Festive Friday is the last Friday in November, so on the 25th of this month, get down to the post office to send out your homemade greetings. It gives your recipients weeks of admiring your cards before Christmas day and it’s the perfect incentive to push yourself to make even more cards than last year. If you want to gett involved in the #FestiveFriday campaign, here’s what you should do!
1. Plan your designs
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Our sister site Crafts Beautiful has some lovely designs to send out on Friday 25th - click here to make this bright Christmassy greeting or search 'Christmas' on our website to discover loads more cardmaking ideas.
2. Encourage your friends
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Plan a crafty get-together in the next week or two to give you and your friends the perfect opportunity to finish off your Christmas cards. Once all your other friends see all your pictures on our Facebook and Twitter pages, they'll have to join in. If you have any questions, just tweet the GCA @GCAUK!
3. Count down to Christmas!
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Who knows what cards you'll receive from your friends who are also taking part in Festive Friday? As soon as your cards are in the post, you can officially relax and look forward to Santa's arrival exactly a month later. That means you're almost ready to open the first box on your homemade advent calendar - click here to make this tower beauty!
If you’re a card seller, Festive Friday is there to help you get your followers excited by running a giveaway, event, workshop or social media competition! Find more info on the campaign, plus handy resources, in the online toolkit here. Happy crafting!
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