A Birthday Fun Fold for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #8

Fun fold birthday card using Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper and Stylized Birthday Stamp Set from Stampin Up. For inspiration, directions, and products visit my blog www.juststampin.com.

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I am excited to share my card for this week’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge. This week’s board was designed by my talented friend, Susan Itell.

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It’s all about shapes for me this week. I chose the far left row going down: rectangle, circle, square. I created this fun fold birthday card.

Fun fold birthday card using Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper and Stylized Birthday Stamp Set from Stampin Up. For inspiration, directions, and products visit my blog www.juststampin.com.

I made a square card. The DSP has circle designs which I used to cut a rectangle to layer on the front.  The sentiment is stamped on a square piece of cardstock cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits. How easy it that to pick 3 and play along with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge?! I hope you will join the fun!

This fun fold is a double Z fold design.  Here’s how I made it…

I started with 2 strips of cardstock. The base piece is cut at 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 and scored at 2 1/8 and 4 1/4. The top strip with the sentiment is cut at 7 x 2 3/4 and scored at 2 1/8 and 4 1/4. The DSP layers for the base measure 1 7/8 x 4 (on front) and 4 x 4 (back right). The senitments are stamped on a 2 1/2″ square and  1 7/8 x 2 1/2.  The last piece of DSP measures 1 7/8 x 2 1/2.

Apply glue to the back of the smaller strip (behind the DSP section only) and adhere to the center of the DSP on the card base.

Open the smaller Z fold to the right and close the front of the card base with the DSP panel. Apply glue just along the edges as shown and fold to close and adhere.

Fun fold birthday card using Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper and Stylized Birthday Stamp Set from Stampin Up. For inspiration, directions, and products visit my blog www.juststampin.com.

I added a bow from the 2017-2019 In Color Bitty Bows and some Pearl Basic Jewels.

Fun fold birthday card using Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper and Stylized Birthday Stamp Set from Stampin Up. For inspiration, directions, and products visit my blog www.juststampin.com.

The DSP from the Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper coordinates together nicely.  Here’s a view of what the opened card looks like from above. I like this fun fold!

Fun fold birthday card using Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper and Stylized Birthday Stamp Set from Stampin Up. For inspiration, directions, and products visit my blog www.juststampin.com.

This card fits in a standard envelope or you could make a custom envelope using the Envelope Punch Board. Be sure to click on over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog and see what the design team and others created and play along. Link your card to this week’s challenge and see if you become a Designer’s Choice or Team Pick – then grab a badge!

Fun fold birthday card using Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper and Stylized Birthday Stamp Set from Stampin Up. For inspiration, directions, and products visit my blog www.juststampin.com.

Stamp Sets: Stylized Birthday, Birthday Delivery  Ink: Dapper Denim  Papers: Dapper Denim, Tranquil Tide, Very Vanilla, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper Tools & Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Bitty Bow, Pearl Basic Jewels

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Have a wonderful day!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Fun Fold Swap Card from Judy

I’m excited to share another beautiful card from my Fun Fold Card Swap! You are in for a treat as I share each of these cool fun folds. The collection of cards I’ll be sharing might not have current Stampin’ Up! products, but every card gives good ideas for color combinations, layouts, and techniques. Let the inspiration continue…

Happy Birthday Fun Fold Lever Card. For more fun fold cards, inspiration, project directions, and Stampin Up supplies visit www.juststampin.com
Card Created by Judy Hoffman

Judy made a Fun Fold Lever card and stepped it up even more by embossing the front of the card with the Sparkle Embossing Folder and weaving ribbon along the bottom. Double WOW!!

Happy Birthday Fun Fold Lever Card. For more fun fold cards, inspiration, project directions, and Stampin Up supplies visit www.juststampin.com
Fun Fold Lever Card Created by Judy Hoffman

I love the added texture and soft colors. Blues and greens look great together and are just soothing.

Happy Birthday Fun Fold Lever Card. For more fun fold cards, inspiration, project directions, and Stampin Up supplies visit www.juststampin.com
Happy Birthday Fun Fold Lever Card Created by Judy Hoffman

You can find the directions to make a fun fold lever card on my blog (L is for a Lever Fun Fold with Butterfly Basics) by clicking HERE.

Please leave a comment below to let Judy know how much you love her fun fold creation (especially if you are the lucky person who received this in the swap). Thanks again to everyone who participated!  It was so much fun getting “Happy Mail”!  I plan to showcase all of the cards while I am away on vacation so you will continue to be inspired!

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Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Fun Times!

