Concerning gift cards, be sure to check to see if they have an expiration date (many of them actually do!). If you have a daily-reminder wall calendar, mark the expiration dates down. I'd put a note on, say, 6 months in advance and other sporadic dates saying "You have a $50 Borders card to use up!" so that they remind you that you've got them tucked away and need to redeem them. There's nothing worse than realizing too late that you've lost out on $50 of shopping power. For all those store "preferred customer cards," here's what I do. Most of them I put on a keyring. For cards I use frequently that didn't offer a keyring version, I punch a hole in the corner (away from the bar code or swipey strip). In my purse, I also carry a small rectangular zip pouch that I carry coupons, receipts, paint chips, etc. in, and I tuck in most of the other cards I have and the Bed Bath & Beyond 20%-off coupons (I never shop there without one!). Sometimes I'm tempted to just leave that pouch in the glove compartment (as long as none of those receipts have my full credit card number on them!), so it's there if I need it. Always happens that if I leave the pouch at home, that'll be the time that I need something in it.

How sweet!! Thanks for sharing

Very pretty will have to try it

Is that the same as one of thoser "self-healing" mats to use with a roatry cutter. I haven't done any real card mnaking but when I need a really crisp fold, scoring is essential. I will ise a NEW Xacto blade and just let gravity be the weight applied... just drag blade along a straight edge to barely scrt=atch the surface, as they say. Found an interesting site earlier today. Not car making but paper crafting and scoring will be required. Check out www.babbledabbledo.com/paper-toys-flextangles! Looks fun and relatively easy.