It's no secret I'm a fan of all things typography, and this year I'm bringing that love of fonts to my gift wrapping. Instead of the traditional gift tags, I'm putting my Silhouette to good use (as well as putting a dent in my scrap cardstock stash) and personalizing my family's gifts with monograms!
I love the modern look of these bold letters, and they are the perfect way to jazz up basic wrapping paper. The clean and simple look doesn't even require a bow, which is bonus for me as our cats seem to think the bows are put there solely for their entertainment.
If you've got multiple same-letter names in your family, you can always spell out the full name in a pretty script font, or use a 3-initial monogram. And titles like Mom, Dad and Grandma will work too!
Bigger, blocky fonts work best for this application and some of my favorites include Clarendon, Zhafira, Intrique Script, John Hancock and Chunk Five. And if you don't use them for gift monograms, these fonts are great for scrapbook page titles too! Enjoy!
~ Lisa Dickinson
"12 Days of Holiday Giving!" Day Eleven GIVEAWAY
We're so excited by this Day 11 giveaway and are pretty sure you'll be delighted too! Joining us for the first time is a new partner to SCT this year, Fun Stampers Journey. If you follow Richard Garay and his team on social media then you'll know he is the hardest working guy around. Travelling the globe to bring some amazing, innovative products to you! We also have our wonderful (and generous!) friends at Thermo O Web joining us today with a huge prize package of amazing products! Let's get today's party started…
"Happy Holidays! Create a beautiful gift box that will impress friends and family. With an elegant poinsettia, ribbon and background pattern, your present is sure to stand out. One lucky winner will receive the Treat Box, a Poinsettia Steel Rule Die, the Whimsy Wallpaper Stamp Set and the Rock Candy Satin Ribbon from Fun Stampers Journey!"
"Today's winner will receive all items shown! This includes our: 4 colors of Deco Foil Watercolors, Deco Foil Holiday Collection of Red, Green, Gold, Iridescent and Deep Blue along with our Deco Foil Stencils, Deco Foil Adhesive Pen, Foam Adhesive and Adhesive Remover! We’re thrilled to be part of this fun celebration and wish all the SCT readers a Happy Holiday! We hope you’ll stop by our blog to learn about our Festive Friday celebration too!"
And finally, a little suprise from us! We have another one year subscription to give away starting with our brand new winter issue!
Thank you to Fun Stampers Journey and Therm O Web for these amazing prizes! For an opportunity to win please leave a comment below by midnight EST, December 23rd. On December 24th one winner from each day will be randomly selected and announced right here! We can hear the drumroll starting now!
Thank you very much for continuing to let our companies know just how much you appreciate how they come together to celebrate with us! Please visit their Facebook pages today to give them a big thank you from SCT!
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Thank you again for joining us today and every day! If you are joining us for the first time, WELCOME!!! Be sure to visit each of our past 10 days for all the fun starting on Day One!
Tomorrow is our final day and just you wait until you see what we have in store for you! It's EPIC!
I love being exposed to such amazing suppliers and products thank you for organizing such a wonderful event!!!
I love the idea of cutting out monograms for gift tags! If you don’t have a diecut machine, you could use large stencils too…. hmm, I think I need to step away to my craft table to experiment…
Thanks for the chance to win some more great prizes. I will be sorry to see the twelve days end tomorrow.
Thanks for all the wonderful prizes I have an opportunity to win and for all the great prizes
Absolutely love SCT! I keep every issue and read and reread them. Thanks SCT!
Day 11, can’t believe all of the wonderful prizes so far and today is no exception. I’m just learning about Fun Stampers Journey, I’m impressed and will definitely make you part of my scrapbooking entourage; SCT, I would love nothing better than a subscription to your magazine. So full of great ideas, I’m a picture person so it helps to see the finished product. Thanks again.
Great idea on the large letters for gifts! Very cool indeed! Oh what fun I’d have with today’s prizes! ?
