Gift Cards Workshops

Hi my name is Sandy, and I love to create!

         I like to just grab whatever is around me to make something that is both beautiful and functional. I don't believe in spending money on special tools, but instead to make use of that which other people would otherwise throw away.

        I have recently escaped from the urban jungle of Sydney and while travelling for a year and half I still managed to find the time and the materials to create beautiful and useful objects. I like to just take what would otherwise be turned into rubbish, and manipulate it into something completely different. I like to do things which are very quick and easy, and just use everyday household items. I like to keep life down-to-earth, remembering what the important things in life REALLY are, and make the world a more joyous place for everyone to be in.

       I have made this blog so that I can put up photos of pretty things that I have made, so that I can share my ideas and experience with the world. I want to teach the world how to create!


            Below is a pic of some gift cards that I have made, merely by ripping up junk mail and then just sticking down the carefully arranged little pictures onto folded paper. In this case I found that furniture catalogues are surprisingly good sources of pretty little pictures which can be arranged into random pretty patterns. Suddenly junk mail has been transformed from rubbish into a precious resource!
    

 

          I am doing a FREE workshop on how to make these cards this Saturday at the Drake Festival - if you are in the area you should come and check it out! There will be market stalls, heaps more workshops, performances and loads of giveaways (including chocolate if the rumours I've heard are true!!!)

          Below is a pic of the sign I have painted for the workshop space in which I will be showing people how to make junk mail gift cards. It has been named The Green Room so I thought that I would match the green theme with some vines and leaves around the outside. I have never really painted anything like that before, so I just made it up as I went along! I only have a fairly large paintbrush with me at the moment, so details were difficult - I finished it off with a toothpick dipped in paint.

           Below is a pic of some Christmas cards that I have made out of aluminium drink cans. That's right, from empty cans of soft drink I have made some shiny pretty things. I saw a photo online and thought - yep that looks like a good idea! And ran with it - using a few different techniques which you can see here.

    
             The first card is about 5 layers of cut-out stars. the second is a cut-out and then embossed reindeer, the third is cut-out and embossed shapes, and the christmas tree is made a number of different cut-out shapes which are overlapping. The first card on the second row is actually behind a cut-out window in the card itself, with the shape inside the window embossed with patterns, and the two stars on the bottom row are folded three-dimensional shapes. This last technique can actually be used as 3D Xmas tree decorations.

        I did a bunch of research on the internet and found some handy tips and techniques, but I haven't copied anything exactly. The beauty of an idea like this is that your imagination is the limit - I couldn't find anyone who had already done exactly what I wanted to do, so I had to make it all up as I went along. Which is the way that I like it! I can't wait for other people to show me what their imaginations come up with!

         I am doing a workshop on how to make these spectacular Christmas Cards on Sunday the 14th of December at the Drake Village Resource Centre. I will be showing everyone how to make all these different different types of cards, so that you can take some home and then make some more when you get home! That's Christmas sorted! This workshop is only $10 so if you are interested you should get your bookings in sooner rather than later! Recommended for children over 10 as there will be some sharp edges on the aluminium. Starts at 11am and runs for a couple of hours - plenty of time to make multiple cards!
Contact me via the comment section here, or through my facebook group page below
All Laced Up  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1554763098072233/

Supported by and many thanks to THE NAKED BAKER

and his mate DON who do great cake and coffee,

and also the the DVRC Volunteers who make great community!

Have some of the Naked Baker coffee and cake on the day!