Handstamped by Joyce Hall

 Yesterday I promised you directions and measurements for the gift card holder and traditional card I posted. Here are the cards:

Here are the insides of each card:

Stamp sets:

Lots of Lavender (FREE Sale-A-Bration item with a $50 purchase)

Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Cardstock:

Elegant Eggplant (4 1/2" x 11", scored at 5 1/2" for both cards, scored at 2 3/8" for gift card holder)

Wisteria Wonder (2 7/8" x 4")

Very Vanilla (4" x 5 1/4" for inside of each card, 2 7/8" x 4" for oval piece on each card, 2 1/4" x 4" for front of traditional card)

Ink Pads:

Basic Black Archival

Wisteria Wonder

Pear Pizzazz

Pink Pirouette

Accessories:

Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Layering Ovals Framelits

1" Circle Punch (for gift card holder)

Adhesive (I used Fast Fuse, but SNAIL or Tear & Tape will work well, too.)

Stampin' Trimmer

Big Shot

Directions for gift card holder:

Score the card base at 5 1/2" and 2 3/8" and fold both in the same direction so that the smaller panel is folded into the inside of the card. Make a 1/2 circle with the 1" Circle Punch in the center of the edge of the inside panel. add adhesive to the inside of the panel only at the top and bottom so that the punched edge is open for inserting the gift card.

If you have questions about these projects or would like to order the products used in them, please send me an email, give me a call, or visit my online store.

You may be wondering what Sale-A-Bration is. Every January through March, Stampin' Up! adds a bonus for every $50 purchase. You can choose from the FREE products in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. There is also a bonus of $25 in Stampin' Rewards if you host a party of $250 or more. However, the best bargain is if you sign up as a demonstrator-you can choose $125 in products for only $99 and then choose two additional current stamp sets!

If you would like to place a Sale-A-Bration order and don't have a demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. You can shop now at my online store.

Welcome to my very first blog hop! All of the projects we are sharing with you feature Sale-A-Bration 2018 products. I hope you will take the time to look at the other blogs and tell me in the comments which project is your favorite. If you have questions about any of the projects or would like to order the products used in them, please send me an email, give me a call, or visit my online store.

Here are two cards featuring the Lots of Lavender set that is FREE with a $50 purchase:

It looks like I spent a lot of time watercoloring the images on these cards, but the Lots of Lavender set is made for quick and easy projects since all of the details were stamped. The two cards look the same in the picture, but they are very different on the inside:

The top card is a gift card holder and the bottom card is a regular card. Watch for a post tomorrow with directions for making the gift card holder and a list of products used for the two cards.

The birthday greeting is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set from the 2017-2018 annual catalog. The stripes on the Wisteria Wonder background piece were made with the new Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder that is part of the Picture Perfect Party Suite of products in the 2018 Occasions Catalog.

Make sure you keep hopping along to see all the other Sale-A-Bration projects! Click on the "Next" button below to visit Elizabeth Green's blog.

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Here are links to all the blogs in our hop:

Darla Roberts

Shirley Merker

Nicole Wilson

Sandy Ward

Sandra Roberts

Emilie Poncelet

Sue Kremer

Melanie Harrison Coverston

Twila Davis

Terri Kerfoot Stewart

Karen Philipp

Elizabeth Green

Joyce Hall (YOU ARE HERE)

Susan Murphy

Ginger Rabesa

You may be wondering what Sale-A-Bration is. Every January through March, Stampin' Up! adds a bonus for every $50 purchase. You can choose from the FREE products in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. There is also a bonus of $25 in Stampin' Rewards if you host a party of $250 or more. However, the best bargain is if you sign up as a demonstrator-you can choose $125 in products for only $99 and then choose two additional current stamp sets!

If you would like to place a Sale-A-Bration order and don't have a demonstrator, I would be happy to be yours. You can shop now at my online store.

 I hope you enjoyed your holiday celebrations with family and friends. Did you make new year's resolutions or set some goals for 2018? Post them in the comments if you would like to share them. My goal is to post lots of ideas on my blog this year.

In November I attended Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event in Salt Lake City, where we received training on the new products available January 3, networked with other demonstrators and swapped stamped cards and other items. The above set of cards were ones I received in Salt Lake City.

They were all made with the Half Full Stamp Set that is in the soon-to-expire Holiday Catalog. The good news is that this stamp set will continue to be available after the catalog expires at midnight MT on January 2.

The Half Full Stamp Set is so much fun and very versatile. It is suitable for Christmas cards, but can be used for birthday cards when paired with a birthday stamp set. The above samples were made by (upper left) Candi Roberts, (lower left) Becky Hahn, and (right) Joan Eckert. The card on the lower left is a gift card holder as you can see from the inside:

This card was made using an 11" x 4 1/4" sheet of cardstock scored and folded at 2 3/8" and 5 1/2". A 1" Circle Punch was used to make the half circle cutout.

 Watch my blog on Wednesday; I will be posting a sample that uses some new products from the Sale-A-Bration brochure and Occasions catalog. This post will be part of a blog hop that features Sale-A-Bration products.