What a fun idea those letters are…I wish I would have seen this yesterday! ;) Thanks for a chance to win a great prize!
It is great hearing about some new companies and products! Thanks for the chance to win!
Another day of amazing giveaways!!!
Love the monograms! Might have to do that on our stockings!
What unique prizes offered today! Thanks for the chance to win one of them! Have a great day!
Foil just adds that but of shine on a page or a card to make it perfect!!
More fantastic prizes—YAY!! I love the large letters on the gifts. May have to try that next year (this year’s gifts are already tagged!). Thanks for the idea!
I love the large letters on the gifts – what a great idea!!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Those bold letters are fun! I can’t see doing it at Christmas but definitely for birthdays with names and fun words. Great idea!
You just gave me an idea for my gift wrapping. I’m putting “BIG” letters on the packages as opposed to tags to differentiate gift recipient. Like the bold look. Thanks again for wonderful giveaways. I adding foiling to my Christmas cards so Thermo Web prize would help replenish my stock. Thanks for introducing me to Fun Stampers Journey.
I have a Pinterest board dedicated to monograms–absolutely love your idea of using them for gifts instead of tags! All the prizes are awesome, but today’s may be my favorite–wowzer! Happy Holidays everyone!
Fun new stuff!
You are WOWing us all today with more fun inspiration and more fab giveaways from some amazing partners/sponsors. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Too funny, Lisa, but I also made monograms for some of my presents his year! It was quick, fun & they can use it for an ornament, too, if they wish.
Thanks so much to SCT, Fun Stampers Journey and Therm-o-Web for such fabulous prizes today. Merry Christmas to all!
Great job on your gift wrapping!!! They look beautiful!!!!
Thanks for so many chances to win!!
Merry Christmas!!
Love the monogrammed packages!
These are way cool! The teens in our family will love them! Would love to be a winner too – what awesome prizes.
What a great idea for the large letter gifts! Thanks for another great prize opportunity!
Awesome presents and embellishing them. They look so pretty.
Love todays prizes; very unique and very cool.
What a great idea to make wrapping fun & gifts sporting pizzazz!! These ‘gifts’ for day 11 are outstanding – Thanks for the chance to win!! ?
Fun giveaways! I love the monograms on the gifts!
Yet more amazing giveaways from wonderful companies. Thanks for the chance!
Thanks! More great prizes and terrifically ideas.
What a great way to label gifts! I think I am going to try it out!
Love all the wonderful gift wrapping ideas! Fabulous prizes by fabulous sponsors too.
Love the monogrammed gifts!! It has been great learning about the different suppliers! Also great prizes today’s included!! Thank you for the opportunity at a chance to win any of these great prizes!!
Love the gift wrapping!
Love the ideas for the gift packages.
Thank you again to Therm o web, Fun stammers journey and of course SCT.
Be still my heart! That kit from Fun Stampers Journey is to die for.
What a great idea for the presents. Great prizes as usual
What an AWESOME idea!!! I’m totally doing this with my gifts!!
Great use of the large letters, I rarely come up with ideas for them. And more great give always :)
Simply beautiful packages!! More amazing prizes!
Nice giveaways…again. Thank you so much for all the opportunities to win these great prizes.
More great prizes. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Thank you Lisa for the great idea. I try to switch up my tag ideas every year and I think this one hit the mark!!
Love the monogram idea–I almost did that this year.
Thanks for the reminder about using monograms. Love the prizes too!
The prizes are just fantastic as always. Will certainly brighten a few scrapbookers’ days.
Nice, I’ve been wanting to try the Deco Foil.
Thank you for introducing us to so many great products and suppliers. I learn a lot from your blog. Would love to win the subscription to Scrapbook & Cards Today. Always anxiously await the online release and devour everyone one, but I do try to get my hands on paper copy any chance I can. It’s that love affair I have with paper.
Another great prize. Thanks!
Love the monogram inspiration.
Great prizes again on day 11
Thanks to all the sponsors