Honestly, whoever designed these things is a genius.  They are sheer brilliance!  I made a little gift voucher book using the envelope punch board...

It has 5 envelopes held together like a mini-book using a concertina folded spine.  You could put a different gift card in each envelope, or a cute little Christmas saying, or a nice message to the recipient in each one (like a little book of warm fuzzies!).

A few years back I remember my Aunt and Uncle bought my Grandparents some vouchers from different cafes around town for Christmas, so that they could have several trips out for coffee etc as a treat.  What a brilliant idea for people who are hard to buy for, or who don't really NEED anything  :)  That's the sort of thing that this little gift book would be perfect for.

It's decorated with a wreath of fussy-cut poinsettia flowers, and some little hand cut leaves.

Cute huh?  I thought so!  You could use these as gifts for workmates or friends, or put names on them and use them as place settings at your Christmas table. 

Now, not sure what you all got up to last night, but I spent the evening making Christmas cards with my son Jacob (he will be 10 next month).  I was doing my thing, and he was doing his, without any help whatsoever from me.  Here's what he came up with:

I am one very proud mama.  This was all his own design, and he made it all by himself, without any help from me, using my leftovers and offcuts.  Not a bad effort!  He also made a couple of cards for his grandparents, using some of my older leftover Christmas papers and ribbons...

I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!  I LOVE that he shares my love for papercraft, being a boy there was always the chance that he wouldn't want to do this sort of thing with his Mum, so I am very lucky.  Aside from this, we sometimes bake together too, which is nice.  He gets plenty of 'man' time with Daddy, appreciating car and bike stuff.

Righto, I'd better go relieve J from toddler-sitting duties before the novelty wears off.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend... bear in mind that there's only 18 sleeps till Christmas!  Don't forget to check out the Christmas bargains at the shop, and be sure to enter the challenges: