Hello, Crafters.
I’m really honoured to have been invited to join Kelly Kent’s Paper Adventure Team’s Blog Hop as the Guest Designer! This is the first Blog Hop I’ve ever done, so I’ve needed a fair bit of hand-holding on the technical side from Kelly! Thanks for your patience, Kelly!
The theme for the Blog Hop is CASE’ing one of JanB’s fancy folds, which tickled my sense of humour! I chose to CASE a card I made on 3rd June 2015, and is called a Flip Top Card. The inspiration for that card came from a swap I’d received from Tracy Lawrence, when we were at the Stampin’Up! Convention in Telford in April 2015! I re-watched the video and, oh my goodness, it could do with an update! LOL!
I chose to use Balmy Blue and Whisper White Cardstock (CS) to make today’s card. The one part of my 2015 card that I wasn’t happy with was the curved “neckline” because there wasn’t a gap between the pattern paper and the card base. To change that, I’ve added part of a die cut ring around the neckline. It’s amazing how such a small detail can make so much difference! The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is called Come Sail Away, and I have used the matching Stamp Set which is called Sailing Home. The die set is called Smooth sailing and all three are part of the Come Sail Away Suite which is in the new Annual Catalogue on pages 144-146. 
The card is kept closed by tucking the front flap underneath the tip of the sails. To tuck it underneath without damaging the yacht, the card needs to be bent back slightly, and the flap tucked in gently. Before I adhered the yacht in place, I adhered it to four layers of Thick Whisper White CS. This has made the yacht extra thick and therefore it won’t bend very easily, if at all!
I decorated the inside of my card by adding a die cut image of the larger yacht. It didn’t look quite right sitting on a plain Balmy Blue CS circle, so I decided to emboss it using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. It makes a great background, and I did the same for the small yacht on the front of the card! In our last Annual Catalogue, I felt that Stampin’ Up! really excelled themselves with a huge amount of really good sentiments. It looks as if they have continued this trend into the new catalogue. The sentiment I chose for my card is the same one I stamped on the bookmarks I sent out with the new catalogues to my customers.
To provide an area for the sender to write a greeting, I adhered a layer of Whisper White CS which I’d die-cut using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies. I added a Balmy Blue and a Whisper White CS surround to give it added interest! The finished size of my card is 5¼” x 4 1/8” and will fit inside a standard Stampin’ Up! A6 envelope. The best way to display this card is to lay the middle part on shelf, and to use the small flap to supprt the front section.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this project, and will hop onto the next blog by clicking on the NEXT button below to see which fancy fold Kelly Kent has CASE’d.That’s about it from me today. I’ve certainly enjoyed taking part in the Paper Advertures Team Blog Hop; I hope you’ve enjoyed it, too. Until next time, happy crafting.
JanB. xx 
BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS
Jan Brown (Guest Designer)
Kelly Kent
Siobhan Fitzsimmons
Mandy Depiazzi
Sheila Pybus
Narelle Simm
Lisa Whitehead
Products used: please click on any link to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. Thank you.
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Jan B! How wonderful it is to have you blog hopping along with us and congratulations on your very first blog hop too! Love your flip top card you have made here, isn’t this set a beauty! Thank you for your videos, I enjoy watching along and crafting with you. Thanks for joining us, Mandy x
Hi, Mandy. I was super thrilled to be invited, but also a bit apprehensive as I hadn’t done a blog hop before. I love your shaker card. I wasn’t planning to get that bundle but I might just change my mind now! Happy crafting, JanB. xx
Congratulations Jan on taking part in your very first blog hop, your card is amazing. I will definitely have to try this fancy fold card.
Many thanks, Sheila. It’s been a fabulous experience. I love your take on the Inside Block Card. Your card is really beautiful! Happy crafting, JanB. xx
Congratulations Jan on taking part in your first blog hop, you did really well. Your card is wonderful, I will definitely have to try this one.
Congratulations on your first blog hop, you did very well. Your card is beautiful, I will definitely have to try this one
Congratulations on your first blog hop Jan. Love this set. thanks so much for joining us this month and the inspiration.
Hi, Lisa. I was thrilled to be invited. I love your Triangle Corner Pop Up card. You like fussy cutting, too? I find it very relaxing. You did a great job! Happy crafting, JanB. xx
Congratulations on your first blog hop Jan. Love this set. thanks so much for joining us this month and the inspiration.
We are so happy to have you hopping with us this month, Jan! I think you can probably tell we are all BIG fans. I love this card – it’s fun to revisit and update an old design with new goodies. Amazing how the yacht makes such a perfect little holder for the front flap of the card, it’s like it’s meant to be!
Many thanks, Siobhan. I’ve really enjoyed my first blog hop! The yacht also came in very useful on your card, too! It worked brilliant. Your baby is gorgeous, too! Happy crafting, JanB.xx
Thank you so much for joining us Jan – certainly lots of fan girl moments with having you as part of our little team hop!! I love that you’ve updated a design with new products – it’s perfect! You absolutely breezed through your first blog hop! We’ll have to do it again! Kelly x
Many thanks for inviting me, Kelly. I was apprehensive at first, but you made it so easy and so straight-forward! I love your take on the triple fold card. You used my favourite Designer Series Paper. It’s so amazingly versatile. You have a great team of blog hoppers and I’d be more than happy to blog hop with you again! Happy crafting, JanB. xx
Thank you Jan for sharing this fantastic card with us! I love the blue colours and the way the card opens up. Very creative and you can be sure I’ll be CASEING this card Thank you for joining and sharing with us
Many thanks, Anne. xx