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DIY Handmade Greeting Cards

Make your own beautiful Christmas greeting cards in this online class.

Ladybird Design Creative

3k followers

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1.5 hours

6 to 50 $15

Online Classes

•

Craft

•

Paper Craft and Ink

•

Kid Friendly

What you'll do

Just in time for the festive season.

Looking for indoor activities to do with your family or friends this holiday season? Make your own beautiful Christmas greeting cards that you’ll be proud of.

Christmas cards help spread joy and cheer during the season of goodwill; they're perfect for sending well wishes to those you care about.

Why not make your own cards this season and send to family and friends.

In this special Christmas live-streaming class, you can get into the festive mood, you will create five different simple but effective Christmas greeting cards design. Your experienced instructor, Fran, will guide you in the class via Zoom but you are encouraged to let your creativity take the reins.

Fran is based in Blue Mountains, Australia, and has been making greeting cards for all occasions since she was very young. She continues that tradition and loves the creative process as well as being able to send something hand made to family and friends. Each year she sends over 100 Christmas cards to people she has connected with all over the world.

This unique online class is also a lovely way to connect with other like-minded creatives with a glass of wine or tea in one hand and scissors in the other!

Did you know the custom of sending Christmas cards started in 1843 in the UK by Sir Henry Cole? He was a government worker who had helped to set up the new Post Office. Cards became even more popular in the UK when they could be posted in an unsealed envelope for one half penny.

Please note: The workshop will only go ahead if there are three or more participants - anyone booked will be moved to a new date that suits them.

Knowledge required

Beginner-friendly

What to bring

5 x Cards or cardboard that can be made into cards. As it is Christmas, we recommend silver, gold, green and red as your base.
Paper: any magazines - particularly old Christmas editions, old Christmas cards and wrapping paper
Scissors and/or cutting blade
Glue stick or paste-type adhesive
Crayons, acrylic paint, colored pencils or pens (all optional)
Cutting mat (optional)
Old large piece of card or paper as a working surface
Small container for paper scraps
Ruler
Pencil

Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 10 years old).

Adult accompaniment is not required.

Your teacher

Ladybird Design Creative

3k followers

Fran is an artist; an educator, neither overshadows, they simply entwine and enrich one another.

At a young age Fran discovered the value of creating art in her daily life. The act of art helped Fran express her identity. The process of developing an idea, especially with jewellery, seeing that idea come to completion by Fran's own hand filled her with satisfaction and accomplishment. Fran began to see how creating art helped other aspects of my life and learning.

Fran is inspired by nature, patterns, form and texture. Each created piece portrays a slice of life, a perspective of the world in which we all live. Her mediums span painting and jewellery to collage and stitching. They all bring joy, though not everything turns out how she envisaged.

In particular Fran sees the unique design and individually handcrafted nature of bespoke jewellery as an ornamental way of extending personal self-expression. During the creative process, she is mindful that someone will be wearing the piece and it will come alive only when it finds its owner.

Fran is most comfortable in the studio classroom teaching art than in any other place or endeavour. It fills her soul to help others learn by exposing them to tools, materials and techniques of Fran's trade and then develop their skills and confidence in the creative medium.

Through support, conversation and laughter, I set a welcoming scene of free expression.

Ladybird Design Creative Studio, located in Blue Mountains, Australia, is the culmination of creating a life around Fran's passions of art, jewellery and teaching. Fran believes now more than ever that pursuing one’s passions makes life more colourful and vibrant, gives us pleasure and purpose, but most of all it reminds us of who we are.

Fran would love to share the joy of creating and making with you.