OnStage Card Swap…Day 2

April 13, 2018 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 7 Comments

Yesterday I shared with you the first batch of beautiful cards I received at the Stampin’ Up! OnStage event I attended in Hartford, Conn. If you missed that post you can view it HERE. Today, I have more inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.

Stampin Up Sweet Soiree Double Triangle Fun Fold Celebrate card idea - for inspiration, ordering, and more visit www.juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Card Created by Linda Droege

I was so excited to get Linda’s Double Triangle Fun Fold Card! I have been wanting to make one of these fun folds and hers is just over the top gorgeous! I love everything about it from the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper to the organza ribbon she dyed to match. Here’s how it looks opened.

Stampin Up Sweet Soiree Double Triangle Fun Fold Celebrate Birthday card idea - for inspiration, ordering, and more visit www.juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Card Created by Linda Droege

I can not wait to make this fun fold! Check back and I will share the measurements and directions.

Stampin Up Beautiful Day friend card idea colored with Brusho Crystal Colour - For inspiration, ordering, and more visit www.juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Card Created by Ramsey Alexander

This card is just beautiful in person! Ramsey used the Brusho Crystal Colour ink crystals to watercolor over the heat embossed butterfly from the Beautiful Day stamp set. I need to pull out my Crystal Colours and play. Ramsey has done several of these cards and they come out beautiful and different every time. This is a fun watercolor technique!

Stampin Up Lemon Zest inspirational card idea - For ideas, ordering and more, visit www.juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Card Created by Jill Killeen

This card is so Jill! She is so much fun to be around! The Lemon Zest Stamp set has fun sentiments. Check out what she stamped inside.

I love it when stamp sets have inside sentiments to go together. This card is sure to brighten someone’s day!

Stampin Up Beautiful Bouquet friend card idea - For inspiration, ordering and more visit www.juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Card Created by Deb Echelmeyer

Deb is so creative! I love how she used the flower stems from the Bouquet Bunch Dies to make a lilac bush! (Which just happen to be my favorite flower scent!) Deb added texture and layers to this beautiful card using the Brick Wall Embossing Folder and Layering Dies. Such a pretty spring card!

Stampin Up Birthday Blooms and Bouquet Bunch friend card idea - for inspiration, ordering and more, visit www.juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp — Card Created by Rosanne Mulhern

Rosanne’s card is another example of adding layers to create a beautiful card! Like Deb, she used the Beautiful Bunch Framelits to cut out the flowers and leaves. Even though this card has many flowers and layers, it has a clean & simple feel with the black & white background. I love the sentiment (and font) she used from the Birthday Blooms stamp set. It is retiring in May but it’s definitely one I will keep and continue to use. I love all the sentiments and beautiful flowers in this set. Check it out below and be sure to get it before it’s gone!

I so appreciate the stamping community and my stamping friends! Everyone so willingly shares their ideas and talent. Together we really can make a difference as we share our handmade kindness one card at a time! Make someone smile today!!

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Have a wonderful day! It’s a beautiful day here in Hagerstown, Maryland and I’m going to soak up the sunshine on my walk this afternoon!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Bundle [145297] $51.25	Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set [143666] $27.00	Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies [143659] $30.00	Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] $19.00
Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Bundle [145360] $34.00	Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143808] $20.00	Lemon Builder Punch [143712] $18.00	Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145915] $21.00
Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Stamp Set [142924] $21.00	Sweet Soirée Specialty Designer Series Paper [145564] $13.00	Brusho Crystal Colour [144101] $30.00	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288] $8.50

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J is for Joy Fold

May 21, 2017July 19, 2018 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 22 Comments

Welcome to my ABC’s with Fun Folds series. Today I have a Joy fold card for you. The joy fold is basically a card within a card. It is all about the layers and a fun focal point. This Little Piggy is the most adorable stamp set! It will be available June 1st. I’ve been waiting for her big debut until it was closer to when you could order…I didn’t want to tease you any longer than necessary. I couldn’t resist giving her center stage on my card today.

