Perfectly Pears Diagonal Joy Fold Card for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #282

It’s time for another Tic Tac Toe Challenge!
Here’s this week’s inspiration board.
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I got Tic Tac Toe 5 ways this week: across the top, across the bottom, down the middle, and diagonally both ways. Here’s my card.
Stampin' Up! Perfectly Pears Diagonal Joy Fold card idea for a friend for Thanksgiving-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
This diagonal joy fold card features the Painterly Pears Suite Collection from Stampin’ Up!
Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Suite Collection-visit juststampin.com for inspiration, ordering information, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
For a pear-fectly charming crafting experience, indulge your creative spirit with the Painterly Pears Suite Collection. This suite offers a delightful array of pear-inspired patterns, featuring delicate blossoms, luscious fruit, and graceful leaves, all rendered in a soft, vintage-inspired color palette. Add ink, cardstock, and adhesive to complete your project.

Suite collection includes one of each item listed below.
PERFECTLY PEARS PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (10% off)
PERFECTLY PEARS DIES (10% off)
PAINTERLY PEARS 12″ X 12″ DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
MOSSY MEADOW & GOLD 1/4″ TRIM
LOW-PROFILE SPARKLE DOTS

The Designer Series Paper is just Gorgeous!!!

Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper-visit juststampin.com to preorder your product share-Jeanie stark StampinUp
Colors: Basic Beige, Darling Duckling, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Secret Sea

I used the dies in the bundle to cut the pears from the Designer Series Paper for the front of my card. They look so realistic!
Stampin' Up! Perfectly Pears Diagonal Joy Fold card idea for a friend for Thanksgiving-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
Here’s how the diagonal joy fold card opens.
Stampin' Up! Words for the Season & Perfectly Pears Diagonal Joy Fold card idea for a friend for Thanksgiving-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
Stampin' Up! Words for the Season & Perfectly Pears Diagonal Joy Fold card idea for a friend for Thanksgiving-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
This is another one of the Thanksgiving cards I created this year. The inside sentiment is from Words For The Season stamp set.
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Create the perfect holiday greeting with the Words for the Season Bundle (Save 10%)! This combination of festive sentiment stamps and versatile word dies lets you craft phrases for Christmas, New Year’s, Halloween, autumn, and more in a gorgeous script font. Mix, match, and layer for personalized cards, scrapbooks, and home decor.

This style fun fold card stands nicely for display.
Stampin' Up! Perfectly Pears Diagonal Joy Fold card idea for a friend for Thanksgiving-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
This fun fold design is one I created for my Mystery Monday Stampin’ Challenge. If you are new to my blog, you may be wondering what is Mystery Monday Stampin’? First of all, it is super fun!!!! The best part is you USE WHAT YOU HAVE to create a handmade card! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned stamper, this is a creative way to kick off your week with stamping fun. When you follow my clues you will end up with a fun fold card layout you can use over and over. Plus, after the Mystery is solved I share the PDF with the clues so you can print it off to make the card again.

Click HERE for more Diagonal Joy Fold Cards and download the Free PDF.

I hope you will check out what the rest of the design team created for this week’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge. We would love for you to pick 3 and play along. If you have any questions feel free to reach out!

You can view the complete list of products used to create today’s card below.
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Mystery Solved! Double Diamond Gate Fold Cards with Free PDF

Did you play along with my Mystery Monday Stampin’? If you followed the clues you would have created a Double Diamond Gate Fold card similar to these.
Mystery Solved!
Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold Card ideas with Floral Impressions, Painterly Pears, and Modern Christmas-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I need to warn you…This fun fold is addicting!!!! I couldn’t stop making them! This card looks like it would be hard but it is actually quick & easy to create! The hardest part was deciding which (of the 7 cards I created) to share with you today! LOL I decided to choose 3 as each of these is a little different. (To be honest, one really can’t be called a “double diamond” as I went totally rogue!) *Remember- there’s no right or wrong way to do mystery stampin’!!!
Here’s a closer look at each of today’s cards.
Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold Thank you card idea with Impressions Abloom Stamp set & Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
Let’s start with the Floral Impressions card. I stayed true to the mystery stamping clues for this card and created a special thank you card. I love how this fun fold card showcases both sides of the patterned paper and stands nicely for display!
Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold Thank you card idea with Impressions Abloom Stamp set & Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I have been blessed with great friends and family who have helped me immensely through my latest surgery (and two previous). Your prayers are appreciated that this one does the trick. It’s a long healing process and I am hoping that I get good news when I visit the doctor today!

