stampin’ Up! has added slimline envelopes to the product line! The slimline envelopes come in packs of 15 (5 each of 3 colors: Soft Succulent, Smoky Slate, White). And the best part is you don’t have to pay extra postage to mail this size card!
Stampin' Up! Slimline envelopes - visit juststampin.com for inspiration and ordering information - Jeanie Stark StampinUp
We always packs treats when we take a road trip. I made my son’s favorite handmade treats, Chocolate Pretzel M&M’s. I know he will enjoy these on the drive back home.
Stampin' Up! Celebrating You Slimline envelope and treat box - Jeanie Stark StampinUp
*I’ve shared this quick & easy treat before. If you want the recipe Click HERE.
Do you have a favorite travel treat? I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment below. Mine is orange tootsie pops! I only buy them when we travel!

I hope I inspired you to create this simple slimline card. Grab some DSP and give it a try!

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H is for Hidden Message Fun Fold

May 19, 2017 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 14 Comments

Welcome to my ABC’s with Fun Folds series. Today’s fun fold has a hidden message. I have been wanting to make one of these fun folds for a long time. I like simple cards and did not think this style card would fit that bill. I was wrong! It really is quite easy once you break it down into steps. Many thanks to fellow demonstrators, Patrice Halliday-Larsen, Natalie Lapakko, and Meg Loven who shared their inspiration and directions to get me started. I changed it up a bit to simplify it! Here’s my card.

I have lots of photos and measurements for you. You need to cut and score 3 pieces of paper for this card.

Front: 4 1/4 x 8 1/4 scored at 5 1/2

Back: 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 scored at 5 1/2

Inside: 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4

Punch a circle out of the front piece by sliding the 2″ Circle punch along the side as far as it will go.

Line up the inside piece the same way and punch from both the front and back. (*You may prefer to line up the inside piece under the top piece and trace the circle with a pencil first then punch it out if you are not confident you will line it up exactly.) The 3 circles should all line up.

Add sticky strip or use Fast Fuse Adhesive along the flap on the back piece. Adhere this piece along the right side of the inside piece.

Close the inside piece and apply adhesive to the top piece only. The front page of the middle layer is adhered completely to the inside of the front layer, with the right side edges lined up.

The photo below shows what the card should look like assembled.

Stamp the sentiments through the hole to make sure they line up exactly. My sentiment is from Garden in Bloom which is a photopolymer stamp set so it was easy to see. (*If you are using a clear mount or wood mount stamp you may want to trace the circle then open the card and stamp the sentiment inside the pencil line using the stamp a ma jig. Remember to erase your pencil marks afterwards.) I opened my card to slide the hidden message part in view and stamped my inside sentiment through the hole.

I decorated my card using the Flourish Thinlits. I adhered the die cut pieces using the Fine-tip Glue Pen. I embellished with ribbon and Pearl Basic Jewels. I stamped the envelope using the Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set and Soft Sky ink. This is such a fun card to make and open! This fun fold would be great for kid birthdays as I’m sure they would enjoy the hidden message appearing when they open their card.

Stamp Sets: Garden in Bloom, Flourishing Phrases, Balloon Adventures Ink: Island Indigo, Soft Sky Papers: Soft Sky, Whisper White Tools & Accessories: Flourish Thinlits, 2″ Circle Punch, Island Indigo Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels

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Jeanie

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Let’s Celebrate

April 9, 2017April 10, 2017 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 17 Comments

I had an amazing fun filled weekend at the Stampin’ Up! OnStage event in Richmond, Virginia! I will be sharing sneak peeks with you just as soon as I can. (Check back this afternoon for a sneak peek at this month’s Paper Pumpkin!)

What I can share with you is the card I made for the card swap. Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators love to share cards and projects to inspire you and each other. Here are the cards I made.

I love to make fun fold cards! This one is a free standing triple panel card and not only is it really quite easy to make, it’s also useful for many different occasions…birthday, anniversary, graduation, retirement, new baby, or any event you want to celebrate. I made 50 of these (the day before I left). When I make multiple cards I do it assembly line style. I cut everything, then score, emboss, stamp, and finally assemble. Most of the time I use the Stampin’ Trimmer to score my cards. However, for this project I used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and quickly scored 26 pieces of cardstock.

My cardstock measures 8 1/4 x 11. With the 8 1/4″ length across the top, I scored it at 1 1/4, 2 1/4, 6, and 7. ThenI cut it in half to make 2 pieces measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. I folded the sides back and forth along the score lines to create the panels then I embossed the ends using the Confetti Embossing Folder. I used the Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies (and the Precision Base Plate) to cut the center panel from a piece of 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 piece of whisper white. I stamped the sentiment and banner from the Balloon Adventures Stamp Set using Night of Navy ink. (The photopolymer stamps make it so easy to see exactly where you are stamping.) I used the Balloon Bouquet Punch to punch the balloons from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack as well as Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay cardstock. I attached the balloons using Multipurpose Liquid Glue then adhered the center piece to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I used a glue dot to attach the bow. (I wish I had a picture of me making the bows and attaching the Stampin’ Dimensionals in the back seat of the car during the drive to Richmond Friday afternoon. Nothing like last minute! LOL)

Here’s a look at the finished projects. Which color do you prefer?

Melon Mambo with Night of Navy

Bermuda Bay with Night of Navy

The cards fold flat and fit in a standard envelope. I packaged each in a clear envelope for swapping.

Stamp Set: Balloon Adventure Ink: Night of Navy Papers: Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Brights Designer Series Paper Stack, Whisper White Tools & Accessories: Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies, Precision Base Plate, Big Shot, Confetti Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Balloon Bouquet Punch, Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay 1/8″ Stitched Ribbon, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Balloon Pop Up thinlits dies

I had so much fun celebrating all weekend…driving down and back with team members, dinner Friday and Saturday nights with several other PALS, prizes, inspiration, make & takes, training, and other events all day Saturday, and more! Here’s a photo of some us having dinner Friday night at Tarrant’s Cafe in Richmond.

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Deb Echelmeyer, Me, Nancy Gleason, Vikki Byers and her hubby, Bridget Trefethen, and Ramsey Alexander.

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