Afiya SmallHow-To: Creating Distinctive Handmade Cards with Hope For Excel
We are delighted to start this How-To by introducing Olivia Cowell of Hope For Excel (@hopeforexcel)!
Hope For Excel is raising money for the charity Porridge & Rice - more about them below!
How does Olivia do it?
Olivia creates these cards using her old tour books & Photoshop - we are super impressed!
Stencilling
She draws a basic silhouette of a woman to use as a stencil. The stencil is then used to cut out images from her tour books. They really do make a lovely print for the headscarves!
Photoshop
She scans the stencil, retouches the imagery and polishes the design in Photoshop, before printing and adding a subtle, floral sequin to complete the card. Magnifique!
Shop the cards on Etsy - all profits go to charity!
About the Creator
Olivia Cowell is a 23 year old teacher from Bristol. She spent time in Kenya, partaking in charity work with Porridge & Rice.
About the Charity
Porridge and Rice (1155841) is a charity fighting poverty through education, in Nairobi. They are raising money to support a community in Kenya that has been devastated by the Coronavirus outbreak.
The image of the children by the sink shows their 2019 Summer Project, where volunteers designed and implemented a new hand washing station!
You can donate to Porridge & Rice here.
You can purchase Olivia's cards here.
We are super impressed by Olivia's work & will be adding Hope For Excel to our list of causes we fund raise for!
We’re launching our fundraiser ‘shop. with us’ in late September. If you’re a customer of ours, or a small business local to us and would like to fund raise for your business or cause on our site, send us a message or email info@devbyus.co.uk for more information.
In addition to the fundraiser, we’re also releasing:
1. Discover Your Brand (an e-book) 2. Five in-depth How To’s (visual guides)
3. Templates for your marketing campaigns & a social media calendar (downloadable & customisable)
That’s all from us for today, have a wonderful weekend & we’ll see you on Monday!
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written by the team at dev. by us x Olivia Cowell of Hope for Excel
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