I am so excited about the new alphabet series I will be starting this week!  I have been busy brainstorming and creating as well as finishing up my thank you gifts for customers who ordered through me in April.  Check back tomorrow to see the fun treat holder I made as well as a chance to win some blog candy. YUM!

Just a reminder…Wednesday is the last day to sign up for Paper Pumpkin to get the May kit. There has been lots of chatter and clues on the Paper Pumpkin Facebook Page as to what the May kit will be.  It sounds like possibly a golfing theme to me. I know a lot of people have mentioned wanting a golf stamp set as well as masculine card ideas.  Of course we never know for sure what’s going to be in the kit until it’s released.  I love the surprise every month and ALWAYS find ways to use the kit even if it’s not the intended projects. I had so much fun with the April kit and so did my Paper Pumpkin Players.  We got together last week and enjoyed some stress free painting with the watercolor pencils included in the kit.  We also opened up a few of the envelopes and had fun creating some alternative projects using the designer series paper that lined the envelopes. Thanks to Pinterest and my fellow demonstrators (who so willing share and swap ideas with me), we had plenty of inspiration to choose from! Special thanks to Deana Rekow, Kim Morris, Debbie Henderson, Rachel Tessman, Susan Itell, and Dawn Olchefske for their inspiration and ideas! Here are some photos of my display boards and more from our get together.

Here’s a few close ups of some of the cards I created using products from the kit.

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I love fun fold cards! This Z fold card was quick & easy to do.  Simply score the front of the card at 2 1/8 and fold back. (If you were making one from scratch you would also need to score at 4 1/4. The cards in the kit were already scored at 4 1/4.) I like how you get a “sneak peek” at the the inside with this fun fold.

I used the heart from the kit as a template and stamped around the shape with the “Love” stamp.  Photopolymer stamps make it so easy to see where to stamp.  I have plenty of room to write a message inside the heart shape.

I had so much fun cutting open the envelopes and using the paper to create more cards. (I will embellish Whisper White Envelopes to match the other cards in the kit.) To open up the envelopes I used the Heat Tool (on low) and gently pulled the seams up as it heated.

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For this card I used the 2″ Circle Punch to punch the designer paper from the envelope flaps.  I cut one of the black cards in the kit to layer the circles on the card front.  The sentiment is from the Tin of Cards Stamp Set (retiring this month) and the card base is the new In Color, Lemon Lime Twist. Doesn’t it look great with black?  I love the contrast!img_2021

I made this card using a strip I had leftover after cutting apart an envelope for another project. (You know how I love to use my scraps!) This is one of those “formula cards” that can be used again and again when you need a quick card.  Adhere a strip of DSP along the bottom of a piece of whisper white and stamp your sentiment above.  I added a layer of Lemon Lime Twist and some black twine and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Quick & easy!

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How fun is this card?! I thought Hollywood the minute I saw the envelopes in the kit. This card is perfect for so many occasions and works for both male and female. I used the washi tape in the kit to make the extra piece on top to match and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The stars were punched from scraps of Lemon Lime Twist.

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Have you heard of a “bagalope”?  It’s a bag made from an envelope.  How cool!!! You can do this with any envelope and can get 2 different looks depending on which end you cut. All you have to do to make this is seal the envelope and cut 1/4″ from the top.  Then score 5/8″ in from each of the other 3 sides.  Fold and crease the score lines and adhere the flaps on the bottom. (I used Glue Dots.) Think of all the possibilities you can make! What a great little gift set this will make by decorating the “bagalope” to match your card!!!

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Claire and Sheila were concentrating on their watercolor art and making masterpieces.

Here’s some of the players (others were being shy and didn’t want their picture taken) showcasing their art.

Cheryl finished hers in just a few hours. She has her Mother’s Days cards ready to go!

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I love the torn paper technique Paula used for this note card.

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Claire is a pro and knows exactly what she wants to make each month. She turns 10 the end of this month and wants her mom to continue her Paper Pumpkin subscription for her birthday!

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Sheila has been stamping for years and just started her Paper Pumpkin subscription. She couldn’t believe all the goodies you get in the kit.  It really is a great deal for just $20 (or less when you purchase a prepaid subscription). The April kit came with 12 cards and 12 lined envelopes, a stamp set, ink spot, acrylic flowers, watercolor paper (to use for 2 different techniques), watercolor pencils, paintbrush, die cut hearts, sticker sheets, leaves, washi tape, white cardstock for stamping the inside of the cards, and enough Glue Dots and Stampin’ Dimensionals to use for even more projects after you complete the kit!

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Have a wonderful day! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for a chance to win some blog candy.

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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