Each year for Christmas, I give my husband and son a "GIFT CARD OF THE MONTH BOOK"… I make some kind of book or clever packaging idea that will hold 12 gift cards. They get to redeem a gift card each month for the coming year.
This year I made their "GCOTM" books with the CD Folders (used in THIS PROJECT), and decorated the front with a cover made with MY DIGITAL STUDIO. I decorated the inside with the FABULOUS NIGHT & DAY DSP (in the holiday mini catalog….. only 1 week left to order from it!!!).
I typed all of the months in My Digital Studio on top of the NIght & Day DSP and then punched them out with the Modern Label punch.
This is what my My Digital Studio file looked like.. i started with an 8-1/2"x11" blank page and added the Night & Day DSP option as my background paper and added the "cover" graphics to the lower left corner using the new "Wright Stuff II download" and typed the months at the top to be punched out:
SUPPLIES:
Night & Day DSP (mini catalog), #116768, $11.95 – ONLY AVAILABLE thru 1/4/10
3×3 mini sq envelopes, #107309, $7.50
Modern Label punch, #116630, $15.95
My Digital Studio, #118108, $79.95
NON SU!: CD folders, www.uline.com type S7073 in the search box
Patty this is a fantastic idea! Great MDS project and I’ll bet they LOVED it!!
Very cool idea! Thanks for sharing!
What a fun gift! Makes me wish I was on YOUR gift list 🙂
Diane
This is fabulous! Your DH and son are very lucky!
I love that idea! The book is gorgeous and masculine at the same time. Lucky boys!
You’ve done it again..very clever and how nice!!!
What an awesome idea! Not only is the book very clever, but a gift card a month is terrific. May have to consider that for future gifts. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!
Just wanted you to know that I think you are an extremely talented lady. I don’t always have the chance to leave a comment, but I visit often. (I’m even a bit jealous of the time you have to create. I’m too busy being a mom right now. *LOL*)
Hope you had a blessed Merry Christmas and a safe and warm Happy New Year…(I’m jealous of that, too) ;>
Fabulous—oh, Patty…you’re a SU! hottie!!
Oh Patty…so stinkin’ cute..and ingenous! I love the design, the format, the idea…just love it all!
This is fantastic!
Congratulations! I just wanted you to know that your project will appear on the Yahoo Group Late Night Stamper’s blog finds of the day for December 31. What a great way to kick off the New Year! Want to receive your own copy of the blog finds of the day? Join us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stampinuplnstampers/ or visit our Blog Finds of the Day Blog at http://blogfindsoftheday.blogspot.com.
Patty, this is fantastic! I wish I’d known about this idea when my kids went off to college! I LOVE it! I’m keeping it! I’m making it! And while I’m at it, Congrats on the shout out for Leadership! YOu’ll be excellent! Mary Gillmarten
Great idea Patty, are you going to do a PDF tutorial to order on this one, instead of having to adapt the Xmas CD holder one pse?
Patty-I love this idea! I give my dad a gift card every year–TWELVE are SO much better! Fabulous!
Patty this is a fabulous gift. Two years ago I made a giftcard book for my granddaughters and they loved them. Are you going to have a tutorial we can buy on how to make this one I would love to have one. Your work is fantasic and very creative. Happy New Year!
Phyllis
This is such an awesome idea, I’d love to do this for my husband next year. Thanks for the inspiration!