For my JUGS post, click HERE.

For my project, I thought I'd make something for my honey. I think a gift certificate is in order for him this Valentine's Day so I made something to contain said gift card.

It's a book gift card holder - the inspiration and template came from a Paper Crafts download - 350 Cards & Gifts Patterns. It's the Book Gift Card Holder by Julie Campbell - and it can be downloaded in jpg or pdf formats and printed off on cardstock. Easy peasy. My hubby likes to read so it's really appropriate. 

I tweaked mine just a little and made it a bit more masculine with manly colors :)

Since it is a book, I couldn't resist the sentiment from Love Lives Here, although admittedly that's a tad more feminine ;). I finished it off with a bit of twine to keep it closed. Hopefully, he'll like it :)

I've had a hankering to make cards with white space recently. So my take on the JUGS color challenge is reflective of my need for "white" open spaces :)

Brand new year! Brand new DeNami Blog Hop!

This month, it's all about LOVE :) So hang on for some awesome Valentine's Day inspiration! 

You should have arrived here from Andrea Fisher's incredible blog. 

If not, head on over to the DeNami Blog for the master list of hop participants. 

You'll want to stay on track… leaving a comment on every blog along the way (including the DeNami Blog) gives you a chance to win one of TWO $20 DeNami gift certificates!!!! Another  $20 gift certificate will be given to a randomly chosen blog hop participant! You have until January 9, 2012, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).

So for my Valentine, I saw this cute little video tutorial a few days back and I thought it was such a sweet little Valentine candy holder. The finished product is a little booklet with space for a candy and a message.

Here's the front. I used DeNami's Heart Flower Trio and Love Sentiments Petit Four. It's a hard to appreciate in the picture but I added a little sparkle to the hearts with a Spica glitter pen.

This is the inside. The die cut window is the spot to adhere the candy. I planned on putting a foil covered heart or similar Valentine candy inside, alas none of the stores here have Valentine candy out yet :( So I had to be creative...

I made a little 3D heart placeholder for my candy-yet-to-be-placed. Just to give you a rough idea of what it would look like.

On the last inside flap, I stamped DeNami's Small Valentine's Script.

And this is the side - like a little booklet. 

Here's the closed, tied booklet. 

That's it from here:) Off to your next stop, which is the lovely, talented Barbara Murphy! Happy Hopping!!!