I like that this card allows you to add several sentiments and still have room for a personal message. You could easily replace one of the “white” diamonds with DSP or a stamped image/die cut if you didn’t want another sentiment. I did lots of fussy cutting on my card. When I was little I loved paper dolls and I find fussy cutting very relaxing. (And I’ve had lots of time laying around lately to fussy cut! LOL) I used leftover pieces of DSP to cut the flowers. I added a few Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots and this card was done!
Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold Thank you card idea with Impressions Abloom Stamp set & Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
My second card features the Painterly Pears Suite Collection! Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold card with Perfectly Pears Bundle & Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
The Painterly Pears Suite is another favorite suite of mine! I plan to use this collection for my Thanksgiving cards this year. I Love the sentiments in the stamp set and especially love how the dies cut out some images from the gorgeous DSP!  The only fussy cutting I did on this card was the one pink pear which I adhered on top to bring more color to my focal image.
Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold card with Perfectly Pears Bundle & Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I used the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut the DSP in a diamond shape for my layers. I didn’t even need to add the white layer on the inside of my card. The DSP did all the work for me for this card!
Stampin' Up! Double Diamond Gatefold card with Perfectly Pears Bundle & Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
My third card today is a classic example of how most cards evolve as I create. More often than not I don’t end up with what I first envisioned. Does that happen to you too?
Stampin' Up! Peace on Earth & Modern Christmas Gate Fold card-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
Instead of diamond layers I ending up punching circles. I tried the diamonds but it hid the trees in the middle section which I wanted to see. Also, the 3 trees I cut from the DSP just looked lost. I added some gold trim between the circles for a bit more glam! I used the Peace on Earth Stamp Set for my sentiments. I heat embossed one in gold and stamped the other in black.
Stampin' Up! Peace on Earth & Modern Christmas Gate Fold card-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I like how it turned out with the circles and plan to experiment with some shaped dies as well.  This really is a FUN fun fold card!

Do you have a favorite card from today? I’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below.

I would love for you to play along with my mystery stamping! Click on the PDF below and follow the clues. Then take a photo of your card and send an attachment to my email (j.stark@goeaston.net). I’d love to share your works of art on my Sunday Showcase!

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Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
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Jeanie
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Twist & Close Gift Box with Painterly Pears

I absolutely love making boxes (and 3D items) to give as gifts.  It’s been awhile since I’ve shared these. (I seem to be on a fun fold card kick lately!) Yesterday I revealed my Mystery Monday cards and while making the Perfectly Pears card it gave me an idea and as usual one thing led to another. I left you with a teaser yesterday showing the box I made. Today I will reveal what’s inside the box plus how to create it. It’s really quick & easy! (I don’t do complicated!!!)

Did you guess what was in the box? Chris came very close in her comment as she thought it could be a pear “scented” candle. It is actually a pear “shaped” (unscented) candle!
Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Twist & Close gift box idea-visit juststampin.com for handmade inspiration, free tutorials, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
I bought several of these pear candles (in different colors) to have on hand for hostess gifts, a little something for a friend’s birthday, etc. I love them and have a few throughout my home as decor pieces. How perfect are they to gift with this DSP?!!! The Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper is my favorite from the New Online Exclusives released this month! The paper reminds me of the delicious pears from Harry & David!
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I love it when I can make a card and gift to coordinate!
Stampin' Up! Perfectly Pears fun fold card and Painterly Pears Twist & Close gift box idea-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
If you missed yesterday’s post with the details to make the card, CLICK HERE.

When I was young I loved Highlights Magazine. One of my favorite things was the page where you had to “Spot the Difference”. How good are your observation skills? Did you spot the difference in the photos of the box?

That was the “great debate” yesterday… I made a couple of samples and asked my daughter, my sister, and a friend which one they liked better. One person liked one version, one the other version, and one liked both versions. LOL And I go back and forth! I like the clean & simple version with just the single pear; however, I also like how the other version matches the card design with the same 3 pears. How about you? Which one do you prefer?
Leave a comment below!

Both versions open and close the same way. Here’s a photo looking at the top of the box. Such a cool design!
Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Twist & Close gift box idea-visit juststampin.com for handmade inspiration, free tutorials, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
And here’s a look inside when you open it.
Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Twist & Close gift box idea-visit juststampin.com for handmade inspiration, free tutorials, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
Of course I had to make more than one of these boxes. Here’s another version.
Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Twist & Close gift box idea-visit juststampin.com for handmade inspiration, free tutorials, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
For this version I used Mossy Meadow cardstock for the box. Then I die cut the pear shape from Basic White cardstock and used my blending brushes to add color to match the pear candle and DSP. There are so many different ways to add color and I usually opt for Stampin’ Blend Markers; however, I thought the blending brushes gave a softer look for this project. What do you think?

Here’s a look at both boxes. Which one do you like better?
Stampin' Up! Painterly Pears Twist & Close gift box idea-visit juststampin.com for handmade inspiration, free tutorials, and more-Jeanie Stark StampinUp
You can make these boxes in 10-15 minutes! Seriously! It is that easy! I can think of many different things that will fit in this box. I’m going to get a head start on the holiday season and make more of these!  I followed Sam Donalds’s version except I added another layer to my strips to coordinate with my card! I have been following “Pootles” since I first started stamping. I love listening to her accent as well as how she makes what looks complicated so easy! The link to her blog post/video is below where she creates a beautiful birthday version using the Wildflower Birthday Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is great for birthdays, weddings, baby, etc. (I LOVE both of her boxes!!!!)

How To Make a Hexagonal Twist & Close Gift Box With Wildflower Birthday

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Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
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Jeanie

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I appreciate each and every order!  Here are the things you can expect when you place an online order with me:

  • Shop and earn 10% back in Stampin’ Rewards on orders of $20 or more. Use them on your next order or save them up to 1 year for something special!
  • All orders will receive a handmade thank you card from me.
    (*You can choose to remove the sticky note inside and reuse the card.)
  • With a $50 order you will receive a PDF from my “Just Stampin’ Sketchbook” showcasing card designs that you can use with any stamp set. This is a great resource! (*You can collect new design tutorials each month!)
  • With an order of $75 (or more) I will send you the PDF and thank you card as well as a card kit or Stampin’ Up Product of my choosing – this varies monthly.

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