Thankful Garden Fun Fold Birthday Card for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #278

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ Leave a comment

I love to make fun fold cards and the gate fold card is one of the easiest to create with just two score lines.
Stampin' Up! Thankful Garden fun fold birthday card idea-visit juststampin.com for more details-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
The inspiration for today’s card came from this week’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge board.
www.tictactoechallenge.com
I chose to go across the top row: Stencil, Birthday, Die Cut.

I haven’t used my stencils in awhile and I’ve been wanting to create with this hydrangea. I could not believe how simple it was to color this gorgeous flower using the Thankful Garden Decorative Masks! These masks are meant to be layered, meaning you can build beautiful bouquets with lots of varying texture and detail. I used my blending brushes to add layers of color for a quick & easy WOW! The masks are available separately or included with the Thankful Garden Bundle (*Save 10% when you purchase the bundle!)
Stampin' Up! Thankful Garden Bundle-visit juststampin.com for handmade inspiration, ordering information, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
With the Thankful Garden Bundle, your paper crafts will always be in bloom! Die cut the large flower stamps to give your card a bright center piece or pair some greenery with smaller die cut flowers to create an eye-catching gift tag. Use the decorative masks to add texture paste for dimension or blend soft colors for extra depth. This bundle is perfect for expressing love and gratitude in a truly artistic way.

This bundle coordinates with one of my favorite designer series paper pack, Lovely Garden.

Stampin' Up! Lovely Garden 12x12 Designer Series Paper-visit juststampin.com for inspiration and ordering information-Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Product colors: Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel, Crushed Curry, Fresh Freesia, Garden Green, Melon Mambo

I had intended to use strips of DSP on the front of the card; however, I thought it distracted from the beautiful flower. I love how it turned out with the DSP and die cuts on the inside.
Stampin' Up! The Right Words & Lovely Garden fun fold birthday card idea-visit juststampin.com for more details-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
Here are the details to create today’s card:

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Stampin’ Up! Thankful Garden Bundle, The Right Words
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Boho Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Garden GreenSoft Sea Foam, Momento Black
Paper: Blueberry Bushel, Boho Blue, Garden Green, & Basic White cardstock, Lovely Garden 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper
Tools & Accessories: Thankful Garden Decorative Masks & Dies, Blending Brushes, Textured Notes Dies, 2023-2025 In Color Flat Pearls, Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, Garden Green Twine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

Measurements:
Card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored along the long side @ 2 1/8 from each end
Cardstock (Boho Blue): 2 @ 1 7/8 x 2 1/8 embossed, 3 3/8 x 4 5/8
White Cardstock: 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 to stamp hydrangea, 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 (inside)
Garden Green: scraps to die cut leaves
Designer Series Paper (Lovely Garden): 2 @ 2 x 5 3/8, 2 1/4 x 6 (envelope)

Directions:

Fold and burnish card base folding the ends into the center.
Adhere DSP strips on the inside along the ends.
Die Cut 2 Garden Green leaves with Thankful Garden Die. Adhere on the inside of card in the center section in opposite corners.
Die cut white cardstock with Textured Notes Die. Stamp sentiment. Adhere inside card in the center.
Adhere embossed layer to front of card across the middle.
Stamp hydrangea on basic white with Momento Black ink. Place on grid paper and use a sticky note to hold it in place.
Using Mask #1, line up the mask with the hydrangea and adhere the piece to the grid paper with a sticky note. Take a blending brush and rub it in the Boho Blue ink pad. Rub the brush on the scrap paper (grid paper) first to blend the ink and then, using a circular motion, rub the brush in the mask opening. Use a very light hand so that you just have a light blue color all over the flower.
Remove Mask #1 but keep the stamped flower adhered with the sticky note in the same spot.
Line up Mask #2 so that the mask opening is lined up with the flower. Adhere with a sticky note. Add more Boho Blue ink to the Blending Brush. Using a circular motion, rub the ink in the opening of the mask using just a bit more pressure.
Remove Mask #2. Line up mask #3 and adhere with a sticky note.
Add Blueberry Bushel Ink to the blending brush this time. Use a circular motion as before and add the darker highlights. Remove mask when happy with the results.
Line up Masks #4 and #5 to color the leaves using Soft Sea Foam then Garden Green.
Adhere flower to Boho Blue layer. Adhere to cardbase with Stampin’ Dimensionals. *Only add dimensionals along the left side.
Embellish with dots. Add a twine bow with a Mini Glue Dot.
Adhere DSP to envelope flap and trim to fit.