Stampin Up This Little Piggy fun fold card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

Isn’t she stinkin’ cute?! I used my aqua painter to bring her to life. I gave my Shimmery White cardstock a quick wash with Soft Sky then I stamped Little Piggy with Basic Black ink. I used Flirty Flamingo and Sahara Sand inks with the aqua painter. It was so fast & easy…just a quick wash with the brush. No need to overthink it…she’s a pig…she likes to be dirty and handles imperfection with pride! She has several friends in her stamp set too!

Stampin Up This Little Piggy Stamp Set - to order visit my blog at juststampin.com

I have lots of photos and measurements for you today so you can make one of these on your own. The card base is Sahara Sand cut at 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 and scored at 5 1/2. Now let’s start layering…

Fun Fold Card- Jeanie Stark StampinUp

The Flirty Flamingo Layer measures 4 x 5 1/4. The Polka Dot pattern is from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack (retiring) but you could easily use the same patterned paper as the front. This layer measures 3 3/4 x 5. Now for the front layers…

Fun Fold card idea - for ideas and inspiration visit juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp The Flirty Flamingo layer measures 2 3/4 x 4. The DSP is from the new Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper. It measures 2 1/2 x 3 3/4. There are many fun patterns in this pack.

Stampin Up Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper - for ideas and inspiration visit juststampin.com Jeanie Stark StampinUp

The Little Piggy sits on a Sahara Sand card base measuring 8 x 3 and scored at 4. The Flirty Flamingo layer measures 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 and my Shimmery White layer measures 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. I adhered this inside the card making sure to center it.

The inside layers for this are Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White and are the same measurements as the front. I stamped the sentiment in Basic Black.

Stampin Up This Little Piggy fun fold card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

This is definitely a fun fold! I love how it opens and closes.

Stampin Up This Little Piggy fun fold card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

Here’s my envelope to match with the new Pick A Pattern DSP!

Stampin Up This Little Piggy fun fold card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

Stamp Set: This Little Piggy (available June 1) Ink: Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo Sahara Sand Papers: Shimmery White, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Flirty Flamingo, Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack (retired), Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper Accessories: Aqua Painter

Click HERE to see another Joy Fold Card I shared previously.

Hope your day is filled with Joy!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Paper Piecing Chickens

March 16, 2017March 14, 2021 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 22 Comments

I have a dear friend, Laura, who has some chickens. She turned her dog house into their coup and it is so funny how every night at dusk they go up the plank and to go to bed for the night. When I saw the Hey, Chick Stamp Set in the Sale-A-Bration catalog I knew I would use it to make her birthday card. My inspiration for the technique on my card came from a chicken pin cushion a member of my downline made. You know how I love to make my cards coordinate so…paper piecing to the rescue! Here’s my card.

Stampin' Up! Hey Chick paper piercing birthday card idea - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

And here’s the fabric chicken Margie made.

I found some paper that looked like fabric from the Warmth & Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack (retired from the Holiday catalog) to do the paper piecing technique. This technique is really not hard to do. You simply stamp your image twice…once on cardstock and once on the DSP. I used Archival Black Ink to stamp my images. I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to position my chicken on top.

I wanted to add some dimension to my chickens so I used some Cherry Cobbler and Delightful Dijon ink and a blender pen to highlight and color on top of the DSP. I saw another demonstrator, Kathryn Ruddick, do this. It really makes it pop from the background.

Then I used my paper snips to cut out the chicken. You don’t have to worry about fussy cutting around the legs or beak as they are already stamped on the cardstock. Adhere on top of the cardstock image.

I used the Aqua Painter with a little Crumb Cake ink to wash along the bottom. I stamped my sentiment on Cherry Cobbler card stock with black ink. I cut the tips off a toothpick for the sign and attached with glue dots and dimensionals. I decided I needed to stamp and cut out another wing to make it appear like the chicken was holding the sign.

I really like this technique. It was fun to do and I am happy with how it turned out. I know you appreciate all the details so here’s the dimensions for this card..

Card base :Cherry Cobbler 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4.

Layer 1: Whisper White 3 x 5

Layer 2: Cherry Cobbler 2 7/8 x 4 3/8

Stamped Layer: 2 3/4 x 4 1/4

The sentiment is cut out using the Bunch of Banners Framelits.

You can earn the Hey, Chick stamp set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration (through March 31st). Here’s a few more ideas and inspiration using this stamp set.

hey chick sample 3

hey chick sample 2

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