DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/13/08 -- O, The Oprah Magazine, has featured Card Lab, Inc. (www.GiftCardLab.com) as the first "Design-Your-Own" Custom Photo Visa Gift Card, in the December 2008 O Magazine Holiday Gift Guide, a highly anticipated annual round-up of Oprah's favorite gift ideas for the holiday season.

The O Magazine's 2008 holiday "O" List, includes Gift Card Lab as one of a select group of great holiday gift ideas and suggests Gift Card Lab as the great way to give the gift of freedom and personalization through custom Visa® Gift Cards, starting at $5.95. O Magazine highlights Gift Card Lab's "Ingenious Online Software [that] lets you use your own photos to create customized Visa Cards."

GiftCardLab.com is a unique product and website because it is a completely customizable Visa Gift Card. You can simply upload your favorite photo, image or logo on a Visa gift card. The site offers thousands of great designs, plus the ability to create a unique, personal gift in minutes. And in this hard economy, Visa Gift Cards can be a great way to make the holidays a little easier for loved ones, employees and customers. They can use the card for groceries, gas or everyday essentials.

The O Holiday Gift Guide also features Gift Card Lab's "Stars Cards for a Cause": Celebrity Designed Visa Gift Cards for the Holidays. From October 1st through December 31st, Visa Gift Cards designed by celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck, Josh Holloway, Denise Richards, and Jerry Rice will be available for purchase at GiftCardLab.com/ToysforTots.

Purchasers of celebrity Gift Card Lab "Star Cards" will help impoverished children receive Christmas gifts of their own; for each Visa Gift Card sold, Card Lab will make a $1 donation to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, which distributes new toys at Christmas to needy children nationwide.

"We're thrilled to be included as part of this year's O holiday gift guide," says David Jones, CEO of Card Lab, Inc. "The era of customization is at hand and gift cards should be no exception. Online shoppers want to find the right gift and there is no better way than to customize a Visa Gift Card with a picture that brings back good memories, along with the freedom to use it anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted worldwide."

The Visa Gift card is issued by Silverton Bank, N.A. pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Silverton Bank, N.A.; Member FDIC.

About Gift Card Lab

GiftCardLab.com offers two different ways to create the perfect Visa Gift Card. They offer thousands of designs in addition to the ability upload a photo of your own pet, friend or relative to put on the front of the card. GiftCardLab.com's card designer allows you to upload your photo, enlarge it, rotate it, flip it and crop your photo to get your card design just right. You can also add an embossed message and pick the packaging according to the occasion. GiftCardLab.com offers the ability to share card designs with friends and family and save card designs created or purchased for future purchases.

Visa Gift Cards from Gift Card Lab are perfect holiday gifts, as they can be used anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted worldwide. It is also a great idea for people who don't know what to purchase, but still want it to come from the heart. Cards are $5.95 each, which includes, embossing, printing, shipping and packaging. For more information, visit www.GiftCardLab.com or email corporate@GiftCardLab.com

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