Stampin' Up! Thankful Garden fun fold birthday card idea-visit juststampin.com for more details-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
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Thankful Garden Bundle (English) [165534] $64.75	Thankful Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165526] $24.00	Thankful Garden Dies [165533] $35.00
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Lovely Garden 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165524] $12.50	Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146968] $14.00	Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102584] $14.00
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [166780] $14.00	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $11.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $15.00
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad [147138] $9.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad [147089] $9.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad [147102] $9.00
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Stamped Background Fun Fold with Beauty Of The Deep

May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ Leave a comment

I had a wonderful vacation cruising to Bermuda with my sisters. No cooking, no cleaning, (no internet)…just the open sea, sunshine, shopping, sightseeing, snorkeling, spas, and all kinds of music and entertainment!

The three of us love the beach and I couldn’t wait to take them to Horseshoe Bay. With beautiful turquoise water and soft pink sand, it is one of my favorite beaches! (It has the softest sand I have ever stepped foot on!)
Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda Photo by Jeanie Stark www.juststampin.com
You can take a deep dive into the ocean with the Beauty of the Deep Stamp Set! This is a Distinktive stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. With this stamp set, you can really see all the wonders of the ocean and create your own scene however you want.
Stampin' Up! Beauty of the Deep Stamp Set-visit juststampin.com for inspiration and ordering information-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I created a fun fold card using this stamp set and coordinating dies.

Here are the details:

Measurements:

Card Base (Summer Splash): 4 1⁄4 x 11 scored at 2 3⁄4 and 8 1⁄4
Cardstock Layer (Night of Navy): 2 3⁄4 x 4 1⁄4
Basic White: 1 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 , 1 x 2 1⁄4 , 1 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 , 4 x 5 1⁄4 (for inside)

Directions:

Fold & burnish card base.
Stamp card base with stamp from Beauty of the Deep using Summer Splash ink.

Stamp inside piece and envelope to coordinate.
Sponge 1 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 piece of Basic White using Blending Brush. *Start off the paper to prevent blotches.Stamp sentiment on 1 x 2 1⁄4 piece of Basic White.

Stamp anchor & fish with Night of Navy ink and cut out with Beauty of the Deep Dies. Color fish with Stampin’ Blends.
Adhere white layers to navy layer as shown.
Thread Baker’s Twine in anchor and loop to secure. Trim ends.
Adhere anchor and fish with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Adhere Navy Layer to card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. *Just add Dimensionals along left side so card will open.

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Beauty Of The Deep Cling Stamp Set [161233] $25.00	Beauty Of The Deep Dies [161236] $33.00
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Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $13.00	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $11.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [147110] $9.00	Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad [163809] $9.00
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F is for Family

October 6, 2017 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 5 Comments

Welcome to my ABC Holiday Series! Holidays are all about celebrating different occasions with family and friends! Many people send family photo cards for the holidays. I like to take a photo and add a personal touch to make my own holiday cards for family and friends. I send a lot of cards so I need it to be simple and this gate fold card with a belly band is just that…quick & easy!

Stampin Up Snowflake Sentiments Christmas card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

I love to make fun fold cards and the gate fold is one of the easiest! The card base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 2 1/8 on each end. I used Whisper White as my card base and added (2) 2 x 5 1/2 strips of Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper. I wanted to get the most cuts from my 12 x 12 DSP so I added some silver washi tape from the Year of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape down the sides. You could use silver foil or just leave it white. I like the added sparkle to tie in with the DSP and other silver elements.

The belly band is my favorite part! I cut a 3 x 10 Night of Navy cardstock and wrapped it around my card (creasing it as I went) and secured the ends with Fast Fuse on the back. I stamped my sentiment from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set on Whisper White using Night of Navy ink. (I love this sentiment for a photo card!) I cut it out using the Stitched Shapes Framelits and layered it on a silver foil circle I cut using the Layering Circles Framelits. I use my shape framelits all the time! (These are on my list of favorite things!) I wrapped some Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon (LOVE THIS!) around my belly band and tied a bow. The ribbon makes the card in my opinion! I added a glue dot under the ribbon to keep it secure.

Stampin Up Snowflake Sentiments Christmas card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

It is easy to just slide the belly band off to open the card.

Stampin Up Snowflake Sentiments Christmas card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

I like that the gate fold card allows you to display the card so you can see the photo on the inside. You can stamp a sentiment on the side or add a handwritten note.

With my children in two different states it gets harder and harder to get everyone together. (The photo was taken during our summer vacation.) I am looking forward to the holidays this year! We will be traveling to Massachusetts to celebrate with all 25 family members. YEA!!!

Here are a few more Christmas photo card ideas from previous years.

I made a fold over flap for this photo collage I had printed at CVS. (Talk about quick & easy!!) Click on the image to see the original post with directions.

I used My Paper Pumpkin kit (and refill kits) to make this photo card a few years ago.

November 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit, Simply Snowflakes

The last one is an easel card (another favorite fun fold). Click on the image to see the original post with directions and more photos.

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[100867]

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[144213]

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[144644]

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[110755]

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