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This is a set construction meaning as soon as ..., the moment ..., or no sooner ... than ....
So:
Стоит дочке открыть альбом, как она сразу начинает рисовать.
means roughly:
As soon as the daughter opens the album, she immediately starts drawing.
Literally, стоит usually means stands or is worth, but in this pattern it has a special idiomatic meaning: it only takes... / one need only....
A very literal unpacking would be:
It only takes the daughter to open the album, and she immediately starts drawing.
That is why the sentence sounds more natural in English as as soon as...